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THE FUGITIVE 3/30/65 “Runner in the Dark”
Kimble is recognized in another small town and seeks refuge in what turns out to be a home for the blind. At least nobody will recognize him there. He’s assumed to be a guy who is sent from time to time from the Goodwill organization to see to their problems. Kimble falls easily into that role, which consists mostly of listening to their problems and urging them toward independence. One lady just stays in her room all the time and he gets her to move around with confidence. Another guy is a bus driver who was blinded in an accident that killed a couple of school children- except he’s no longer blind but is pretending to be so to avoid having to ‘see’ what he’s done and take responsibility for it, (he’d had a few too many).
Ed Begley, who opened this season playing a crippled lawyer trying to make a comeback by setting Kimble free, (“Man in a Chariot”), here plays the town’s former police chief, blinded by a crook who threw acid in his face, who wants to make a comeback by bringing Kimble in. He knows who he is because he’s always listening to what’s going on in the outside world through his transistor radio while the others remain cut off from it.
It all sets up a classic ending with Begley proudly bringing in his man with the aid of the bus driver, (whom he has realized isn’t blind), and a gun. You won’t soon forget it.
IMDB: "The Fugitive" Runner in the Dark (TV Episode 1965) - IMDb
You-Tube: Sorry it’s not there. I couldn’t find it else on the basic internet. You might try HULU, Netflicks, etc.
Kimble is recognized in another small town and seeks refuge in what turns out to be a home for the blind. At least nobody will recognize him there. He’s assumed to be a guy who is sent from time to time from the Goodwill organization to see to their problems. Kimble falls easily into that role, which consists mostly of listening to their problems and urging them toward independence. One lady just stays in her room all the time and he gets her to move around with confidence. Another guy is a bus driver who was blinded in an accident that killed a couple of school children- except he’s no longer blind but is pretending to be so to avoid having to ‘see’ what he’s done and take responsibility for it, (he’d had a few too many).
Ed Begley, who opened this season playing a crippled lawyer trying to make a comeback by setting Kimble free, (“Man in a Chariot”), here plays the town’s former police chief, blinded by a crook who threw acid in his face, who wants to make a comeback by bringing Kimble in. He knows who he is because he’s always listening to what’s going on in the outside world through his transistor radio while the others remain cut off from it.
It all sets up a classic ending with Begley proudly bringing in his man with the aid of the bus driver, (whom he has realized isn’t blind), and a gun. You won’t soon forget it.
IMDB: "The Fugitive" Runner in the Dark (TV Episode 1965) - IMDb
You-Tube: Sorry it’s not there. I couldn’t find it else on the basic internet. You might try HULU, Netflicks, etc.
