Young Hercules (Season 1)

Watch Young Hercules (1998) online on iFILM — a US–New Zealand adventure fantasy series and spin-off of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, set before the hero's legend began.

Hercules (Ryan Gosling, in one of his earliest screen appearances) enrolls at Cheiron's warrior academy, where he meets Jason, the heir to Corinth's throne. Jason's father falls dangerously ill — and the only cure turns out to be the Golden Fleece. The two set off for it across fifty episodes, with Ares blocking them at every turn, their friend Iolaus causing as much trouble as he solves, and Zeus watching from a careful distance.

Light syndication television by any current standard, but the Gosling factor makes it worth a look: this is what the future Drive and La La Land star looked like at seventeen, still working out how to own a frame. Stream every episode of Young Hercules on iFILM.