Kimble was now in Kentucky, (I would have liked more continuity in his locations so we can kind of follow him across the country). He gets blamed for a car accident, (he was hitch-hiking and the car owner wanted him to take a turn at driving), and winds up in jail. He breaks out with his cell-mate, "Fatso" Lambert, (Jack Weston), who was sleeping off a drunk. Kimble accompanies Fatso to his family's horse ranch, where he is not well-received. It seems that, while drunk, he burned down the horse barn and several horses died. His younger brother, Frank, (Burt Brinkerhoff), seems particularly hostile. Kimble has taken a liking to the simple, under-confident Fatso and manages to find out who really burned down the barn.
Not one of the more memorable episodes but it illustrates Kimble's compassion, an important 'hook' the writers use to get in involved in other people's stories. It made the series about more than just a man on the run.
As you can tell from the date, the whole country was about to become in engaged in figuring out what happened. And were about to show plenty of compassion of our own over something we've been "hooked" on ever since.
Not one of the more memorable episodes but it illustrates Kimble's compassion, an important 'hook' the writers use to get in involved in other people's stories. It made the series about more than just a man on the run.
As you can tell from the date, the whole country was about to become in engaged in figuring out what happened. And were about to show plenty of compassion of our own over something we've been "hooked" on ever since.