I agree! I remember seeing that when it originally ran back in '78! I was only five years old at the time and was scared to death of the Hulk but to this day, I remember watching it on an old black and white TV and being completely enthralled!
When dell frye hulk destroys the cure and banner starts crying i cried as a kid. Heartbreaking episode as Bill was dealomg with his personal life masterpiece.
My favourite is the two-parter "Mystery Man". Banner (already injured and bandaged up, with amnesia a, and his voice scratchy from smoke inhalation from the previous accident he was in) shares a plane with reporter Jack McGee which crashes in the forest. Banner and McGee then have to work together to get out of the forest and get home when a bushfire starts. It was great because it deep dived into the Hulk - McGee rivalry (McGee wants to capture the Hulk as he sees it as the "Story Of The Century" and it will give him journalistic integrity if he can prove the Hulk, and write for a real newspaper), and it is the episode where McGee discovers that a man transforms into the Hulk (though he doesn't know who the man is, as Banner's face is still bandaged).
Syfy originally spelled Sci-Fi back than was great. It was because of that channel I got to see Lost in Space,The Incredible Hulk,Amazing Spider-man,Quantum Leap,Friday The 13th series and more for the first time good old days.
Fun fact; David's copilot in "747" was teenager Brandon Cruz- his young son in "Courtship of Eddie's father"! Also brought back Ray walston in an episode called the "Magician"❤
A little trivia. The First is Kenneth Johnson's least favorite 2 parter. Johnson wanted Banner to be the only Hulk, but CBS wanted, or demanded, a King Kong vs. Godzilla type episode. He agreed to this on one condition, the evil hulk totally dies.
What about the weird episode that actually did not even feature Bill Bixby? There was an episode ("Can't remember the name of it) where a new editor on Jack McGee's paper pulls Jack from the Hulk story and most of the episode is him trying to convince the editor that the Hulk exists. It is weird because Banner hardly in it, and when he is, it isn't Bill Bixby, but a stunt double, a stand in and stick footage. The reason is that, Bill was undergoing knee surgery after he injured himself in a stunt on set. So they had to plan around him. Ferrigno still appears as the Hulk, but when Bixby appears, it is stock footage.
Yes, the episode you are referring to is called "Proof Positive" (Season 3, Episode 13). It is a really good episode because the entire episode is from Jack McGee's point of view. Using the stunt double to play David was perfect, because it is how McGee views him as John Doe.
Bravo on your picks. Very rare I have zero nitpicks on top lists as well all have our personal subjective favorites. Just to add a comment on The First. Bixby acting toward end of the second part when the evil Hulk throws the cure agaiant walk and it shatters was brilliant. You can really empathize and feel sad for Banner as he is crying while simultaneously changing to the Hulk. What a great actor
Promethus, The First, Deathmask and The Snare I can watch and never get tired of. I forget the title but the episode where David accidently uncovers his more sinister side is a honorable mention. Bixby played a convincing sinister Banner. And yes, Married deserved a spot.
0:30. The third season episode Homecoming was the episode being filmed when Fred Rogers of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood visited the Incredible Hulk set and interviewed both Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, and getting the opportunity to see Lou getting his green makeup on.
I haven't seen these since they were aired back in the day but I remember the unvavering formula of Banner's transformation exactly twice per episode, roughly at the 20 and 40 minute marks. Much like Japanese historical drama Aberembo Shogun wherein there is a structured showdown with the villain at the 40 minute mark of every episode. Great show, li'l 7th grade me adored it. Love Bill Bixby, his heart shines through in everything he did. At 3:10 in this video it should be pointed out that no passenger plane flies 100 miles above sea level. 7-8 miles, maybe.
There was a DVD set that came out before the season sets that had some of the best of the Hulk but did have all the ones mentioned on here. Nice video and thank you for making it.
Lou Ferrigno is and always WILL be The Huilk. A 15 foot cartoon will NEVER be the Hulk. Not now, not EVER!! And that also applies to the "Professor Hulk" from Endgame.
Never was a fan of how they did Professor Hulk. The thing that made this Hulk so good was how strong he was for his size. I remember about this time they had hulk with Banner's mind in control in the comics (not a merged Hulk, that came in the 1990s). The one problem was that the Hulk was still inside and wanted out but banner had "caged" him. You know Hulk, you cant contain him, and in the comics, he broke out at his wedding of all places.... yeah Hulk and Banner never have good luck. I can say this, Banner in the Marvel movies will lose that merger.... it wont last. That's one thing about Hulk in general, things never end well for him. This TV show, the movies, the comics, Hulk just isn't that lucky.
@@adogawa1974 But the TV series shows that Banner constantly battled with containing the Hulk and doing everything to avoid becoming the Hulk, but failing.
I think another great episode was the Pilot. I missed the pilot episode on the first run (as it was shown in the cinemas here in Australia when I was a child, and the movie restriction precluded me from going). But having got the box set and finally seeing it, I declare it to be the best pilot episode of any TV show ever. It was awesome and explained a lot of things (I always wondered why Hulk recovered so quickly from injury) and why Banner only ever attacked in self defense (The monster is a manifestation of the personality who it inhabits, so Hulk won't kill because Banner won't kill). That also explained the episode "The First" where Banner meets a previous guy who became the Hulk, but a killer because the guy who becomes him is evil.
Nicely done. Very solid list. A little trivia. The actor who played the half transformed Hulk (Demi Hulk). In the “Prometheus” episode, was Ric Drasin. He was a wrestler / bodybuilder in the 70s and 80s. He was part of the “Golden Age of Bodybuilding”. He trained at the infamous Venice Beach Gold’s Gym. He also designed the famous logo. He designed the World Gym gorilla logo, as well.
Ric Drasin played the half-transformed Hulk in wide shots that showed the creature's relative height and physique. (There are a few moments in which Drasin makes facial expressions that are spot-on for the expressions that Ferrigno would make as the Hulk). For close-up shots where extended moment-by-moment facial expressions and Banner's internal emotions were the point of the shot, Bill Bixby (in makeup) played the half-transformed Hulk.
yeah that last entry is really emotional. David see's a vial get broken which might have had the cure, and we see him crying and it really really is the best Bill Bixby acting I think I have ever seen.
This was a favorite series of mine in the 1970s, one I tried my very best to never miss. "Promethsus" was a great episode, as were all of these, really. "Married" should have been included somehow -- a top 15, maybe? "The Snare" is one my top five episodes also. Bradford Dillman was always a great villain. "The First" is probably the fav or many fans; I always thought of Dell Frye's original Hulk as a version of the Abomination from the Hulk comic series. Harry Townes's performance was great. Bixby's tears at losing the cure by the skin of his teeth, while he transforms can't be topped. My late Mom ( miss you still, mama) was a big-time fan of Bill Bixby's, and we would sometimes watch this series together, 'though some might say that I was a bit old for that maybe. Of course, she liked "Kolchak : the Night Stalker" as well if want to cover THAT '70s classic (hint, hint). Great video, and hope you'll do a follow-up.
In regards to the last entry as a kid I always thought in regards to Banner, "why didn't you treat yourself first THEN go after the other Hulk?!" Seriously this poor man comes THIS close to being free of the Hulk. It's so sad and frustrating some times.
Dell's creature had already killed a man by this point. David outright says in part II that the cure would incapacitate the user for 48 hours. To which he doesnt want to risk Dell killing anymore people.
-I agree with those stating that one of this list's entries should have been bumped, so that 'Married,' the second season opener, could have made the list. 'Married' is the best overall episode of the series. -Actress Mariette Hartley won an Emmy award for 'Best Dramatic Performance' for that episode. I believe that this is the first time that anyone connected with a science fiction-themed show won an Emmy for a non-technical category. -'Married' also has some amazing visuals: Director Kenny Johnson shot some difficult scenes in a featureless desert outside Brawley, CA. The shots represented visualizations occurring inside Banner's mind, while under hypnosis. This was a clever way to get get Banner and the Hulk into the same shot, and to portray Banner's struggles to contain or control the creature. -Another notable episode is 'Dark Side' in which Banner accidentally unleashes a dark personality when his attempt to control the creature with drugs, backfires. We are treated to strange flashes of activity inside Banner's mind, represented by the stereotype of primitive jungle savages on the hunt. -Still another interesting episode is: 'Bring me the head of the Hulk," which Bill Bixby directed. The premise: an exceptionally clever and resourceful mercenary (bounty hunter?) makes it his mission to trap and destroy the Hulk. The mercenary is played by an actor who had played a different character in the previous season's 'Broken Image.' The mercenary's assistant, is played by the main antagonist from 'A child in need.'
the two things I remember most about this series is that the show never lived up to the opening. At least not for a young kid who was a big fan of the Hulk in comics. I wanted the hulk to fight the Abomination. I did not care so much about his feelings. The second thing was the at the end of just about every episode Banner would be walking away from some town or place and that music would come on. It was all so depressing but fun to talk about now. I have made fun of it all sometimes when leaving with people who know the series. I will just humm some of the music as I leave.
I really like and pretty much agree with your list, although "Married" (Season 2, Episode 1) is my very favorite episode of the series, only behind "The First" and didn't make your list. I consider it, along with "The Psychic" to be the saddest and two of the best acted episodes of the series. I also have "Interview with the Hulk" (Season 4, Episode 15) on my list. That episode contains one of Bill Bixby's best performances. While it isn't often mentioned on lists of favorites, "Escape from Los Santos" (Season 2, Episode 10) is another one of my own personal favorites. 😊
Bill Bixby’s acting is still so dman good as Banner till this day to me. Like I like Mark Ruffalo as him but they turn red hulk into a joker & rushed his development so fast since he can’t have a solo project . The 2008 Hulk I love
Really the tv incredible Hulk is a blend of The Fugitive and the Curious Case of Dr Jakyll and Mr Hyde. Really i love the show and even the tv movies the series was well made for its budget and unlike The Spiderman and Dr Strange Shows it hasn't dated as badly mainly as it used the Hulk in not too many parts of the episodes mainly as a way out of perils.
I enjoyed both the 1970s Spiderman TV series, and the Dr. Strange pilot-ilm -- which I actually think holds up fairly-well. Nicholas Hammond was a bit too old for the part of Peter Parker/Spiderman, but, to be fair, it was pre-empted a LOT, and moved from one tie-slot to another. Had it a better chance, who knows?
1:57 no, he didn't. He was studying the abnormality in peoples DNA that allows for feats of superhuman strength, and found a connection between the test subjects and gamma sunspot activity. Since the abnormality was higher in his DNA, but was low on the day his wife died, he decided to test this theory by exposing himself to a controlled gamma injection. But the problem was the unit he was using had been recalibrated, but not properly measured, and therefore received an overdose.
I would say you managed to hit all of the best episodes with one glaring exception and that was the one that is almost universally considered the best of the series, and the only Emmy Winner: Married. It could easily have replaced "747" which was really a standard filler episode marked by great flight visuals and the fact that Brandon Cruz, Bill Bixby's co-star from "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" is in it.
Much like the Six Million Dollar Man, I don't think that series ever had a *bad* episode. Yes, there were ones that were better than others... But a *bad* one? No.
Those are pretty good picks. But I think the episode that stands alone is Banner seeks help, falls in love with the Doctor, marries her, only to find out that she's dying. She said her last words in the Hulk's arms and then she dies. The episode ends with the Hulk just standing there holding her. No background music, no anything. It could be different to watch because the acting was so good.
David Banner's exposure to the gamma rays was bugger all to do with trauma. He spotted that humans showing abnormal strength under stress all shared a rare quirk of DNA, which he also shared, but unlike him, they all did it during periods of high solar gamma ray activity due to sunspots. He exposed himself to what he thought was three hundred thousand "units" in an effort to duplicate the effect, but forgot the stress component for some weird reason. Also, due to a lab technician amping up the lab equipment earlier in the day but not yet measuring the radiation equipment, Banner unintentionally gave himself around two million "units". The next time he had a temper tantrum the DNA quirk, now massively mutated due to the radiation dose which should have killed a half dozen people outright, combined with the release of chemicals like adrenaline and epinephrine and caused the metamorphosis.
Favorite? Too many favorites. It would be easier to list the few that are low on the list. About 60 percent were good with about 20 of THOSE being outstanding. Only about 10 to 15 percent could have been removed from the series.
1:50 "In order to escape the trauma"? Yeah, no. That's not his motivating factor at all. Even if he finds way to tap into people's hidden dormant strength, his wife is still gonna be dead. If anything, this project he's working on allows him to wallow in his trauma. Also, there's this whole thing about mislabeled gauge on the gamma thing that gives him a dose that's like 20 times higher than he intended. This is pretty basic stuff here. A lot of this is actually covered in the narration of the opening credits that play before every single episode.
I liked the show but when Stan Lee ask the show creator Kenneth Johnson why he named the character David instead of Bruce (as in the comics) Kenneth said the name Bruce sounded to gay!
The 'Bruce sounded gay' thing, is an urban legend. I have the DVD with Kenneth Johnson's commentary, in which he goes into it. The primary reason is that Johnson had a problem with the alliteration inherent in "Bruce Banner." Stan Lee did this with many of the characters he created in the 1960s (Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Peter Parker...). OK for evolving Marvel comics in the 1960s, But Johnson wanted his version of the Hulk set in the real world, not the world of the 1960s comics and not the MCU that began in 2008. He threw a bone to the classic name, by shifting 'Bruce' to the middle name, which you can see in every episode's introduction as the cemetery shot tilts upward from the headstone reading "David Bruce Banner" to the face of Bill Bixby.
@@Barnabas45 How often does it happen, that two people who had a conversation, or experience an event, remember that event differently? Also: which version of the story, is likely to be more accurate? Stan Lee had a decades-long, Trump-like pattern of throwing in multiple adjectives and adverbs to inflate both his comic book characters and himself as a writer (like winking at the audience - it was part of the show.) Would such a man be likely to relate the conversation as, "Johnson had a problem with the alliteration I gave my all my main characters, and come to think of it, yeah, that was kind of dumb on my part..." Or would he be more likely to make up a reason that, in decades past, before political correctness would yield a backlash for "that name sounded gay," would let him and everyone else off the hook, with no downside? So no, Stan Lee wasn't misinformed. He either mis-remembered it, or it he told a white lie.
'Married' deserved to be on the list. That episode won an Emmy if Im not mistaken. Otherwise great video!
Definitely one of my favorites!!!❤
I agree! I remember seeing that when it originally ran back in '78! I was only five years old at the time and was scared to death of the Hulk but to this day, I remember watching it on an old black and white TV and being completely enthralled!
Part of ‘Married’ episode appeared in’The Mystery Man’ part 2 maybe that’s why it wasn’t on the list
I loved this show when I was a kid. Nice trip down memory lane. Thank you
When dell frye hulk destroys the cure and banner starts crying i cried as a kid. Heartbreaking episode as Bill was dealomg with his personal life masterpiece.
Outstanding acting from Bill! Never seen such pathos from another actor before or since-rip
No CGI needed. Nobody was more perfect than Lou to play this role. My absolute hero growing up.
My favourite is the two-parter "Mystery Man".
Banner (already injured and bandaged up, with amnesia a, and his voice scratchy from smoke inhalation from the previous accident he was in) shares a plane with reporter Jack McGee which crashes in the forest.
Banner and McGee then have to work together to get out of the forest and get home when a bushfire starts.
It was great because it deep dived into the Hulk - McGee rivalry (McGee wants to capture the Hulk as he sees it as the "Story Of The Century" and it will give him journalistic integrity if he can prove the Hulk, and write for a real newspaper), and it is the episode where McGee discovers that a man transforms into the Hulk (though he doesn't know who the man is, as Banner's face is still bandaged).
David's sister in homecoming was supposed to be a spin off series with her being she-hulk.
In the First episode that alternate Hulk freaked me out as a kid!!😱😱
I watched all of these episodes as a kid in the 90’s on the syfy channel 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Syfy originally spelled Sci-Fi back than was great. It was because of that channel I got to see Lost in Space,The Incredible Hulk,Amazing Spider-man,Quantum Leap,Friday The 13th series and more for the first time good old days.
I remember watching this show with my dad when I was a kid. So many good memories.
The Snare and the First(my favorite of all) are the best episodes of the series
Those episodes, as well as "Escape from Los Santos" should be on the list!!!
Obviously the first 1 episode 1 and 2 are the greatest comic adaptations ever.
Fun fact; David's copilot in "747" was teenager Brandon Cruz- his young son in "Courtship of Eddie's father"! Also brought back Ray walston in an episode called the "Magician"❤
I remember Bill Bixby narrating the preview and saying he will be reunited with Brandon Cruz.
A little trivia. The First is Kenneth Johnson's least favorite 2 parter. Johnson wanted Banner to be the only Hulk, but CBS wanted, or demanded, a King Kong vs. Godzilla type episode. He agreed to this on one condition, the evil hulk totally dies.
"The First" is my favorite episode of the series, owing mostly to the performance of Harry Townes.
What about the weird episode that actually did not even feature Bill Bixby?
There was an episode ("Can't remember the name of it) where a new editor on Jack McGee's paper pulls Jack from the Hulk story and most of the episode is him trying to convince the editor that the Hulk exists.
It is weird because Banner hardly in it, and when he is, it isn't Bill Bixby, but a stunt double, a stand in and stick footage.
The reason is that, Bill was undergoing knee surgery after he injured himself in a stunt on set. So they had to plan around him.
Ferrigno still appears as the Hulk, but when Bixby appears, it is stock footage.
Yes, the episode you are referring to is called "Proof Positive" (Season 3, Episode 13). It is a really good episode because the entire episode is from Jack McGee's point of view. Using the stunt double to play David was perfect, because it is how McGee views him as John Doe.
Very underrated episode.
When that old man tried to hit Lou Ferrigno in the chest and just kind of bounced off, I thought it was absolutely hysterical
Bravo on your picks. Very rare I have zero nitpicks on top lists as well all have our personal subjective favorites. Just to add a comment on The First. Bixby acting toward end of the second part when the evil Hulk throws the cure agaiant walk and it shatters was brilliant. You can really empathize and feel sad for Banner as he is crying while simultaneously changing to the Hulk. What a great actor
My personal favorites:
"The First", "King of the Beach", "Mystery Man", "Prometheus", and "Married"
Promethus, The First, Deathmask and The Snare I can watch and never get tired of.
I forget the title but the episode where David accidently uncovers his more sinister side is a honorable mention. Bixby played a convincing sinister Banner.
And yes, Married deserved a spot.
Thanks a lot for making this video 👍😎🎬
My favorite Episodes of THE INCREDIBLE HULK :
Pilot
Married
Escape from Los Santos
The Snare
Prometheus
0:30. The third season episode Homecoming was the episode being filmed when Fred Rogers of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood visited the Incredible Hulk set and interviewed both Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, and getting the opportunity to see Lou getting his green makeup on.
I haven't seen these since they were aired back in the day but I remember the unvavering formula of Banner's transformation exactly twice per episode, roughly at the 20 and 40 minute marks. Much like Japanese historical drama Aberembo Shogun wherein there is a structured showdown with the villain at the 40 minute mark of every episode. Great show, li'l 7th grade me adored it. Love Bill Bixby, his heart shines through in everything he did. At 3:10 in this video it should be pointed out that no passenger plane flies 100 miles above sea level. 7-8 miles, maybe.
There was a DVD set that came out before the season sets that had some of the best of the Hulk but did have all the ones mentioned on here. Nice video and thank you for making it.
I meant it dd not have all of the episodes motioned here. I saw that 747 was on the set though.
Lou Ferrigno is and always WILL be The Huilk. A 15 foot cartoon will NEVER be the Hulk. Not now, not EVER!!
And that also applies to the "Professor Hulk" from Endgame.
Never was a fan of how they did Professor Hulk. The thing that made this Hulk so good was how strong he was for his size. I remember about this time they had hulk with Banner's mind in control in the comics (not a merged Hulk, that came in the 1990s). The one problem was that the Hulk was still inside and wanted out but banner had "caged" him. You know Hulk, you cant contain him, and in the comics, he broke out at his wedding of all places.... yeah Hulk and Banner never have good luck. I can say this, Banner in the Marvel movies will lose that merger.... it wont last. That's one thing about Hulk in general, things never end well for him. This TV show, the movies, the comics, Hulk just isn't that lucky.
@@adogawa1974 But the TV series shows that Banner constantly battled with containing the Hulk and doing everything to avoid becoming the Hulk, but failing.
@@adogawa1974"Promethus" is the closest we ever got to Hulk and Banner merging.
I think another great episode was the Pilot.
I missed the pilot episode on the first run (as it was shown in the cinemas here in Australia when I was a child, and the movie restriction precluded me from going).
But having got the box set and finally seeing it, I declare it to be the best pilot episode of any TV show ever. It was awesome and explained a lot of things (I always wondered why Hulk recovered so quickly from injury) and why Banner only ever attacked in self defense (The monster is a manifestation of the personality who it inhabits, so Hulk won't kill because Banner won't kill).
That also explained the episode "The First" where Banner meets a previous guy who became the Hulk, but a killer because the guy who becomes him is evil.
What about Kindred Spirit, which co starred Kim Catrall ??
My fovorite episides is bed hulk vs hulk and hulk vs bigfoot
Kenneth Johnson had a dislike for the comics, yet still got the job.
747 and Prometheus are my favorite episodes. 💚
And The Snare!!!❤
Nicely done. Very solid list.
A little trivia. The actor who played the half transformed Hulk (Demi Hulk). In the “Prometheus” episode, was Ric Drasin. He was a wrestler / bodybuilder in the 70s and 80s. He was part of the “Golden Age of Bodybuilding”. He trained at the infamous Venice Beach Gold’s Gym. He also designed the famous logo. He designed the World Gym gorilla logo, as well.
Really? I could have sworn that was Ferrigno just without the paint.
Ric Drasin played the half-transformed Hulk in wide shots that showed the creature's relative height and physique. (There are a few moments in which Drasin makes facial expressions that are spot-on for the expressions that Ferrigno would make as the Hulk). For close-up shots where extended moment-by-moment facial expressions and Banner's internal emotions were the point of the shot, Bill Bixby (in makeup) played the half-transformed Hulk.
I always thought that the demi Hulk was Bill Bixby with makeup and prosthetics.
I think my favorite was "the first"
yeah that last entry is really emotional. David see's a vial get broken which might have had the cure, and we see him crying and it really really is the best Bill Bixby acting I think I have ever seen.
This was a favorite series of mine in the 1970s, one I tried my very best to never miss. "Promethsus" was a great episode, as were all of these, really. "Married" should have been included somehow -- a top 15, maybe? "The Snare" is one my top five episodes also. Bradford Dillman was always a great villain. "The First" is probably the fav or many fans; I always thought of Dell Frye's original Hulk as a version of the Abomination from the Hulk comic series. Harry Townes's performance was great. Bixby's tears at losing the cure by the skin of his teeth, while he transforms can't be topped. My late Mom ( miss you still, mama) was a big-time fan of Bill Bixby's, and we would sometimes watch this series together, 'though some might say that I was a bit old for that maybe. Of course, she liked "Kolchak : the Night Stalker" as well if want to cover THAT '70s classic (hint, hint).
Great video, and hope you'll do a follow-up.
Love this show! Use to watch it with my dad. 🥺
In regards to the last entry as a kid I always thought in regards to Banner, "why didn't you treat yourself first THEN go after the other Hulk?!" Seriously this poor man comes THIS close to being free of the Hulk. It's so sad and frustrating some times.
Dell's creature had already killed a man by this point. David outright says in part II that the cure would incapacitate the user for 48 hours. To which he doesnt want to risk Dell killing anymore people.
Great video! Maybe in future clips you could take a deeper dive into some individual episodes. ❤
-I agree with those stating that one of this list's entries should have been bumped, so that 'Married,' the second season opener, could have made the list. 'Married' is the best overall episode of the series.
-Actress Mariette Hartley won an Emmy award for 'Best Dramatic Performance' for that episode. I believe that this is the first time that anyone connected with a science fiction-themed show won an Emmy for a non-technical category.
-'Married' also has some amazing visuals: Director Kenny Johnson shot some difficult scenes in a featureless desert outside Brawley, CA. The shots represented visualizations occurring inside Banner's mind, while under hypnosis. This was a clever way to get get Banner and the Hulk into the same shot, and to portray Banner's struggles to contain or control the creature.
-Another notable episode is 'Dark Side' in which Banner accidentally unleashes a dark personality when his attempt to control the creature with drugs, backfires. We are treated to strange flashes of activity inside Banner's mind, represented by the stereotype of primitive jungle savages on the hunt.
-Still another interesting episode is: 'Bring me the head of the Hulk," which Bill Bixby directed. The premise: an exceptionally clever and resourceful mercenary (bounty hunter?) makes it his mission to trap and destroy the Hulk. The mercenary is played by an actor who had played a different character in the previous season's 'Broken Image.' The mercenary's assistant, is played by the main antagonist from 'A child in need.'
My favorite is the two hulks that was episodes
David Banner pants have thee most strongest material
"Dark Side" from Season 4 was creepy good.
Noooo David!
the two things I remember most about this series is that the show never lived up to the opening. At least not for a young kid who was a big fan of the Hulk in comics. I wanted the hulk to fight the Abomination. I did not care so much about his feelings.
The second thing was the at the end of just about every episode Banner would be walking away from some town or place and that music would come on. It was all so depressing but fun to talk about now. I have made fun of it all sometimes when leaving with people who know the series. I will just humm some of the music as I leave.
I really like and pretty much agree with your list, although "Married" (Season 2, Episode 1) is my very favorite episode of the series, only behind "The First" and didn't make your list. I consider it, along with "The Psychic" to be the saddest and two of the best acted episodes of the series. I also have "Interview with the Hulk" (Season 4, Episode 15) on my list. That episode contains one of Bill Bixby's best performances. While it isn't often mentioned on lists of favorites, "Escape from Los Santos" (Season 2, Episode 10) is another one of my own personal favorites. 😊
King of the beach also , just because Lou played a main character
Bill Bixby’s acting is still so dman good as Banner till this day to me. Like I like Mark Ruffalo as him but they turn red hulk into a joker & rushed his development so fast since he can’t have a solo project . The 2008 Hulk I love
My favorite was the the one with two Hulk's,I use to say that's the episode with the skinny hulk!lol!!
Really the tv incredible Hulk is a blend of The Fugitive and the Curious Case of Dr Jakyll and Mr Hyde. Really i love the show and even the tv movies the series was well made for its budget and unlike The Spiderman and Dr Strange Shows it hasn't dated as badly mainly as it used the Hulk in not too many parts of the episodes mainly as a way out of perils.
I enjoyed both the 1970s Spiderman TV series, and the Dr. Strange pilot-ilm -- which I actually think holds up fairly-well.
Nicholas Hammond was a bit too old for the part of Peter Parker/Spiderman, but, to be fair, it was pre-empted a LOT, and moved from one tie-slot to another. Had it a better chance, who knows?
1:57 no, he didn't. He was studying the abnormality in peoples DNA that allows for feats of superhuman strength, and found a connection between the test subjects and gamma sunspot activity. Since the abnormality was higher in his DNA, but was low on the day his wife died, he decided to test this theory by exposing himself to a controlled gamma injection. But the problem was the unit he was using had been recalibrated, but not properly measured, and therefore received an overdose.
I would say you managed to hit all of the best episodes with one glaring exception and that was the one that is almost universally considered the best of the series, and the only Emmy Winner: Married. It could easily have replaced "747" which was really a standard filler episode marked by great flight visuals and the fact that Brandon Cruz, Bill Bixby's co-star from "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" is in it.
Much like the Six Million Dollar Man, I don't think that series ever had a *bad* episode.
Yes, there were ones that were better than others... But a *bad* one? No.
The first was my favorite one
Those are pretty good picks. But I think the episode that stands alone is Banner seeks help, falls in love with the Doctor, marries her, only to find out that she's dying. She said her last words in the Hulk's arms and then she dies. The episode ends with the Hulk just standing there holding her. No background music, no anything. It could be different to watch because the acting was so good.
Protheues (idk if that's spelt right 😅) is my favourite! By far! Cause the way, you have, half David, and half Hulk is just brilliant l!
Prometheus
Was the best showing of
The madder Hulk gets
The stronger Hulk gets
The First Hulk bothered me so damn much and still does
David Banner's exposure to the gamma rays was bugger all to do with trauma. He spotted that humans showing abnormal strength under stress all shared a rare quirk of DNA, which he also shared, but unlike him, they all did it during periods of high solar gamma ray activity due to sunspots. He exposed himself to what he thought was three hundred thousand "units" in an effort to duplicate the effect, but forgot the stress component for some weird reason. Also, due to a lab technician amping up the lab equipment earlier in the day but not yet measuring the radiation equipment, Banner unintentionally gave himself around two million "units". The next time he had a temper tantrum the DNA quirk, now massively mutated due to the radiation dose which should have killed a half dozen people outright, combined with the release of chemicals like adrenaline and epinephrine and caused the metamorphosis.
I think that the episode that you mentioned the first is really the best one but for amethyst is a pretty close second
CBS has not had a good show since in My book I still watch the hulk today own all seasons on DVD
I like The first and nine hours
Rip bill mf bixby.
What about Broken Image?
Hulk Hogan clearly ripped this off
I heard a child in need was supposed to be played in season 1 and instead of 2
Favorite? Too many favorites. It would be easier to list the few that are low on the list. About 60 percent were good with about 20 of THOSE being outstanding. Only about 10 to 15 percent could have been removed from the series.
I was raised by abusive alcoholic parents myself, and have never had children because of my fear of doing it myself.
1:50 "In order to escape the trauma"? Yeah, no. That's not his motivating factor at all. Even if he finds way to tap into people's hidden dormant strength, his wife is still gonna be dead. If anything, this project he's working on allows him to wallow in his trauma. Also, there's this whole thing about mislabeled gauge on the gamma thing that gives him a dose that's like 20 times higher than he intended.
This is pretty basic stuff here. A lot of this is actually covered in the narration of the opening credits that play before every single episode.
I liked the show but when Stan Lee ask the show creator Kenneth Johnson why he named the character David instead of Bruce (as in the comics) Kenneth said the name Bruce sounded to gay!
The 'Bruce sounded gay' thing, is an urban legend. I have the DVD with Kenneth Johnson's commentary, in which he goes into it. The primary reason is that Johnson had a problem with the alliteration inherent in "Bruce Banner." Stan Lee did this with many of the characters he created in the 1960s (Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Peter Parker...). OK for evolving Marvel comics in the 1960s, But Johnson wanted his version of the Hulk set in the real world, not the world of the 1960s comics and not the MCU that began in 2008. He threw a bone to the classic name, by shifting 'Bruce' to the middle name, which you can see in every episode's introduction as the cemetery shot tilts upward from the headstone reading "David Bruce Banner" to the face of Bill Bixby.
@@tranya327 I actually heard Stan Lee says this?, I guess it is he who was misinformed?
@@Barnabas45 How often does it happen, that two people who had a conversation, or experience an event, remember that event differently?
Also: which version of the story, is likely to be more accurate?
Stan Lee had a decades-long, Trump-like pattern of throwing in multiple adjectives and adverbs to inflate both his comic book characters and himself as a writer (like winking at the audience - it was part of the show.) Would such a man be likely to relate the conversation as, "Johnson had a problem with the alliteration I gave my all my main characters, and come to think of it, yeah, that was kind of dumb on my part..." Or would he be more likely to make up a reason that, in decades past, before political correctness would yield a backlash for "that name sounded gay," would let him and everyone else off the hook, with no downside?
So no, Stan Lee wasn't misinformed. He either mis-remembered it, or it he told a white lie.
I read that they changed the name to "David" because "Bruce" sounded gay.
Have heard the same rumour, although it sounds questionable to me.