Incredible Hulk: The First (Part 1)

"The First" is the twelfth episode of season four of the live-action superhero fantasy series The Incredible Hulk and the the sixty-ninth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Frank Orsatti with a script written by Andrew Schneider. It first aired on CBS on Friday, March 6th, 1981 at 8:00 pm.

Crew

 * Robert Bennett Steinhauer - Producer
 * Jill Sherman - Producer
 * Karen Harris - Producer
 * Kenneth Johnson - Developer
 * Alan Cassidy - Associate producer
 * Craig Schiller - Associate producer
 * Andrew Schneider - Writer; Executive story consultant
 * Frank Orsatti - Director
 * Reuben Leder - Story editor
 * Joe Harnell - Composer
 * John McPherson - Director of photography, A.S.C.
 * Lou Montejano - Art director


 * Robert Wingo - Set decorator
 * Ron Stephenson - Casting
 * Jack W. Schoengarth - Film editor
 * Alan C. Marks - Film editor
 * Claude Riggins - Sound
 * Stan Lee - Consultant
 * Mark A. Burley - Unit production manager
 * Wolfgang E. Marum - 1st assistant director
 * Richard J. Forrest - 2nd assistant director
 * Bruce Bell - Sound effects editor
 * Jay Kleinberg - Music editor
 * Brienne von Glyttov - Costume designer

Notes & Trivia

 * The Incredible Hulk was developed for television by Kenneth Johnson.


 * Copyright holder: MCMLXXXI by Universal City Studios, Inc., All rights reserved.


 * "IH: The First (Part 1)" redirects to this page.


 * The actual title to this episode is simply "The First".


 * This episode has been made available on disc three of the Incredible Hulk: The Complete Fourth Season DVD collection, disc two of the Incredible Hulk: The Television Series Ultimate Collection collection and disc seventeen of the Incredible Hulk: The Complete Series collection.


 * Producer Jill Donner is credited as Jill Sherman in this episode.


 * Associate producers Alan Cassidy and Craig Schiller are credited in the end-title credits of this episode.


 * Actor Jack Colvin is credited in this episode, but his character does not make an appearance.


 * This episode includes a preview of events from the episode itself.


 * Opening scene: Thunderstorm in front of the Clive house.


 * Actor Billy Green Bush receives an "And Special Guest Star BILLY GREEN BUSH as Carl Decker" credit in this episode.


 * Ironically, this episode features an actor named Jack Magee, whose name sounds similar to Jack McGee, who is one of the main characters from this series, even though he does not appear in this episode.


 * In another matter of name & cast swapping, Harry Townes plays a character whose last name is Frye. There is also an actor named Chip Frye, who actually plays a character named Willie.


 * Case is the first character with speaking lines in this episode.


 * In the janitor's story to David Banner, he says that Frye's creature killed a farmer named Frank Townsend.