The Incredible Hulk: Season 1

1977 · 12 episodes · ★ 6.0

What Season 1 of The Incredible Hulk

Dr. David Banner works at the Culver Institute in California, studying people who can reach superhuman strength in extreme danger. The death of his wife, Laura, in a car accident drives his research. Together with Dr. Elaina Marks, he decides to test his theory on his own body. Without supervision, he is exposed to gamma radiation, not knowing the equipment has just been recalibrated and the dose is enormous. He thinks he has failed, but on a rainy night he is injured while changing a tire. His rage triggers a transformation: he becomes a giant with green skin and tremendous strength. Banner must hide his secret while reporter Jack McGee follows his trail.

12episodes

Nov 4, 1977Aired

May 31, 1978latest episode

13.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 The Incredible Hulk
Nov 4, 1977 · 95 min · ★ 7.0
A troubled scientist's accidental overexposure to gamma radiation curses him with the tendency to change into a bestial green brute under extreme emotional stress.
Directing: Alan J. Levi · Writing: Kenneth Johnson · Starring: Susan Sullivan, Susan Batson, Mario Gallo, Eric Server
1x02 The Return of the Incredible Hulk
Nov 27, 1977 · 95 min
David meets a young woman who can't walk. He gets work on her family's ranch and discovers her doctor is slowly poisoning her. After he reports his suspicions to the girl's mother he finds himself the target of a vicious manhunt.AKA Death in the Family for syndication.
Directed by: Alan J. Levi · Starring: Laurie Prange, Dorothy Tristan, John McLiam, William Daniels
1x03 Final Round
Mar 10, 1978 · 60 min · ★ 4.4
David 'Benson' is saved from a couple of muggers by a boxer nicknamed 'Rocky' and becomes his friend and corner-man. Unfortunately the young man suffers from high blood pressure and is being used to ferry drugs by an unscrupulous manager.
Directing: Larry Stewart · Writing: James D. Parriott · Starring: Martin Kove, Fran Myers, Al Ruscio, Paul Henry Itkin
1x04 The Beast Within
Mar 17, 1978 · 60 min
David 'Bradburn' is researching control methods for animal aggression with a female doctor at a zoo. She gets into trouble when new animals keep dying from a mysterious illness.
Directing: Alan J. Levi · Writing: William Schwartz · Starring: Caroline McWilliams, Richard Kelton, Dabbs Greer, Charles Lampkin
1x05 Of Guilt, Models and Murder
Mar 24, 1978 · 60 min
David 'Blaine' takes a job as a valet to investigate the murder of a model that the Hulk is being blamed for. We get to see different accounts of the murder in flashback. But which one really happened?
Directing: Sigmund Neufeld Jr. · Writing: Richard Christian Matheson, Thomas E. Szollosi · Starring: Jeremy Brett, Loni Anderson, Jane Alice Brandon, Ben Gerard
1x06 Terror in Times Square
Mar 31, 1978 · 60 min
David "Blake" is working at an arcade in Times Square, where everybody pays off "Uncle Jason". David finds out two elderly men are planning to take matters into their own hands.
Directing: Larry Stewart · Writing: Justin Edgerton · Starring: Robert Alda, Jack Kruschen, Arny Freeman, Pamela Susan Shoop
1x07 747
Apr 7, 1978 · 60 min
David 'Brown' is flying from San Francisco to Chicago only to find out some of the crew are plotting to steal the Egyptian artifacts on board.
Directing: Kenneth Gilbert · Writing: Kenneth Johnson · Starring: Edward Power, Sondra Currie, Denise Galik, Brandon Cruz
1x08 The Hulk Breaks Las Vegas
Apr 21, 1978 · 60 min
David is working as a card shill in Vegas when he learns his Casino owning boss is crooked. To complicate matters, the people holding the evidence are acquaintances of Jack McGee.
Directing: Larry Stewart · Writing: Justin Edgerton · Starring: Julie Gregg, John Crawford, Dean Santoro, Don Marshall
1x09 Never Give a Trucker an Even Break
Apr 28, 1978 · 60 min
While hitchhiking, Banner is picked up by a young woman desperate to get her rig back from the men who stole it from her.
Starring: Jennifer Darling, Frank Christi, Grand L. Bush, Peggy Doyle
1x10 Life and Death
May 12, 1978 · 60 min
David 'Barnard' subjects himself to an experimental DNA test but finds out his doctor's accomplices are gathering newborn babies for similar research.
Directing: Reza Badiyi · Writing: Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstorff · Starring: Carl Franklin, Julie Adams, Andrew Robinson, Diane Cary
1x11 Earthquakes Happen
May 19, 1978 · 60 min
Banner uses forged documents to take the place of safety inspector Robert Patterson in order to get access to Gamma ray inversion equipment at a power plant when an earthquake hits.
Starring: Sherry Jackson, Peter Brandon, Gary Wood, Lynne Topping
1x12 The Waterfront Story Season Finale
May 31, 1978 · 60 min
David 'Barton' works in the kitchen of a tavern on the waterfront and helps the young widow who owns it to fight pushy union men.
Starring: Sheila Larken, James B. Sikking, Jack Kelly, Helen Page Camp