Director of Photography John McPherson
Written by Deborah Davis; Produced by James G Hirsch;
Directed by Barry Crane
Using a cleaning job to get into a computer laboratory, David breaks into one of the rooms at night where he performs an experiment on himself intended to get closer to a way of controlling the monster inside. Triggering a metamorphosis the experiment results in Hulk wrecking the place and then escaping, but not before lab assistant Harry Milburn catches sight of what's happening and follows the creature, recognising an opportunity to break free of his lonely existence.
Written by Deborah Davis; Produced by James G Hirsch;
Directed by Barry Crane
Using a cleaning job to get into a computer laboratory, David breaks into one of the rooms at night where he performs an experiment on himself intended to get closer to a way of controlling the monster inside. Triggering a metamorphosis the experiment results in Hulk wrecking the place and then escaping, but not before lab assistant Harry Milburn catches sight of what's happening and follows the creature, recognising an opportunity to break free of his lonely existence.
McGee shows up with a new assistant, Pamela Morris, to investigate the latest sightings and Milburn later visits their office to confess... to being the man that turns into the Hulk. McGee knows this is a fraud (mainly due to his exeriences in the Mystery Man story) but palms Pamela off with Milburn so he can continue with a more serious enquiry. The somewhat rebellious Pamela gets the hoax story printed anyway, against McGee's better wishes of course. David notices the newspaper story and poses as another reporter to get an interview with Milburn to find out more about what's going on himself, not realising that the spurned loner has called a TV station so that he can commit live suicide and finally get himself noticed once and for all.
Beginning with an explosive appearance of Hulk as he smashes his way out of the lab, a number of threads are thoughtfully entwined here as Banner is first seeking solutions in a computer lab whilst later trying to figure out why someone else would claim to be the Hulk, McGee is being irritated by having to lug around an enthusiastic new assistant with too much initiative, while Milburn is attempting to break out of the humdrum existence of a small man unable to be noticed in a busy world.
Beginning with an explosive appearance of Hulk as he smashes his way out of the lab, a number of threads are thoughtfully entwined here as Banner is first seeking solutions in a computer lab whilst later trying to figure out why someone else would claim to be the Hulk, McGee is being irritated by having to lug around an enthusiastic new assistant with too much initiative, while Milburn is attempting to break out of the humdrum existence of a small man unable to be noticed in a busy world.
This all leads to a great sequence in a bell tower as Milburn is initially the centre of attention, as he wished, but Hulk himself is trapped up there after the clanging bell sparks his arrival, and McGee's team attempt to ensnare the monster (somewhat amusingly, causing even Milburn's death threats to be overshadowed by something bigger!). One of the first of five episodes that Barry Crane would direct, someone who had previously worked with Bill Bixby on The Magician.
Number of Fists: ****½
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