Doesnt really have an outdoorsy motif, laughs but itll do. grunting i was afraid these had got broken. Salmoneus, can i ask you a couple of questions . At your service. Number one, do you think were on a picnic . A picnic . No. But i dont think one should deny oneself creature comforts and number two, on those plates . Roast quail . scoffs if you want quail, youll have to catch it yourself. Fine, ill do it. You will . You will . laughing yeah, i happen to come from a family of fine quail catchers. But somebody else is gonna h he to cook it. Great hunters dont cook. Dont look at me. Guess s at leaves the scouting to me. No, wait, i think i should do the scouting. Oh, no, youre cooking. sighing cooking. salmoneus mimicking quail chirping mimicking quail chirping chirping mimicking quail yelling oh, youve made a big mistake, buster. I happen to be hercules best friend. And if you dont get. laughing whats so funny . You. Im a lot funnier if y y stop using my back as a couch now get off me or im gonna call hercules. Come on oh, like you actually know him. Well, thats funny, because i dont think of hercules as the kind of h ho who wants to sound his own horn. scoffing i happen to think i know him a little better than you. In fact, hes right back there. If you get off me, ill take you to him sure. Why not . panting now when you meet him, whatever you do, dont say, youre hercules . , like its a big surprise cause frankly, hes not that much different than other men. Hes bigger and hes got more muscles. Yeah. All right. Now, there he is. exhaling i told you not to youre hercules . Yes, i am. And you are . They call me iolaus. Youre iolaus. Thats good enough for me. Kling i dont believe this. Iolaus is my best friend. You never mentioned him to me. Oh, holding out on your official biographer, huh . Its a long story. What brings you to these parts . Xena. Shes on the loose again. Xena . No, actually she. Dont you have quail to catchch its not xena we have to worry about. Hes slaughtering everyone in sight for the greater good of ares. Well, we get em both. Its good to be with you again, hercules. Yeah, it is, isnt it . chuckling salmoneus um. I hear tummies rumbling, i better catch some xena. Uh, quail. Who is that guy . Oh. Warrior 1 tear down that house. Warrior 3 thatll be worth a few dinars. Xena vultures warrior 4 nothing under here. yelling warrior 1 its xena yelling xena tell darphus im coming for him your message pleases me so much that i may spare your life, quintas. Why would you think of killing me . You abandoned your comrades when they were fighting xena. I had no choice. You needed to know that xena was s ar. Yes. Probably hercules as well. But there is still the matter of loyalty. I was always loyal to you, darphus. You know that. U could run again. Feed him to graegus. all cheering graegus growling you know, salmoneus, totoook at you, youd never think you were a quail hunter. laughing life is full of surprises. Isnt it . Yeah, it is. You know, theres something ive been meaning to tell you. Oh, no. Weve got to play rock, parchment, dagger for the last quail. laughing hercules uh, no, its about. sighing its about. What . Its about xena. What about her . Well. Hello, iolaus. Wait, hold on, hold on. Whats she doing here . Were on the same side. Look darphus knows were coming. I ran into a band of his warriors, but one of them got away. Are you crazy . She trieieto kill us you dont understand. Oh, yeah, i understand, all right. Before i stick around here to see you do it. Iolaus, would you. sighing great. Iolaus, wait would you wait . Just let me get out of here, hercules. Not before i tell you how xena has changed. Come on, listen to yourself youre talking about a woman who wanted to make history by trying to kill you that part of her life is over. Oh, yeah. Is that what she tells you when the both of you are rolling around in bed together . I do not roll around in bed with her. Now would you just hear me out . sighing sighihi darphus used to be xenas chief lieutenant. She wouldnt let him murder women and children. She even saved a baby, and for that, he tried to kill her. So you took pity on her, huh . Xena doesnt accept pity. Shes a warrior in the truest sense of the word. Thats why shes going after darphus again. Look, im going, too and i want you with us. No. Its the right thing to do. Okay, count me in. But let me tell you something, hercules. Both of us better watch our backs. sighing to get a message to iolaus, you need a carrier pigeon. Its not me, is it . sniffing all i smell on you is hyacinth and cinnamon. Ian . Or have you dreamed up some other getrichquick scheme . How about love slave . Im versrsile. Youre deluded. Hold on. Is something wrong . Lets wait for iolaus to catch up. I didnt tell him to stay back there. Whats the problem . Hercules oh, the canyon up ahead looks like a perfecec place for an ambush. Why are you looking at me . I can keep quiet. I know when its time to stop talking. I know discretion is the better part of valor. Hey shush rocks tumbling look out get down get down grunting can you go any faster . Whats the matter . Arent you enjoying yourself . Well, my back hurts a little bit. Iolaus, youruread is bleeding. Yeah, salmoneus, you coming along . rocks rumbling salmoneus, give him a hand. Iolaus come on. Itll take your mind off things. Drink deeply, drink well hercules is dead all cheering graegus growling do you hear that . Soon hell be too big to stop, and we will join with him to fulfill the mighty ares destiny the god of war will rule the world this isnt getting any lighter. Were almost through hang on, salmoneus. How much longer . Were there get out of here what about you . Just go okay. N. hercules s d salmoneus coughing hercules go, salmoneus. Go, go. still coughing panting take it easy. Youll be all right. Iolaus, give him some water. Sure. Everybody helped. Everybody except me. All i did was prove what a coward i am. You are nothing of the sort, salmoneus. I remember how you s sck by me when i had to battle the centaurs without my sight. Save your breath. Why should they believe you . No. Let him go. Hell be all right. Ou . Want me to bandage . No. sighing there should be a lot of laughs around the campfire tononht. Every time iolaus looks at me, i feel his hate. He acts as if im trying to drive a wedge between you again. When the time comes, the only thing hell worry about is darphus. And what about you . Could you u back to hating me . To thinking of me as the enemy . No. I dont think thats possible. Ive killed so many men that ill never wash their blood from my hands. Youve already started. You saved that baby. But when you help people you honor the wife and children that hera stole from you. There is nothing in my whole life that moves me that way. Youre wrong. Theres the goodness in your heart. The diamond mine is waiting to be pillaged. S of the miners to graegus. g gegus roaring when graegus is finished, hell be at full size. An enormity to guarantee that ares will is fulfilled. Death to all who stand before us all cheering who do you think you are, walking in here, telling us weve got to leave . Hes hercules. snickers thats a fancy name youre throwing around. But you still cant make me forget the diamonds wewee digging out of the land, so save your breath. Maybe i ought to pound some sense into that thick skull of yours. Take it easy, iolaus. sighing exasperatedly if darphususname doesnt scare you, maybe ares will. Miner ares . Thereenot one man in this camp who hasnt paid tribute to him by fighting in a war somewhere along the line. Heheears us no ill will. arrow whizzing all gasping you were saying . Look, hercules it is darphus thanks, herc. exclaiming dont you know you cant t ll me . Ares is on my side. Retreat darphus retreat exclaiming were coming after you, darphus ill be waiting for yoyo if a knife in the heartt wont, what will . Hercules well find something. Ng yeah, but therers a problem. . Salmoneus as warriors, hercules and xena have always been a perfect match. I find myself wondering about them falling in love, getting married, having children, you. Hiring me to handle their finances. E . I think everybody who didnt die has already been taken care of. Good, i guess we should get going. I hope hercules finds salmoneus s on. You know, the only person whos ever saved my life before was hercules. Why did you do it . Were on the same side. Thats it . According to the code i live by, it is. That you wanted to kill me to get to hercules. Ill go to my grave regretting that. I was all twisted up by hate. Probably the same feeling you have towards me. Not anymore. Thank you. Did you find salmoneus . sighing afraididot. Nothing . Well, just. sighing just s se footprints that might have been his. Where were they headed . To elysia. graegus roaring the rage you hear in graegus is a measure of how badly you have failed ares. Graegus needs flesh and blood that my 12 best warriors didnt get him because they ran from hercules and xena like craven cowards. But you fled with us. I never flee. I only live to fight another day. Feed him to graegus. The rest of you, prepare for the arrival of herculeleand xena. Kill them and you regain your honor. Theyre everywhere. Well, whoever made these tracks is heading for big trouble. The wagon was going west, towards the ocean, and then it veered towards the north, to elysia. Maybe darphus is bringing in weapons or reinforcements. Either that or somebody made a terrible mistake. Ow im glad i dont have hemorrhoids chuckling dont be so sensitive, sonny boy cut that out yeah, you need ocean air, thats what you need. Itll improve your sense of humor. Enos, theres no ocean around here. Whoa. Theres not . Of course there is. You cant see past your reins, can you . laughing i knew it, im being driven straight to hades. Oh, dont be such a worrywart. My eyes may not be so hot, but my animals eyes are just fine. Maybe you are not cut out for hitchhiking in the middle of nowhere get up chuckling very perceptiviv not much farther now. Ill go scout ahead. No, i think its my turn. Wait a minute. I know this territity. Come on, im full of old hunters tricks. Thats not all youre full of. Hey flattery will get you nowhere. And keep a light burning in the window. You heard the man. Ill go get some wood, but im still not going to cook. Enos whoa. sniffing oh, smell that ocean. There are no goats here. Since when does the ocean smell of goats . Fish, thats what you have in a fishing village. This isnt a fishing village. Its elysia. Is not. Is. Is not. Is. shouting is not sorry, old man, it is. Darphus will be happy to see you. You know, ive been in 100 other battles, and the only thing thats ever c ce over me before them was a cold rage. But now. Is this what it feels like to be you, hercules . Ut how good it feels to challenen the forces of evil. I wouldnt be doing it if you hadnt given me the chance. Whatever i did doesnt count. You made the decision on your own. Theres another decision ive made. Whats that . To let you knoww how iu in case i die fighting darphus. warriors chattering warrior 1 have some more. Warrior 2 try some of these figs, theyre delicious. Eat up. men laugh traitor. graegus roaring hello, iolaus. Did i get back too soon . I mean, i didnt think id get back so soon. What did you find . Salmoneus, but its not what you think. He and darphus were eating together. It seemed like they were having a great time. Salmoneus is a lot of things, but i haveve hard time believing that a traitor is one of them. Hercules, graegus is there. Whos graegus . Ares pet. Hell feed on darphus victims until hes the biggest creature that ever walked. So what are we going to do to stop them . Sometimes you can only defeat evil with evil. Youve lost weight since we last met. Huh . Come on, open up. Eat. Mmmmmm. How many times do i have to tell you . I want you nice and plump so graegus will have lots to chew on. Mmmmmm. Eat groaning please. Dont make me kill you before i feed you to graegus. I want you kicking and screaming so hercules and xena can watch. groaning itll be better if we attack from the front. No, if we attack from the. Stop right there. Uhoh. The mighty hercules. How does it feel to be. Look out. Show off. Any closer and my ear would have been stuck to his chest. Well, you didnt give me a very good angle. I knew you could handle it. Come on, we need to move fast. Iolaus, you know what to do. Yeah, burning wagon coming up. Its time to teach you some manners. No, dont get me wrong. Your food is great. If you get me a nice sorbet i could work through six or seven more courses. Graegus is hungry. Theres plenty of roast left. Let me get him some. Darphus after hes finished with you, hell be big enough to obliterate anyone who stands in ares path come on. He smells your fear. Take him inside. Thats not fear, its gas please, dont ive got land, ow, in macedonia. Ow you could be landowners. I got yells southern exposure. My ankles swell muttering come on, come on. mouthing exclaiming come on grunting exclaiming no no please dont leave me hey dont leave me shrieking heavy footsteps approaching graegus growling well, the son of zeus has finally arrived. Get him gah i thought the wagon was supposed to be on fire. Old hunters tricks dont always work warrior yelling that was great thank you, thank you, thank you. Were not out of this yet. Thank you. I wonder if he knows how to play fetch. Ah screaming ill make sure you stay dead this time, darphus its you who dies this time metallic crash ut. Salmoneus, get out of here come on, get out go run whistling thanks. My pleasure. growling creaking xena creaking screaming ive never seen anything like that. What happened . Bad diet. Xena but darphus had ares on his side. It didnt matter. You should have seen those soldiers fall when i conked them. I dropped those turkeys like a bad habit. You looking for this . You found it thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You know, that is the thing about salmoneus, is you never can tell how he feels about anything. Yeah, hell have to work on that. sniggering yeah, go ahead and laugh, you two are going to miss me. Where are you going . Im going to athens. To work on your celebrity biography. And if it doesnt work out i can always sell obedience training for dogs. laughing goodbye, my friends. Take care, salmoneus. whistling well, i guess im on my way home. You wanna come along . Youre leaving . Youre going to make this tougher on me than it already is, arent you . It doesnt have to be that way. Please, dont. Youre going to make my cry and i havent done that since i was a child. Xena. Let me go. Theres so much in my life i have to make amends for. Ive got to get started. I wish youd let me help. You already have. Goodbye, hercules. You all right . Yeah, i think so. What do we get . Tony dekeys, shot repeatedly. Clark who called it in . Old lady lives across the street. She heard the shots, time to see who did it. It doesnt look like a robbery. He was shot through the window. Hes wearing colors could be gangrelated. Worth looking into. Hey, whos this . Hey, im hatcher. And . Stan hatcher, the boroughs assigned me in your squad. Effective when . Today. You didnt know . Clark nah, first weve heard. I talked to your boss yesterday and this morning. He told me to respond to this. Gibson. Look, i dont wanna step on any toes. Hey, man, dont worry about it. Stan hatcher. Where do i know that name from . The school bus of blind kids that was saved from plunging off the bridge. That was me. Greg medavoy. Hey, hows it going . Baldwin jones. Whats up, man . Where were you before this, stan . The 72. So, what are we looking at here . D. O. A. , black male. No witnesses, no signs of a robbery. Wearing those colors, gotta be a blood. We picked up on that. Why them . Word im hearing is some blood made inappropriate remarks to the girlfriend of a latin king. Lots of threats going back and forth since. And you got this word how . I used to work the gang unit. Still keep my ear to the ground. Run with it. Done. Jones well get a canvas started. Seems all right. Stan hatcher. I know that name from somewhere. Hows the new guy . Phew witty. Clark he didnt raise any flags. Regardless, how bout making a call to the 72 see what they got on this guy stan hatcher . Run a credit check, too . Ill see what i can do. [ squawk ] what the hell was that . African gray parrot. What do we got . D. O. A. Black male. May be gangrelated. Whats with the bird . [ mimics ] who, him . Yeah. Thats the colonel. Had him for years. Friendly as a dog. Keeping him here . Yeah, but after a couple of hours, youll completely tune him out. Natural mimics the african gray. They hear something pick it right up. When the colonel says hello, you swear it was the wife. Its uncanny. This is a workplace. Give him time. Youll fall in love. [ squawks ] welcome to the best squad in the city. Glad to be here. John irvin. Whats up man . Hey, man. Not much. Hi, connie mcdowell. Look at you ready to pop. Yeah, yeah. A month away. With the help of certain people who shall not be named. Oh, really . How about getting him set up, gibsy. Me and andy go way back, which is why he calls me gibson instead of sergeant. No problem, i dont spend much time at the desk. Hey, im rita ortiz. Hey, stan hatcher. Where are we at as far as background on the d. O. A. . The gang unit said the d. O. A. Was a gangbanger with avenue d bloods. My contact says one of the d. O. A. s homeboys made a move on the girlfriend of a guy named wilmer lopez. A latin king. Bingo wilmer goes by the name king jazz. Well talk to him. Sounds good. This kids sharp, huh . [ squawking ] ed boyanovich, i need to talk to somebody. My daughters been kidnapped. Detective jones, medavoy. Lets go talk in here. [ bird squawks ] whats your daughters name, mr. Boyanovich . Carla. Seeing this boy Charles Slocum. They go to the kendall school. Shes a sopxxxxre. Hes a senior, rich kid. Does that factor in . He factors in. Hes taking her to night clubs, parties. She starts coming home after curfew. I called to talk to his parents. They arent around. Was last time you saw your daughter . Two nights ago. It had been really calm around the house the last few weeks. She said her and slocum broke up. But then i get home about 9 30, you cant stop me. Did you call slocums place . Hell, yes, i did. No answer. So i go over his building, i watch the doorman talk on the house phone for, like, five minutes, and hes got the brass to tell me that nobodys home. I get in his face, he threatens to call the cops. All right, well go talk to slocum. What am i supposed to do . This kid is basically holding my daughter hostage. Sir, understanding how frustrating it is, tion. But you you dont understand. Carla is a young 15. She only just started coming out of her shell after her mom died three years ago. Then she meets this older, rich kid, and shes completely starryeyed. Lets concentrate on getting your daughter home. But what this slocum kid is doing is criminal, right . Huh . Keeping her from me thats breaking the law. Give us slocums address. Well talk to him. He dont get no special treatment, right . If we find something criminal, hell face charges. Wilmer lopez . Are you wilmer lopez . Whats it gonna be . King jazz, we need a few minutes of your time. Doesnt concern your men, so if you ask them to step aside, wed appreciate it. All respect. So whats this about . You know tony dekeys . Yeah, what about him . There was a dispute with the avenue d bloods over theresa guzman. Your girlfriend, right . But theres no dispute with the bloods. One of them didnt hit on your girl . There werent threats made . No. All right, lets go. Well talk at our office. All right. Disputes been settled. Tributes been paid. Are you saying there was no termination order on dek