Whilst hunting in the mountains, the boys stumble across an abandoned baby. Jason refuses to leave the child to die and insists he return home with them to Atlantis. But this charitable act has far-reaching implications, and the gang soon find themselves embroiled in a complicated web of secrets and lies.

Episode 4 airs at 8.20pm on Saturday 19 October on BBC One. To whet your appetite, here are ten teasing lines of dialogue from the episode…

» “A whole morning hunting and all we come back with is one more mouth to feed.”

» “The gods have spoken. Is it really your place to intervene?”

» “Some of us take our responsibilities seriously!”

» “I’m the tidy one, actually.”

» “That solves one mystery, it’s definitely a boy.”

» “She is young and shy. It takes time to grow into the role of Queen.”

» “It will take more than a boar for the gods to favour Laius”

» “You harm on hair on his head…”

» “Just try not to make any much noise, the walls are thinner than they look.”

» “You’ve still got it, Hercules, you still have.”

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