S3.E20

Stroke of Genius

Episode aired Feb 1, 1966
TV-PG
51m

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A young man accidentally kills the driver of a Jeep that Kimble is riding in. Kimble gets away, but is later captured by Lt. Gerard in a remote cabin. But the real danger is from the boy's f... Read allA young man accidentally kills the driver of a Jeep that Kimble is riding in. Kimble gets away, but is later captured by Lt. Gerard in a remote cabin. But the real danger is from the boy's father who is determined to protect his son, no matter what.A young man accidentally kills the driver of a Jeep that Kimble is riding in. Kimble gets away, but is later captured by Lt. Gerard in a remote cabin. But the real danger is from the boy's father who is determined to protect his son, no matter what.

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7.7/10

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Trivia
In a 2021 radio interview on TV Confidential, Beau Bridges had this to say: David Janssen was a great guy; he was very kind to me in those beginning years of mine.

Quotes
Narrator: [Opening Narration. Viewers see an injured Richard Kimble lying on the ground following a Jeep crash. Next to him is the driver of the vehicle from whom Kimble had hitched a ride. The driver, Reverend Barlow, has been killed by a sniper] For many men, life is a ceaseless flight. Each moment of each day must be escaped by fleeing, somehow, somewhere, without rest until one day all hope dies, even the hope of further flight. Perhaps for such men, death comes as a final and all obliterating kindness: after a lifetime of nightmarish flight, an eternity of dreamless rest. But for Richard Kimble, there is no rest, nor freedom to live. He is also denied the freedom of death.

Soundtracks
Theme from The Fugitive
Music by Pete Rugolo

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6/10

An accident that wasn't.

When the show begins, Gary Keller (Beau Bridges) is playing with a rifle--aiming it at cars and imagining what it would be like to pull the trigger. Soon, his father, Steve (Telly Savalas), arrives and they talk...and all of the sudden, Gary inexplicably pulls the trigger--striking the driver of a jeep that is driving by! The vehicle flips and the passenger, Richard Kimble, is hurt...the driver, a local preacher, is dead!

Soon folks put 2 and 2 together and come up with 37! In other words, they automatically assume that Kimble murdered the guy. When Lt. Girard hears about this, he insists that this isn't like Kimble at all and he couldn't have been responsible for the killing.

In the meantime, Steve Keller catches up to Kimble and threatens to kill him unless he keeps his mouth shut about the gunshot. After all, Steve will do ANYTHING to keep his stupid son from going to prison. Steve tells Kimble that he'll not only kill him but Girard...who has just caught up to them. What can Kimble do to escape AND protect Girard?

Overall, a decent episode though I love how they referred to the shooting as an accident. Nope...sure didn't look like one to me! That kid has issues!