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David has been staying with a soldier. When the soldier wakes up one night and learns he's blind, he tells David that earlier he tagged along with a man who was disposing of things from the base and among them is a tank. He thinks the tank may have had a gas in it. David tries to recover it but someone takes it away from him. It seems like the tank contained a chemical weapon. When the base commander learns of this, feeling that this whole thing shouldn't jeopardize his career wants it keep quiet. That's why he sent the man to recover and dispose of it. David then goes to see the base doctor and tells him about it. Suddenly David goes blind. While the commander doesn't want to tell David anything, the doctor does like the fact that the formula he's working on is the antidote. But David who saw it before going blind thinks he knows what the answer is. But commander refuses to release him so the wife of the soldier tries to get David out.

Both Lee Bryant and Michelle Stacy would appear in the movie Airplane! the following year; Lee as the woman who is repeatedly slapped when she starts to panic, and Michelle as the young girl with the coffee.

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    • Author: Runeshaper
    David Banner(Bill Bixby) is staying with a young army officer on a chemical research post, and his family while holding down a local job. Things are fine until the officer hitches a lift with a transport truck and helps the driver dump a yellow canister that unfortunately leaks, later blinding them both. Asking David to retrieve the canister as evidence, since he gets no cooperation from his superiors, David to is exposed to the gas, and becomes blind while the military brass decides to cover it up, while coming up with a cure, though the Hulk emerges to expose the conspiracy and battle a tank... Interesting if contrived episode finally gives a military vs. the Hulk scenario out of the comics, though done realistically.
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    • Author: Whitebeard
    "Blind Rage" is one of those filler episodes from the very solid third season of the series. David doesn't spend any time working at a cure but instead gets thrown in a hostile situation from the start.

    When an Army Officer David's boarding at suddenly goes blind it's clear that something sinister is up. David investigates and goes blind himself, figuring out along the way an army cover up.

    Here's where the Hulk battles an army tanker and comes out a winner, something that probably delighted fans of the original comics. But this episode, while being well made and fairly suspenseful, is one of those "neither here nor there" as David's problems get put on hold and the Hulk has to save the day.
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    • Author: Jeyn
    The moral themes of the series play second fiddle to pure drama this time around, and that's okay because the drama is top notch. Okay, the depiction of going blind is hilariously bad; the father gets up in the middle of the night, turns on a light, and says "The damn bulb is broken again." Even more hilarious, we're told his friend died after driving through a road sign that said "Do not enter". But while "hero goes blind" has been done before, it works great because it's an obstacle that the Hulk's strength can't overcome.

    That's just the beginning of the drama, too. The family mother does some great espionage stuff, and the climax takes the classic Hulk action to new heights as he has to battle a whole jeep full of soldiers and even a tank. The whole episode is well-paced and exciting at every step, and as always the heroes of the cast are likable.

    The ending is solid, allowing the viewer to fill in some obvious blanks. It's also good that even though the army doctor did the right thing in the end, he still gets court-martialed. Not because I want him to suffer (I don't), but because it's important to not send the message that you can commit crime without facing the consequences, the way "Vendatta Road" did.
  • Episode cast overview, first billed only:
    Bill Bixby Bill Bixby - Dr. David Banner
    Jack Colvin Jack Colvin - Jack McGee (credit only)
    Lou Ferrigno Lou Ferrigno - The Incredible Hulk
    Nicolas Coster Nicolas Coster - Col. Drake
    Jack Rader Jack Rader - Dr. Anderson
    Lee Bryant Lee Bryant - Carrie Banks
    Tom Stechschulte Tom Stechschulte - Lt. Jerry Banks
    Don Dubbins Don Dubbins - Sgt. Murkland
    Michael Alldredge Michael Alldredge - Sgt. Sam Stanley
    Michelle Stacy Michelle Stacy - Patty Banks
    Dennis Fimple Dennis Fimple - Sergeant
    Michael Horsley Michael Horsley - Ambulance Driver
    Meshach Taylor Meshach Taylor - M.P.
    Leonard Lightfoot Leonard Lightfoot - Brubeck
    Mitch Reta Mitch Reta - Mahalovich
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