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Like a Brother
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Episode
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13 of season 2
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Director
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Reza Badiyi
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Writers
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Richard Christian Matheson, Thomas E. Szollasi
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Original airdate
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January 31, 1979
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Alias
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David Butler
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Location
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Los Angeles
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Preceded by
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Followed by
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Like a Brother is episode twenty-five of the live-action TV series The Incredible Hulk. It originally aired on January 31, 1979 on CBS.
Summary[]
While working at a car wash in a black neighborhood, David befriends a co-worker who is being exploited by a drug lord.
Cast[]
- Bill Bixby as David Banner
- Lou Ferrigno as The Hulk
- Tony Burton as Taylor George
- Ernie Hudson as Lee
- Michael D. Roberts as D.J.
- Carl Anderson as Oscar
- Austin Stoker as Rev. Jack Williams
- Maidie Norman as Mrs. Dennison
- Stuart K. Robinson as Mike
- Rana Ford as Fantine
- Jesse Dizon as Jimmy
- Dale Pullum as Bobby
- Elisabeth Chauvet as Mother
Highlights[]
Ending sequence (same as in "Alice in Disco Land", "Earthquakes Happen", "Captive Night", "The Lottery", "The Disciple", and "Patterns")
- A touching friendship between David and the two orphans
- The first of two episodes which deal with racism (the other one is "Slaves")
- Hulk-out 1: Beaten up and placed on a car going through a car wash, and then being dragged under the car
- Hulk-out 2: Placed in a small room with a ravenous black panther
Trivia[]
- Some footage from this episode was used in "Proof Positive"
- Taylor George's pet black panther is named "Huey"; probably named after the Black Panthers' co-founder Huey P. Newton
- Tony Burton and Stuart K. Robinson also appear in the film Rocky II
- Austin Stoker and Tony Burton also appear in the film Assault on Precinct 13