David Banner(Bill Bixby) is broke and forced to work at his apartment complex to pay off the rent. Even worse, he just so happens to have a criminal lookalike named Mike Cassidy(also Bixby) whose associate Teddy(played by Jed Mills) tries to fool David into thinking that Mike wants to help him out, when in reality he is being set up for a fall, and Jack McGee(Jack Colvin) comes face to face with David, though is persuaded by Teddy that he is really Mike... Potentially confusing and contrived episode comes off well thanks to Bixby's entirely convincing portrayal of a thoroughly cold-hearted criminal most unlike David. All that's missing is frequent guest star Gerald McRaney showing up as yet another character to complete the potential in-joke!
4 Reviews
This one is a LOT of FUN!!
JSouth124 November 2007
Warning: Spoilers
This IH episode is a nice ride..as Bill Bixby plays David Banner AND an older hood named Cassidy, who looks a LOT like Banner!! Mike Cassidy is a hood, evidently part of some mob-type organization. he has stolen $100k, and is on the run from 3 goons, who want to get back the money, and "teach him a lesson". At the beginning, he flees from a hotel room, while being pursued by these guys.
His small-time con friend, teddy, then points out Banner, who just happens to be "working" (to pay off his rent) as a custodian/handyman at an apartment complex. Cassidy then notices how Banner looks JUST like him, just a bit younger and with no mustache. So..Cassidy shaves off his mustache, and dyes his hair, to make himself look like Banner..and vice-versa. He then phones his "girlfriend" Lorraine, to meet him, ..and sends HER to BANNERS apartment!! Once inside, Lorraine embraces banner, and starts talking to him about how she "loved him since they first met, and that they should just take the money and run". Needless to say..Banner is confused, tells her she has the "wrong person, and when she calls him "Mike" he then KNOWS she is mistaken, and tells her this. This angers Lorraine..and she then sets up "Mike"(Banner) to be captured by the leader of the gang pursuing Cassidy, Steve, and his goons Danny and Pete.
After a near-miss with the Police, Banner is "rescued" by Lorraine, who then takes him to a parking garage, where Steve and his boys are waiting. They question "Mike" about the missing 100 grand, and when Banner keeps saying his name is David Bowman,not Mike, they then drag him to the office of the garage, and Pete begins to beat Banner, to get him to talk. Banner still insists that he is not Mike, and that he knows nothing about the money, and then Pete begins to hit him with a pair of Brass knuckles, as Lorraine tries to intervene, now assured that they have the wrong man. Lorraine bites the other goon, Danny, and he and Pete drag her out to Steve, JUST as Banner begins to change into the Hulk. AS Steve tries to get Lorraine to a car for Danny to take her home, Pete returns to the office to question "Mike" some more, and the Hulk emerges and throws him THROUGH the door, and then Steve and Pete then flee in their car, and the Hulk tosses an I-beam at them..but they escape.
Once at her Apartment, Lorraine receives a call fro the real Mike, and asks who the other, gentler, caring man was. Mike then tells her that he will give back the money, but Steve has to "come to him". Cassidy then prepares for Banner to "take the fall", and be killed..while he gets away.
During all of this, Jack Mcgee has been nosing around, and is told that the Hulk was near the apartment where Banner is staying at. He is then told by a resident to ask "Bowman"(the name Banner is operating under) and confronts Banner at his apartment!! However..Teddy is there..and Banner claims to be Cassidy, and man-handles Mcgee..who is then told of the "mistake" by teddy. Teddy then tells banner that Cassidy wants to "make things right" with him, and takes him to see Cassidy. Both are shocked at how much they look alike. Cassidy then tells Banner to meet him at a construction site,where he will then give him traveling money and a way out of town. In reality, Cassidy PLANTS half of the stolen money on Banner, and sets him up as bait for Steve and his gang, who then accost Banner and toss him in a pit, believing he is Cassidy.
Meanwhile, Lorraine is now realizing that something is wrong..and alerts the police to the goings-on at the construction site, to save Banner.
Steve then taunts "Mike" in the pit, as he comes to, about how long he has waited to get him into this situation. He then tells him that he is going to make him a "permanent part of the foundation", tosses a piece of plastic over Banner, and his goons then pour cement into the pit. However, the Hulk emerges from the pit and ALL of the hoods, both Cassidy, who was watching with Teddy from a distance and Steve and his gang, try to flee, but the hulk rips a girder from the new buildings skeleton and tosses it at Steves car, as the police come to arrest all. The hulk then flees the area.
In interrogation, Cassidy tries to blame Banner, but his fingerprints assure the detectives that he is the one they wanted. Mcgee, at the police station, is the assured that the man he saw was indeed Cassidy, and not Banner.
His small-time con friend, teddy, then points out Banner, who just happens to be "working" (to pay off his rent) as a custodian/handyman at an apartment complex. Cassidy then notices how Banner looks JUST like him, just a bit younger and with no mustache. So..Cassidy shaves off his mustache, and dyes his hair, to make himself look like Banner..and vice-versa. He then phones his "girlfriend" Lorraine, to meet him, ..and sends HER to BANNERS apartment!! Once inside, Lorraine embraces banner, and starts talking to him about how she "loved him since they first met, and that they should just take the money and run". Needless to say..Banner is confused, tells her she has the "wrong person, and when she calls him "Mike" he then KNOWS she is mistaken, and tells her this. This angers Lorraine..and she then sets up "Mike"(Banner) to be captured by the leader of the gang pursuing Cassidy, Steve, and his goons Danny and Pete.
After a near-miss with the Police, Banner is "rescued" by Lorraine, who then takes him to a parking garage, where Steve and his boys are waiting. They question "Mike" about the missing 100 grand, and when Banner keeps saying his name is David Bowman,not Mike, they then drag him to the office of the garage, and Pete begins to beat Banner, to get him to talk. Banner still insists that he is not Mike, and that he knows nothing about the money, and then Pete begins to hit him with a pair of Brass knuckles, as Lorraine tries to intervene, now assured that they have the wrong man. Lorraine bites the other goon, Danny, and he and Pete drag her out to Steve, JUST as Banner begins to change into the Hulk. AS Steve tries to get Lorraine to a car for Danny to take her home, Pete returns to the office to question "Mike" some more, and the Hulk emerges and throws him THROUGH the door, and then Steve and Pete then flee in their car, and the Hulk tosses an I-beam at them..but they escape.
Once at her Apartment, Lorraine receives a call fro the real Mike, and asks who the other, gentler, caring man was. Mike then tells her that he will give back the money, but Steve has to "come to him". Cassidy then prepares for Banner to "take the fall", and be killed..while he gets away.
During all of this, Jack Mcgee has been nosing around, and is told that the Hulk was near the apartment where Banner is staying at. He is then told by a resident to ask "Bowman"(the name Banner is operating under) and confronts Banner at his apartment!! However..Teddy is there..and Banner claims to be Cassidy, and man-handles Mcgee..who is then told of the "mistake" by teddy. Teddy then tells banner that Cassidy wants to "make things right" with him, and takes him to see Cassidy. Both are shocked at how much they look alike. Cassidy then tells Banner to meet him at a construction site,where he will then give him traveling money and a way out of town. In reality, Cassidy PLANTS half of the stolen money on Banner, and sets him up as bait for Steve and his gang, who then accost Banner and toss him in a pit, believing he is Cassidy.
Meanwhile, Lorraine is now realizing that something is wrong..and alerts the police to the goings-on at the construction site, to save Banner.
Steve then taunts "Mike" in the pit, as he comes to, about how long he has waited to get him into this situation. He then tells him that he is going to make him a "permanent part of the foundation", tosses a piece of plastic over Banner, and his goons then pour cement into the pit. However, the Hulk emerges from the pit and ALL of the hoods, both Cassidy, who was watching with Teddy from a distance and Steve and his gang, try to flee, but the hulk rips a girder from the new buildings skeleton and tosses it at Steves car, as the police come to arrest all. The hulk then flees the area.
In interrogation, Cassidy tries to blame Banner, but his fingerprints assure the detectives that he is the one they wanted. Mcgee, at the police station, is the assured that the man he saw was indeed Cassidy, and not Banner.
Change of pace (not exactly a spoiler)
jwin196730 March 2012
Just an exceptionally DARK episode. One is almost relieved at the end. I always wondered why David Banner was so submissive, and wouldn't fight back. I was barely in my double digits, and kind of a little runt myself, with very little confidence (that's changed), so, that caught my attention. The concept of the program, I understood later, was that he was trying to AVOID anger. I didn't catch that he had no memory of his hulkout moments. Now that I do understand that, it makes the whole concept more interesting and exiting. I appreciate the show more. Incidentally, I've learned that Bill Bixby, himself, was a marine, and even was a practitioner of Karate.
Everybody has a double
flarefan-819062 May 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This time David winds up in the same town as Mike Cassidy, a master criminal who is his physical double. Mike has just pulled off a big heist, and his rivals are looking to take the loot from him, so he decides to trick them into going after David instead. It's certainly a contrived premise, but it works, and this episode plays it up with plenty of plot twists. Bixby of course plays Mike Cassidy, and proves to be one of the best Hulk villains so far. Rather than hamming it up, Bixby imbues the character with a consistent and disturbing coldbloodedness.
On the downside, the subplot with Mike's ex-girlfriend isn't played well. Her motives seem starkly inconsistent. More amusingly, towards the end she has a critical "him or him" moment as she thinks back over her memories of Mike and David, but because of the nature of her "relationship" (or lack thereof) with David, all her memories of him are him saying "You've made a mistake! I'm not Mike!"
"Broken Image" is still an overall winner with a solid pace and Bixby pulling off both roles exquisitely. This episode also has what is quite possibly the best cliffhanger of the series yet: "Banner! You're alive!" That one gave me chills.
On the downside, the subplot with Mike's ex-girlfriend isn't played well. Her motives seem starkly inconsistent. More amusingly, towards the end she has a critical "him or him" moment as she thinks back over her memories of Mike and David, but because of the nature of her "relationship" (or lack thereof) with David, all her memories of him are him saying "You've made a mistake! I'm not Mike!"
"Broken Image" is still an overall winner with a solid pace and Bixby pulling off both roles exquisitely. This episode also has what is quite possibly the best cliffhanger of the series yet: "Banner! You're alive!" That one gave me chills.
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