The Fugitive is, in my humble opinion, the best dramatic series in the history of American television.

@scottmiller6495

5 жыл бұрын

THE BEST PERIOD !!!!!!

@barbarafischbach8480

5 жыл бұрын

ITA

@jonnyquatromusic

4 жыл бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree!! I'm 24, and I'm so happy I found this gem of a series! So much better than anything my generation has come up with!

@CarlB_1962

3 жыл бұрын

The Doddio Agreed. I was only 8 years old when I saw the series finale aired in the UK, and I never forgot it. So happy to be watching the reruns currently airing on the CBS Justice channel.

@georgepaladino1636

2 жыл бұрын

agreed,,it was...

The perfect marriage of actor and role: David Janssen WAS the Fugitive!

I agree with everyone....simply the BEST series ever made. The writing was superb!

A great scene from one of the greatest series in TV history.

@marcparella

6 жыл бұрын

Carl B Totally agree. I saw this episode for the first time a few nights ago. I was blown away with this scene. Two master craftsman at work.

Hands down the best dialogue exchange between Kimble and Gerard, and this was an early episode. Opening sequence is noirish wonderful; great music score by Ruglieo.

The Fugitive is the best TV series ever to be shown, David Janssen, the most superb actor, IS the fugitive. This was one of the best of the episodes and the exchange between Gerard and Kimble unmatched. David Janssen was a sensitive actor, much under-rated and far better, more handsome and masculine than most big film-stars and he will never be forgotten by his fans. Taken from us too soon, always loved always missed. RIP David XX

"You know, I think you have nightmares, too. Your nightmare is after I'm dead you'll find him."

@timothywoods6331

6 күн бұрын

And Gerard fumbles awkwardly with his cigarette as he walks away from Kimble...

I was about 7 or 8 year old when I start watching this show with my family over 5 decades ago and I still watch it here on KZread! Still keeps me on the edge of my seat and I admire these two actors and the chemistry they had together. It was the best TV show with the greatest actors!!

My all time favorite TV show... and this is my favorite scene. Brilliant writing and acting.

Best scene ever from one of the greatest tv shows!

Susan Oliver, was so beautiful and her talent was perfect. Very sad of her passing at a young age _ rest in peace miss.oliver.

I just watched the first episode of this show for the first time tonight. I'm incredibly excited as to the ride I'm about to take.

@Kentcommentator

3 жыл бұрын

Come onto the Fugitive Facebook page

@CarlB_1962

3 жыл бұрын

Peter Evans Enjoy!

One word. WOW. Did Kimble throw Girard off his high horse. Girard, as he was leaving the cell area, was imagining after Kimble was executed, finding the one armed man.

This episode and the two parter "angels travel on lonely roads" are my fav episodes

Great moment! Marvellous episode!

One of my favorite scenes from the fugitive .

Watching this as a child I really got to hate Lt. Gerard. My parents stopped everything every week and never missed an episode.

@daryllomax7942

2 жыл бұрын

Very, good to ,see, ltgotheomesomeway

One of the best episodes of the series.

It’s actually my favorite episode! It was incredible!😊

One of the most electrifying exchanges between Kimble and Gerard in this, the greatest TV drama of all time, made more chilling, by that haunting music. What a pity that in the fourth and final series, they changed a lot of the music, which made a lot of the scenes less powerful.

@jrewing1512

5 жыл бұрын

Their realtionship is exceptional.

@CarlB_1962

3 жыл бұрын

soulmate7 David Janssen as Kimble was, of course, remarkable, but Barry Morse’s portrayal of Gerard was also a great achievement. I should hate the character, but, thanks the subtlety Morse brings to the part, I don’t.

@gottadomor7438

2 жыл бұрын

@@CarlB_1962 Well said.

how great is this show?

@vegaslover777

8 жыл бұрын

I've been calling it my favourite series for 50 years.

I love this series, great acting, awesome screen writing.

I really enjoy this series.

Best scene in all the episodes. This is the Breaking Bad of the 60's, and this scene was ahead of its time.

@77guy777

6 жыл бұрын

Great call for me 1. The Fugitive 2. Breaking Bad!

@scottmiller6495

5 жыл бұрын

It had a powerful message and really proved that Dr. Richard Kimball was innocent Period!!!!!

You go on thinking that being a fugitive has done something with my mind

Wow what a powerful scene and you get the feeling that Girard is finally starting to believe that maybe he's innocent after all!!!!!

@rickosborne4474

Жыл бұрын

But he is still a cop and needs to deliver Kimble..

This was the show still love it

I always believed somewhere in the back of his mind Gerard believed Kimball was innocent. You can tell in the last episode when he actually talks to the one-armed man, that he quickly realized that Kimball’s story was adding up.

@emsleywyatt3400

Жыл бұрын

Oh, no. It wasn't until coming face-to-face with the one-armed man and seeing the depths of his evil personally that Gerard's armor began to crack.

@rowanaforrest9792

11 ай бұрын

@@emsleywyatt3400 I think Gerard had been gradually beginning to have doubts before the finale, but he hadn't fully believed until he met Fred Johnson/Gus Evans who obviously was a violent and deceitful man and had been at least near Stafford, Indiana, the night Helen Kimble was murdered. He realized he had left the area quickly, otherwise he'd have been among the dozens of one-armed men the police had checked on, which could imply that he had fled the area. I must now watch this episode again since I'd forgotten just how electric this scene is. Kimble really nailed Gerard with that last comment, that he has nightmares of finding Helen Kimble's murderer after Kimble was executed. Gerard almost NEVER showed any cracks in his confidence, but he flinched hard here.

Best show ever!

David Janssen is 32 in this scene. Wow!

In the Girl From Little Egypt that includes flashbacks ranging from Dr Kimble and Helen's dealing with her miscarriage; their argument that led to Kimble leaving the house; his return seeing the one armed man running from the house , then the trial. Prior to sentencing the judge asks Kimble for any final words. He replies "Before God, I'm innocent". Then there is that shot of Gerard in the gallery and his face as he gives a very revealing look that he doubts the guilty verdict was correct.

If you see the face on Gerard you can see he's does have nightmares.

@MsBackstager

3 жыл бұрын

Of course -- mega times.

And Susan Oliver (Karen from Never Wave Goodbye) should have been in the 2-part series finale. Definitely a lot of chemistry between them.

@44032

5 жыл бұрын

I'd prefer Vera Miles and her son from the premiere. The family he never had.

@barbarafischbach8480

5 жыл бұрын

Both Vera and Susan were wonderful with David. Either would been preferable for the finale.

@josephcope7637

4 жыл бұрын

Susan Oliver and Vera Miles were both excellent ... but Diane Baker was a great actress as well as a real doll. I was perfectly satisfied that she was cast in The Judgment. In fact, if I'd been Mark Rutland, Sean Connery's role in Marnie, I would've steered clear of Marnie's neuroses and gone after Lil, the part Diane Baker played.

@jamesnichols7440

Жыл бұрын

Or Vera Miles

@Christopher070

Жыл бұрын

YES! Finally I came across another fan who agrees! I was upset that Susan Oliver wasn't brought back for the finale. She was the longest romantic relationship Kimble had during all his time on the run and that girl did so much for him! I agree both actors had loads of chemistry and it only made the 2 part story more believable and that the characters were really in love with each other. "Never Wave Goodbye" is by far my favorite episode. (I count it as one long episode. It even plays like a stand alone film too.) The idiot they tossed to Kimble in the end was a grating bubble head. She just popped up out of nowhere and was suddenly this great love for him? Um no.....MY ending is that Kimble went back to Santa Barbara and spent the rest of his free life with Karen. It could've been worse I guess.....they could have had him end up with that harpy Coralee lol.

I think that was a good heart ❤️ to heart ❤️ talk.

From episode 11 season 1: "Nightmare at Northoak"

Also, none of the wise-cracking dialog that most TV series today seem to drown in and pass it off as "hip" or some such nonsense.

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures

4 жыл бұрын

You can have a character of any gender, any race, any persuasion as a lead and I'll enjoy the hell out of a show... but first the script has to make me root for them, and the actor has to sell it. You have to picture yourself in their shoes. The Fugitive is a masterclass in this. Yet they don't seem to get this nowadays - even when the big hits prove that it's what audiences want. 'Get Out' was a massive hit as an indie film because we all felt the fear, dread, bewilderment of the protagonist and then cheered when he turned the tables on his tormentors. With stuff like the last Star Wars movie and the incoherent new Star Treks, I don't know what the hell I'm supposed to feel.

@kendallrivers1119

3 жыл бұрын

@@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures this! I feel the same way. The best shows and movies really focused on strong actors playing fleshed out characters whose stories are compelling and relatable. It's now almost all reboots that pale in comparison or formulaic procedurals etc. It seems like nobody wants to put the effort and time into casting, story and writing anymore and put everything into CGI effects, big name casting etc. I don't think we'll ever see shows like The Fugitive, Perry Mason, The Andy Griffith Show, The Rockford Files etc to name a few. That's just my take.

@scottmiller6495

Жыл бұрын

@@kendallrivers1119 You're absolutely right but most of the blame for this is the young audiences who watch television now, they don't care about the past or how much better it was than Now, it's sickening and Unforgivable Period!!!!!

Barry morse was something else ❤

One of the best things my dad did for me was introduce me to his favorite actor and favorite show. My life is far better than it would Have been if he hadn’t. Let’s just say I’m a big fan.

This was the best scene (other than Kimble being exonerated) in the entire series!!! Gerard was lecturing Kimble on creating reality from a fantasy, trying to convince himself he was right, but in reality, it was GERARD himself trying to do that regarding Kimble’s guilt. These two actors were so on top of their games and played exceptionally well off of each other. Rest in peace David Janssen and Barry Morse

Barry Morse was superb in his role in one of the early black and white episodes of the Twilight Zone. The episode was entitled, 'A Piano in the House'. He nailed it hands down. I doubt if any other actor could have portrayed the acting role as well as he did. ☝️🙄

@MellowTorch

6 ай бұрын

I agree.

Barry Morse was an early version of Hugh Laurie - with a great ability to do an American accent. Also, can we have the entire episode posted?

@MellowTorch

5 жыл бұрын

Posting the whole episode violates fair use policy of copyright laws. I just wanted to highlight this amazing dialog. If I am deeply interested in a series or episodes, I buy a copy.

@TomTimeTraveler

5 жыл бұрын

@@MellowTorch Thanks. Forgot about the copyright lawsm

@iraheffler1068

4 жыл бұрын

@@TomTimeTraveler All the episdoes can be found online.

@spockboy

Жыл бұрын

Here is the entire episode in HD kzread.info/dash/bejne/qYOT2MpymcfRfpM.html&ab_channel=%EB%B0%94%EC%B9%B4%EB%9D%BC%EC%86%8C%EC%97%B02023

@jamesnichols7440

Жыл бұрын

& both of them have a heavy English accent

What are you running from Gerrard?

It's amazing Barry Morse really had a British accent but was able to sound American

Tonight's episode. NIGHTMARE AT NORTHOAK

I believe "Nightmare at Northoak" was first Fugitive episode broadcast following the JFK assassination.

@amosburke511

5 жыл бұрын

It originally aired November 26, 1963, the day after JFK's funeral.

@josephabreu6042

4 жыл бұрын

Amos Burke wow

@spockboy

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if Kennedy ever watched the show.

Obsession!

A great scene! A real heart to heart discussion. One of the most poignant in the entire 4 year series!

Please upload all the episodes of this favorite series. Thanks

God i love this show! I didn't kill her!

After he was acquitted he changed his name to O’Hara and worked for the US Treasury. Wonder if he saw Jungle Book and saw the likeness of Gerard to Sheer Khan?

@tyrese3745

11 ай бұрын

Yep. And then in 1974, he found himself back in both San Diego and L.A. respectively as injured ex-cop-turned-private eye Harry Orwell, too, on a show called “Harry O”.

I recorded the last 5 minutes when the OAM and Kimble fight it out on top of the tower and Garrard shoots the OAM before he can shoot Kimble.

@scottmiller6495

Жыл бұрын

That was the binding tie that Kimble was innocent!

Gerard is just itching to break out his version of Lena Horne's 'Stormy Weather' for Kimble and then run to Las Vegas with him for a quick wedding.

Greatest dramatic show in TV history, easily. However, I found Gerard somewhat inconsistent. There were some episodes where he seemed to believe Kimble's story, falling back on "it's my job to catch him". Other episodes, like this one, he dismissess Kimble's story as a fantasy, a lie..... Nevertheless, I love, love, love this show. Not until Donald Draper (Mad Men) did TV manage to come up with an interesting character to match Richard Kimble. (And people have pointed out the similarities: false identities, good lady-killer looks, the smoking, roaming the country, and others)

@franziskakre8309

5 жыл бұрын

To him it does not matter, if Kimble is innocent or not. He was convicted so he had to be executed. Gerards task was to catch him. I suppose he did not WANT to believe his story, because it is much easier to bring an guilty murderer into the death cell instead an innocent man.

@richardweiler3966

4 жыл бұрын

@@franziskakre8309 Gerard arrested him on suspicion of murder. So he obviously believed that Kimble was guilty.

Jeff Bridges said John Wayne was the real Rooster Cogburn. Harrison Ford should have said David Janssen was the real Richard Kimble. Having Janssen's mother in the courtroom during filming acknowledge as much.

@Christopher070

Жыл бұрын

I just watched the Harrison Ford film recently after finishing the TV series and found it so bad that I tossed the dvd in the trash afterwards. I didn't even want to keep it in my collection because it's not The Fugitive in any way shape or form and doesn't deserve to be connected with it imo. I'd like to think David Janssen would have hated it too.

Who gave this thumbs down?

@hanoc101

6 жыл бұрын

The one-armed man

@richardweiler3966

4 жыл бұрын

@@hanoc101 then it was only a thumb down.

@Critteranne2008

4 жыл бұрын

Lt. Gerard

@66KIMBLE

4 жыл бұрын

Anne Marble 🤣

What are you running from ?

MeTV has put The Fugitive back on its schedule, albeit a poor timeslot: starting late Sunday, early Monday, Sept. 10th/11th, 2017 at 2 am Eastern & Pacific & 1 am Central & Mountain. Where to watch: www.metv.com/wheretowatch/

@nicktounas1666

6 жыл бұрын

clugul FYI

IT'S MY JOB.

Aquí cuando las *palabra* pueden ser tan *peligrosas* que traspasan cualquier tipo prisión.

Little does Gerard know that every time he travels to find Kimble, his wife is tallying a file of affairs. Last week it was the plumber. Now she has something going on with the gardner. She's considering getting something on with her hairdresser and then her stud tennis coach. She even has the hots for her son's math teacher, all 300 pounds of him

Here are 2 Facebook group pages for Fugitive fans:"The Fugitive: The TV Series (1963-1967)" (public group):m.facebook.com/groups/605387939544114and here's a private Facebook Fugitive group (can ask to join):"Fans of The Fugitive TV Show": facebook.com/groups/11573284716/

I don't get Gerard at all. In this scene he contradicts everything he says regarding his beliefs about the law when he told Kimble "I've done everything humanly possible to find him". By spending even one second of his time looking for the one armed man, that shows that he has, or at one time had, doubt about Kimble's guilt and also that he possibly doubted the jury's decision as well. Saying "everything humanly possible" also implies to me that he spent a lot of time and energy trying to find him. So that goes against all the crap he spouts about being an "instrument of the law" and that his sole duty is to bring Kimble into custody. If he really believed any of that BS, he wouldn't have spent ANY of his time and energy looking for the one armed man, but he did. (unless he's lying to Kimble in this scene, but I don't believe he is) So he's basically admitting to Kimble here that he has (or at least had) doubts whether or not he really killed his wife...or if someone else did.

@rowanaforrest9792

11 ай бұрын

I think that when Gerard worked hard to find the one-armed man Kimble described, he meant trying to find him before the trial, when it was his duty as a detective to do his best to ascertain whether Kimble had told the truth, just as detectives have a duty to check out any claimed alibi, find any possible witnesses, etc. That was all before the trial, however. Once Kimble was convicted but then escaped, Gerard's only duty (legally) was to recapture Kimble. I don't think he doubted Kimble's guilt at the beginning, not after each of the dozens of one-armed men he'd checked on before the trial had a rock-solid alibi. He gradually began to have doubts as the years went by, but he still wasn't convinced of Kimble's innocence until he finally had a chance to question Fred Johnson himself and found out that he had been near enough to Stafford, Indiana, and didn't have an alibi. Something the finale didn't mention, but which would have happened, is that because Johnson hadn't been wearing a glove on his hand when he burglarized the Kimble home and killed Helen, he would have left some fingerprints, including on the lamp, which would have still been in the evidence file for the case, and now that the police could compare those unidentified prints to Johnson's, they'd have absolute proof.

@Christopher070

11 ай бұрын

@@rowanaforrest9792 There's a scene in season 2 I believe, for the life of me I can't recall the particular episode...but a cop mentions to Gerard that Kimble is a "murderer" and Gerard quickly snaps back "A JURY said that". (he empathized the word jury when he spoke.) That made me perk up because I thought it was strange how he was basically sticking up for Kimble by saying that to the cop and also making the implication that calling Kimble a "murderer" wasn't correct. I doubt Gerard would have said that if he thought Kimble was guilty. I really wish they had dedicated a full episode in season 4 solely to Gerard and had gotten inside his head to what he really felt about Kimble and the whole case. As the series stands, Gerard is an enigma throughout the series and the viewers are never privy to his private thoughts and views. Towards the end of the series, it's noticeable that the writing and stories suffered and David Janssen was growing weary of the demanding role each week, so having an entire episode dedicated to Gerard would have been important to the story, a treat for the viewers to learn more about the character, and had also given Janssen a little rest. I think it's a shame they never went there for an episode and chose instead to have Kimble fall madly in love with a different woman each week....good lord, by the end it was becoming absurd how fast he fell in love with those women each week lol. Good point on Fred's fingerprints in the house. I hadn't even thought of that before and surely police would have lifted them during the crime scene and had them on file, and at the very least had been brought up in court to provide reasonable doubt. What a really bad lawyer Kimble apparently had!

@rowanaforrest9792

11 ай бұрын

@@Christopher070 I haven't seen every episode, though over the years I've managed to see most of them. I don't know who Coralee is, but even in the episodes I've seen I agree that Kimble fell for too many women. That was the TV style in that era, having the regulars fall in love often. I got tired of that trend even back when I was young. I'm not sure I've seen the episode you mention where Gerard disputes calling Kimble a murderer, though I do recall an episode (don't know which one) where Gerard said that he didn't believe Kimble was violent, that he'd killed his wife in a bad moment but would probably never kill again, or something like that. My impression (though I don't remember clearly) was that Gerard at that time did believe Kimble had killed Helen, but no longer believed he was a criminal or violent man otherwise. The thing about Johnson's fingerprints is that until the finale when Johnson was arrested and Gerard could directly compare his fingerprints to the unidentified ones from the murder scene, they had no way to identify those prints. Since Richard and Helen had been social people, there were surely a number of prints in that area of their home that couldn't be matched at the time of the investigation. But in the finale, Gerard could compare Johnson's prints to the prints on file for the murder scene. I'm not sure why the original investigation didn't match the prints to Johnson's alias, Gus Evans, but maybe because his prints hadn't in the criminal database (however good the database was back then when computers were still pretty limited).

@Christopher070

11 ай бұрын

@@rowanaforrest9792 Coralee was actually the title of the final episode of the 3rd season based on the main character of that episode's plot. Without giving away spoilers in case you haven't watched it, Coralee is a pariah in a small town that no one likes, yet Kimble purposely initiates a public romantic relationship with her which angers the whole town. As a fugitive, this was the last thing Kimble would do since it brings a lot of attention to himself and we've seen over 3 seasons that Kimble doesn't want the spotlight on him and prefers to stay low key, so his actions seemed very out of character in that episode. It's a very strange episode that was filmed early in the 3rd season, yet even the producers knew it was a stinker and tossed it to the end of the season. Oh how I hated Coralee! Regarding the fingerprints, I agree they should have matched to what police had on file of all prints lifted in the Kimble home when Fred was brought into custody in the finale. It's a big plot hole that this wasn't done to confirm his presence in the home....but that finale had many holes in it imo. Like having Fred climb up to the top of that ride at the amusement park. You wonder why on earth he would trap himself like that rather than continue running on the ground...and with one arm he managed to climb up there real quick, it was absurd. And there was no need for Kimble to follow him up there because Fred had nowhere to go once he reached the top so all Kimble had to do was wait at the bottom until Fred got hungry and climbed back down lol. But like you said, it was a rushed finale and hurriedly written due to time constraints, so it's going to have some mistakes.

@rowanaforrest9792

11 ай бұрын

@@Christopher070 I'd also thought that about the amusement park --- why would Johnson corner himself like that instead of looking for a way out of the park, and why did Kimble climb up after him alone? He could have waited for Gerard and Chandler to catch up and the three of them find some way to force Johnson to come down. It didn't make sense. (Neither did Kimble trying to force Johnson anywhere at gunpoint when Johnson knew Kimble wouldn't pull the trigger. Kimble wouldn't have made that mistake.) I still love the finale, though, despite its flaws, and I give Bill Raisch a lot of credit for his acting, considering that he wasn't comfortable being a focus in a scene and having a lot of dialogue. That Coralee episode does sound like a stinker. I think I'll avoid watching it so I won't have to try to forget it. :) Thanks for telling me about it.

If you compare this scene with Harrison Ford's "I didn't kill my wife" and Tommy Lee Jones' "I don't care", the film is lackluster by comparison...then again it always was. I don't know why the same people who praised it then and still do to this day put down others like Ghostbusters '16. Hypocrisy is hypocritical. If you had a decent actor play Richard Kimble in the remake I would praise it as well, but Star Wars nerds who always praise Han(d) Solo are like Trump supporters...They absolutely refuse to see reason and are *incredibly* volatile. If he wasn't such a prima donna as well, I think Moonlighting's Bruce Willis would have been convincing. However if *I* had the job, I would have cast St. Elsewhere's David Morse in a heartbeat. Not only is his name a cross between the two original leads, but both Davids also carried a similar soulful presence which in both cases is damn near impossible to ignore.

@kendallrivers1119

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow David Morse I never would'vee thought of that. The blending of names is uncanny lol. David imo is not used as much as he should be and I would've absolutely cast him as Kimble back in '93 for sure.

@neilgarrod318

2 жыл бұрын

Qunciy Campbell I saw the movie in the theater It sucked IMO Nothing could match this series

Greatest TV show ever!! I watched every week as a little boy with my parents They let me stay home from school so I could watch the Judgement episode