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Veteran
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Episode
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3 of season 5
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Director
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Michael Vejar
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Writer
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Reuben Leder, Nicholas Corea (story)
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Original airdate
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October 16, 1981
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Alias
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David Barnes
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Location
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Baltimore, Maryland
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Veteran is episode three in season five of the live-action TV series The Incredible Hulk. It originally aired on October 16, 1981 on CBS.
Synopsis[]
David rescues a disturbed young man from an assault, only to discover that the deranged fellow is planning to kill a politician who was a war hero in the Vietnam war.
Cast[]
- Bill Bixby as David Banner
- Lou Ferrigno as The Hulk
- Paul Koslo as Doug Hewitt
- Bruce Gray as Harrison Cole
- Wendy Girard as Lisa Morgan
- William Boyett as Det. Harnell
- Richard Yniguez as Frank Rivera
- David White as Archer Hewitt
- Alexander Zale as Howard Miller
- Michael Boyle as Junior Chamber of Commerce Emcee
- Barret Oliver as Jimmy the Kid
- James Saito as Viet Interpreter
- Jerry Loo as Vietnamese
Highlights[]
Ending sequence (same as in "Triangle")
- The producers do a particularly good job portraying the psychosis of the sniper – the twist ending is a pleasant surprise too
- Hulk-out 1: Listening to ultrasonics
- Hulk-out 2: Being beaten up while trying to stop an assassination
Trivia[]
Paul Koslo also guest-starred in "Long Run Home".
David White (of Bewitched) portrays a man who endured the death of a son. Tragically, the actor would eventually go through a similar ordeal in real life. In December of 1988, his son Jonathan was killed in the bombing of Pan Am Fight 103.