# The Incredible Hulk (1977)

> A gentle scientist cursed with a raging green alter ego roams America searching for a cure while a relentless reporter closes in.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/612

## Facts

- Seasons: 5
- Episodes: 82
- Episode runtime: 50 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: action, drama, science fiction
- Created by: Kenneth Johnson
- Network: CBS
- Cast: Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Jack Colvin, Charles Napier, Anne Lockhart, Dick Durock, Carl Franklin, Anne Schedeen
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077031/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: melancholic, sympathetic, tense, wistful

## What critics say

Audiences regard the series as a mixed but earnest adventure drama, valued for Bill Bixby's sympathetic performance and its melancholy fugitive premise despite dated effects and repetitive episode formats.

## Synopsis

The Incredible Hulk (1977-1982) is a American network action drama series created by Kenneth Johnson for CBS. Bill Bixby plays scientist David Banner, who becomes a raging green giant played by Lou Ferrigno whenever his anger rises after a failed experiment exposes him to radiation. Jack Colvin appears as Jack McGee, a dogged tabloid reporter who keeps picking up Banner's trail, while Charles Napier plays investigator John Blake. Across five seasons and more than eighty episodes, the series follows a fugitive structure: Banner drifts from town to town, taking odd jobs and helping strangers while searching for a cure and dodging the pursuit that follows him. Each episode is largely self-contained, built around a new community, a new injustice and a new chance for Banner to hold his temper in check. The mood is melancholic and sympathetic, with a lonely, wandering hero who wants nothing more than to be ordinary again. Fans of The Fugitive, Wonder Woman and Smallville will find resonance in its blend of pursuit, moral drama and superhero transformation. Set in contemporary 1970s America, the show is a classic example of early network superhero television.

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