I agree with above post, with a concept like The Incredible Hulk, it was always difficult enough each episode to come up with new ideas for Hulk-Outs, let alone new storylines. Some of them were repetitive at times, so it was a good thing the episodes themselves were always fresh and the odd character and McGee aside, we rarely visited the same place or person twice.


One has to wonder if the Hulk producers had a "double jeopardy" rule when it came to the idea of revisiting certain characters. smiley: laugh

By the way, just in case anyone didn't understand my comment about Jack McGee being a factor in David not revisiting most characters, I'll be happy to elaborate:  As concerned as David Banner was to other people's well-being, he clearly also had respect for their privacy. Therefore, he obviously didn't want the people he helped to get more public exposure than necessary. If he were to become the Hulk during a revisit, there would be the risk of those people being connected to the creature a second time, and therefore the possibility of Jack McGee becoming suspicious to the point where he would badger them again. So, I interpret David Banner's not revisiting most characters as a matter of not wanting to risk throwing the same people to the wolves twice; instead, he just felt that the less they had to deal with people like McGee, the better.

A lot of other TV Shows I watch sometimes rely a little too much on their own history but with TIH, the show was more about the people David met and not David himself.


Now that you mentioned it, I've seen that happen with CSI: Miami lately. Occasionally they have brought back villains who I'm sure were originally intended to be one-shot characters. And with CSI: Miami having recently begun its tenth season, one has to wonder if they are recycling such characters to keep the series going.

Michael

Edited 2 times by MichaelMA Oct 17 11 9:05 PM.