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During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style,

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    The Incredible Hulk Season 4 Episode 13 - The First (2)
    8.7/10(331 votes)

    S4:E13

    David's attempt at a cure is hindered by the other man's exposure to radiation, which revives the murderous Hulk persona the man was cured of many years before. Now, David must produce enough antidote to cure both himself and the other man before more carnage occurs.

    Director:Frank Orsatti
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Incredible Hulk Season 3 Episode 9 - The Snare
    8.5/10(331 votes)

    S3:E9

    After being invited to a remote island, David becomes the quarry of a psychotic hunter.

    Director:Frank Orsatti
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Incredible Hulk Season 4 Episode 12 - The First (1)
    8.5/10(332 votes)

    S4:E12

    David discovers the legend of another Hulk, and investigates in the hope of creating a cure for himself.

    Director:Frank Orsatti
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Incredible Hulk Season 4 Episode 1 - Prometheus (1)
    8.4/10(313 votes)

    S4:E1

    After being exposed to the radiation of a meteor that had just crashed to the Earth, David's transformation back from the Hulk stops midway, leaving him half-Hulk/half human.

    Director:Kenneth Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Incredible Hulk Season 4 Episode 2 - Prometheus (2)
    8.4/10(279 votes)

    S4:E2

    David's half-Hulk/half-human condition leads a military group called Prometheus to believe that he is an alien, so they capture him, and then send him to a lab for study.

    Director:Kenneth Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Incredible Hulk Season 3 Episode 18 - The Psychic
    8.3/10(276 votes)

    S3:E18

    A woman with psychic powers identifies David as the Hulk's alter-ego. While the Hulk is a suspect in the slaying of a teenager, the woman predicts that Jack McGee will be murdered by the real killer unless our hero intervenes.

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Karen Harris

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  7. The Incredible Hulk Season 3 Episode 8 - Homecoming
    8.1/10(270 votes)

    S3:E8

    While visiting his sister and father for Thanksgiving, David must help salvage the family farm from a plague and a crooked developer; in addition, he tries to resolve the bitterness between himself and his father, whom he blamed for his mother's death many years before.

    Director:John McPherson
    Writer:Andrew Schneider

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  8. The Incredible Hulk Season 4 Episode 15 - Interview with the Hulk
    8.1/10(232 votes)

    S4:E15

    A hapless reporter steals Jack McGee's latest tip on the Hulk, and ends up getting an interview with David Banner.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Incredible Hulk Season 1 Episode 1 - The Incredible Hulk
    8.0/10(235 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Alan J. Levi
    Writer:Kenneth Johnson

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  10. The Incredible Hulk Season 2 Episode 16 - Mystery Man (2)
    8.0/10(296 votes)

    S2:E16

    'John Doe' and McGee bond while keeping ahead of the forest fire and a pack of wolves. After transforming into the Hulk, Banner regains his memory and when McGee witnesses a second transformation, he finally realizes the Hulk is not a green creature full time.

    Director:Frank Orsatti
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Incredible Hulk Season 2 Episode 5 - A Child in Need
    7.9/10(349 votes)

    S2:E5

    Working as a groundskeeper at an elementary school, David 'Baxter' suspects one schoolboy of being a victim of child abuse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Incredible Hulk Season 3 Episode 20 - Deathmask
    7.9/10(248 votes)

    S3:E20

    A serial killer is stalking the college where David is working; then a misunderstanding leads to David's arrest. And while he figures out the real identity of the killer, the townspeople form a lynch mob.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Incredible Hulk Season 2 Episode 15 - Mystery Man (1)
    7.8/10(305 votes)

    S2:E15

    Banner has lost his memory after a car crash. With his face wrapped in bandages, he accepts Jack McGee's proposition to see a specialist. Unfortunately, their plane goes down in the woods and Jack injures his legs. Now it is up to David to get them out of there.

    Director:Frank Orsatti
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Incredible Hulk Season 3 Episode 21 - Equinox
    7.8/10(225 votes)

    S3:E21

    While working at a private island owned by a spoiled heiress, David is asked to join a masquerade party which Jack McGee attends uninvited. Meanwhile, someone is out to kill the heiress.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Incredible Hulk Season 1 Episode 7 - 747
    7.7/10(434 votes)

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Kenneth Gilbert
    Writer:Kenneth Johnson

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  16. The Incredible Hulk Season 4 Episode 6 - Bring Me the Head of the Hulk
    7.7/10(218 votes)

    S4:E6

    A rival publisher of McGee's newspaper hires a mercenary to kill the Hulk.

    Director:Bill Bixby
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Incredible Hulk Season 3 Episode 12 - Broken Image
    7.6/10(256 votes)

    S3:E12

    Thanks to look-alike criminal, David becomes a victim of mistaken identity, and is pursued by the police and a vindictive gang. An attempt to leave town is hindered by Jack McGee, who is shocked to discover that David Banner might still be alive!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Incredible Hulk Season 4 Episode 9 - King of the Beach
    7.6/10(241 votes)

    S4:E9

    A body-builder gets signed up in a body-building contest, only to be at odds with some questionable people who are involved in the competition.

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Incredible Hulk Season 4 Episode 14 - The Harder They Fall
    7.6/10(214 votes)

    S4:E14

    David survives an automobile accident, only to be paralyzed from the waist down. Therefore, he is told that he may never walk again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Incredible Hulk Season 3 Episode 4 - The Slam
    7.4/10(238 votes)

    S3:E4

    David is arrested for vagrancy, and is sent to a prison camp run by a cruel warden. But when the appearance of Jack McGee prevents David from exposing the conditions of the camp to the press, his fellow inmates turn against him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Incredible Hulk Season 3 Episode 22 - Nine Hours
    7.3/10(208 votes)

    S3:E22

    To save the lives of a reformed gangster and a kidnapped boy, David turns to an alcoholic ex-policeman for help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Incredible Hulk Season 1 Episode 6 - Terror in Times Square
    7.2/10(395 votes)

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Larry Stewart
    Writer:Justin Edgerton

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  23. The Incredible Hulk Season 2 Episode 1 - Married
    7.2/10(741 votes)

    S2:E1

    David 'Benton' travels to Hawaii to meet Dr. Carolyn Fields, a psychologist whose technique might help control the Hulk. However, Dr. Fields is in the terminal stages of a disease that the Hulk could help cure.

    Director:Kenneth Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Incredible Hulk Season 2 Episode 9 - Stop the Presses
    7.2/10(301 votes)

    S2:E9

    David is washing dishes at Bruno's Restaurant, whose owners are being targeted by a sleazy journalist from The National Register. When Banner's picture is taken, he has to break into the building where Jack McGee works to get it back.

    Director:Ray Danton
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Incredible Hulk Season 2 Episode 20 - The Confession
    7.2/10(254 votes)

    S2:E20

    McGee reluctantly takes on an intern as his assistant, who takes an interest in a lonely little man claiming to be the Hulk. David 'Beeman' worries if the man might actually know his secret identity.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The First (2)" is the best rated episode of "The Incredible Hulk". It scored 8.7/10 based on 331 votes. Directed by Frank Orsatti and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/13/1981. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Snare".