A nice start with this episode where David is sitting in a patrol car, handcuffed on his way to a prison camp in the desert. But before your mind can throw up the usual questions about - the cops now have David's real identity, they will find out he is a dead man, etc. - the cop explains it all away on the drive to camp. In that part of the country they don't check up on the guy - even though the cop knows he is running from the law - he still does not check on who he has in custody. No fingerprints - nothing. Hard to credit - but it gets rid of our questions anyway.
Robert Davi and Charles Napier co-star here in a TV version of 'Cool Hand Luke' complete with road gangs, cops with sunglasses, isolation boxes and of course the searing heat of the sun. David soon finds out the camp is run by a corrupt warden-type who practically tells David of his dastardly mindset during their introduction to camp.
A couple of escape attempts (and hulk-outs later) David is free, the camp cops have been indicted and the inmates justified.
Overall - a rather good episode. Okay, the way the Hulk leads the prison escape at the end is like the Keystone Cops (Never does a guard even get a shot off in any escape attempt in this episode. Where did they do their training? Pre-school?) but a genuine attempt is made to get a few elements into the story so we can forgive them for that. Another bad point is that there is a dozen guards waiting on a prison break one night when the Hulk appears in the compound. Even though the place is awash with strong lights from both outside and inside the compound, the yard itself smaller than a football field and a 7-foot tall green monster running around knocking down towers - the cops cannot see the hulk because it is too dark. What???? If it was any brighter - it would be daylight !!!
I always have to remind myself here that TIH was an episodic series which had individual stand-alone stories each week as opposed to follow-ons. Because of this, the small budget, the 1970's effects - I cannot be too hard on it. After all trying to get some of the elements of the story across in 45 minutes is not an easy task and at least TIH gives it a good old try.
7/10
Robert Davi and Charles Napier co-star here in a TV version of 'Cool Hand Luke' complete with road gangs, cops with sunglasses, isolation boxes and of course the searing heat of the sun. David soon finds out the camp is run by a corrupt warden-type who practically tells David of his dastardly mindset during their introduction to camp.
A couple of escape attempts (and hulk-outs later) David is free, the camp cops have been indicted and the inmates justified.
Overall - a rather good episode. Okay, the way the Hulk leads the prison escape at the end is like the Keystone Cops (Never does a guard even get a shot off in any escape attempt in this episode. Where did they do their training? Pre-school?) but a genuine attempt is made to get a few elements into the story so we can forgive them for that. Another bad point is that there is a dozen guards waiting on a prison break one night when the Hulk appears in the compound. Even though the place is awash with strong lights from both outside and inside the compound, the yard itself smaller than a football field and a 7-foot tall green monster running around knocking down towers - the cops cannot see the hulk because it is too dark. What???? If it was any brighter - it would be daylight !!!
I always have to remind myself here that TIH was an episodic series which had individual stand-alone stories each week as opposed to follow-ons. Because of this, the small budget, the 1970's effects - I cannot be too hard on it. After all trying to get some of the elements of the story across in 45 minutes is not an easy task and at least TIH gives it a good old try.
7/10
