
The Incredible Hulk
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David Banner is a research scientist trying to find a way to tap into the hidden strength that all humans possess. Then, one night in his laboratory, an experiment went wrong, causing him to be overexposed to gamma radiation. Now, whenever angered or distressed, the mild mannered scientist finds himself transforming into a powerful seven foot green creature known as The Incredible Hulk. The Hulk is guided by David's personality, dealing with whatever distresses David. But unfortunately, David has no control over the creature's actions. Nor can he remember what he had done during his Hulkish states. He travels around the country in search of a cure, while taking various odd jobs under different aliases.
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- 01
The Incredible HulkAn accidental overdose of gamma radiation creates a mutation in David Banner's DNA: whenever he becomes angry, he metamorphoses into an over seven-foot-tall, 330-pound, mindless muscular green 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 it killed David too. Unable to explain the truth, nor control his transformations, David leaves to try to find a cure for himself.Notes: Originally a two-hour movie, is shown in two parts in syndication. - 02
Death in the FamilyDavid 'Benton' accidentally finds himself in the middle of a plot to kill a young, crippled girl named Julie Griffith so her greedy stepmother and physician can inherit the fortune left behind by her late father. With help from a distant rescuer, he manages to save her life and provide her with help so that she can walk again.Note: Originally a two hour movie, is shown in two parts in syndication. - 03
SanctuaryDavid is urged to present himself as 'Father Costa' in order to protect a young boy who has taken sanctuary at the San Miguel Mission.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
Season's bestThe Incredible HulkNovember 4, 1977An accidental overdose of gamma radiation creates a mutation in David Banner's DNA: whenever he becomes angry, he metamorphoses into an over - S01E02
Death in the FamilyNovember 27, 1977David 'Benton' accidentally finds himself in the middle of a plot to kill a young, crippled girl named Julie Griffith so her greedy stepmoth - S01E03
Final RoundMarch 10, 1978David 'Benson' is saved from a couple of muggers by a boxer nicknamed 'Rocky' and becomes his friend and corner man. Unfortunately the young - S01E04
The Beast WithinMarch 17, 1978—David 'Bradburn' is researching control methods for animal aggression with a female doctor at a zoo. She gets into trouble when new animals - S01E05
Of Guilt, Models and MurderMarch 24, 1978—David 'Blaine' takes a job as a valet to investigate the murder of a model that the Hulk is being blamed for. We get to see different accoun - S01E06
Terror in Times SquareMarch 31, 1978—David 'Blake' begins working in a New York amusement arcade and quickly develops a friendship with the owner and his daughter. When the owne - S01E07
747April 7, 1978—David 'Brown' boards a Boeing 747 plane in San Francisco to travel to Chicago in pursuit of a cure for his metamorphosis. The airline captai - S01E08
The Hulk Breaks Las VegasApril 21, 1978—When an investigative reporter is injured by the mafia for details about their illegal activities, casino worker David 'Benning' becomes his - S01E09
Never Give a Trucker an Even BreakApril 28, 1978—In Nevada, a group of hijackers led by Ted and Mike steal a semi-truck from the father of a young woman named Joanie as she makes plans to s - S01E10
Life and DeathMay 12, 1978—On his way to volunteer for a questionable and possibly dangerous experiment that could help him get rid of the Hulk, David 'Bernard' crosse - S01E11
Earthquakes HappenMay 19, 1978—Looking to gain access to some sophisticated gamma radiation equipment at a nuclear power plant in California, David forges some paperwork t - S01E12
The Waterfront StoryMay 31, 1978—David 'Barton' works in the kitchen of a tavern on the waterfront and helps the young widow who owns it to fight pushy union men.
Season02
- S02E01
MarriedSeptember 22, 1978—David 'Benton' travels to Honolulu, Hawaii to meet Dr. Carolyn Fields, a psychologist whose technique might help cure the Hulk. However, Dr. - S02E02
The Antowuk HorrorSeptember 29, 1978—After encountering handyman David 'Barton's' alter ego the Hulk, the citizens of a struggling resort town Antowuk, Utah invent their own "mo - S02E03
RickyOctober 6, 1978—Race track utility worker David 'Beckman' befriends a mentally challenged young man named "Ricky" who is goaded into driving a defective car - S02E04
Rainbow's EndOctober 13, 1978—David 'Bishop' contacts native American Thomas Logan, who has developed a herbal compound to calm down high strung racing horses, hoping it - S02E05
A Child in NeedOctober 20, 1978—Working as a groundskeeper at an elementary school, David 'Baxter' suspects one schoolboy of being a victim of child abuse. - S02E06
Another PathOctober 27, 1978—David 'Braemer' meets a blind Chinese philosopher from San Francisco called Li Sung who may be able to help him control the creature, but en - S02E07
Alice in Disco LandNovember 3, 1978—David 'Balon' gets a job at a Discothèque Club and meets a young dancer who is the daughter of a deceased colleague that is under the influe - S02E08
Killer InstinctNovember 10, 1978—David 'Burnett' becomes an assistant to a football trainer with success in curbing aggression and must help a "Los Angeles Cougars" player w - S02E09
Stop the PressesNovember 24, 1978—While working as a dishwasher at an Italian restaurant in Chicago, David 'Bernard' discovers that his photograph has been taken by a crooked - S02E10
Escape from Los SantosDecember 1, 1978—David 'Brown' and a young widow he has never met before are framed for the murder of her husband by a corrupt sheriff and his men. Handcuffe - S02E11
WildfireJanuary 17, 1979—As 'David Blakeman', Banner is trying to earn some money working on an oil rig. The owner's daughter takes a liking to him, but fierce compe - S02E12
A Solitary PlaceJanuary 24, 1979—Hoping to avoid situations which leads to his transformation into the Hulk, David 'Bailey' isolates himself in a remote wilderness of Baja C - S02E13
Like a BrotherJanuary 31, 1979—David 'Butler' works at a car-wash in a black neighborhood run by a drug dealer with a black panther. He tries to help two orphans, the youn - S02E14
The HauntedFebruary 7, 1979—David 'Baron' helps a young woman move back into her childhood home and stays to work as her gardener when it turns out she is haunted by he - S02E15
Mystery Man (1)March 2, 1979—Caught in a car accident on his way to Santa Fe, New Mexico which badly injures his face and causes amnesia, a bandaged David is befriended - S02E16
Mystery Man (2)March 9, 1979—With a slowly recovering David and Jack McGee surviving a plane crash 48 miles from Eden, Arizona, the pair are then forced to flee a forest - S02E17
The DiscipleMarch 16, 1979—In a follow up to "Another Path", David 'Blaine' revisits Li Sung in San Francisco and must help his star pupil, a young police officer out - S02E18
No EscapeMarch 30, 1979—After being arrested for vagrancy, David 'Baron' encounters a mentally ill man who believes himself to be Ernest Hemingway. After accidental - S02E19
Kindred SpiritsApril 6, 1979—David 'Barton' joins an expedition that has found evidence of a pre-historic Hulk and is recognized by a young doctor who was inspired by hi - S02E20
The ConfessionMay 4, 1979—Jack McGee is unwillingly saddled with an inexperienced junior reporter, who discovers and writes a story about a small, timid man claiming - S02E21
The Quiet RoomMay 11, 1979—David 'Balland' is working as an orderly at Valley View Sanatorium, when he discovers that a doctor is performing unethical experiments on t - S02E22
Vendetta RoadMay 25, 1979—David 'Brennan' inadvertently joins up with a modern day 'Bonnie & Clyde' who blow up gas stations in a bid to avenge the death of the m
Season03
- S03E01
MetamorphosisSeptember 21, 1979—David accidentally befriends a depressed rock star called Lisa Swan who is being dominated by her manager/sister. - S03E02
Blind RageSeptember 28, 1979—David 'Blair' is staying with a young army officer and his family, who gets blinded after handling a toxic gas cannister. When David investi - S03E03
Brain ChildOctober 5, 1979—Fieldworker David 'Barnes' tries to reunite a gifted teenager who has run away from school with the mother who abandoned her. - S03E04
The SlamOctober 19, 1979—When he is arrested for vagrancy, David 'Brendan' is sent to a work camp in Jensen County where he becomes Prisoner #1124. While in the work - S03E05
My Favorite MagicianOctober 26, 1979—An aging magician who drafts David 'Barker' as his assistant for a benefit performance has some tricks up his sleeve that could prove to be - S03E06
JakeNovember 2, 1979—While working with a rodeo in Gaston, Texas as a medic, David 'Benton' learns that the show's biggest star Jake White is performing with an - S03E07
Behind the WheelNovember 9, 1979—The owner of the struggling Majestic Cab company in danger of being taken over by drug smugglers, turns to taxicab driver David 'Barret' for - S03E08
HomecomingNovember 30, 1979—David Banner decides to return home for Thanksgiving. Dr. Helen Banner is shocked to learn that her brother is not dead, but David is unwill - S03E09
The SnareDecember 7, 1979—After accepting a ride on a private plane, David 'Bennet' finds himself stranded on an island that is uninhabited with the exception of a ps - S03E10
BabalaoDecember 14, 1979—Clinic nurse David 'Beckman' helps a young New Orleans doctor battle a con artist posing as a voodoo healer, who has a strong hold on a supe - S03E11
Captive NightDecember 21, 1979—During a robbery at Slater's Department Store in Philadelphia where he is working, stock room employee David 'Bishop' is forced to join the - S03E12
Broken ImageJanuary 4, 1980—David 'Bowman' is mistaken for criminal Mike Cassidy, who promptly shaves off his mustache to take advantage of the situation. - S03E13
Proof PositiveJanuary 11, 1980—When the publisher of The National Register leaves the paper and puts his daughter in charge, Jack McGee is put in a tough spot: she wants t - S03E14
SideshowJanuary 25, 1980David 'Burns' reluctantly becomes the stage manager for a carnival act and gets close to a young 'psychic' who is accused of being a jinx. - S03E15
Long Run HomeFebruary 1, 1980—A motorcyclist decides to give David 'Beller' a lift, but the ride takes him straight into the heart of a risky biker gang conflict. - S03E16
Falling AngelsFebruary 8, 1980—David 'Bannister' takes a job as a handyman at the Chesley Heights home for girls, only to find out the girls are being schooled in the arts - S03E17
The LotteryFebruary 15, 1980—Newsdealer David 'Becker' wins $250,000 through a lottery ticket while working in San Antonio, Texas, but he must find a way to collect his - S03E18
The PsychicFebruary 22, 1980—A young psychic in San Francisco has the ability to see the Hulk in grocery store worker David, but she puts him in a tough spot when she al - S03E19
A Rock and a Hard PlaceFebruary 29, 1980—Caught between the FBI and a lethal gang in Atlantic City, handyman David 'Braynard' must play the part of both criminal and informant in or - S03E20
DeathmaskMarch 14, 1980—A masked man is killing young women at a Prestonville college. Librarian David 'Brent' becomes a suspect and is interrogated while an angry - S03E21
EquinoxMarch 21, 1980—Librarian David 'Beldon' is trapped at a spoiled heiress Vernal Equinox masquerade ball on a private island with the ultimate costume....the - S03E22
Nine HoursApril 4, 1980—In a race against time, orderly David 'Breck' must outwit a group of hit men in order to save the lives of a young boy and a reformed gangst - S03E23
On the LineApril 11, 1980—David 'Brown' has walked right into a raging forest fire and is both forced to help out and accused of starting it all. McGee also joins the
Season04
- S04E01
Prometheus (1)November 7, 1980—After being exposed to a radioactive meteorite, David finds himself trapped halfway into his metamorphosis to the Hulk while trying to help - S04E02
Prometheus (2)November 14, 1980—Still trapped in mid-transformation, David is an unwitting subject for study by government scientists at a secret research facility in Color - S04E03
Free FallNovember 21, 1980—David 'Blake' is working for a sky diving team, whose star reluctantly returns to his home town where he has unfinished business with the lo - S04E04
Dark SideDecember 5, 1980—David 'Bernard's' self-experiments backfire and send him into a primitive state, creating danger for the family with whom he is boarding. - S04E05
Deep ShockDecember 12, 1980—During an accident at a power plant that he works at, David 'Benton' is subjected to electrical trauma that allows him to foresee events in - S04E06
Bring Me the Head of the HulkJanuary 9, 1981—David 'Bedford' falls for an elaborate trap set to kill the Hulk orchestrated by a mercenary La Fronte who is working for the publisher of t - S04E07
Fast LaneJanuary 16, 1981—David 'Brendan' drives a car from Los Angeles to New York, not realizing that it contains hidden mob money that two sets of desperate crimin - S04E08
Goodbye Eddie CainJanuary 23, 1981—A private detective in Los Angeles named Eddie Cain pegs David 'Benedict' as the prime suspect in a blackmailing case. Once his innocence is - S04E09
King of the BeachFebruary 6, 1981—David 'Beller' is working at a restaurant with weightlifter Carl Molino, who is talked into entering a bodybuilding contest by small time hu - S04E10
Wax MuseumFebruary 13, 1981—David 'Beckwith' takes a job at the Gamble Wax Museum, assisting a woman suffering from hallucinations ever since her father died in a fire. - S04E11
East WindsFebruary 20, 1981—While living in the Chinatown part of San Francisco, a baffled David 'Barrett' finds himself the unwilling recipient of a mail order bride s - S04E12
The First (1)March 6, 1981—David 'Barr' travels to Vissaria where another Hulk was sighted years before. He finds the lab where the creature originated, a man claims t - S04E13
The First (2)March 13, 1981—Now that Del Frye has re-awakened his gamma-powered creature, Dr. Banner races against time to synthesize an antidote, which may also rid hi - S04E14
The Harder They FallMarch 27, 1981—David 'Blackwell' is paralyzed after being hit by a car. He becomes convinced with the idea that the Hulk's powers of regeneration could mak - S04E15
Interview with the HulkApril 3, 1981—Tracked down in Atlanta by a respected science reporter named Emerson Fletcher who realizes his true identity, construction worker David 'Bu - S04E16
Half NelsonApril 17, 1981—On his arrival in Baltimore, David 'Benley' meets Buster Caldwell, a midget wrestler with a big mouth that gets both of them in trouble. - S04E17
DannyMay 15, 1981—David 'Bentzen' tries to help a young widow and her baby get away from living with a criminal hick brother in law. - S04E18
PatternsMay 22, 1981—David 'Benson' is working for a New York clothes manufacturer who's banking everything on his daughter's fashion show. A couple of loan shar
Season05
- S05E01
The PhenomOctober 2, 1981—David 'Bedecker' catches a ride to Florida with a promising young baseball pitcher, but it will take the strength of the Hulk to protect the - S05E02
Two GodmothersOctober 9, 1981—A special delivery makes for an amazing escape when laundry truck driver David 'Bradley' is forced to help three prisoners from a women's pr - S05E03
VeteranOctober 16, 1981—David 'Barnes' tries to stop a plot to assassinate a Vietnam hero running for office, but neither the target nor the assassin are exactly wh - S05E04
SanctuaryNovember 6, 1981David is urged to present himself as 'Father Costa' in order to protect a young boy who has taken sanctuary at the San Miguel Mission. - S05E05
TriangleNovember 13, 1981—David 'Beller' is working as a lumberjack in Jordantown and has begun to fall in love with Gale Weber. Unfortunately, rich tycoon Ellis Jord - S05E06
SlavesMay 5, 1982—David 'Becker' finds himself being forced to dig for gold in a mine for an escaped con and a former prison guard as one of their 'slaves'. - S05E07
A Minor ProblemMay 12, 1982—David 'Bradshaw' walks into a deserted town whose inhabitants have been evacuated because of a deadly gas leak. Together with a female scien
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