Nemesis is a notable The Fugitive episode. We meet Lt. Gerrard's son Phil played by Kurt Russell. Seldom will you see a better child actor than Kurt Russell here. In addition there's also the unique talents of Slim Pickens as a hard-boiled mountain recluse.
Richard Kimball has retreated to a lonely and desolate northern Wisconsin mountainous area. He's working at a trout hatchery which is fairly isolated from the urban areas he frequents. What seems like a pastoral and safe remote hideout turns anything but as the local sheriff sends out a notice he believes a man he has seen working in the mountains is Richard Kimball. Gerrard is with his son, Phil, and they're just a couple of hours away. Of course Gerrard is immediately on the scene and within striking distance of his arch nemesis (actually vice-versa).
This is a welcome episode. We see a place that is both unique and pictorial, the mountainous high-ground of Wisconsin, relatively unsullied American wilderness. What was suppose to be so far off the beaten path as to be a welcome reprieve for Kimball turns intensely dangerous as Kimball finds himself fleeing in a car in which Gerrard's son Phil is a stowaway. The interaction between Russell's character Phil Gerrard and Richard Kimball is compelling. It can not be stressed enough how expertly young Phil is played to perfection by the adolescent Russell. Russell's talents shine here making the story. Add a memorable appearance by Slim Pickens and you have a singularly, one-of-a-kind endearing, The Fugitive.
The ending of Nemesis seems a bit rushed, however, slightly marring an episode that had one of the most unique locations ever employed in any of The Fugitive's run of locales. Still, this is one of handful of episodes I would call "must see".
Richard Kimball has retreated to a lonely and desolate northern Wisconsin mountainous area. He's working at a trout hatchery which is fairly isolated from the urban areas he frequents. What seems like a pastoral and safe remote hideout turns anything but as the local sheriff sends out a notice he believes a man he has seen working in the mountains is Richard Kimball. Gerrard is with his son, Phil, and they're just a couple of hours away. Of course Gerrard is immediately on the scene and within striking distance of his arch nemesis (actually vice-versa).
This is a welcome episode. We see a place that is both unique and pictorial, the mountainous high-ground of Wisconsin, relatively unsullied American wilderness. What was suppose to be so far off the beaten path as to be a welcome reprieve for Kimball turns intensely dangerous as Kimball finds himself fleeing in a car in which Gerrard's son Phil is a stowaway. The interaction between Russell's character Phil Gerrard and Richard Kimball is compelling. It can not be stressed enough how expertly young Phil is played to perfection by the adolescent Russell. Russell's talents shine here making the story. Add a memorable appearance by Slim Pickens and you have a singularly, one-of-a-kind endearing, The Fugitive.
The ending of Nemesis seems a bit rushed, however, slightly marring an episode that had one of the most unique locations ever employed in any of The Fugitive's run of locales. Still, this is one of handful of episodes I would call "must see".