Fan Casting Heracles

Episode 11: The Apples As Olympus watched Heracles with eager eyes, Hera began to plan her endgame with Eurystheus. The final two labours would take place in the Underworld, home of the most death-defying challenges Heracles had come across yet. Heracles was tasked with stealing the Golden Apples of the Hesperides which could only be picked by immortal hands. Heracles would not let this labour get the best of him. Near the garden, Heracles spotted the Titan Atlas holding up the sky with his bare hands. Heracles approached the Titan with an offer. If Atlas retrieved the apples for Heracles, he would relieve Atlas of his eternal burden and hold up the sky in the meantime. Atlas graciously accepted and leant the sky to Heracles. The ground below Heracles feet crackled under the pressure of his strength. Atlas eventually returned with the apples...and Hera at his side. Hera had trapped Heracles. Now he would hold up the sky for eternity, never to see his labours accomplished. As Hera cackled maniacally, Heracles threw the entire sky at her. In an impulse, Atlas dropped the apples and caught the sky to protect Hera, finding himself back in his eternal struggle. Heracles and Hera stared each other down with so much hate for one another as one final labour remained.