ORIGINAL TELEFILMS | SEASON 1 | SEASON 2 SEASON 3 | SEASON 4 | SEASON 5 SEASON ONE FINAL ROUND Written by Kenneth Johnson Directed by Kenneth Gilbert Series premiere: In his continuing quest for a cure to the strange malady that turns him into a monstrous creature whenever he gets angry, scientist David Bruce Banner finds himself in trouble in Philadelphia. There Banner is rescued from a pair of muggers by a down-and-out prizefighter. Banner is concerned when he discovers that his new-found friend is mixed up in a shady dope operation that could spell his death. The Rocky-like contender has his heart set on a championship, but it takes the Hulk to show him that he is not a contender. (Original airdate: March 10, 1978) Martin Kove played Det. Victor Isbecki on the groundbreaking policewoman drama Cagney & Lacey and later starred in the SF series Hard Time on Planet Earth. His film work includes starring roles in Shadowchaser and Crocodile 2: Death Roll. Martin Kove (Henry "Rocky" Welch), Al Ruscio (Sererino), Fran Myers (Mary), John Witherspoon (Tom), Paul Henry Itkin (Wilt), Tony Brubaker (Bill Cole), T. Miratti (Mugger No. 1), Ron Trice (Mugger No. 2), Paul Micale (Spectator) THE BEAST WITHIN Written by Karen Harris, Jill Sherman Directed by Kenneth Gilbert Banner gets a job at a zoo and finds a lovely young scientist proceeding with the genetic research he had started before being forced to become a homeless wanderer. Banner's interest in her experiments arouses unexpected suspicion, which is explained when he learns he has stumbled into the middle of a smuggling operation. (Original airdate: March 17, 1978) Caroline McWilliams (Dr. Claudia Baxter), Richard Kelton (Carl Gibbs), Jean Durand (Jagger), Dabbs Greer (Dr. Malone), Charles Lampkin (Joe), Billie Beach (Rita), Norman Rice (1st Security Guard) OF GUILT, MODELS AND MURDER Written by James D. Parriott Directed by Larry Stewart Banner suspects he might actually be a killer after he emerges from one of his blackouts as the Hulk at the scene of a murder. Haunted by the fear that the Hulk may have killed a beautiful young model, Banner returns to the scene of the crime and gets a job as a playboy's valet — and winds up a prisoner in a car headed for a trash compactor. (Original airdate: March 24, 1978) This episode marked one of the last guest-roles for up-and-coming actress Loni Anderson before she hit big as Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati a few months later. Jeremy Brett, a star of the film classic My Fair Lady, would go on to become television's definitive Sherlock Holmes. Jeremy Brett (James Joslin), Loni Anderson (Sheila Cantrell), Deanna Lund (Terri Ann), Ben Gerard (Sanderson), Rick Goldman (Elkin ), Jane Alice Brandon (Girl), Bill Baldwin (Jackson), Nancy Steen (Ellen), Ross Durfee (Collins), Doug Hale (TV Reporter), Vince Howard (Security Guard), Art Kimbro (Policeman) TERROR IN TIMES SQUARE Written by William Schwartz Directed by Alan Levi Banner's search for a cure takes him to New York City, where he is unable to avoid his transformation after he gets involved in a Times Square skimming operation. While working in a Times Square arcade, Banner is warmly accepted by the owner and his daughter. But the relationship is short-lived after he has to resort to the Hulk to save his friends from a murder plot. (Original airdate: March 31, 1978) Pamela Susan Shoop (Carol Abrams), Jack Kruschen (Norman Abrams), Arny Freeman (Leo Kahn), Robert Alda (Jason Laird), Karl Held (Jonathan), Michael Mancini (Hank), Al Fann (Robert Benson), Simmy Bow (Burns), Gerald Edwards (Wally) 747 Written by Tom Szollosi, Richard Christian Matheson Directed by Sigmund Neufeld Jr. Bill Bixby reunites with Brandon Cruz, his co-star on The Courtship of Eddie's Father, in this story of a jetliner in trouble. The young Cruz plays Kevin, the only passenger on the plane with any knowledge of flying. He and the Hulk must try to bring the jetliner to a safe landing after the plane's crew is disabled. (Original airdate: April 7, 1978) Brandon Cruz (Kevin), Edward Power (Bob Brandon), Sondra Currie (Denise), Denise Galik (Stephanie), Howard Honig (Jack Legget), Susan Cotton (Cynthia Davis), Don Keefer (Mr. MacIntire), Shirley O'Hara (Mrs. MacIntire), J. Jay Saunders (Controller), Del Hinkley (Pilot), Barbara Mealy (Nurse), Ed Peck (Capt. Brandes) THE HULK BREAKS LAS VEGAS Written by Justin Edgerton Directed by Larry Stewart While working in a Las Vegas casino, Banner aids an investigative reporter working on a gambling scandal and is put in the position of also helping his own nemesis, McGee. When the journalist is injured in a murder attempt, he asks Banner to pass his information on to his reporter friend McGee. Banner manages to avoid facing McGee, but, as the Hulk, ends up saving the dogged reporter's life. (Original airdate: April 21, 1978) Julie Gregg (Wanda), Dean Santoro (Ed Campion), John Crawford (Tom Edler), Don Marshall (Lee), Charles Picerni (Charlie), Simone Griffeth (Cathy), Tony Miller (Pit Boss), John Dewey-Carter (Ambulance attendant), Buck Young (Doctor), Wally K. Berns (Texan), Paul Coufos (Officer), John Dennis (Mechanic), Phil Hoover (1st Patrolman), David M. Zellitti (2nd Patrolman), William Molloy (Registration Clerk) NEVER GIVE A TRUCKER AN EVEN BREAK Written by Kenneth Johnson Directed by Kenneth Gilbert A highway duel between a woman truckdriver and a pair of hijackers pits the Hulk against a huge tanker rig in an episode that includes footage shot for Steven Spielberg's classic telefilm Duel and owned by the studio, MCA/Universal. After Banner does a favor for an attractive girl, he finds himself in the middle of a vendetta she is waging to get her father's tanker truck back from highjackers. When the girl and he are trapped by the criminals, Banner's wrath transforms him into the Hulk for a confrontation with the huge diesel. (Original airdate: April 28, 1978) Jennifer Darling (Joanie), Frank R. Christi (Ted), Grand Bush (Mike), Peggy Doyle (Woman at gas station), Charles Alvin Bell (Man at gas station), Don Starr (Storekeeper) LIFE AND DEATH Written by James D. Parriott Directed by Jeffrey Hayden Banner offers himself for experimentation to a doctor working with DNA research in the hopes that he will be cured of his Hulk affliction. When Banner meets a defensive and very pregnant young woman while on his way to the hospital for his volunteer research, he little suspects he will eventually have to resort to the Hulk to save both their lives. (Original airdate: May 12, 1978) As Julia Adams, Julie Adams starred in the 1954 monster classic Creature from the Black Lagoon. Among her many other roles in a long career was that of the aged Maggie Beckett in the 1999 "Roads Taken" episode of Sliders. The prolific Andrew Robinson, who made an auspicious debut as the killer Scorpio in Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry, went on to play the recurring role of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Elim Garak. Diane Civita (Carrie Taylor), Andrew Robinson (Dr. Stan Rhodes), John Warner Williams (Dan), Julie Adams (Ellen Harding), Takayo Doran (Young Nurse), Mitzi Hoag (Chief Nurse), Carl Franklin (Crosby), Al Berry (Trucker), Lillah McCarthy (Tina), Gil Garcia (1st Detective), Judd Laurance (2nd Detective), Ben Freedman (Man in Elevator), Sarah Rush (Young Woman) EARTHQUAKES HAPPEN Written by Jim Tisdale, Migdia Varela Directed by Harvey Laidma Banner impersonates a scientist inspecting a nuclear research facility to get access to its gamma ray equipment, but his attempts to reverse his own radiation are interrupted by an earthquake. At the nuclear plant, the subject of controversy because it is built over an earthquake fault, his masquerade as a safety expert is discovered before he can complete his experiment — but as the Hulk, he is able to save his and some of the staff's lives when the earthquake hits. (Original airdate: May 19, 1978) Peter Brandon (Fred Hannon), Kene Holliday (Paul), Pamela Nelson (Marsha), Sherry Jackson (Dr. Diane Joseph), Lynne Topping (Nancy), Diane Markoff (Janet), John Alvin (Dr. Robert Patterson), Roberta Sherwood (Mrs. Waverly), Brett Hadley (Ron Harris), Arthur Rosenberg (Larry Saenz), Laird Stuart (Robert Graham), Gary Wood (Turner) THE WATERFRONT STORY Written by Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstorff. Directed by Reza Badiyi Working in a small bar on the Galveston, Texas, waterfront, Banner becomes involved in a battle for control of the local dockworkers' union as two men vie for the presidency. The young widow of the union's last president, whose death remains a mystery, befriends David — and when her life is endangered, the Hulk surfaces to resolve the past and present problems. (Original airdate: May 31, 1978) Sheila Larken, who'd appear again in the third season's "Nine Hours," played the recurring role of Scully's mother on The X-Files. James B. Sikking would go on to play SWAT chief Lt. Howard Hunter on the landmark police drama Hill Street Blues. Sheila Larken (Josie), James B. Sikking (Cliff McConnell), Jack Kelly (Tony Kelly), Ted Markland (Marty Hammond ), Candice Azzara (Sarah), William Benedict (Vic), Joe Perry (First Mate),John Zenda (Dockworker), John Colton (Customer), Anthony Davis (1st Policeman), Blake Marion (2nd Policeman), Robert Hackman (Night Watchman), Tonyo Meléndez (Trucker) ORIGINAL TELEFILMS | SEASON 1 | SEASON 2 SEASON 3 | SEASON 4 | SEASON 5