The Evil Men Do

Arthur Brame (James Daley) is a rich and well respected man. However, he holds a secret...earlier in life he was a paid assassin! So, when Richard Kimble saves his life, Brame insists on paying Kimble back....but how? Well, Kimble wants nothing....so Brame decides to help his 'friend' by murdering Lieutenant Girard!!! But, as well all know, Kimble is at heart a decent man and when he realizes that's what Brame is planning, he cannot let the killing take place. And, as usual, Girard is a total jerk and seems to little appreciate, once again, Kimble helping him of all people!

This is an exciting episode and should have convinced Girard once and for all that he should give up his search for Dr. Kimble...should. But Girard is a determined foe and the show must go on. Well made and interesting.

This is a fantastic episode with some great performances. But the highlight is all about Gerard's doubt beginning over Kimble's conviction. After Kimble saves him again, he comments that the doctor is different to Brame, he has done the one murder he will ever do. Maybe he hasn't murdered any one Lieutenant...

Having recently discovered these eps of "The Fugitive" were on MeTV, I knew I had to tape and watch them. I especially was anxious to watch the ones in which Barry Morse as Lt. Philip Gerald appeared as he does in this one. He and Dr. Richard Kimble are in Pennsylvania where Kimble is working on a horse farm. He manages to save the life of the farm's owner when one of those horses almost kills him so the owner now feels he owes Richard but the doc only wants whatever payment he's earned. But then Gerald comes by and blows Richard's cover...This was thrilling from beginning to end and Gerald's explanation for doing what he did at the end made it all worth it as well as the exchanges between him and Richard when they were stuck together briefly. Well worth seeing!

At least, that's Gerard's lame excuse for shooting someone else at the end of this one. It starts off with Dick working in the Poconos for a rich guy. The guy, a former mafioso named Brame, welcomes his new, sleek horse, Khartoum. Brame is careless and the horse gets the drop on him and is about to trample him when Kimble runs up on him saying "ha, ha, ha". The horse doesn't know what's so funny and backs off while he ponders the joke. Brame now owes Kimble, and a hit man never forgets. Meanwhile, Gerard is checking out a witness ID and tracks Dick to the Brame mansion. Brame recognizes a way to pay his debt. He considers cutting off Khartoum's head and putting it in Gerard's bed as a way to intimidate him, but then decides to just kill Gerard instead. Kimble gets wind of the plan, and Dick is bound to save lives, even Gerard's. After all, he's saved his life numerous times before, so here he goes again. The three of them wind up at a warehouse in Pittsburgh, where Brame, missing his former life, is enjoying stalking Phil. Dick runs away while Gerard is dealing with Brame, and eventually shoots him dead. Now comes the part when Gerard explains to Brame's hirlfriend that he shot Brame because Kimble has probably done the only murder he'll ever do, and that he's a menace to no one but himself. Well, yeah, plus the fact that Brame was trying to kill him. Made it kinda easy to choose who to shoot. And yeah, Gerard is starting to realize that Dick is really a great guy, and maybe didn't really kill his wife, but that doesn't matter to him. He would have taken Dick in even after he knew that Lloyd Chandler witnessed Helen's murder if Chandler hadn't finally admitted that. So it's a good thing Brame was shooting at him, or this might have been the finale.