The lengthy scene with the relentless haunting music along with mysterious bus driver. I was maybe 8 years old and didn't know what the Grim Reaper was, but I most definitely understood the symbolism.
Now as an adult, I can see the Grim Reaper as slightly cheesy here, but the scene remains quite powerful. Perhaps because it just drones on and on.
The scene where Carolyn hypnotizes David to recount his first Hulk outs is brilliant. Carolyn is alarmed to hear his second Hulk out was when he was asleep and dreaming-- and she should be alarmed. She repeatedly tells David to be unemotional and detached from what he's recalling. But you can see the sweat on his forehead. He recalls the nightmare of his wife dying, and that he couldn't get her out of the car.
He repeatedly says "I couldn't get her out" until he bolts out of the chair yelling "I COULDN'T GET HER OOOOUUUTTTT!!!" as he starts to transform, probably the show's most startling Hulk out.
Hartley and Bixby's chemistry is spot on, making their marriage under the circumstances quite believable. And to the script's credit, the chances of them actually curing Carolyn in a few weeks is considered remote, and it doesn't happen. This wasn't at all the tired trope of the main character finding true love only to have her die at the end. They knew this would probably happen and was the main reason they got married.
And the David's hypnotism sessions are quite striking and memorable and allow Bixby and Ferigno to appear on screen together.
This two parter is easily feature film quality, certainly for the era.
There is an amusing parallel between this and the first Bionic Woman appearance on The Six Million Dollar Man, but there's a good reason and it's really no big deal.
Now as an adult, I can see the Grim Reaper as slightly cheesy here, but the scene remains quite powerful. Perhaps because it just drones on and on.
The scene where Carolyn hypnotizes David to recount his first Hulk outs is brilliant. Carolyn is alarmed to hear his second Hulk out was when he was asleep and dreaming-- and she should be alarmed. She repeatedly tells David to be unemotional and detached from what he's recalling. But you can see the sweat on his forehead. He recalls the nightmare of his wife dying, and that he couldn't get her out of the car.
He repeatedly says "I couldn't get her out" until he bolts out of the chair yelling "I COULDN'T GET HER OOOOUUUTTTT!!!" as he starts to transform, probably the show's most startling Hulk out.
Hartley and Bixby's chemistry is spot on, making their marriage under the circumstances quite believable. And to the script's credit, the chances of them actually curing Carolyn in a few weeks is considered remote, and it doesn't happen. This wasn't at all the tired trope of the main character finding true love only to have her die at the end. They knew this would probably happen and was the main reason they got married.
And the David's hypnotism sessions are quite striking and memorable and allow Bixby and Ferigno to appear on screen together.
This two parter is easily feature film quality, certainly for the era.
There is an amusing parallel between this and the first Bionic Woman appearance on The Six Million Dollar Man, but there's a good reason and it's really no big deal.