- Narrator: [Act I Opening Narration. Viewers observe several scenes from the city of Chicago] Chicago. Richard Kimble has come a thousand miles on hope - and the slimmest of clues - in his hunt for the one armed man. But ten days have passed, and now hope has turned to despair. For in a city of millions, how does a Fugitive go about finding a phantom?
- Narrator: [Act I Narration. Viewers see Richard Kimble secretly observing the location of his clandestine meeting with Mike Decker] In the deadly game of hide-and-seek, Richard Kimble has only one rule for survival - "Be suspicious of everyone." Is it coincidence that three strangers should suddenly appear at his rendezvous with Decker? Or are they just strangers?
- [Decker tires of waiting, gets into his auto and drives off]
- Narrator: Richard Kimble's rule for survival: "Be suspicious of everyone." But sometimes, strangers are only what they seem. And now the imagined threat is gone - and with it, Mike Decker.
- Narrator: [Epilog - Closing Narration. Viewers see Richard Kimble stopping to light a cigarette, then walking down a street at night] Now many months a Fugitive, Richard Kimble walks the night again, but no longer in despair that he is hunting only a phantom. He has seen the one armed man, and it has given him hope. Somewhere, sometime, they will meet again.
- Dr. Richard Kimble: Mr. Decker, What makes you think I'm innocent?
- Mike Decker: Three of your jurors held out six days for acquittal. They thought you were innocent. Why shouldn't I?