Director of Photography John McPherson
Written by Justin Edgerton; Produced by Chuck Bowman
Directed by Larry Stewart
While helping out at a casino in Vegas, David witnesses a hit and run accident that is perhaps not actually an accident at all. while administering help, the man hands him a tape recorder (for any gen-z readers, technology that existed back in the seventies...) containing evidence that he has just obtained against crooked casino bosses. Unfortunately one of the henchmen sees the exchange, placing David in hot water. Not only that but the dying man asks David to get the recorder delivered to a reporter with whom he and his partners have been sharing information for the purposes of exposure - that reporter is Jack McGee of course.
Obviously the inclusion of McGee as the intended recipient for the evidence that David acquires brings a higher degree of tension than might have been the case otherwise. The conversation that Banner is forced to have with McGee on the phone is golden, Later, when a captured Banner is thrown into the same car as McGee who 'luckily' has been knocked unconscious, they're both taken to be executed in suitably elaborate gangster style, but Hulk's appearance saves McGee as well as himself. A great slant is added after the crooks have been put virtually out of action as a calmed Hulk begins transforming right in front of McGee, but a bullet from one of the crooks sends the Hulk running before the fixated reporter is able to learn the truth.
Written by Justin Edgerton; Produced by Chuck Bowman
Directed by Larry Stewart
While helping out at a casino in Vegas, David witnesses a hit and run accident that is perhaps not actually an accident at all. while administering help, the man hands him a tape recorder (for any gen-z readers, technology that existed back in the seventies...) containing evidence that he has just obtained against crooked casino bosses. Unfortunately one of the henchmen sees the exchange, placing David in hot water. Not only that but the dying man asks David to get the recorder delivered to a reporter with whom he and his partners have been sharing information for the purposes of exposure - that reporter is Jack McGee of course.
Obviously the inclusion of McGee as the intended recipient for the evidence that David acquires brings a higher degree of tension than might have been the case otherwise. The conversation that Banner is forced to have with McGee on the phone is golden, Later, when a captured Banner is thrown into the same car as McGee who 'luckily' has been knocked unconscious, they're both taken to be executed in suitably elaborate gangster style, but Hulk's appearance saves McGee as well as himself. A great slant is added after the crooks have been put virtually out of action as a calmed Hulk begins transforming right in front of McGee, but a bullet from one of the crooks sends the Hulk running before the fixated reporter is able to learn the truth.
I also liked the way the first Hulk-out is shot - after Banner is thrown down some stairs Hulk emerges in silhouette as he makes his way back up, with thudding footsteps accompanying the ascending shadowy behemoth, which is especially effective more than usual. This episode features the underused but stunningly attractive Simone Griffeth (primarily a TV actress, she reveals more of her talents in Death Race 2000...) adopting the role of a card dealer who David befriends.
Number of Fists: ****
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