The doc is known as Fred Sanford in this one, working for a rather well off man and wife and the wife's sister at their country home. The wife is very sweet and naïve, clueless that her husband and her sister are having an affair. Kimble suspects something is fishy from the get go, as nothing gets past the doc. The wife has inherited the family fortune and that's why her husband married her. The two of them are not only playing footsey, but they plan on bumping off the wife. And they find out that Kimble is the fugitive and plan to blame him. Dick always seems to have problems with rich people. They're so devious. Of course, Kimble does what he's compelled to do and saves the wife from being murdered by getting into a fight with the husband after the husband inadvertently shoots the sister. The distraught wife pleads with her sister not to die, but she says she will if she wants. And she does. The fight with the husband is also pretty hokey, as it is obviously the stunt doubles getting into it. A well placed right knocks Robert Webber's double out, and Kimble quickly determines he will be unconscious for long enough for the wife to call the cops and for him to make a clean getaway. She says she will miss him and won't tell the cops he was there. And then she writes an editorial in her newspaper in support of innocent, handsome men being chased by police. Innocent.....fugitives.
However, it would seem like the ending was not quite so neat. Webber's plan all along was to pin a murder on Kimble. So he would surely try to pin this one on him. His wife would deny Kimble was there, but who, then, knocked Webber out? His wife was not capable. So what happened when the cops got there? We'll never know.
In all, not one of the better episodes. IMO anyway.
However, it would seem like the ending was not quite so neat. Webber's plan all along was to pin a murder on Kimble. So he would surely try to pin this one on him. His wife would deny Kimble was there, but who, then, knocked Webber out? His wife was not capable. So what happened when the cops got there? We'll never know.
In all, not one of the better episodes. IMO anyway.