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It is July 2025 and this is the first time I have watched The Death of the Incredible Hulk. I knew Bill Bixby directed it, and also know how he sadly passed away soon after. But I was not expecting such a well put together story with such compelling characters. Even if the death is sudden and undramatic, when that piano piece at the end of every episode hit, I blubbed.

The fact that this actually the Desinit to the series is both fitting and heartbreaking at the same time.

Well paced, good characters, good acting and a compelling storyline of a world-weary David within grasp of the cure he has been searching for only for it to be ripped away by a series of unfortunate events. Ready to just into a normal life, it is snatched away like those dreams when your bin men wake you up in the morning.

Overall I liked it and will remember it for a long time. Bye bye Dr David, bye bye Hulk, bye bye Bill Bixby.

Time for me to watch The Magician now.

While this is not the best in class, it is a bit of a hoot when you get Brian Blessed and Richard Dean Anderson playing off each other. How could it be any otherwise? The premise is wonderfully silly and the walk through war torn Europe pointless, but over all the characters are clear and well-defined. The aristocratic baddie, the amoral professor, the smart heroine who needs rescuing, and of course MacGyver who out parodies himself with some wonderful made up solutions, it is hard to predict any of them.

Was it great? Well, it was great fun and still worth watching just to see Brian Blessed's larger than life acting. I am a huge fan of MacGyver, but those purest who whine about this being awful, really are missing the point. From the mullet hair cut to the overzealous Professor to the idea that together they are 'historians' is a bloody hoot! Great escapism that only the 90's could bring us. See it and enjoy it.