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The Incredible Hulk (1996) Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - The Return of the Beast (1)

First aired: Sep/08/1996
Writer: Bob Forward
Director: Richard Trueblood

Bruce Banner's attempts to cure himself are halted by the military, who interfere in an experiment and trigger his transformation into The Hulk. Successfully capturing him, they take Banner back to Gamma Base, unaware that the arch criminal The Leader is preparing to take The Hulk from them by any means necessary.



2 :01x02 - The Return of the Beast (2)

First aired: Sep/15/1996

Betty and Rick Jones team up with under dwelling creatures, cast offs of Gamma experimentation, to rescue Banner from the clutches of The Leader, who plots to absorb The Hulk's power into himself



3 :01x03 - Raw Power

First aired: Sep/22/1996
Guest star: Michael Bell (Mitch McCutcheon / ZZZAX)

A lowly maintenance worker named Mitch attempts to help Banner with an experiment that could cure him, but instead channels megawatts of energy into himself, becoming a creature called ZZZAK, his rampage unleashes The Hulk and the two battle it out.



4 :01x04 - Helping Hand, Iron Fist

First aired: Sep/29/1996
Guest star: Dorian Harewood (Jim Rhodes / War Machine)

Whilst trying to contact old Friend, industrialist Tony Stark, Banner becomes the victim of an earth tremor and loses his memory. Rick Jones and Stark eventually realize he's missing and search for him with the aid of Stark's armored identity as Iron Man.

What they find is an amnesia stricken and paranoid Banner, who soon becomes too frustrated to repress The Hulk, who likewise doesn't recognize Rick or Stark, and he battles Iron Man to a standstil, to make matters more complicated, the military are aware Stark is freinds with Banner



5 :01x05 - Innocent Blood

First aired: Oct/06/1996
Guest star: Mark Hamill (Gargoyle), Genie Francis (Sister Rose Crak)

The Hulk is poisoned by a deadly new virus, which blurs the line between Friend and foe more for the already less than coherently manageable creature. His rampage prompts the summoning of the motorcycle riding vengeance demon Ghost Rider, as the Hulk's life slips away from him, it's up to Betty and Rick to convince Ghost Rider the creature is innocent



6 :01x06 - Man to Man, Beast to Beast

First aired: Oct/27/1996

Banner travels to the Canadian wilderness to visit an old friend who he hopes can cure him, but an accidental unleashing of The Hulk rattles the local villagers, who mistake him for a "Sasquatch".



7 :01x07 - Doomed

First aired: Nov/03/1996

Banner visits his best friend, cousin, and district attorney Jennifer Walters, and confides in her his secrets, but Jennifer is soon critically injured in an attack orchestrated by the insidious Doctor Doom, who captures both her and Banner in an attempt to use The Hulk to serve his needs. Bruce gives the dying Jennifer a blood transfusion, sharing with her his irradiated bloodstream, transforming her also into a Hulk like creature, The She-Hulk.



8 :01x08 - Fantastic Fortitude

First aired: Nov/10/1996
Guest star: Chuck McCann (Ben Grimm / The Thing)

Bruce and Jennifer travel to New York to request the help of Reed Richards, leader of the Fantastic Four, but upon arrival, find only The Thing, one of the Hulk's biggest rivals, awaiting them. With the rest of Four on vacation, The Thing is soon left to deal with the occasional grudge fights with The Hulk, a flirting She-Hulk, and an army of gamma warriors deployed by The Leader.



9 :01x09 - Mortal Bounds

First aired: Nov/17/1996
Guest star: Richard Moll (Abomination)

A new viral strain created accidentally by The Gargoyle attacks a major city, forcing Betty into action to help contain the plague and find ways of curing it. She is assisted by Doctor John Blake, the civilian identity of the God of Thunder Thor.

Blake is told to find Bruce Banner, whose blood holds the key to possibly curing the strain, but as Thor, he finds the task difficult when he runs into The Hulk.



10 :01x10 - And the Wind Cries... Wendigo!

First aired: Nov/24/1996

The Hulk is cornered by General Ross, who handcuffs himself to him, but this only leads to the two being forced to work together as they come under attack from The Wendigo, a tortured native American soul doomed to live the life of a ferocious creature until bested by another of his kind.



11 :01x11 - Darkness and Light (1)

First aired: Feb/02/1997

After months of hard work, Betty and Doc Samson finally complete work on a neutriant bath that will seperate Banner from The Hulk, after a battle against the creature, Samson suceeds in knocking him out and returns him to Gamma Base, but can Banner be finally cured?



12 :01x12 - Darkness and Light (2)

First aired: Feb/09/1997

The now mindless Hulk goes on a rampage with a savagery never seen before, he is finally brought to a halt by The Leader, who absorbs and incorporates the Hulk's strength into himself. As The Leader makes use of his new power and attacks Gamma Base, he finds The Hulk's natural brutality too hard to restrain. Banner tries to convince Betty to let him deal with The Hulk, but she refuses, forcing him to take matters into his own hands



13 :01x13 - Darkness and Light (3)

First aired: Feb/16/1997

The Hulk is confronted by Banner within the protected confines of a Hulkbuster droid, The Hulk eluding them again, Bruce and Betty decide to marry amidst the chaos unfolding. However, their wedding is interrupted by a now completely insane General Ross, the pressure of chasing The Hulk finally getting to him.

Banner has a heart attack and collapses, leading to a horrific revelation, neither Banner or The Hulk can survive without the other, Betty, Rick, and Samson decide to find The Hulk before they both perish, but will the insane Ross still prove to be the final deciding factor in these life changing events?



14 :02x01 - A Hulk of a Different Color

First aired: Sep/21/1997

As a result of Ross's interference, Rick Jones has been transformed into a Hulk creature, with Banner transformed into a grey variation of the creature, and one with a much more rational mind, but still carrying a brash attitude. Ross confronts the new Hulk, but is soon felled by a nearby landslide, placing him in a coma. Banner is soon arrested and placed on trial, leading to the prompt intervention of his cousin Jennifer Walters, The She-Hulk, and the vengeful Leader.



15 :02x02 - Down Memory Lane

First aired: Sep/28/1997

Jennifer returns home for her high school reunion, she also decides to tell her parents of her present condition, but Bruce cautions her not to exhaust herself, as her powers are gradually fading as she tires. The Gargoyle takes advantage of this in an effort to seize Jennifer's hand in marriage.



16 :02x03 - Mind Over Anti-Matter

First aired: Oct/05/1997
Guest star: Kevin Michael Richardson (Evil Being / Dark Hulk)

Doctor Strange and She-Hulk team together when Bruce, and with him The Hulk's power, falls under the influence of an evil anti-matter demon. Strange and She-Hulk enter Bruce's tortured mind and bring both the warring Green and Grey Hulk personalities together to try and cage the beast before he causes further damage within Banner's body.



17 :02x04 - They Call Me Mr. Fixit

First aired: Oct/26/1997
Guest star: Jennifer Hale (Miss Allure)

Bruce and She-Hulk fight Allure, a powerful crime vixen with the hypnotic ability to seize any male she desires. She-Hulk goes undercover as Lady Green, with The Grey Hulk serving as her bodyguard Fixit, and come under attack from The Absorbing Man and Bruce's inability to resist Allure



18 :02x05 - Fashion Warriors

First aired: Nov/02/1997

Attending a charity fashion show involving Betty and other top scientists sporting bathing suits, Bruce and Jennifer confront The Leader and his Gamma Warriors



19 :02x06 - Hollywood Rocks

First aired: Nov/09/1997

Doctor Doom strikes again just as Jennifer becomes roped into a deal that could propel her to instant movie stardom



20 :02x07 - The Lost Village

First aired: Nov/16/1997

Caught in a battle between the peacekeepers of a hidden village and their outcast adversaries, Banner finds the cure he has long sought...



21 :02x08 - Mission: Incredible

First aired: Nov/23/1997

General Ross awakens from his coma, but all is not what it appears to be, Betty becomes the victim of a parasitic attack and the battle leads to Banner and Jennifer following SHIELD agent Gabrielle into the belly of an underwater research facility to confront a ghost from Gabrielle' s past.



22 :03x01 - The Incredible Hulk

First aired: Unknown/Unaired

The feature length live action movie starring Eric Bana as Bruce Banner and Jennifer Connolly as Betty Ross explores a more refined, deeper origin for The Hulk , reaching into his most repressed thoughts and prying open the untold depths of his rage