Directed by Robert Ellis Miller who made the poignant The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. There is something here that is almost cinematic.
This is an episode I have seen before. It very much is the typical tale of The Fugitive that I remember where Dr Kimble's medical skills come into use.
Here Kimble becomes a cut man for black boxer Joe Smith. The previous cut man was over the hill and gets fired.
Kimble gets on great with Smith who himself has skills to become a doctor. This is something his wife encourages but Smith does not want to be a black doctor in the ghetto. Smith rather be a champion boxer and get more respect.
The other problem is that Kimble suspects that Smith might have brain damage. Smith knows this by some of the tests Kimble carries out.
Then there is a reporter hanging around the camp who has been sent over by the boxing commission to investigate Smith's crooked manager. The reporter is checking everyone out and one person in Smith's camp dislikes Kimble already.
It is a story with several black actors and highlights black social issues. These days it would be immediately marked down for being too PC. It has to be noted, the contrast between a black doctor and white doctor. Something Kimble acknowledges.