Season 4 • Episode 30
LatestIn the continuation of this story Kimble and Gerard are on a train for his hometown in Indiana. And Kimble then reveals that the person who sent the bail money is his brother-in-law Leonard Taft. Kimble doesn't think it was him but someone from his hometown did send the money and used his brother-in-law's name. The one armed-man calls the Tafts demanding that they meet with him, someone does go to the meeting but it's not Leonard Taft but the one-armed man assumes that he is, and says that he remebers him. Obviously this was the man who sent the money and the one-armed man is demanding more money which he doesn't have. Kimble and Gerard arrive at the Taft residence and talk to Len, who tells them that someone called claiming the same thing and arranged a meeting, Kimble ans Gerard arrive at the place and find some bullets. But for Gerard there is nothing more that can be done; they then go back to the Taft house so that Kimble can say good-bye to his sister, and it's at that moment tha
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
Acting
Janssen's exhausted eyes carry 120 episodes of quiet desperation.
Direction
Each town a new moral puzzle, shot like mini noirs.
Writing
Procedural formula that somehow finds fresh humanity weekly.
Creator
Roy Huggins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series finale drew 78 million viewers, a record unbroken until 'M*A*S*H'—and the network spoiled it in promos.
David Janssen was so associated with running that he later joked his tombstone should read 'Finally Stops Here.'
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