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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Incredible Hulk Season 4 Episode 13 - The First (2)
    8.7/10(292 votes)

    #1 - The First (2)

    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
    8.6/10(293 votes)

    #2 - The Snare

    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 1 - Prometheus (1)
    8.5/10(281 votes)

    #3 - Prometheus (1)

    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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  4. The Incredible Hulk Season 4 Episode 2 - Prometheus (2)
    8.5/10(245 votes)

    #4 - Prometheus (2)

    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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  5. The Incredible Hulk Season 4 Episode 12 - The First (1)
    8.5/10(294 votes)

    #5 - The First (1)

    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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  6. The Incredible Hulk Season 3 Episode 18 - The Psychic
    8.4/10(249 votes)

    #6 - The Psychic

    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
    8.2/10(235 votes)

    #7 - Homecoming

    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 2 Episode 16 - Mystery Man (2)
    8.1/10(262 votes)

    #8 - Mystery Man (2)

    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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  9. The Incredible Hulk Season 4 Episode 15 - Interview with the Hulk
    8.1/10(208 votes)

    #9 - Interview with the Hulk

    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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  10. The Incredible Hulk Season 1 Episode 1 - The Incredible Hulk
    8.0/10(123 votes)

    #10 - The Incredible Hulk

    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:Kenneth Gilbert
    Writer:Kenneth Johnson

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  11. The Incredible Hulk Season 2 Episode 5 - A Child in Need
    8.0/10(302 votes)

    #11 - A Child in Need

    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
    8.0/10(219 votes)

    #12 - Deathmask

    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)
    7.9/10(270 votes)

    #13 - Mystery Man (1)

    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(203 votes)

    #14 - Equinox

    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(378 votes)

    #15 - 747

    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(192 votes)

    #16 - Bring Me the Head of the Hulk

    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(221 votes)

    #17 - Broken Image

    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(212 votes)

    #18 - King of the Beach

    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(191 votes)

    #19 - The Harder They Fall

    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
    7.5/10(209 votes)

    #20 - The Slam

    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 1 Episode 2 - The Return of the Incredible Hulk
    7.4/10(75 votes)

    #21 - The Return of the Incredible Hulk

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Kenneth Gilbert
    Writers:Karen Harris, Jill Donner

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  22. The Incredible Hulk Season 3 Episode 22 - Nine Hours
    7.4/10(186 votes)

    #22 - Nine Hours

    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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  23. The Incredible Hulk Season 2 Episode 9 - Stop the Presses
    7.3/10(267 votes)

    #23 - Stop the Presses

    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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  24. The Incredible Hulk Season 1 Episode 6 - Terror in Times Square
    7.2/10(346 votes)

    #24 - Terror in Times Square

    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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  25. The Incredible Hulk Season 2 Episode 1 - Married
    7.2/10(683 votes)

    #25 - Married

    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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Best Episodes Summary

"The First (2)" is the best rated episode of "The Incredible Hulk". It scored 8.7/10 based on 292 votes. Directed by Frank Orsatti and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/13/1981. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Snare".