Written by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch; Produced by Robert Bennett Steinhauer, Karen Harris, Jill Sherman
Directed by Bill Bixby
David applies for a job helping out a revolutionary scientist in the area of genetic study, not realising that the whole laboratory has been set up by a French mercenary (La Fronte, played by Jed Mills) who is intent on killing the Hulk - after months of studying patterns of Hulk activity he's nailed down the conditions under which the creature generally appears. La Fronte initially took his offer to the Register before going to competition after McGee objected to the intent to kill rather than capture.
Despite the improbable nature of the premise it possesses a certain degree of intrigue knowing that Banner/Hulk has been cornered against his knowledge. This is followed up later on when, aware that the person who becomes the Hulk is in their midst, La Fronte rounds up all of the staff at the base with the objective of smoking out the monster (quite literally - he sets the place on fire before trapping them all). This leads to one of the few occasions where Banner owns up to being the creature, although it is to plead to La Fronte's non-existent sense of humanity in order to save the others from being burned alive. It does lose its way by the final act as the supposedly highly intelligent La Fronte seems to lose all grounding in rational thinking as his homicidal streak takes over. Nicely helmed by Bixby - this would be the only episode of the series that he'd direct, although he did return to the seat for the three TV movies made between 1988 and 1990.
Number of Fists: ****
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