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The Return Of The Incredible Hulk

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Nov 272011

The Return Of The Incredible Hulk was the second pilot for The Incredible Hulk.

It originally aired as a 95 minute made-for-tv movie, but in syndication this was broken into a two-part episode titled “Death In The Family”. The DVD release has the two-part episode re-combined into a 95 minute episode titled “Death In The Family”.

Plot Summary

David continues on the run from Jack McGee and the authorities, with everyone believing that he was killed along with Elaina. Still trying to find a cure, David accidentally finds himself in the middle of a plot to kill a young, crippled girl so her unscrupulous family can inherit the fortune.

Note: Gerald McRaney makes his first of four guest appearances.

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The Incredible Hulk (Pilot)

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Nov 042011

On November 4 , 1977, CBS aired the first of two pilot episodes for The Incredible Hulk. Originally aired as a made-for-TV movie, this episode ran 95 minutes but was made into a two-part episode for syndication. The series followed soon followed and ran from March 10, 1978 thru June 2, 1982. The show starred Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk. Ferrigno was the only actor to appear in every episode of the show. Bill Bixby appeared in all but one episode.

Plot Summary

An accidental overdose of gamma radiation creates a mutation in David Banner’s DNA, and, whenever he becomes angry, it causes him to change into a seven-foot-tall, 330-pound, green hulking creature. Tabloid newspaper reporter, Jack McGee begins investigating claims of a giant creature; his investigation leads to the laboratory that Banner was using. An explosion in the lab kills Banner’s associate and friend Dr. Elaina Marks; McGee, who dubs the creature “the Hulk”, believes the Hulk killed David too. Unable to explain the truth, nor control his transformations, David leaves to try and find a cure for himself.

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