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Prometheus
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Episode
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1 of season 4
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Director
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Writer
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Kenneth Johnson
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Original airdate
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November 7, 1980
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Location
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Utah
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Followed by
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Prometheus (Part 1) is episode fifty-eight (and season 4 premiere) of the live-action TV series The Incredible Hulk. It originally aired on November 7, 1980, on CBS.
Summary[]
It is a beautiful day and Dr. David Banner is fishing at a lake when he hears a young woman crying for help. He saves her and brings her back to her cabin. Katie Maxwell had been blinded by an accident. While David and Katie are walking, a meteor crashes near them. When David investigates, he is sickened by the radiation and fights a swarm of bees which triggers the transformation into the Hulk. Later, when he returns to Katie's cabin, he changes back—but only half-way between the creature and Banner (half-Hulk, half-human). The demi-Hulk can talk, in a deep voice, and Katie can feel the muscles under his torn clothing. But when he once again becomes the Hulk, a military organization code-named "Prometheus" thinks he came from outer space and captures him and Katie.
Cast[]
- Bill Bixby as David Banner
- Jack Colvin as Jack McGee
- Lou Ferrigno as The Hulk
- Laurie Prange as Katie Maxwell
- Roger Robinson as Capt. Adam Welsh
- John O'Connell as Col. Harry Appling
- Stack Pierce as Sergeant
- Jill Choder as Lieutenant McDowall
- Chip Johnson as Pilot
- Lew Palter as Storekeeper
- Ric Drasin as Half-Transformed Hulk (uncredited)[1]
- Charles A. Tamburro as Helicopter Pilot
Demi-Hulk[]
Bodybuilder Ric Drasin played the half-Hulk/half-human David (a.k.a. Demi-Hulk) in the wide shots while Bill Bixby did the close-up shots. Executive Producer/director Kenneth Johnson stated in the episode's DVD commentary that he wanted someone with a bigger body than Bixby but not as big as Lou Ferrigno. Also, Drasin dyed his blonde hair black for the role.
Highlights[]
Ending sequence
- A great storyline and an impressive production with sharp special effects and lots of excitement
- Hulk-out 1: Tripping over a beehive and then being surprised when the bees are mad at him
- Hulk-out 2: Having a loudspeaker saying to get away from that area and a helicopter hovering above. (he was already halfway to the Hulk from a gamma radiating meteor)
Trivia[]
- Some footage from the beginning of this episode, set at the lake in Utah, came from the 1974 movie The Parallax View
- Laurie Prange also guest-starred in "Death in the Family"
- Prometheus is very similar (albeit scaled down) to organizations in the Marvel Universe such as S.H.I.E.L.D.