Regrets... I've Had a Few
| "Regrets... I've Had a Few" | |
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| Hercules: The Legendary Journeys episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 403 |
| Directed by | Gus Trikonis |
| Written by | Paul Robert Coyle |
| Original air date | October 13, 1997 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Colin Moy (Jaris) |
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Colin Moy (Jaris)
Belinda Waymouth (Celesta)
Mark Wright (Claxon)
Nathaniel Lees (Cheiron)
"Regrets... I've Had a Few" is the third episode of the fourth season in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
Celesta, the goddess of death, comes for Jaris, an old childhood friend of Hercules. Hercules remembers the first time he met Celesta, and attempts to stop her from taking Jaris to the Elysian Fields.
Claxon, the local villain has been let off for his crimes once again. He brags that nobody will dare testify against him. He begins to goad Jaris into a fight, explaining that no-one will see a thing. As he pulls a punch on Jaris, his hand is grabbed by another man, Hercules. Hercules fight Claxon and his men. At the end of the fight Hercules greets his friend, who takes Hercules over to Rena, his sister-in-law who is holding his new-born son, Bartoc. As Jaris prepares to take the baby home, Hercules sees Celesta, the goddess who guides the deceased to the other side. Celesta approaches Jaris and the baby, Hercules asks if she is there for the baby, to which she replies that she is there for Jaris.
Hercules asks how he will die, Celesta tells him he can not stop it as The Fates have already severed his lifeline. She tells Hercules, "There are things even you are powerless to change". He begs Celesta for more time so that Jaris can say a proper goodbye to his family. Celesta tells him that, "Death is never easy. It's the survivors who have it the hardest", reminding Hercules about Jaris's brother Bartoc.
Hercules begins remembering scene from his childhood. Hercules and Iolaus are training in Cheiron's Academy. Cheiron berated Hercules for becoming too cocky. On the way home Hercules and Iolaus are attacked by a gang including Bartoc, who has been assigned to stab Hercules as a sort of initiation. Hercules is surrounded and swarmed, restraining him for Bartoc, while a few of the attackers try and fail to subdue Iolaus but manage to hold him at bay. Hercules breaks free and lashes out at full strength, throwing Bartoc against a post and causing him to go limp. As the gang flees, Hercules sees a woman with a candle, who then disappears. Iolaus checks on Bartoc and informs Hercules that he is dead. Hercules and Iolaus set off to take the boy's body back to his family. While Hercules is travelling to the Bartoc's home, he encounters the woman he saw earlier on. She introduces herself as Celesta. Hercules arrives at Bartoc's home and meets his father, Nehemiah. Nehemiah sees the body on the horse and realises that the body is Bartoc. Hercules offers his sympathy and Nehemiah thanks him for bringing Bartoc back home.
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