Director of Photography John McPherson
Written by Karen Harris/Jill Sherman; Produced by James Parriot/Chuck Bowman
Directed by Kenneth Gilbert
Enticed by the research that Dr Claudia Baxter is undertaking at a zoo, David Bradburn (who now changes his name at every new place he momentarily settles) acquires a job as a cleaner so he can get more involved. It turns out that Baxter is actually a follower of the 'deceased' David Banner's work (although he refrains from revealing himself at this point), working on analysis of the source of aggression in animals. She's also impressed that a janitor possesses quite a high degree of scientific knowledge... It's not all as straightforward as that though: several malicious individuals are intent on smuggling via use of the animals themselves, the misfortune being that David and Claudia are about to become a touch too aware of what's going on for their own good.
A timescale is acknowledged in this episode when David says to Claudia that his wife died 'last year', suggesting that the appearances of the Hulk are less frequent than the TV series would suggest! Engaged in mutually comprehensible scientific discussion, David and Claudia strike up a rapport almost immediately - his relations with females would become periodically more prominent but things could never quite work out for him, particularly as he would always feel it necessary to get back on the road once the Hulk showed up. Occasionally I wouldn't have considered this to be the best strategy, for instance in this case - because Claudia appears to be on route to discovering a way forward that might help Banner - it would have made sense to lay low until the National Register attention died down before assisting her with the research (as she offered). However, McGee arrives on the scene and again this is David's prompt to move on.
Written by Karen Harris/Jill Sherman; Produced by James Parriot/Chuck Bowman
Directed by Kenneth Gilbert
Enticed by the research that Dr Claudia Baxter is undertaking at a zoo, David Bradburn (who now changes his name at every new place he momentarily settles) acquires a job as a cleaner so he can get more involved. It turns out that Baxter is actually a follower of the 'deceased' David Banner's work (although he refrains from revealing himself at this point), working on analysis of the source of aggression in animals. She's also impressed that a janitor possesses quite a high degree of scientific knowledge... It's not all as straightforward as that though: several malicious individuals are intent on smuggling via use of the animals themselves, the misfortune being that David and Claudia are about to become a touch too aware of what's going on for their own good.
A timescale is acknowledged in this episode when David says to Claudia that his wife died 'last year', suggesting that the appearances of the Hulk are less frequent than the TV series would suggest! Engaged in mutually comprehensible scientific discussion, David and Claudia strike up a rapport almost immediately - his relations with females would become periodically more prominent but things could never quite work out for him, particularly as he would always feel it necessary to get back on the road once the Hulk showed up. Occasionally I wouldn't have considered this to be the best strategy, for instance in this case - because Claudia appears to be on route to discovering a way forward that might help Banner - it would have made sense to lay low until the National Register attention died down before assisting her with the research (as she offered). However, McGee arrives on the scene and again this is David's prompt to move on.
This is the episode where Hulk is caged with a giant gorilla, a fight that the primate naturally cannot win, and as has been hinted at previously, the monster demonstrates knowledge of what was happening prior to transformation (or what's somewhere in his own/Banner's brain) because he carries out logically necessary deeds to ensure the threat itself is banished, rather than some innocent bystander. The story overall carries itself quite well.
Number of Fists: ***
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