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Banner has lost his memory after a car crash. With his face wrapped in bandages, he accepts Jack McGee's proposition to see a specialist. Unfortunately, their plane goes down in the woods and Jack injures his legs. Now it is up to David to get them out of there.

The first episode where the hulk changes only once instead of the usual twice per episode.

Bill Bixby's character goes by "John" the entire episode, not his usual "David".

The plane Banner and McGee are on is a; CESSNA Fixed wing single engine with 2 seats, #N4372K.

David actually turns into The Hulk twice. The first time, the transformation heals his face, and his bandages come off. Fortunately, he regains enough memory to rebandage his face before Jack McGee regains consciousness. The second time is right near the end, whereby he is able to carry Jack out of the out of control forest fire, and deliver him to a family in a Jeep, who carry him to safety, and a hospital. David then runs away, transforms back, and hits the road, yet again.

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    • Author: Grinin
    Essentially a series of flashbacks framed as the recollections of David Banner (Bixby) as he attempts to recall past events after suffering amnesia in a car accident. With his face bandaged, he and the Hulk-hunting reporter Jack McGee (Colvin) share a plane ride to see a specialist, but when the plane crashes, both are forced to survive the elements as a raging forest fire closes in.

    McGee - unaware of Banner's identity owing to the facial bandages and Banner's own amnesia - attempt to solve the identity crisis through recalling their encounters with the green behemoth, chronicling the series from Susan Sullivan's ill-fated encounter in the pilot episode, to the Hulk's daylight run down a busy New York street a few episodes earlier.

    Overall, not a bad method in which to bring a series newcomer up-to-date with the present, pitting the usual foes as unwitting companions set against the backdrop of a treacherous blaze that threatens their lives. Forgive the grainy, stock forest fire footage and you've got a reasonable two-part action-mystery.
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    • Author: grand star
    I didn't see this as a clip episode even though plenty of clips were used. McGee always thought that the hulk was separate from David Banner and not one and the same. You sometimes cheer for him to get his story but yet you don't want David to get caught and you want him to escape McGee hounding him. Overall a great episode and the characters get more nuanced and developed.
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    • Author: greed style
    Always l found the Incredible Hulk too contrived,but this time they goes beyond anything imagined,after a plane's crash they stay alone in wilderness,there David still proceed with amnesia,but trying save Mcgee with a broken leg,they needs reach a village walking headed north,David has to improvise a kind of ski using parts of plane's winds,but nearby the forest is burning....as guest star Don "Erickson" Marshall from Land of the Giants!!

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    First watch: 2017 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 6
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    • Author: Voodoogore
    This is rated as one of the best episodes of the series. But I'm stumped as to why, since it's basically just a clip show to bring new viewers up-to-date on the plot.

    The setup is that the inevitable happens: David's hitchhiking lands him in the car of a dangerous nutcase. At least, that's the idea, but the hammy dialogue and acting makes the driver come off like a cartoon character. Anyway, one car crash and brief Hulk-out later, David has his face wrapped in bandages and a major case of amnesia. McGee shows up to question him about the Hulk's appearance, and they team up to find both the Hulk and David's (or rather, "John Doe"'s) identity. It's all makes a nice excuse for a half hour of Banner and McGee having flashbacks and discussions of the events of previous episodes.

    There is stuff to like here: Jack Colvin's performance is excellent, and Bixby manages to get some compelling emotions across despite having to spend nearly the entire episode with bandages around his face. The premise is a good way to get the series's two main characters to actually interact for a while, and you wonder what's going to happen when an amnesiac Banner turns into the Hulk.

    The trouble is that it all moves too slowly, stretching itself out with slow speech, unnecessary pauses, and lots of plot recapping of a series that only rarely bothers itself with ongoing plot line. It's dull and plodding, and ends on a cliffhanger without answering the questions it raised. In short, "Mystery Man" doesn't deliver a full episode's worth - or even half an episode's worth.
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    • Author: GYBYXOH
    David Banner(Bill Bixby) accepts a ride from an emotionally distraught(her husband just left her) and drunk country singer named Rose(played by Victoria Carroll) who proceeds to involve them in a serious car crash where she is killed, and David ends up in the hospital, heavily bandaged and suffering from amnesia. The National Register does a series of human interest stories on him, and of course send Jack McGee (Jack Colvin) out to interview him. The paper charters a private airplane to take David to see a specialist, but unfortunately it crashes in the wilderness, with Jack breaking his leg and David forced to help him as a forest fire comes upon them... Exciting opening in this memorable two-parter.
  • Episode complete credited cast:
    Bill Bixby Bill Bixby - Dr. David Banner
    Jack Colvin Jack Colvin - Jack McGee
    Lou Ferrigno Lou Ferrigno - The Incredible Hulk
    Victoria Carroll Victoria Carroll - Rose
    Don Marshall Don Marshall - Doctor
    Howard Witt Howard Witt - Bob Cory
    Skip Riley Skip Riley - Pilot
    Barbara Tarbuck Barbara Tarbuck - 3rd Nurse
    John Colton John Colton - 1st Man (as John C. Colton)
    Aline Towne Aline Towne - Nurse Phalen (as Aileen Towne)
    Nadejda Klein Nadejda Klein - 1st Nurse
    Norman Merrill Norman Merrill - 2nd Man
    John McKee John McKee - Hospital Guard
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