Hercules reminisces about his first battle against the Parthans as he comforts his dying mother, Alcmene, and confronts his father, Zeus.

Zeus' proposal for Hercules to join him as a god on Mount Olympus brings up memories of the warrior's first brush with divine immortality.

Hera blackmails Zeus into becoming mortal. Hercules battles the gods to return Alcmene's soul to the Elysian Fields and restore his father's powers.