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00:19I shouldn't be doing this.
00:21Out of my talent, I shouldn't be scavenging for food.
00:24We're not scavenging, we're hunting.
00:26With that, are you expecting to find a mouse, maybe a small vole?
00:33Someone has to gut the thing, you can hardly do that with your ridiculous stick.
00:36It's not a stick, it's a spear, and I'll have you know, with this very spear, I...
00:40Shhh!
00:42Oh!
00:56It's a baby.
01:00You need to find the mother, she can't be far.
01:02I don't think so.
01:03Spread out, Hercules, you go that way, and Pythagoras retrace our steps.
01:06She won't be here.
01:08What are you talking about?
01:09The child has been exposed, it's been left here to die.
01:14That's insane!
01:15Why would someone do that?
01:16There can be many reasons.
01:18The child could be too weak to survive.
01:20It looks fine, or it could be born out of wedlock.
01:23If we can't find the mother, we need to help.
01:25No, no, we can't interfere, this was the child's fate.
01:29Or maybe it was my fate to find it.
01:31He's got a point.
01:33Only a fool challenges the gods.
01:36You see, they've spoken.
01:38Nonsense, poor thing's just hungry.
01:40Join the club.
01:42Here, see if you can calm it down.
01:44Me?
01:44What do I know about babies?
01:46We must have been one once, Pythagoras.
01:48Think back.
01:49This is ridiculous.
01:50We need to put it back.
01:54Oh, he's a natural.
01:57Maybe it's his fate.
01:58Got to be.
02:00We can't interfere.
02:02I've got to.
02:04Oh.
02:06Oh, this is not fair.
02:08I can't.
02:25Oh, my God.
02:45The whole morning hunting, and all we come back with is one more mouth to feed.
02:51There must be some food somewhere.
02:55Is that you, Hercules?
02:57What?
02:57Oh, no.
02:59Definitely not one of yours?
03:00Why does it always have to be me?
03:01A question we ask ourselves every morning.
03:03No, it could just as easily be either one of you two.
03:07Well, I don't think so.
03:09Oh, not me.
03:10No, I carried it all the way back.
03:12No, no, I told you I know nothing about babies.
03:15I just drop it or something.
03:18Right.
03:19Get me a bowl and some cloths.
03:31Oh, that solves one mystery.
03:35It's definitely a boy.
03:36Tell me when it's all over.
03:59How could anyone abandon him?
04:02He's perfect.
04:03Oh, yeah, apart from the funny foot.
04:07Just swollen, that's all.
04:09Shh, I don't know what you've done.
04:11Nothing to do with me.
04:13You're hungry.
04:13And I know exactly how he feels.
04:31You look exhausted.
04:32Producer, if you're going to buy food for a child, what would you buy?
04:36Sardines or olives?
04:38Depends.
04:39How old is a child?
04:40About that old.
04:41You're at the wrong stall.
04:43Really?
04:54Who was that?
04:56King Laius of Thebes.
04:57He's been the king's guest for a few weeks now.
05:13You had a successful hunt, my lord?
05:15King Laius did.
05:16All the trophies are his.
05:19I imagine that would be the case.
05:22The gods were generous.
05:23Indeed.
05:32The king is an accomplished hunter.
05:34He is.
05:36Could you hear he doesn't restrict his prowess in the hunting grounds?
05:40King Laius is of royal blood.
05:41You will speak of him with respect.
05:43I wonder how the queen feels about his royal blood.
05:46She's barely looked at him all the time she's been here.
05:48Have you not noticed?
05:50No.
05:50She is young and shy.
05:52It takes time to row into the role of queen.
06:02Do we really need all this stuff?
06:04I mean, it's just a baby.
06:05I assume you have swaddling clothes.
06:07Yes, of course.
06:09But wait, what are swaddling clothes?
06:11Just to be sure.
06:12Poor thing.
06:13He'd probably stand more chance on the mountain than with you three.
06:27Keep it down.
06:28I thought I'd just cut him off.
06:30Medusa.
06:31I thought we were keeping it down.
06:40This is wonderful.
06:42Sorry about the mess.
06:43These two boys, you know.
06:45I'm the tidy one, actually.
06:47Is this him?
06:49Isn't he sweet?
06:51I can't believe someone just abandoned him.
06:54I couldn't leave a baby out on the side of a mountain, now, could I?
06:58You brought him back.
06:59Carried him all the way home.
07:04I bought some goat's milk.
07:05Fill that up.
07:09Yeah.
07:11There was nothing on him.
07:13No note, no jewellery to pay his way.
07:16Nothing.
07:16Whoever left him clearly didn't want to be found.
07:21Oh, he must be starving.
07:23That's why I sent Jason out.
07:25I knew the little fella would need something to eat.
07:27Such a kind-hearted man, Hercules.
07:30Maybe we should go back to where we found him.
07:33Excellent idea.
07:34Why don't you take Pythagoras, see what you can dig up.
07:37While you stay here with the food?
07:39Like you said, I'm good with babies.
07:41You're not.
07:41It's just the way we are.
07:42He's drunk it all.
07:44Oh, sweet.
07:46Is there any more?
07:47I'll get it.
07:47Then perhaps you can show me how to feed him.
07:50It's pathetic, it really is.
07:52Goodbye, Pythagoras.
07:53Goodbye, goodbye.
08:01Nobody needs something to play with.
08:05You're blowing fumes in his face.
08:21It's wind.
08:22Sorry.
08:23Must have crept out.
08:25There, there.
08:28That's better.
08:30Always settle down.
08:32You're a genius.
08:39Yeah.
08:45You should sleep for a while now.
08:48What about you, Medusa?
08:51Oh, I didn't mean, uh, no.
08:54I meant, you hungry without something to eat?
08:57Uh, maybe a drink, perhaps some wine?
08:59Oh, at this time of day?
09:02It's after breakfast.
09:03I should go.
09:04Oh, no, please don't.
09:06Give him this if he wakes, all right.
09:10Medusa.
09:15Idiot.
09:16Idiot.
09:17Idiot.
09:28You wee little face.
09:31A little bit more.
09:34Oh, you're a good boy, aren't you?
09:36Yes, you are.
09:38Have you had enough?
09:41We've got Medusa to tell her for this, haven't we?
09:44Yes, we have.
09:46She's so beautiful.
09:49Yes, she is.
09:50She's the most beautiful person I've ever met.
09:54Apart from you, of course.
09:57Why can't I tell her how I feel?
09:59Hmm?
10:01Because I'm old and fat and she wouldn't give me a second chance, would she?
10:06She wouldn't, would she?
10:08You know, those little chewy cheeks.
10:11Yes.
10:13And a bit more.
10:15There we go.
10:17Good boy.
10:20There aren't even any hoof prints.
10:22Whoever abandoned him erased every trace.
10:25What must a mother have felt when she left him, walking away from the baby she bore?
10:29No one would do that willingly.
10:32Well, perhaps it wasn't her.
10:33It's Grant not knowing your mother.
10:35Nobody'd serve her.
10:37Which is why we must do our very best to help the boy.
10:54It's just a stone.
10:57It's not a stone.
11:01It's a shard.
11:03A piece of pottery.
11:05And look, this must be the grain that was inside it.
11:09If we find enough, we might be able to reconstruct some of it.
11:13Here.
11:14Here.
11:50Where's Medusa?
11:53Medusa?
11:54Oh, she had to go.
11:56See, that is what happens when you try to punch above your weight, which, let's face it, in your case,
12:01is considerable.
12:02She had to go to work, all right?
12:04Some of us take our responsibilities seriously.
12:08I'm sure she'll be back.
12:10Do you think?
12:12Yeah.
12:24There.
12:29You sure that's right?
12:31Well, of course.
12:32We've got it the wrong way around or upside down.
12:34What's wrong with you two?
12:35Can't you see what it is?
12:37A rock?
12:37A piece of mud?
12:43It's a pig.
12:44That's its back legs.
12:45That's its front legs.
12:46And that's its snout.
12:49Of course.
12:49Yes.
12:50Obviously.
12:51It was a child's rattle.
12:53That's what the grain was for, to make the noise.
12:55The mother didn't leave it with nothing.
12:56She did care.
12:57It's beautifully made.
12:59Just look at the detailing along its back.
13:01It still doesn't get us anywhere.
13:05I'm not sure we should get any further.
13:08The child's clearly from a wealthy family.
13:11Whatever reason they had to abandon him, one thing's for sure.
13:16They don't want him found.
13:23Great Artemis, goddess of the hunt, I make you this offering.
13:27In thanks for the bounty you've bequeathed on us today.
13:30Kutu kusaydi on kaiache.
13:39And now, my friends, enjoy.
13:57The gods have surely smiled upon you today, my lord.
14:00It'll take more than a ball for the gods to favour Laeus.
14:08Will you hunt again tomorrow?
14:11The gods, committee.
14:13And I shall accompany you.
14:15You?
14:15Was not Artemis herself a woman?
14:18Of course.
14:20But her prey had four legs, did it not?
14:40Leave us.
14:43It's all right.
14:45Say what you've come to say.
14:46I went back to the place, just as you said, to make sure.
14:50The baby was gone.
14:52Gone?
14:54Eaten by animals, perhaps?
14:56There was no blood.
14:57Nothing like that.
14:59You are sure you left him there?
15:01Sure you didn't take pity at the last moment?
15:03Would only be natural.
15:05No.
15:06I swear, I left him, just as you said.
15:08Then there must be some other explanation, must there not?
15:10There were some boys, and I followed them back to Atlantis.
15:14And they ended up in the streets, just the north of the Canopic Way.
15:18And then I lost them.
15:19Did they have the child?
15:21I'm not sure.
15:26You did the right thing, Andreas.
15:29You may go.
15:36Wherever they were, they can't be far.
15:38We'll make inquiries.
15:39Is there time for inquiries?
15:42The boy must be found and then dealt with.
15:45We shall have the palace guards search the area around the Canopic Way.
15:48What of your husband, the king?
15:51You may leave him to me.
15:53The child will be found before nightfall, my lord.
15:55I give you my word.
16:08He's gone.
16:11Operation God.
16:20Cover and talk.
16:35It's time to go.
16:53The child will be found before nightfall.
17:08Oh, I did it last time.
17:11I did it the last twice.
17:30Oh, this is not fair.
17:34Oh, there we go.
18:18There are soldiers outside.
18:19Dozens of them.
18:20No.
18:22What's going on?
18:23We found out who the little fellow is.
18:25It's not good news.
18:26It's King Laius' son.
18:28What?
18:28I can't be right.
18:29Why would a king want his own son dead?
18:31No one knows for sure, but Laius has a wandering eye.
18:33The son, born out of wedlock, might threaten the claim of his true heir.
18:37Thanks, mate.
18:37We have to go.
18:38Where?
18:39I said we should have left him there.
18:41You don't mean that, Hercules.
18:43I don't know what I mean anymore.
18:46Too late.
18:47Open up.
18:48They're not even a king.
18:49There's a window in the back.
18:50We can drop down into the alley.
18:52It won't take them five minutes to know where we've gone.
18:54They don't know anyone's here.
18:55They might have seen me.
18:57Oh, wonderful.
19:00Go to the tavern on the sacred way.
19:02The landlord is a friend of mine.
19:03We can't leave you here.
19:05You must go.
19:06Please.
19:14Open up.
19:28What took you so long?
19:30Sorry, I was in the back.
19:53You live alone here, Medusa?
19:55Yes.
19:59I take in laundry.
20:12I'll leave the hands of a washerwoman.
20:15I do it as a favor.
20:16My main job is at the palace.
20:19Which, of course, can be verified.
20:21Ask anyone in the kitchens?
20:23Perhaps I will.
20:34Can I go now, please?
20:35I should be at one.
20:35We're looking for a child, Medusa.
20:38A baby.
20:40The mother is very anxious to find him.
20:44What's that got to do with me?
20:46I'm not sure.
20:47Well, perhaps nothing.
20:52Can I go now?
20:56Yes, you may go.
21:00Wait.
21:04You forgot your shawl.
21:20What's that got to do with you?
21:50I have to go down.
21:53I can't.
22:00Give me the boy.
22:01No, he'll never make it.
22:02Do you have a better idea?
22:04Come on.
22:05Give me to me.
22:05He's right, Hercules.
22:10You harm one hair on his head.
22:27Hurry.
22:28They're coming.
22:29I don't think I can do this.
22:30Of course you can.
22:37Go.
22:38Hercules.
22:38I'm too old for this.
22:40Look after.
22:41Look.
22:42Stop.
22:42Go.
22:43Now.
23:01Still got it, Hercules.
23:03Still got it, Hercules.
23:10There it is.
23:12There it is.
23:21There it is.
23:46I'm not sure how much more of this I can take.
23:50We need to kill you.
23:53You'll be safe enough here.
23:54Just try not to make any noise.
23:56The walls are thinner than they look.
24:14There was to be no trace.
24:16It must have slipped from the boy's grasp.
24:20I gave him this from the day he was born.
24:23You did the right thing, Les.
24:24You had no choice.
24:26You still don't.
24:32The boy must be found.
24:33The suit is already sealed.
24:35There can be no escape.
24:41I'm told you're a man to be trusted.
24:43My lord.
24:44You know what to do.
24:48There'll be more when it's done.
25:17The suit is gone.
25:31Someone will hear.
25:32I know that, Pythagoras.
25:33Can't you keep him quiet?
25:35No.
25:35He's hungry.
25:38Maybe if I were to sneak upstairs.
25:40It's too risky.
25:42Reducer will be here soon.
25:44That's what you said an hour ago.
25:47Now look what you've done.
25:49Get back there.
26:04What are you doing to my boy?
26:07Oh, yes.
26:08I knew I couldn't trust you with that.
26:10Why didn't you give the signal?
26:11What signal?
26:12The three knocks.
26:13Nobody told me.
26:14What have they done to you?
26:16What have they done to you?
26:17Oh, you need food.
26:19You did bring food, right?
26:21Hercules.
26:22I've been avoiding an army ban for my blood.
26:25I didn't have time to go shopping, did I?
26:27Knew it.
26:27Wonderful.
26:29You just need some proper care, that's all.
26:32Don't you, P?
26:33Don't you?
26:51One of us will have to go up there and ask for milk in a tavern.
26:55Look, think of an excuse.
26:57Pythagoras is right.
26:58It's too risky.
26:59The whole city's looking for us.
27:00He needs food.
27:02What was I?
27:03I didn't hear anything.
27:07Blast.
27:12Oh, we were getting worried.
27:14I'm so sorry.
27:20Give me the child.
27:22I'd rather die.
27:25Admirable, but foolish.
27:27Never.
27:28If you won't give Tiresis the child, then give him to me.
27:32His mother.
27:34His mother?
27:36You call yourself a mother.
27:38How can I thank you?
27:40Without you, he surely would have done.
27:43If you wanted the child to live, why did you cast him out?
27:47You think I could do such a thing?
27:51I carried him.
27:53I gave birth to him.
27:54I cared for him.
27:55If not you, the king.
27:58King Laius cast him out.
28:01And to my shame, I helped him.
28:03Why?
28:03When the boy was born, the king took him to the oracle.
28:08There he learned his dreadful fate.
28:11If he lived, he would kill his father.
28:16The king then felt he had no choice but to sacrifice him.
28:25He belongs with you.
28:34My poor, beautiful boy.
28:37He can't stay here, Jocasta.
28:39If they find him, they will kill him.
28:41I know.
28:43The net is closing fast.
28:44He must be taken from the city.
28:45The place is swarming with soldiers.
28:47I can hold them back for a few hours more.
28:49I'll take him.
28:50You're mad.
28:55You understand that if you're caught, I'll not be able to protect you?
28:59I understand.
29:03No.
29:04I will not part with him again.
29:06Jocasta, you have to.
29:07No, I cannot.
29:08If you love your son, you must give him up.
29:12Send him to safety.
29:14To keep him here will mean death for you both.
29:20Oh, you have some food and clothes.
29:24The gods have spoken.
29:26Is it really your place to intervene?
29:29If it means saving a child's life.
29:31Yes.
29:32You can give those to me.
29:35You're going as well.
29:37I haven't seen Jason cope on his own.
29:40I think the little fella needs me.
29:43Make the Zephalon on the border with Acha here.
29:46At the fortress there, you'll be met by soldiers from Jocasta's father.
29:51He's promised to give the child a good home.
29:54You won't be able to get out.
29:55The city is sealed.
29:56Go via Telepeas Gate.
29:59The king believes I'm in accord with him on this.
30:02So I'll do what I can to reduce the garrison there.
30:05The rest is up to here.
30:13You won't let him out of your sight.
30:15Not for a second.
30:17You'll trust him.
30:18He'd give his life for this boy.
30:20Is there no other way?
30:23None.
30:25The Oracle also foretold the boy would marry his mother.
30:33Are you coming?
30:34I don't have much choice.
30:36How long do you think you'd last without me?
30:38Oh, let's see.
30:39A lifetime?
30:41I'd be in jail by sundown, all of you.
30:43Come, we must leave.
30:44Wait.
30:45One last kiss.
31:01What was that for?
31:02For being a good man.
31:11You have my very life in your hands.
31:15It's time.
31:16I love it.
31:18You have a good one.
31:52you stop me all of you doing here you know there's a curfew yes sorry um we were in the
32:03tavern
32:06you open your cloak we didn't know about the curfew you see so we open it or would you like
32:12me to do it
32:13for you is this really necessary pardon me not feeling too well i must apologize for my friend
32:23uh he has spent the best part of the day in the tavern to be honest i'm surprised he's still
32:30standing i just had a couple of drinks that's all i i resemble your insinuation your in
32:39insinution but it's not true open the cloak
32:48whoops open it yes of course
33:01that wasn't even me sorry take him away and i don't want to see you here again
33:07you won't we promise thank you
33:13good night good night thank you
33:17i told you you needed me i would have been fine now what with your is this really necessary that
33:23put the fear of god into them i was working on it we don't have time for this you can
33:27argue later
33:28i'm not arguing i'm stating a fact we need a change that's what i've been saying for months
33:32no not us him i think there's been a leak
33:46all right now what's to do he needs a proper wash strangely like it is i forgot to bring my
33:52bath
33:56we're not gonna make it no we still have a few hours till tomorrow that's not the problem come and
34:01see for yourselves
34:05i don't know what do you suggest asking politely please mr soldier can we come through
34:22maybe that's not such a stupid idea
34:25i don't know what do you think i'm going to get back
35:19Look, over there, get him!
35:47He's not coming, is he?
35:48Of course he is.
35:50If anyone can escape those guards, it's Jason.
35:53Do you think so?
35:53Well, you've seen him.
35:55He runs like the wind.
35:57I wouldn't say wind.
35:59When I was his age, no man could run faster, jump higher, or...
36:04Yes, yes, or fight better, we know.
36:06He's young, that's all.
36:07No, Hercules, that is not all.
36:10And you know it.
36:12Jason is different.
36:14Special.
36:17Yes.
36:19Yes, he is.
36:24So he'll be fine, then?
36:28Of course he will.
36:32This is all my fault, Pythagoras.
36:36I knew we shouldn't have interfered.
36:38I knew it.
36:38I should have insisted.
36:40And not have that baby in your arms.
36:44You did the right thing, Hercules.
36:46You did the right thing, Hercules.
36:49We all did.
36:55Perhaps we should start for the border.
36:58But you said...
37:00The guards catch Jason.
37:01They won't relent until he tells them where the boy is.
37:03He would never talk.
37:05The king's life is at stake, Hercules.
37:07They won't stop until he does.
37:09It's a good thing they didn't catch him, then.
37:11Jason!
37:12I won't mind the baby.
37:15How did you get away?
37:17No.
37:18Usual combination.
37:19Skill, cunning, intelligence.
37:21I ran.
37:23Are you followed?
37:24No, they still think I'm in the city.
37:26Help me gather some wood.
37:28We need to light a fire.
37:33He's beyond the city walls.
37:37Thank the gods.
37:41Indeed.
37:46Why did you help me, Tyreseus?
37:49You've served my husband loyally for many years.
37:54And hope to do so for many more.
37:57He's not a bad man, Jocasta.
38:01Just one who fears the words of the Oracle.
38:07You haven't answered my question.
38:13Sometimes one must follow one's conscience.
38:17Not one's duty.
38:21Now, he needs feeding every three hours.
38:24Don't let him sleep for more than two hours during the day,
38:27or you'll never get him off at night.
38:28I'll manage.
38:30Oh, you don't manage a baby.
38:32You care for him.
38:33Hercules, he'll be fine.
38:35Does he have a name?
38:36The boy has a swollen foot,
38:37so we thought perhaps, um...
38:39Oedipus?
38:44Oedipus?
38:45Yes.
38:46I like it.
38:47An Oedipus?
38:48It shall be.
38:50You will look after him.
38:52With my life.
38:59Are we sure we're doing the right thing?
39:01Of course we are.
39:02How could you ask?
39:06Slicky face.
39:08I know, I know.
39:21You are certain of this?
39:23Quite certain.
39:24I thought that to be true before.
39:25This time there can be no doubt.
39:27The boy did not suffer, my lord.
39:30That I can vouch for.
39:36What did my family do to be so cursed?
39:39The gods require no reason for their cruelty.
39:44Make libations to the gods, Tereus.
39:48They must be placated.
39:50At once, my lord.
40:02Your kindness will not be forgotten.
40:04We can expect a return visit soon, I hope.
40:06Of course.
40:11Your hospitality has been much appreciated.
40:13You did all you could, Laius.
40:15The rest we must trust in the gods.
40:25You must be sad to see him go, a royal king of such talents.
40:31I did my duty as a host, that is all.
40:33You underestimate yourself.
40:35Marianne, why must we always quarrel?
40:38I wish you nothing but well.
40:39And I wish I could believe that.
40:54So, the question is, straight to the baths or straight to Medusa?
40:59It won't make any difference either way.
41:01Or straight to Medusa, it says there is nothing more important than you.
41:05On the other hand, I am aware that recent events have, shall we say, produced their own odour.
41:11What do you think, baths or Medusa?
41:14Well, on balance, a less smelly Hercules is preferable to a smelly one,
41:19but I fear the distinction may be lost on Medusa.
41:24You don't get it, do you?
41:25She kissed me.
41:26She kissed me.
41:27It was a peck.
41:28It was a kiss?
41:28A peck.
41:29Whose cheek was it?
41:30Exactly.
41:31I'm going straight to her.
41:32True love, Brooks.
41:33No hesitation.
41:33You better hope it has no sense of smell either.
41:41This will not end well for Hercules.
41:45I don't know.
41:46Maybe you're wrong.
41:47They might be very happy together.
41:49You're right, perhaps.
41:50They'll fall in love and have a beautiful home with beautiful children and pigs and chickens.
41:57Hercules and beautiful children.
41:59You can't see it.
42:01He'll get drunk and gamble the home and lose it.
42:04He'll eat the pigs and the chickens and Medusa will be furious.
42:07It's not going to end well, is it?
42:08Nope.
42:09No.
42:23I have a message for you.
42:25I have a message for you.
42:26A message?
42:26Who is it from?
42:32Run.
42:39You liberally misled me.
42:41I am.
42:43I have a message for you.
43:10I have a message for you.
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