David Janssen can always be counted on for a strong performance. This time, he has a number of very good supporting players. Carol Rossen, Telly Savalas, Norman Fell, and Jud Taylor are great in each of their roles.
Anne Leonetti (Carol Rossen) spots Kimble in a hospital and inadvertently discloses it to her husband Victor (Telly Savalas), who hates him. Kimble is shot and captured after Anne tries to help him escape. Kimble is brought to the hospital for treatment, but is in a room with bars on the windows. Toby (Jud Taylor) the orderly has some funny dialog with Kimble. Toby thinks that Kimble snitched on him for goofing off on the job and Toby enjoys seeing Kimble captured and incapacitated in the hospital bed. Norman Fell plays a police lieutenant who has to deal with quite a lot - Kimble's arrest, Lieutenant Gerard, Mr. Leonetti's confession.
Some of my favorite scenes in any episode of The Fugitive are the ones where Dr. Kimble drops his scared, worried look and gets to say something funny or sarcastic. So the scenes I like here are 1) his exchange with Toby - Toby says "Welcome back, Killer ... You're here for keeps" and Kimble answers "I hope you're not." 2) when Gerard talks to him about Leonetti and Leonetti's daughter - "He blames you for her death." Kimble: "Have I been convicted of that one too?" 3) when Gerard asks him his opinion of Leonetti's state of mind, Kimble says to Gerard, "I am in no mood for a psychiatric ..."
Although Jud Taylor is absolutely hilarious, this episode isn't really light-hearted. There's a lot going on here: guilt, terminal illness, and the ever present threat of capture and extradition by Lt. Gerard back to Indiana.
Anne Leonetti (Carol Rossen) spots Kimble in a hospital and inadvertently discloses it to her husband Victor (Telly Savalas), who hates him. Kimble is shot and captured after Anne tries to help him escape. Kimble is brought to the hospital for treatment, but is in a room with bars on the windows. Toby (Jud Taylor) the orderly has some funny dialog with Kimble. Toby thinks that Kimble snitched on him for goofing off on the job and Toby enjoys seeing Kimble captured and incapacitated in the hospital bed. Norman Fell plays a police lieutenant who has to deal with quite a lot - Kimble's arrest, Lieutenant Gerard, Mr. Leonetti's confession.
Some of my favorite scenes in any episode of The Fugitive are the ones where Dr. Kimble drops his scared, worried look and gets to say something funny or sarcastic. So the scenes I like here are 1) his exchange with Toby - Toby says "Welcome back, Killer ... You're here for keeps" and Kimble answers "I hope you're not." 2) when Gerard talks to him about Leonetti and Leonetti's daughter - "He blames you for her death." Kimble: "Have I been convicted of that one too?" 3) when Gerard asks him his opinion of Leonetti's state of mind, Kimble says to Gerard, "I am in no mood for a psychiatric ..."
Although Jud Taylor is absolutely hilarious, this episode isn't really light-hearted. There's a lot going on here: guilt, terminal illness, and the ever present threat of capture and extradition by Lt. Gerard back to Indiana.