• THE KING OF THIEVES AND SALMONEUS SWIPE A MAGIC LAMP.
  (The Jinni appears.)
  Salmoneus: Mama.
  (The Jinni snaps her fingers, and Autolycus and Salmoneus disappear in a cloud of smoke.)
  BUT THEIR DREAMS OF GENIE BECOMES A NIGHTMARE.
  (Soldiers charge Autolycus and Salmoneus.)
  Sultan: Bring me their heads!
  (Salmoneus cries.)
  AN ALL NEW HERCULES!
• ON AN ALL NEW HERCULES--
  SALMONEUS AND THE KING OF THIEVES SWIPE A SULTAN'S MAGIC LANTERN.
  (The Jinni appears.)
  Jinni: Your wish is my command.
  BUT WHEN YOU DREAM OF GENIES--
  Salmoneus: Mama.
  BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR--
  (The Jinni snaps her fingers, and Autolycus and Salmoneus disappear in a cloud of smoke.)
  Jinni: Your souls are mine!
  Autolycus: Oh, I knew it! There's always a catch!
  YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT.
  (Soldiers charge Autolycus and Salmoneus.)
  (Autolycus breaks a wooden plank over a soldier's head.)
  Jinni: Ooh, this is exciting!
  AN ALL NEW--
  Sultan: Bring me their heads!
  (Salmoneus cries.)
  HERCULES!

I don't know what to say. They interrupt the two-episode arc, "Resurrection" and "Render Unto Caesar", and placed a comedy. TPTB wanted Caesar during sweeps week along with Xena's "A Good Day", I know. The only good thing: neither Hercules or Iolaus showed up. If they did, the storyline would be muddled pretty badly. Okay for a comedy, though.

Autolycus: Bruce Campbell shines as a "D*mn it all!" kind of thief when he discovers he isn't just invisible, he's intangible as well. Autolycus enjoyed it though, since he could walk through walls and make fun of Sultan and Sultan's guard alike. His quick thinking saved all the trapped men in the Genie's lamp.

Salmoneus: Robert Trebor has a field day as his child-like and macho Salmoneus wreak havoc with the normal Salmoneus, the Sultan, and Autolycus, not to mention a few disgruntled blondes.