Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

 

A former patient returns home after a nervous breakdown to discover her father has remarried. Her stepmother wants to force her back into a sanitarium. Kimble discovers what is going on.

The Homecoming, 1964
Guest stars: Shirley Knight, Richard Carlson, Gloria Grahame

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

Kimble medical training saves the life of a young boy with a serious medical condition unknown to the kidnappers.

Never Stop Running, 1964
Guest stars: Claude Akins, Joanna Moore, Wright King

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

A terminally ill man tries to help Kimble elude Gerard but his wife's suspicions come into play.

Somebody to Remember, 1964

Guest stars: Gilbert Roland, Madlyn Rhue

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

Kimble reunites with the man who saved his life in the Korean War but his heroism left him physically and psychologically scarred.

Taps for A Dead War, 1964
Guest stars: Tim O'Connor, Lee Grant

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

 

Kimble helps a wounded man (a bank robber) who then takes the doctor hostage. The wounded criminal's sister later recognizes Kimble from a wanted poster. The police descend.

Rat In A Corner, 1964
Guest stars: Warren Oates, Malachi Throne

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

 

Kimble is drawn into a domestic storm between father and daughter in Reno. Aside from his wise counsel, the doctor is able to use his medical skills while posing as a lifeguard. 

   
Where The Action Is, 1964
Guest star Telly Savalas

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

 

For the first time since trial, Kimble returns home to a father with a serious health concern and a younger brother believing he is guilty.

Note: This episode is notable for Jacqueline Scott's first appearance as Kimble's sister. Her phone conversation with her brother "out of the blue" is a series highlight. Scott's acting was genuine and quite believable. Robert Keith was in failing health in real life, dying in 1966.

Home Is The Hunted, 1964
Guest stars: Jacqueline Scott, Andrew Prine, Robert Keith

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

 

Kimble is nearly killed by a car driven by a young stewardess. She was otherwise mentally occupied with the devastating realization that her "sweetheart" is a married man with two children. While recuperating in a hospital, Kimble's delirium audibly recalls the night of his wife's murder.

The Girl From Little Egypt, 1963
Guest stars: Pamela Tiffin, Ed Nelson

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

 

Hired by a construction crew boss, Jack Klugman, Janssen recognizes a falsely accused young man needs defending for the assault on Klugman's wife, Elizabeth Allen. 

Terror at Highpoint, 1963
Guest stars: Jack Klugman, Elizabeth Allen, James Best

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

 

Working as a stock clerk, Kimble witnesses his boss's manslaughter of an associate, and the doctor's anonymous phone call is misinterpreted by his wife as blackmail. She contacts the store detective to resolve the issue, who eventually has questions for Kimble.

Glass Tightrope, 1963

Guest stars Leslie Nielson, Edward Binns

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

 

Kimball is employed as a "cut man" for a boxer, James Edwards, who suffers from memory loss. Suspecting brain damage, he advises Edwards not to box again. Also going for a knock-down is a detective, posing as a reporter, who suspects the boxer has mob ties. Kimble is in his element for this episode until the detective uncovers the identity of Kimble. 

Decision In The Ring, 1963

Ruby Dee, James Dunn guest star

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

 

Eight months a fugitive, Kimble encounters Sandy Dennis, guest-starring as a young woman who wants a future outside her West Virginia roots. The doctor is fortunate she knows the region well enough to help him escape a sheriff's posse and the single-minded Lt. Gerard through a mine tunnel that exits on the other side of a mountain. But Dennis must remain "trapped" in her depressing world.

The Other Side of The Mountain, 1963
Frank Sutton, R.G. Armstrong, and Bruce Dern also guest star

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

 

Spying on her teacher, played by Patricia Crowley, one of her young students, a pathological liar played by Gina Gillespie, accuses her of inappropriate behavior with Kimble. Her myopic mom finds it difficult to accept the truth. The townsfolk want Crowley out of town. Kimble's pediatric brat counseling comes into play, saving him from a lynching. 

The Witch, 1963

Madeleine Sherwood, Arch Johnson, and Crahan Denton guest star

Richard Kimble's Brief Encounters

 

Tuesday Weld plays a sculptor with hysterical blindness and hard-to-fathom mood swings in Dark Corner (1964), her single appearance on the popular show. Kimble, innocently working as a farmhand soon recognizes her condition which is treatable. She is not interested. Weld puts the man in manipulative. She likes getting what she wants. The bust she creates of Kimble gets the attention of the local sheriff. Kimble is just a Weld phone call away from being visited by the police. Weld's character is quite annoying. Crahan Denton, Paul Carr and Elizabeth MacRae add authenticity to this episode.