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The Worst Episodes of The Incredible Hulk

Every episode of The Incredible Hulk ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Incredible Hulk!

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...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
Network:CBS

Worst Episodes Summary

"Babalao" is the worst rated episode of "The Incredible Hulk". It scored 6.1/10 based on 175 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/14/1979. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Half Nelson".

  • Babalao
    6.1/10175 votes
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    #1 - Babalao

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1979

    In New Orleans, David works for a young physician who tries to convince everyone that a local witch doctor is a con artist.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Half Nelson
    6.1/10160 votes
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    #2 - Half Nelson

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 4/17/1981

    David travels to Baltimore where he befriends a midget wrestler who has a habit of telling tall tales. Unfortunately, one of those tales gets David in trouble with mobsters.

    Director: Barry Crane

    Writer: N/A

  • The Phenom
    6.1/10168 votes
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    #3 - The Phenom

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1981

    David befriends a rookie baseball player who gets mixed up with a crooked sports agent.

    Director: Bernard McEveety

    Writer: N/A

  • Fast Lane
    6.2/10157 votes
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    #4 - Fast Lane

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 1/16/1981

    Unbeknownst to David, the car that he is renting happens to be filled with stolen money. To make matters worse, David ends up being pursued by the thugs who are trying to fetch the loot.

    Director: Frank Orsatti

    Writer: N/A

  • Sanctuary
    6.2/10154 votes
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    #5 - Sanctuary

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/1981

    While working as a caretaker at a convent, David poses as a minister in order to protect a wounded boy who has been smuggled into the United States from Mexico.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Patterns
    6.3/10151 votes
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    #6 - Patterns

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 5/22/1981

    David becomes business partners with the owner of a struggling clothing factory in New York City. Unfortunately, however, the promotion spells trouble when loan sharks enter the picture.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Slaves
    6.3/10159 votes
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    #7 - Slaves

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/1982

    After being captured by an ex-convict, David is forced to work as a slave in a gold mine.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Never Give a Trucker an Even Break
    6.4/10318 votes
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    #8 - Never Give a Trucker an Even Break

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/28/1978

    While hitchhiking, Banner is picked up by a young woman desperate to get her rig back from the men who stole it from her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wax Museum
    6.4/10168 votes
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    #9 - Wax Museum

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 2/13/1981

    With David's help, a woman tries to reopen her wax museum, which was nearly destroyed by a fire. But the task isn't easy, in part because the woman has hallucinations that are brought on by a questionable drug that she is taking.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • East Winds
    6.4/10157 votes
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    #10 - East Winds

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/20/1981

    Unbeknownst to David, the apartment he is renting in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood contains the gold that gangsters are seeking.

    Director: Jack Colvin

    Writer: N/A

  • Triangle
    6.4/10157 votes
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    #11 - Triangle

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/1981

    An irate lumber baron becomes a threat to David's relationship with a young woman, and tries to force David out of town.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Two Godmothers
    6.5/10162 votes
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    #12 - Two Godmothers

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1981

    David is kidnapped by a trio of convicts who have escaped from a women's prison. The situation becomes even more complicated when one of the women goes into labor.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rainbow's End
    6.6/10227 votes
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    #13 - Rainbow's End

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1978

    David 'Bishop' contacts native American Thomas Logan, who has developed a herbal compound to calm down high strung racing horses, hoping it might cure his condition.

    Director: Frank Orsatti

    Writer: N/A

  • Killer Instinct
    6.6/10213 votes
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    #14 - Killer Instinct

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1978

    David 'Burnett', working as a ankle wrapper at the Colloseum, is interested in Dr. Stewart's hypnotic therapy, but his treatment of a star football player only seems to make the man's aggressive tendencies get worse.

    Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

    Writer: N/A

  • No Escape
    6.6/10195 votes
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    #15 - No Escape

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/30/1979

    David 'Baron' is arrested as a vagrant but manages to escape along side a mental patient who thinks he's Ernest Hemmingway. Feeling guilty, David has to track the man down before he hurts himself or his loved ones.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: N/A

  • Haunted
    6.7/10202 votes
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    #16 - Haunted

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/1979

    David helps a young woman move back into her childhood home and stays to work as her gardener when it turns out she is haunted by her past, namely her deceased twin sister.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: N/A

  • The Disciple
    6.7/10212 votes
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    #17 - The Disciple

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/16/1979

    David returns to master Li Sung, who has become ill and wants a promising student to take over his work. Unfortunately, the young man is torn between the school and his work as a policeman.

    Director: Frank Orsatti

    Writer: N/A

  • Deep Shock
    6.7/10157 votes
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    #18 - Deep Shock

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/1980

    While working at a power plant, David survives an electrial accident that gives him the ability to foresee events--including violence by the Hulk. Meanwhile, as the plant faces possible lay-offs, David befriends a co-worker who has a heart condition.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: N/A

  • Danny
    6.7/10152 votes
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    #19 - Danny

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 5/15/1981

    David attempts to help free a woman and her infant son from a gang of thieves. But one of the thieves is not willing to let that happen.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Minor Problem
    6.7/10170 votes
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    #20 - A Minor Problem

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 5/12/1982

    David enters a small deserted town that has been affected by bacteria. Now he must find an antidote for those who have been exposed to the plague--including himself.

    Director: Michael Preece

    Writer: N/A

  • Life and Death
    6.8/10268 votes
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    #21 - Life and Death

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/12/1978

    David 'Barnard' subjects himself to an experimental DNA test but finds out his doctor's accomplices are gathering newborn babies for similar research.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstorff

  • Vendetta Road
    6.8/10181 votes
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    #22 - Vendetta Road

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/25/1979

    David 'Brennan' inadvertently joins up with a modern day 'Bonnie & Clyde' who blow up gas stations in a bid to avenge the death of the male's father.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jake
    6.8/10176 votes
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    #23 - Jake

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1979

    As a medic for a rodeo, David discovers that an aging cowboy has a serious health condition that could prove fatal; meanwhile, the cowboy's younger brother is mixed up with a gang of cattle thieves.

    Director: Frank Orsatti

    Writer: N/A

  • Free Fall
    6.8/10163 votes
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    #24 - Free Fall

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/1980

    David finds himself caught in a feud between a skydiver and the son of a crooked politician.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: N/A

  • Goodbye Eddie Cain
    6.8/10178 votes
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    #25 - Goodbye Eddie Cain

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 1/23/1981

    A 1940s-style detective can't explain why a corpse is found in his office; except that it may be related to an extortion plot, a mysterious gardener, and a green creature.

    Director: Jack Colvin

    Writer: N/A