Specials

An accidental overdose of gamma radiation creates a mutation in David Banner (Bill Bixby)'s DNA: whenever he becomes angry, he metamorphoses into an over seven-foot-tall, 330-pound, mindless muscular green creature (Lou Ferrigno). Tabloid newspaper reporter Jack McGee (Jack Colvin) 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 (Susan Sullivan): McGee, who dubs the creature "the Hulk", believes it killed David, too. Unable to explain the truth or control his transformations, David leaves to try to find a cure for himself.

Notes: Originally a two-hour movie (aired on a Friday), it is shown in two parts in syndication. This is the first pilot movie in which Ted Cassidy voices the Hulk.

David continues the run from McGee and the authorities, with everyone believing that he was killed along with Elaina. Still trying to find a cure, David 'Benton' accidentally finds himself in the middle of a plot to kill a young, crippled girl, Julie Griffith (Laurie Prange), so her greedy stepmother (Dorothy Tristan) and physician (William Daniels) can inherit the fortune left behind by her late father. With help from a hermit (John McLiam) who rescued her from the fire that crippled her and killed her father, he manages to save her life and provide her with help so that she can walk again. Gerald McRaney also stars.

Notes: Originally a two-hour movie (aired on a Monday), is shown in two parts in syndication.