Disclaimer: "No Centaurs were harmed in the production of this motion picture."
This is the first appearance in this series of Lucy Lawless, here as Lyla, who would go on to play Xena in this series and the spin off Xena: Warrior Princess (1995).
In the original myths of Hercules (Heracles) the centaur Nessus lusted after Deianeira, Herc's wife. Nessus kidnaps her, takes her across the river and is trying to rape her when Herc catches up. From across the river Herc shoots Nessus with an arrow dipped in hydra poison. Nessus tells Deianeira that his life's blood will keep Herc faithful to her. She soaks the blood into a tunic and gives it to Herc. Herc puts on the tunic and the hydra venom in the centaur's blood burns Herc to death. A variation of this story was told in [title=tt0110019].
In this episode Chris Curtis plays the centaur Nemis. In the movie (Hercules in the Underworld) the same actor played his centaur brother Nessus.