Jason goes to buy bread in the marketplace, but when he doesn’t have enough money to buy a loaf, he steals some of the bread that was going to be fed to the pigs. The baker chases Jason through the marketplace and the loaf is ruined when it is dropped into a fountain. Jason ducks inside a building to escape, and comes across a strange room full of animal skulls, herbs, and an altar, upon which sits a haunch of meat. Out of desperation, Jason take the meat from the altar, taking note of the odd triple-faced statue behind the altar. Jason takes the meat home, intending to share it with Hercules and Pythagoras, but when he sees they aren’t at home, he eats all of it himself.
Heartbroken over Medusa, Hercules is attempting to drown his sorrows at the tavern. Hercules rejects Pythagoras attempts to console him, since Pythagoras has never been in love before, as far as Hercules knows. Pythagoras loses his temper and storms out.
Pythagoras comes home and complains about Hercules while Jason attempts to surreptitiously hide the evidence of his latest meal. Pythagoras gets suspicious when he smells the meat, but before he can question Jason further, Hercules totters in, drunk and apologetic.
That night, a strange man approaches the altar that Jason visited earlier. When he sees that the meat is gone, the man snarls, revealing his fanglike teeth.
Jason wakes up to find that he apparently slept on the floor. Hercules comes out, complaining about his hunger and saying that somebody needs to get a job. Pythagoras says he has an idea.
The three heroes are hired to guard a warehouse from rats that have been ruining the food. Unfortunately, Hercules and Pythagoras are so hungry that they end up eating the food themselves. Jason gets on all fours and tracks the rats by scent, but he causes so much damage to the warehouse chasing the rats that the merchant returns and fires the trio. Jason punches the merchant, and everyone is forced to run away. Jason apologizes for how he behaved, saying he isn’t sure what came over him. Hercules figures that hunger is what’s making Jason act so strangely.
That night, Pythagoras hears growling and goes outside to investigate. He sees a large wolf-like creature prowling around the streets, and runs back inside to bar the door.
The next morning, Jason wakes up in an animal pen with his mouth covered in chicken feathers. He returns home to find Hercules and Pythagoras waiting for him. Jason can’t explain what happened, and Pythagoras asks if he’s done anything else unusual lately. Jason mentions the odd shrine that he stumbled into. Pythagoras investigates and realizes that Jason stumbled into a shrine of Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft. The meat Jason took was meant to be a food offering for the goddess. Pythagoras goes to the library to do more research, while he tells Hercules to watch Jason. Pythagoras arrives home to explain what has happened: Jason has been cursed by Hecate to become a monstrous hound called a Kynikoi at night.That night, the Kynikoi devours a goat.
Jason returns home the next morning, naked. Hercules knocks him out and puts him in the space under the floor to stop him from causing more trouble. Pythagoras goes back to the library to see if he can find a cure for Jason.
Meanwhile, news of the monstrous wolf reaches the Atlantean court. Heptarian doesn’t take the report seriously, but General Ramos decides to investigate. King Minos is nearly bedridden from the illness caused by Pasiphae’s poison, which she keeps giving him in regular doses.
Pythagoras rushes home to tell Hercules that he may have found a cure, but it will require a large amount of silver. They go to the temple of Poseidon, where Pythagoras knew Ariadne would be. Pythagoras lights his own cloak on fire and runs around yelling for help. While the guards are distracted, Hercules gives Ariadne a note telling her that to help Jason she needs to bring a pouch of silver to the temple of Poseidon at dusk.
- Pythagoras: Is she gonna help us?Hercules: I don’t know.Pythagoras: Well, how did she react?Hercules: Like we were insane.
Meanwhile, Ariadne follows the instructions of the note and puts several silver objects in a bag. Her new maid bumps into her and asks why she looks so flustered. Ariadne only tells her that she has to do something to help a friend.
After Pythagoras and Hercules catch the rats in a trap and clean up the warehouse, the merchant lets them go.
Ariadne sneaks out of the palace by means of a secret passage and takes the bag of silver to the temple. She waits for a while, but when there is no sign of Pythagoras and Hercules, she leaves and heads for their house.
Pythagoras and Hercules rush to the temple but don’t find Ariadne. They guess that she might be looking for them at their house, which could be dangerous for her if Jason turns into a wolf.
Jason finally breaks free of the room Hercules had trapped him in. When he opens the front door to find Ariadne he hastily shuts it again, as he is still naked. Jason gets dressed and awkwardly tries to talk to Ariadne, but as the sun goes down he begs her to leave for her own safety. The transformation begins. Jason’s hands get hairy and he starts to sniff at Ariadne like a dog. Before he can lunge at her, Pythagoras and Jason return and throw Jason into the other room. Ariadne is confused and scared when Pythagoras won’t explain what’s wrong with Jason, but when he assures her that Jason will be all right once he has the silver, she gives him the bag and goes back to the palace. Unfortunately, Jason has completely transformed and escaped out the window.
General Ramos informs Heptarian that the beast has been sighted again, and Heptarian calls out the guard to hunt it down.
Pythagoras and Hercules melt down the silver and make it into a brew to cure Jason. They find Jason in wolf form and use a bone to lure him into the shrine of Hecate. They then barricade the door to keep the beast inside until dawn. Keeping out of sight of the guards, Pythgoras and Hercules wait until dawn.When dawn arrives, Pythagoras and Hercules go into the shrine and give Jason something to wear. Before they can all go home, Hecate’s priest leaps out and attacks Jason with the ferocity of a wolf. Jason is bitten and Hercules is nearly stabbed, but Pythagoras defeats the priest by toppling the statue of Hecate over on him.
Pythagoras and Hercules take Jason home and give him the silver potion. When Jason recovers, he despairs as he thinks about how Ariadne must have felt being sniffed and growled at by him. His friends try to lightly tease him, but Jason tells him they’re not helping.
Tropes
- Broke Episode: The heroes can’t seem to scrape together enough money for food.
- Cover Innocent Eyes and Ears: Hercules covers Pythagoras’ eyes when Jason returns home naked.
- Missed Him by That Much: Pythagoras and Hercules just miss Ariadne at the temple.
- Noodle Incident: When Jason tells Hercules he woke up naked in an animal pen, Hercules’ response is “It happens.”
- Our Werewolves Are Different: Eating sacrificial meat causes Jason to be cursed by Hecate to turn into a wolf at night. Hecate’s priest doesn’t outright transform into a wolf, but he behaves like one.
- Tap on the Head: Hercules knocks out Jason to protect himself from his wolf form.
