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Kimble, working as a bartender, sees TV coverage of a large fire. In the crowd that gathers he sees Fred Johnson (the one-armed man), standing with a woman. Kimble abandons his post and rushes to the scene of the fire. When Johnson sees Kimble approach he runs, and the woman runs after him. She is hit by a truck. Johnson gets away as Kimble tends to the needs of the injured woman. Kimble claims to be Dr. Robertson, so he can accompany her in the ambulance to the hospital.

At the hospital, Kimble keeps up the masquerade as a doctor from the east, on vacation, and comes into close contact with Nurse Ruth Bianchi (actress Joanna Moore), a good nurse, and an attractive woman who is attracted to Kimble. There is presently a shortage of doctors due to the high number of casualties from the fire. Though not licensed in this state, Kimble gets permission to treat the injured woman, and learns she is Maggie Tibbett (actress Barbara Baxley), a middle-aged woman who is in love with Johnson. Kimble steals her key and goes to her home looking for clues about Johnson. Meanwhile, Maggie contacts Johnson, who tells her if she wants to see him again, she must call the police and inform on Kimble, which she does.

Lt. Gerard shows up and works with Det. Rowan (actor Phillip Pine) to try to capture Kimble. Kimble twice escapes difficult traps at the hospital, at times aided by Ruth Bianchi, and ends up leaving town without his quarry. Meanwhile, Ruth and Maggie commiserate about the failures in their love lives, but remain hopeful because nobody loses all the time.

The more I see Gerard, the more I can't stand him. Again and again he has seen that the one armed man does indeed exist. He has even been given statements from a credible witness who heard and seen his confession to killing Kimble's wife.

Now here in a hospital is a woman who is without a doubt connected to the one armed man, but Gerard doesn't care to pursue that. His only care is in his twisted obsession with catching Kimble over finding out the truth of what happened on the night Mrs. Kimble was killed. You would think as a cop, he would want to get at the truth, but no.

He doesn't press Maggie Tibbett on her connection to the one armed man, even after seeing a photo of them together. He doesn't ask where he is so he can question him about Kimble's 3 year accusation against him.

He doesn't seem to care at all with finding out the truth....only to catch Kimble at all costs and to hell with what may have really happened that night, even after evidence continues to accumulate backing up Kimble's words, he completely ignores it.

At this point in the series we should be seeing Gerard having doubts and actually starting to do what Kimble is doing....which is looking for the one armed man and want to question him. But he doesn't seem to care at all about that.

And even if Kimble caught him and shoved him right in Gerard's face, i'm afraid he still won't listen and instead cuff Kimble...gleefully sending him to the electric chair....because 12 people on a jury said it should be. It's so sick, illogical, twisted and unprofessional, and the more I see Gerard, the more I despise him.

At this point Kimble I think should just drop his pursuit and go live in Mexico because he should know that even if he catches the one armed man, it's still going to just be his word against his, and who do you think Gerard is going to believe?!

I can't wait to see just how they're going to wrap this all up.

"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.