Meh. I only like the first three seasons of the show, to be honest. After that, it just became sillier (or really dark), it just turned into something else that I didn't like.

@Stratego! said:

Meh. I only like the first three seasons of the show, to be honest. After that, it just became sillier (or really dark), it just turned into something else that I didn't like.

This seems to happen to a lot of shows. First few seasons are great, then they go down hill with ridiculous story lines. Why is that? Writers become lazy? or just aren't talented enough to follow through.

@ausfem said:

@Stratego! said:

Meh. I only like the first three seasons of the show, to be honest. After that, it just became sillier (or really dark), it just turned into something else that I didn't like.

This seems to happen to a lot of shows. First few seasons are great, then they go down hill with ridiculous story lines. Why is that? Writers become lazy? or just aren't talented enough to follow through.

I think it's probably both. And you're right, there are a lot of shows of which I only like the first three seasons or at least consider them to be the best.

I think the reason it went there was due to Dahak coming forth

They had introduced Dahak on Xena the previous year and he was never defeated there, so they moved him to Hercules. As I said above, I thought this was an improvement because we had a special quest for Hercules ( trying to rescue Iolaus from death) that took him to new settings ( Sumeria, Ireland, Viking land) and involved him in other mythologies. After all, the show was called Hercules' Legendary Journeys and this was the only season where he really journeyed!

@CharlesTheBold said:

They had introduced Dahak on Xena the previous year and he was never defeated there, so they moved him to Hercules. As I said above, I thought this was an improvement because we had a special quest for Hercules ( trying to rescue Iolaus from death) that took him to new settings ( Sumeria, Ireland, Viking land) and involved him in other mythologies. After all, the show was called Hercules' Legendary Journeys and this was the only season where he really journeyed!

Dahak was originally meant to be completed in a big Hercules/Xena crossover. However Kevin Sorbo had his aneurysm and they couldn't do it at the time. Xena moved on to other storylines. By the time Sorbo was well enough to be back on a normal schedule, they felt too much time had passed on Xena to bring her back to the Dahak story, so it just wrapped up on Hercules.