the incredible hulk - the complete third season

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-06
Incredible Hulk!
Classic TV! :-)
I am in my late 30's, so I was around 8 or so when the Incredible Hulk first came to television back in the late 70's/early 80's. I have some memories of a few of the episodes and watching them again after all this time is pretty cool. :-) Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno did a great job on the show. Too bad that the execs at CBS thought the show was too expensive - it could have gone on for a few more good years.
If you remember the Hulk from when you were a kid or want to show your kids how good television used to be, grab a copy of the Hulk. You won't be disappointed.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-27
Incredible Hulk 3
Bought this as a birthday present for my 31 year old son - just what he wanted. Of course, you need to know the child likes Tom Jones, too. :)

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-26
Strong season of The Incredible Hulk
The Third Season of The Incredible Hulk in many ways betters Seasons One and Two. The stories here are overall more exciting than in the Second Season and there are fewer lulls. You also get more insight into David Banner and (very pleasingly) Jack McGee. But there's one thing I did miss here; Two-parters. Season Two had the knockout episodes "Married" and
"Mystery Man" which were stretched to feature length. Here the episode "Homecoming" could easily have been a two-parter. David finds his way back home and makes up with his sister and father, whom he had always blamed for the death of his mother. It's a great episode which only fault is that it's too short.

Some great highlights here include "The Snare" and "The Psychic" which are two outstanding episodes. "The Snare" lifts it's plot from the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" which has been filmed several times. A recluse hunter on a remote island invites David to spend the night and before you know it David is fighting for his life for the hunter has become bored with hunting animals. "The Psychic" is very emotional with some incredibly sad overtones. Bixby's former wife Brenda Benet plays the psychic, who can see what David becomes and she also forsees Jack McGee's imminent death. Those who know something about Bixby's life will know that Benet committed suicide excactly one year after the death of their son Christopher. "The Psychic" aired shortly after Benet and Bixby had gone through a tough divorce. Both give exceptional performances here.

Some episodes which are considered lulls I actually found very entertaining. "Blind Rage" was a thrilling episode where David becomes blind, "The Slam" was an entertaining episode where David gets arrested and sent to a work camp. That episode also stars Robert Davi and Charles Napier. Softer episodes such as "Long Road Home" and "Falling Angels", which are considered not good, well I found them very entertaining.

"Broken Image", "Death Mask" and "Equinox" are also outstanding episodes. "Broken Image" is the one where Banner and McGee meet face to face, "Death Mask" is where Banner is suspected of multiple murders and "Equinox" is the one where McGee corners Banner in a costume party. They're all great. It's also great to see a whole episode devoted entirely to Jack McGee in "Proof Positive" and the late Jack Colvin excels there, as always.

The guest stars in the Third Season are much better than in the previous two seasons. There's much more consistency in the acting department here with supporting actors and that's one of the things that particularly plagued the Second Season. Bradford Dillman was a great villain in "The Snare", Paul Koslo is especially appealing in "The Long Road Home", Robert Hogan is marvellous as the scam artist in the mediocre episode "The Lottery", Brenda Benet is superb in "The Psychic", Gerald McRaney is very good and creepy in "Death Mask", Marc Alaimo showed some strong acting in "Nine Hours" and John Marley was fantastic is Banner's father in "Homecoming". An episode always goes down better with good performances from it's guest stars and there's no shortage of that here.

Not many episodes were dull but if I had to name someone I'd go with "Babalao" and "Sideshow". Those were below average.

Overall, this is a strong season of The Incredible Hulk. Bill Bixby doesn't falter once as David Banner, Jack Colvin is excellent as Jack McGee and Lou Ferrigno is up to the task again.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-09
Desent season ,but not as good as the other's
For the record , I am not saying this season sucks, because it didn't, but what I am saying is it doesn't hold up as seasons one two or four. My first critisism is that the season opener and finale were by far some of the dumbest episodes ever , I know that most everybody hates the episode Babalou or however it is spelled , but for now I cannot comment on this it has been a long time since I have seen that one. the other thing is since they really didn't have the hulk wearing his torn shirts anymore which is what I liked as a kid (which it looked like they tried to bring that back on what was the few of season five), they started doing the torn pants which was kinda better ,but it made seasons one and two look ironic,on why it took season three for them to come up with that . plus they seen they couldn't make up there minds on if they were going to do it on all episodes. however the show was not in vain as it did have some great episodes my favorite being "deathmask". I always liked seeing films where serial killers who prey on women get whats coming to them. I would have also wanted them to have made a sequel to "homecoming" on later episodes or seasons. And how his family coped with his problem.But this season as well as the whole series is worth purchasing they quality of the pictures are restored very well, but I wonder why Universal could restor all the hulk episode, but stopped on later season releases of "Emergency"?

Rating:
Date: 2008-04-07
An uneven season, but The Hulk still packs a punch.
After the hugely successful 78-79 season, The Incredible Hulk returned to CBS in the fall of '79 looking to duplicate its success of the previous year. However, the strong points of season two unfortunately were the weak points of season three. While the season is marked with some of the series' best episodes, several of the worst episodes can also be found in the mix. Where season two usually has Banner's life being threatened about once every couple months, seaosn three has Banner finding himself in the season one predicaments (getting tied up, beaten up) more often than not. Throw in some below average storylines and as a whole, season three winds up pretty uneven, but still definately worth a look.

First the average: "Metamorphosis" (with the exception of the abbreviated season five) is easily the weakest opener of the series, with guest star Mackenzie Phillips' problems in the episode overshadowing her real life demons. Human interest stories such as "Jake", "Falling Angels", "Sideshow", and "My Favorite Magician" (which reunites Bill Bixby and Ray Walston from their "My Favorite Martian" days) are feeble attempts to rekindle the magic of season two in which David comes to the aid of the guest star of the week. In saying this, "Magician" is worth a look if only to see Bixby and Walston for one last time. Episodes such as "Long Run Home", and "The Lottery" are not horrendous, but more or less represent the middle of a mediocre season that at times, seemed to struggle in the creativity department.

The embarassing: Episodes such as "Babalao", and the season finale "On the Line", are downright atrocious and should pretty much be skipped altogether.

Now to the good: "The Slam" is probably one of the most underrated Hulk episodes that season three has to offer. I won't give things away, but you can't keep The Hulk caged for too long! In "Homecoming", David returns home to his sister and estranged father. An emotional rollercoaster from start to finish, "Homecoming" is arguably the best episode of season three and definately one of the highlights of the entire series. This episode CANNOT be missed. While not as powerful as "Homecoming", "The Snare" finds David in a fight for his life as a derranged hunter who witnesses Banner's transformation into the Hulk resorts to any means to have the creature destroyed. For the suspenseful and downright eerie, "Deathmask" rescues season three from its mid-season creative lull and sets the stage for several thrilling episodes that were to air in the next several weeks. "Deathmask" features Gerald McRanney in his last appearance in The Incredible Hulk as a detective who is investigating murders on a college campus. When David is arrested for the attempted murder of one of the co-eds, he realizes that he is closer to the killer than he thinks.

Although season three has its weak spots, it should be applauded for its innovative interactions and close calls between Banner and Jack Magee. Several episodes have Magee unknowlingly in the company of Banner ("Behind the Wheel") as well as knowlingly in the company of Banner ("Equinox"). In "Broken Image", Bixby plays the dual role of Banner and a wanted crimnial. This leads to an interesting confrontation between Banner and the inquisitive reporter, who swears that David Banner is indeed alive, but is then led to believe otherwise. In "The Psychic", mitigating circumstances have Banner feeling compelled to save Magee's life. "The Psychic" features Bixby's ex-wife Brenda Benet and is a must see season three episode. Last but not least, "Proof Positive" focuses on the lonely life of Jack Magee, and how Magee's obssession with the creature has now taken over his life. The most un-Hulk like episode of the series, "Proff Positive" is the only episode not to feature Bill Bixby, who was wrapped up in divorce proceedings and was unavailable for filming. Nonetheless, the episode is another MUST SEE, and is an effective as well as entertaining way to show the perspective of the underrated and at times underused Jack Magee as portrayed by the late actor Jack Colvin.

Overall, not as good as season two, but nothing close to the unwatchable season five. And for those of you no totally satisfied with season three, not to worry. Season three packs a pretty good punch, but season four returns with a bang! And guess what: You can get it on the same day!!!!!

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