I didn't see this as a clip episode even though plenty of clips were used. McGee always thought that the hulk was separate from David Banner and not one and the same. You sometimes cheer for him to get his story but yet you don't want David to get caught and you want him to escape McGee hounding him. Overall a great episode and the characters get more nuanced and developed.
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John Doe
AaronCapenBanner19 November 2014
David Banner(Bill Bixby) accepts a ride from an emotionally distraught(her husband just left her) and drunk country singer named Rose(played by Victoria Carroll) who proceeds to involve them in a serious car crash where she is killed, and David ends up in the hospital, heavily bandaged and suffering from amnesia. The National Register does a series of human interest stories on him, and of course send Jack McGee (Jack Colvin) out to interview him. The paper charters a private airplane to take David to see a specialist, but unfortunately it crashes in the wilderness, with Jack breaking his leg and David forced to help him as a forest fire comes upon them... Exciting opening in this memorable two-parter.
Flashback Hulk
Chase_Witherspoon9 December 2011
Essentially a series of flashbacks framed as the recollections of David Banner (Bixby) as he attempts to recall past events after suffering amnesia in a car accident. With his face bandaged, he and the Hulk-hunting reporter Jack McGee (Colvin) share a plane ride to see a specialist, but when the plane crashes, both are forced to survive the elements as a raging forest fire closes in.
McGee - unaware of Banner's identity owing to the facial bandages and Banner's own amnesia - attempt to solve the identity crisis through recalling their encounters with the green behemoth, chronicling the series from Susan Sullivan's ill-fated encounter in the pilot episode, to the Hulk's daylight run down a busy New York street a few episodes earlier.
Overall, not a bad method in which to bring a series newcomer up-to-date with the present, pitting the usual foes as unwitting companions set against the backdrop of a treacherous blaze that threatens their lives. Forgive the grainy, stock forest fire footage and you've got a reasonable two-part action-mystery.
McGee - unaware of Banner's identity owing to the facial bandages and Banner's own amnesia - attempt to solve the identity crisis through recalling their encounters with the green behemoth, chronicling the series from Susan Sullivan's ill-fated encounter in the pilot episode, to the Hulk's daylight run down a busy New York street a few episodes earlier.
Overall, not a bad method in which to bring a series newcomer up-to-date with the present, pitting the usual foes as unwitting companions set against the backdrop of a treacherous blaze that threatens their lives. Forgive the grainy, stock forest fire footage and you've got a reasonable two-part action-mystery.
David faces the enemy!!
elo-equipamentos8 December 2017
Always l found the Incredible Hulk too contrived, but this time they go beyond anything imagined, after a plane's crash they stay alone in wilderness, there David still proceed with amnesia, but trying save Mcgee with a broken leg, they need reach a village walking headed north, David has to improvise a kind of ski using parts of plane's winds, but nearby the forest is burning, as guest star Don Marshall from Land of the Giants!!
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First watch: 2017 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 6
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First watch: 2017 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 6
Clip Show
flarefan-819061 May 2017
This is rated as one of the best episodes of the series. But I'm stumped as to why, since it's basically just a clip show to bring new viewers up-to-date on the plot.
The setup is that the inevitable happens: David's hitchhiking lands him in the car of a dangerous nutcase. At least, that's the idea, but the hammy dialogue and acting makes the driver come off like a cartoon character. Anyway, one car crash and brief Hulk-out later, David has his face wrapped in bandages and a major case of amnesia. McGee shows up to question him about the Hulk's appearance, and they team up to find both the Hulk and David's (or rather, "John Doe"'s) identity. It's all makes a nice excuse for a half hour of Banner and McGee having flashbacks and discussions of the events of previous episodes.
There is stuff to like here: Jack Colvin's performance is excellent, and Bixby manages to get some compelling emotions across despite having to spend nearly the entire episode with bandages around his face. The premise is a good way to get the series's two main characters to actually interact for a while, and you wonder what's going to happen when an amnesiac Banner turns into the Hulk.
The trouble is that it all moves too slowly, stretching itself out with slow speech, unnecessary pauses, and lots of plot recapping of a series that only rarely bothers itself with ongoing plot line. It's dull and plodding, and ends on a cliffhanger without answering the questions it raised. In short, "Mystery Man" doesn't deliver a full episode's worth - or even half an episode's worth.
The setup is that the inevitable happens: David's hitchhiking lands him in the car of a dangerous nutcase. At least, that's the idea, but the hammy dialogue and acting makes the driver come off like a cartoon character. Anyway, one car crash and brief Hulk-out later, David has his face wrapped in bandages and a major case of amnesia. McGee shows up to question him about the Hulk's appearance, and they team up to find both the Hulk and David's (or rather, "John Doe"'s) identity. It's all makes a nice excuse for a half hour of Banner and McGee having flashbacks and discussions of the events of previous episodes.
There is stuff to like here: Jack Colvin's performance is excellent, and Bixby manages to get some compelling emotions across despite having to spend nearly the entire episode with bandages around his face. The premise is a good way to get the series's two main characters to actually interact for a while, and you wonder what's going to happen when an amnesiac Banner turns into the Hulk.
The trouble is that it all moves too slowly, stretching itself out with slow speech, unnecessary pauses, and lots of plot recapping of a series that only rarely bothers itself with ongoing plot line. It's dull and plodding, and ends on a cliffhanger without answering the questions it raised. In short, "Mystery Man" doesn't deliver a full episode's worth - or even half an episode's worth.
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