Never Wave Goodbye: Part 1

Just as in the first episode. Kimble posing as Jeff Cooper has a woman fallen for him. She is Karen Christian the daughter of sail repair firm in a small west coast seaside town.

Kimble knows it is time to depart soon. Karen and her elderly ill uncle who owns the company wants him to stay.

The only one who dislikes Kimble is Eric (Robert Duvall) who rather wishes Karen fancied him instead.

The main difference from the first episode is that Kimble hears of a one armed man in jail in LA.

With a chance to clear his name and find happiness with Karen he goes off to see him. Only to discover Gerard has also done the same thing.

Both Kimble and Gerard come across each other and Gerard gives chase. The completion being that Karen has also come to LA.

This episode also shows Gerard's home life. I think his little boy is never going to go fishing with his dad.

The chase scenes between the pair breaks up the formula a bit. It seems Kimble is always going to have a woman falling for him with another man jealously objecting to the relationship.

Kimble, as Jeff Cooper, gets a job working for Lars Christian, a sailmaker at Santa Barbara on the California coast. Also working there is Eric, played by actor Robert Duvall, who was taken in at age 12 by Lars in Norway during World War II. Also working there is Lars' niece, Karen, played by actress Susan Oliver. She is in love with Kimble, and he with her.

Contrary to his usual practice, Kimble begins to think maybe he can get away with settling down, once he checks out a rumor of a one armed man in jail in Los Angeles. That does not work out well, and ends with Lieutenant Gerard hot on his trail.

Thinking that Gerard will believe he fled the area, he decides to stay so he can have a life with Karen. However, Eric, who is complex, brooding and suspicious, does not like or trust Kimble. He is sure Kimble is a rolling stone certain to run off someday, leading to heartbreak for Karen. Further complexities arise from Dr. Ray Brooks, played by actor Lee Philips. Although Dr. Brooks likes Kimble, he had a past relationship with Karen he wants to rekindle, which he now cannot do because she only has eyes for Kimble.

Lars, who has been treated by Dr. Brooks, dies, but before doing so, urges Eric to give up his opposition to Kimble.

This episode has an appearance by Gerard's wife Ann, played by actress Rachel Ames, and his son Flip, played by an uncredited child actor. In "Landscape with Running Figures," Gerard's wife is Marie Gerard, played by actress Barbara Rush. In "Nemesis," Gerard's son is Phil Gerard, Jr., played by child actor Kurt Russell.

Overall a good episode (s) but could have been accomplished in one. Robert Duvalls character could have been deleted, his accent was all over the globe to the point of coming across as slow and dim witted. I never did understand his popularity. A skeletal head with knitted eyebrows is not acting. Oh well.

This is the first of a two-part episode. You learn that Dr. Kimble (David Janssen) has been posing as Jeff Cooper, a guy who's been working for a company that makes and repairs sails. Unlike most episodes, he's apparently been in this new identity for quite some time. And, because of this, he's been able to establish good friendships. Additionally, while he usually avoids relationships, lovely Karen (Susan Oliver) is head over heels for him. Considering that he's living in a small seaside village and things have been going well for a while, Jeff is seriously considering staying. However, you also know that this is only one of the first episodes of the series and there is no possible way they could end the show this quickly!

At the same time, Gerard (Barry Morse) is doing what he always seems to be doing...investigating to Kimble case. This time, he has learned that there is a one-time career criminal currently serving time in prison and so he plans on interviewing him...just in case Kimble's story about the one-armed man is actually true. However, Kimble/Jeff has discovered the same thing and is also going to visit this convict. In fact, the paths of the three men all cross as the show comes to an end.

This is a very good episode of "The Fugitive" with more depth and a more involved story than usual. Well worth seeing and very well made.

This would appear to be the only episode in which we see Lt. Gerard's wife Ann and his son Flip.