The Fugitive: Season 1, Episode 24Flight from the Final Demon (10 Mar. 1964)A man helps Kimble escapes from a Sheriff and is wounded. As he nurses him, he discovers the man is tortured by a very guilty conscience in connection with a murder rap he was acquitted of months before. Director:Jerry Hopper |
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Kimble, using the name Al Dexter, is working at a health club, unaware that the man he is massaging is Sheriff Bray, played by actor Carroll O'Connor (Archie Bunker on All in the Family). Kimble's coworker Steve Edson, played by actor Ed Nelson, hears the sheriff on the phone asking for information about Kimble. Edson warns Kimble, and helps him escape, though Edson is wounded by gunfire.
Edson is troubled by feelings of guilt after his recent experience of going on trial for murder and being acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. He had killed the brother of his girlfriend.
Edson's complex relationships with the sister and brother of the deceased pose danger for him and Kimble, as does the relentless pursuit by Sheriff Bray.