The Psychic

First of all; if you know anything about Bill Bixby's troubled life you'll almost be overwhelmed by the sad overtones of this episode. The lead guest star was Bixby's former wife and mother to his child, Christopher, who died of a rare throat infection at the age of six. Exactly one year after their son's death Benet committed suicide.

Aside from that, the episode is one of the better ones. Featuring extremely good performances from Bixby, Jack Colvin and Brenda Benet and a strong storyline concerning a psychic who learns of David's curse and the imminent death of Jack McGee.

So far I've not watched season 4 but this one easily ranks as a top ten favorite.

I found this to be one of those better episodes. When David gives Annie a farewell hug at the closing scene before she boards the bus to leave Town. We see him smile whilst her expression is more of sadness. She sees the future of anyone she touches who has had or is having trauma in their lives. Did she forsee something bad happening to David at a later stage that she didn't want to disclose and we, us...the Audience are left to ponder over?

David Banner is working in a store when lonely telephone operator and psychic Annie Caplan(played by Bixby's ex-wife Brenda Benet) brushes against him, triggering a vision of future violence and tragedy that she becomes determined to warn him about, as well as learning his secret about the Hulk. Later, when the Hulk is implicated in the death of a teenage boy and gang member, David becomes distraught, and contemplates suicide, but Annie tries to comfort him into reconsidering, and when she also sees Mr. McGee being shot and killed, prods David into saving his life too. Outstanding episode is the best of the series, with stellar lead performances, especially Bixby who was never better, particularly in the scene where he silently tears up upon learning of the boy's death. That he didn't win an Emmy is a disgrace, because it is acting at its finest. Superlative script and direction, with a genuinely moving story later made even more poignant when Benet killed herself a year after their son died tragically. Never before have the lives of Bill Bixby and David Banner been more intertwined. A masterpiece of television not to be missed.

While working at a San Francisco bodega, David Bruce Banner bumps into Annie, a psychic who quickly learns he is the Hulk. Strapped for cash, she tips off Jack McGee with the creature's rough whereabouts.

But upon getting to know more about Banner, she regrets her decision. Meanwhile, Banner contemplates suicide when he learns a boy he may have struck down while Hulking out died of his injuries.

Will Annie stop him from making the wrong choice? Will McGee's reporter instincts help him suss out the truth of the Hulk's latest attack? And will David Banner ever find peace?

Thoroughly involving episode with a sad overtone, and not just on the screen, but the fact that Barbara Benet who plays the psychic died from a self inflicted gunshot wound a year after her son ( Bill Bixby's son) died. It's well- plotted and superbly acted by everyone. The scene where David learns that Hulk was responsible for the boys death was impressive. He breaks down. Comes across so real. But we all know the Hulk didn't do the killing ... the truth is revealed at the end.