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The First (Part 1)
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Episode
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12 of season 4
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Director
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Frank Orsatti
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Writer
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Andrew Schneider
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Original airdate
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March 6, 1981
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Alias
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David Barr
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Preceded by
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Followed by
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Synopsis
David goes to a town called Vissaria after hearing of another Hulk was sighted there many years earlier. He finds the lab where the creature originated, and a man who claims to have been the 'first' Hulk.
Cast
- Bill Bixby ... David Banner
- Lou Ferrigno ... The Hulk
- Harry Townes ... Dell Frye
- Lola Albright ... Elizabeth Collins
- Bill Beyers ... Case
- Chip Frye ... Willie
- Billy Green Bush ... Sheriff Carl Decker
- Kari Michaelson ... Linda
- Jack Magee ... Walt
- Julie Marine ... Cheryl
- Hank Rolike ... Janitor
- Dick Durock ... Frye's Creature
Highlights
Dirk Durock ("The Swamp Thing") is very eerie as the evil Hulk and the showdown between the creatures is one of the series highlights. Bixby gives a terrific performance in this episode! This episode has some nice subtle homages to the 1930s monster movies that Universal Pictures created (See Trivia).
Trivia
- The deceased scientist Dr. Jeffrey Clive is a reference to movie actor Colin Clive, who played Dr. Frankenstein in the Frankenstein movies from the 1930s
- Dell Frye, the name of Dr. Clive's assistant, is a reference to movie actor Dwight Frye, who played Dr. Frankenstein's assistant Fritz in Frankenstein (1931)
- The fictional town of Vissaria is also the name of the village in the Frankenstein movies (though spelled with only one 's')