I have a hang up about recommending things to people I know very little about (because people tend to respond to things differently, and I have a weird palate, if there ever was one), so I'll just answer your other questions instead. ;-)
My favorite season hands down is Season 4. I love it like some great thing that I love. I'm all about the crack and the humor and the "Awwwwww!" quotient. Most of my favorite episodes of the series come from that season, so it's really just a numbers game.
I own Seasons 3 and 4 on DVD, and I just bought Season 5. I'm with you on the Iolaus-love, so I tend to be drawn to the episodes that spotlight his character or where he just does something that I find so darn adorable. Unfortunately, I've never seen The Maze and the Minotaur. So all the Hoyay references only serve to frustrate me. And when I was rediscovering my lust for the show via Netflix, their archive of the series only includes the first 2 movies. :-(
Some of my favorites eps from the show (aka the eps I watch over and over again):
And Fancy Free Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules Pride Comes Before a Brawl -- love MH's commentary on this one The Mother of all Monsters -- Hoyay for days! Men in Pink Love Takes a Holiday Long Live the King -- Iolaus slips Niobe some tongue when they kiss >:-) Mercenary Stranger in a Strange Land Stranger and Stranger Faith Highway to Hades
Interestingly enough, I've never had a desire to own Season 2. I think it's a good season, but I find that a lot of the things I enjoy about those episodes really come to fruition during Season 3. It's like S2 is the first act, but all the goodies are reaped in the second act, S3.
Oh, and just to illustrate how weird I am, I actually enjoy Monster Child in the Promised Land. Why? For one joke. It's established in 2 separate instances that Iolaus doesn't have any pockets. Yet, later in the episode, when he is in the cave comforting Echidna, he reaches behind him and pulls out a handkerchief. If he has no pockets, where did the handkerchief come from? And would you really want to wipe your face with it?
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Date: 2006-08-24 06:28 pm (UTC)My favorite season hands down is Season 4. I love it like some great thing that I love. I'm all about the crack and the humor and the "Awwwwww!" quotient. Most of my favorite episodes of the series come from that season, so it's really just a numbers game.
I own Seasons 3 and 4 on DVD, and I just bought Season 5. I'm with you on the Iolaus-love, so I tend to be drawn to the episodes that spotlight his character or where he just does something that I find so darn adorable. Unfortunately, I've never seen The Maze and the Minotaur. So all the Hoyay references only serve to frustrate me. And when I was rediscovering my lust for the show via Netflix, their archive of the series only includes the first 2 movies. :-(
Some of my favorites eps from the show (aka the eps I watch over and over again):
And Fancy Free
Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules
Pride Comes Before a Brawl -- love MH's commentary on this one
The Mother of all Monsters -- Hoyay for days!
Men in Pink
Love Takes a Holiday
Long Live the King -- Iolaus slips Niobe some tongue when they kiss >:-)
Mercenary
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger and Stranger
Faith
Highway to Hades
Interestingly enough, I've never had a desire to own Season 2. I think it's a good season, but I find that a lot of the things I enjoy about those episodes really come to fruition during Season 3. It's like S2 is the first act, but all the goodies are reaped in the second act, S3.
Oh, and just to illustrate how weird I am, I actually enjoy Monster Child in the Promised Land. Why? For one joke. It's established in 2 separate instances that Iolaus doesn't have any pockets. Yet, later in the episode, when he is in the cave comforting Echidna, he reaches behind him and pulls out a handkerchief. If he has no pockets, where did the handkerchief come from? And would you really want to wipe your face with it?