"The Fugitive" was my be-all and end-all TV series as a 10-to-14 year old superfan. I lived for those Tuesday nights at 9pm, so much so that I always suffered through "Peyton Place" at 8:30 just to give my 13-inch Philco bedroom black & white TV time to warm up.
But, I'm a senior now and can recognize laughable storylines when I see them. In this case we're asked to believe: 1. Our hero Kimble would actually walk off the job and leave patrons at an unstaffed bar; 2. That the Hippocratic Oath Kimble accepted to practice medicine would overwhelm his being just steps away from apprehending the one-armed man he's pursued for 4 years; 3. That a hospital would allow an unnamed stranger to perform surgery on an ER patient; 4. That the hospital would allow him back for further care of the patient.
5. That Richard Kimble, constantly on the run and leaving a job tending bar, would accept financial responsibility for this woman's elevated hospital care just to try and extract info about her one - armed boyfriend.
6. That Kimble would be able to steal an ambulance and drive all over the railroad tracks and tunnels under bridges spanning the L. A. River.
Who at ABC would have green-lighted such a fairy tale?
Still, it was nice to see Tatum O'Neal's mother Joanna as Kimble's loyal comrade/nurse; and Don Dubbins, the abused Marine bullied by Sgt. Jack Webb in "The D. I.", this time with no sand flea to get him in trouble, as a local detective.
But, I'm a senior now and can recognize laughable storylines when I see them. In this case we're asked to believe: 1. Our hero Kimble would actually walk off the job and leave patrons at an unstaffed bar; 2. That the Hippocratic Oath Kimble accepted to practice medicine would overwhelm his being just steps away from apprehending the one-armed man he's pursued for 4 years; 3. That a hospital would allow an unnamed stranger to perform surgery on an ER patient; 4. That the hospital would allow him back for further care of the patient.
5. That Richard Kimble, constantly on the run and leaving a job tending bar, would accept financial responsibility for this woman's elevated hospital care just to try and extract info about her one - armed boyfriend.
6. That Kimble would be able to steal an ambulance and drive all over the railroad tracks and tunnels under bridges spanning the L. A. River.
Who at ABC would have green-lighted such a fairy tale?
Still, it was nice to see Tatum O'Neal's mother Joanna as Kimble's loyal comrade/nurse; and Don Dubbins, the abused Marine bullied by Sgt. Jack Webb in "The D. I.", this time with no sand flea to get him in trouble, as a local detective.