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Interesting premise to this first season episode in which a small economically depressed town on the verge of bankruptcy actually benefits from the appearance of the Hulk by turning it into a bizarre tourist attraction. Local bully (Lucking) employs David (Bixby) to perform some general maintenance work but takes a dislike to his obvious rapport with his pre-adolescent daughter. The goading eventually brings about the expected transformation, which unexpectedly turns into a entrepreneurial coup for the struggling town.

Lucking is a trademark bully (he played a similar role in a season 3 episode), his buddy Lance LeGault will be a familiar face to many ("The A-Team") while veterans Dennis Patrick (as a former trophy hunter fallen on hard-times) and Myron Healey (the sheriff of Antowuk) give the episode some added casting clout.

Overall, the innovative storyline and capable cast deliver an action-packed episode with two hardcore, set-destroying Hulk-outs that should please more than just the avid fan.

David Banner(Bill Bixby) finds himself working in a struggling resort community in Antowuk California for a difficult man named Harlan Bates(played by Bill Lucking) who resents the attentions of his young daughter to him, as well as his educated manner. After the Hulk makes an appearance in town, Harlan gets the brainstorm of using it for publicity purposes in order to attract tourists, which first amuses then alarms David when Harlan dresses up as a monster, and Jack McGee(Jack Colvin) shows up... Interesting episode which does take an amusing notion of a hoaxer using the Hulk for his own purposes, which would likely happen in real life, given human nature.

One might expect a big drop in quality after "Married", but this first regular-length episode of Season 2 is pretty darn good. It bears mention that it is the first episode of the series written by Nicholas Corea, who eventually wrote and directed "The Incredible Hulk Returns". Jack McGee, on the trail as ever, is approached by an aging big game hunter who he's associated with in the past. Seems he's a has-been and wants to get back in the papers by nailing the Hulk. This scene is a rare glimpse of some humanity in McGee, and it's all the more worthwhile because he actually gets a decent amount of screen time in this ep.

Rather curiously, the role of attractive female is taken by a preadolescent. Even her dialogue makes her sound like a typical love interest for David. This is explained by the fact that her mother is dead, and her father is a sad loser who is still taking out his grief over his wife's death on other people (his daughter and David), so she's matured before her time. Even so, it's a relief that David clearly does not return any romantic interest the girl may have in him.

I really like the premise of this episode, and though some points of the plot don't make sense, it basically delivers on that premise. It all ends on a perhaps unrealistic happy ending for everyone, but after "Married", that's a nice change of pace.

After encountering handyman David 'Barton's' alter ego the Hulk, the citizens - Lance LeGault and Bill Lucking- of a struggling resort town Antowuk, Utah invent their own "monster in the woods" as a tourist attraction, drawing the attention of Jack McGee and a merciless big game hunter. And the hulk gets in the cross line !!

Nice scenery, forests and open spaces and decent action, if a little on the average side. Liked the relationship between David and the girl, and it's obvious she finds her father disappointing in the parental department. Bill Lucking's character adds some dept to this one - he plays a bitter character, resents Banner for being well educated. In order to get Antowuk back as a tourist attraction he takes drastic steps.

Colonel Decker (Lance LeGault) and Colonel Lynch (William Lucking) both in one episode of The Incredible Hulk. That can't be a coincidence!

These guys (especially Lucking) always seem to play horrible guys, though.

One thing that kind of bothered me with The Incredible Hulk was no matter how horrible people treated (or physically beat) David Banner the Hulk never really got revenge. I heard Kenneth Johnson say in a DVD-bonus interview that he never wanted the Hulk to actually beat people up.

Maybe that was a rating thing, I don't know. But I often thought the Hulk could have defended David Banner a bit better.