I love how you put that; it really is a Dumas novel, and that kind of adventure just fits Iolaus so well. (Much better than Hercules, I think.)

And I'm very charmed by Hector and Linus too - by the time Iolaus deals with a couple years' worth of jurisprudence in a day, it's clear that they just want to keep him, and they're way more worried about his safety than Orestes' when the rescuing and general mayhem starts.