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* TheChrisCarterEffect: Seasons three and four were regarded as having suffered from this, due to lack of any real plot development and repetitive plot lines. The writing team picked up on this as the ratings dropped and wrote out a GrandFinale that actually solved the mystery and gave the show a proper conclusion.
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* TheChrisCarterEffect: Seasons three 3 and four 4 were regarded as having suffered suffering from this, due to lack of any real plot development and repetitive plot lines.sorylines. The writing team picked up on this as the ratings dropped and wrote out a GrandFinale that actually solved the mystery and gave the show a proper conclusion.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In "The Breaking Of The Habit" Marie (the student who rats out Kimble) is played by Heather North, the future[[note]]in the 1970s[[/note]] voice of [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou Daphne Blake]]. She's even dressed in purple!
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* TheChrisCarterEffect: Seasons three and four were regarded as having suffered from this, due to lack of any real plot development and repetitive plot lines. The writing team picked up on this as the ratings dropped and wrote out a GrandFinale that actually solved the mystery and gave the show a proper conclusion.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In "The Breaking Of The Habit" Marie (the student who rats out Kimble) is played by Heather North, the future[[note]]in the 1970s[[/note]] voice of [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou Daphne Blake]], she's Blake]]. She's even dressed in purple!
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* TheUntwist: The series finale is a two-part story. In Part 1, the One-Armed Man is caught and held in jail for an unrelated crime, but is inexplicably bailed out by someone else. He tells the bail bondsman that he didn't kill Helen Kimble but saw who did and it wasn't her husband. When Kimble breaks into the bondsman's office later, he finds the bondsman dead, murdered, and sees in the bondsman's file that the name of the person who paid for the One-Armed Man's bail is... Leonard Taft, ''Kimble's own brother-in-law!'' In the week that passed in between the initial airing of both parts, specualtion that Len would turn out to be the killer was so rampant that Las Vegas oddsmakers picked Len to be the odds on favortite for being Helen's killer. In Part 2, it turns out that, nope, the One-Armed Man was just lying to the bondsman whom he then murdered. He really did kill Helen. It even turns out that Len [[spoiler:wasn't even the guy who paid the One-Armed Man's bail. Instead it was a next-door neighbor who had witnessed the One-Armed Man murdering Helen and told no one about it, who paid the bail using Len's name.]]
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* TheUntwist: The series finale is a two-part story. In Part 1, the One-Armed Man is caught and held in jail for an unrelated crime, but is inexplicably bailed out by someone else. He tells the bail bondsman that he didn't kill Helen Kimble but saw who did and it wasn't her husband. When Kimble breaks into the bondsman's office later, he finds the bondsman dead, murdered, and sees in the bondsman's file that the name of the person who paid for the One-Armed Man's bail is... Leonard Taft, ''Kimble's own brother-in-law!'' In the week that passed in between the initial airing of both parts, specualtion speculation that Len would turn out to be the killer was so rampant that Las Vegas oddsmakers picked Len to be the odds on favortite favorite for being Helen's killer. In Part 2, it turns out that, nope, the One-Armed Man was just lying to the bondsman whom he then murdered. He really did kill Helen. It even turns out that Len [[spoiler:wasn't even the guy who paid the One-Armed Man's bail. Instead it was a next-door neighbor who had witnessed the One-Armed Man murdering Helen and told no one about it, who paid the bail using Len's name.]]
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* SignatureLine: "I didn't kill my wife!" "''I don't care!''"
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Flame Bait and somewhat misrepersenative. They raid the home of the woman who picks up Copeland, the other prisoner, and not Kimble and while Copeland is a fairly sympathetic prisoner he's also an actual criminal and fugitive whose implied to be more genuinely dangerous than Kimball.
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** In a post-Breonna Taylor/BLM world, the botched, pointlessly violent raid on the house of the woman who picks up Kimble. Complete with a racist use of the ScaryBlackMan that gets gunned down and the wholly insensitive "I never negotiate". Kimble has been 100% nonviolent so far, so all that treating this like a mafia raid accomplished was provide pointless, dangerous spectacle and they didn't even have the excuse of news camera around.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Every [[TheDrifter Wandering Hero]] television show that followed -- such as ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' and ''Series/ThePretender'' -- copies from ''The Fugitive'' by relying on the WronglyAccused and SternChase tropes this series added to that concept.
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** Every [[TheDrifter Wandering Hero]] television show that followed -- such as ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' and ''Series/ThePretender'' -- copies from ''The Fugitive'' by relying on the WronglyAccused and SternChase tropes this series added to thatconcept.concept.
** The series also played a big role in creating the entire idea of TV shows having a GrandFinale. While largely just as episodic as most other shows of the time, the fact that Kimble had such a solid goal in finding the one-armed man and proving his innocence allowed the final episode to be built around that very thing, which stood as the highest-rated TV broadcast for more than a decade and convinced many other shows to do the same thing, rather than the more rerun-friendly setup of ending on just another regular episode.
** Every [[TheDrifter Wandering Hero]] television show that followed -- such as ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' and ''Series/ThePretender'' -- copies from ''The Fugitive'' by relying on the WronglyAccused and SternChase tropes this series added to that
** The series also played a big role in creating the entire idea of TV shows having a GrandFinale. While largely just as episodic as most other shows of the time, the fact that Kimble had such a solid goal in finding the one-armed man and proving his innocence allowed the final episode to be built around that very thing, which stood as the highest-rated TV broadcast for more than a decade and convinced many other shows to do the same thing, rather than the more rerun-friendly setup of ending on just another regular episode.
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** In a post-Breonna Taylor/BLM world, the botched, pointlessly violent raid on the house of the woman who picks up Kimble. Complete with a racist use of the [[Scary Black Man]] that gets gunned down and the wholly insensitive "I never negotiate". Kimble has been 100% nonviolent so far, so all that treating this like a mafia raid accomplished was provide pointless, dangerous spectacle and they didn't even have the excuse of news camera around.
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** Kimble disguising himself as a hospital janitor is amusing given that Neil Flynn (the Janitor from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'') has a small role in the film. That show actually does a CallBack to this scene by having the Janitor turn out to have been the actor in that scene within Scrub's universe.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Creator/HarrisonFord held the movie together with his portrayal of Kimble, but it was Creator/TommyLeeJones who really stole the film as the no-nonsense Gerard. It's telling that they made a SpinOff for Gerard in ''Film/USMarshals''.
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** Creator/HarrisonFord held the movie together with his portrayal of Kimble, but it was Creator/TommyLeeJones who really stole the film as the no-nonsense Gerard. It's telling that they made a SpinOff for Gerard in ''Film/USMarshals''.
** Creator/HarrisonFord held the movie together with his portrayal of Kimble, but it was Creator/TommyLeeJones who really stole the film as the no-nonsense Gerard. It's telling that they made a SpinOff for Gerard in ''Film/USMarshals''.
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** Copeland, the prisoner from the bus who helps Kimball get out of his shackles, made some fans wish he'd escaped the manhunt.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Was the Chicago Police Department [[PoliceAreUseless so stuck in the dark about who actually murdered Kimble's wife]], or [[DirtyCop did they frame Kimble to protect Sykes (Sykes being a former CPD cop)]]? The fact that Sykes also somehow had "15 people" corroborate his "business trip" alibi is very suspicious. Especially if those 15 people were ''coworkers''.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[PoliceAreUseless Was the Chicago Police Department [[PoliceAreUseless so stuck in the dark about who actually murdered Kimble's wife]], or [[DirtyCop did they frame Kimble to protect Sykes (Sykes being a former CPD cop)]]? The fact that Sykes also somehow had "15 people" corroborate his "business trip" alibi is very suspicious. Especially if those 15 people were ''coworkers''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In "The Breaking Of The Habit" Vicki (the student who rats out Kimble) is played by Heather North, the future[[note]]in the 1970s[[/note]] voice of [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Daphne Blake]], she's even dressed in purple!
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* HilariousInHindsight: In "The Breaking Of The Habit" Vicki Marie (the student who rats out Kimble) is played by Heather North, the future[[note]]in the 1970s[[/note]] voice of [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Daphne Blake]], she's even dressed in purple!
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* HilariousInHindsight: In "The Breaking Of The Habit" Vicki (the student who rats out Kimble) is played by Heather North... the future[[note]]in the 1970s[[/note]] voice of [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Daphne Blake]], she's even dressed in purple!
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* HilariousInHindsight: In "The Breaking Of The Habit" Vicki (the student who rats out Kimble) is played by Heather North... the then-voice of [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Daphne Blake]], she's even dressed in purple!
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* HilariousInHindisght: "Last Second of a Big Dream" for fans of Creator/ITCEntertainment shows, with Steve Forrest who the following year would star in ''The Baron'' Laurence Naismith (Judge Fulton from ''Series/ThePersuaders'') and of course Barry Morse (from ''The Adventurer'', ''The Zoo Gang'' and ''Series/Space1999'') all after Dr. Kimble...
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* SpecialEffectFailure: The train derailment, shown in the Season 1 opening, is very obviously done with a miniature model.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: The train derailment, shown in the Season 1 opening, is very obviously done with a miniature model. It doesn't help that it's clearly a ''French'' train.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The entire soundtrack by Music/JamesNewtonHoward. Awesome enough [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy1k4ezoF74 that cues of it]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1KHQKFo6m4 were recycled]] for the ([[TooGoodToLast short-lived]]) remake TV series.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The entire soundtrack by Music/JamesNewtonHoward. Awesome enough [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy1k4ezoF74 that cues of it]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1KHQKFo6m4 were recycled]] for the ([[TooGoodToLast short-lived]]) (short-lived) remake TV series.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Every [[TheDrifter Wandering Hero]] television show that followed -- such as ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' and ''Series/ThePretender'' -- copies from ''The Fugitive'' by relying on the WronglyAccused and SternChase tropes this series added to that concept.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Every [[TheDrifter Wandering Hero]] television show that followed -- such as ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' and ''Series/ThePretender'' -- copies from ''The Fugitive'' by relying on the WronglyAccused and SternChase tropes this series added to that concept.
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* FoeYay: Subtle but there with Sam Gerard and Richard Kimble. Sam refuses to believe in Richard's guilt, Richard calls Sam's office despite having no reason to trust him, Sam's blatantly lying when he says he doesn't care, and Richard lampshades it at the end of the film. There's a reason these two won "Best Onscreen Duo" at the MTV Movie Awards despite their adversarial relationship.
** The novelization takes it even further, explicitly stating that Kimble calls Gerard because despite everything, he's come to respect him and realize that he needs them on his side. Gerard himself begins to feel sincere concern for Kimble's wellbeing, even as he still thinks he's guilty, which kicks into high gear upon realizing that he's innocent. By the end, the two of them share a MeaningfulLook after Kimble becomes so overwhelmed with gratitude that Gerard is now his ally that he can't even speak.
** The novelization takes it even further, explicitly stating that Kimble calls Gerard because despite everything, he's come to respect him and realize that he needs them on his side. Gerard himself begins to feel sincere concern for Kimble's wellbeing, even as he still thinks he's guilty, which kicks into high gear upon realizing that he's innocent. By the end, the two of them share a MeaningfulLook after Kimble becomes so overwhelmed with gratitude that Gerard is now his ally that he can't even speak.
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* OutOfTheGhetto: On paper, ''The Fugitive'' is a rather straightforward action thriller, making no overt attempts at being OscarBait or anything more than a popcorn-chewing suspense ride to close the summer. But because it was so well-acted and developed, critics almost unanimously praised its craftmanship, with several notables like Creator/RogerEbert unequivocally deeming it one of the best films of the year. On top of being an expected box office smash, the film wound up with ''seven'' nominations at the Academy Awards, and netting Tommy Lee Jones a statuette for Best Supporting Actor, accolades rarely doled out for action movies.
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** Kimble disguising himself as a hospital janitor is amusing given that Neil Flynn (the Janitor from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'') has a small role in the film. That show actually does a CallBack to this scene by having the Janitor pretending to be an actor and playing that scene to JD as proof.
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* NightmareFuel: During the train crash scene, the way the train cars decouple and smash into the ground make it seem as though the train is ''actively trying to kill'' Kimble as he scrambles to safety.
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** Helen's murder. Imagine that you're supposedly safe in the comfort of your home, preparing for a romantic evening, only to be suddenly and brutally attacked by an intruder, with all your efforts to fight back in vain.
** During the train crash scene, the way the train cars decouple and smash into the ground make it seem as though the train is ''actively trying to kill'' Kimble as he scrambles tosafety.safety.
** The whole scenario. A loved one is murdered and you're wrongly convicted and sentenced to death--it is estimated that 1 out of 9 death row inmates are innocent.
** Helen's murder. Imagine that you're supposedly safe in the comfort of your home, preparing for a romantic evening, only to be suddenly and brutally attacked by an intruder, with all your efforts to fight back in vain.
** During the train crash scene, the way the train cars decouple and smash into the ground make it seem as though the train is ''actively trying to kill'' Kimble as he scrambles to
** The whole scenario. A loved one is murdered and you're wrongly convicted and sentenced to death--it is estimated that 1 out of 9 death row inmates are innocent.
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** Chicago Police Department convicting an innocent man? [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/07/jacques-rivera-man-who-sp_n_1578973.html?ref=chicago&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl3%7Csec3_lnk1%26pLid%3D168078 Like that'd happen in real life.]]
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** Chicago Police Department convicting an innocent man? [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/07/jacques-rivera-man-who-sp_n_1578973.html?ref=chicago&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl3%7Csec3_lnk1%26pLid%3D168078 Like that'd happen in real life.]] Got even worse in the late 2010s as several scandals erupted involving the CPD, including the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Laquan_McDonald murder of Laquan Macdonald]] and the revelation that [[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/10000-files-on-chicago-police-torture-decades-now-online/504233/ the Chicago police had been systematically torturing black suspects for decades.]]
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** Three actors who appeared in this film would go on to appear in media adaptations of ComicBook/{{Batman}} (Creator/TommyLeeJones, who plays Gerard, would a couple years later play ComicBook/TwoFace in ''Film/BatmanForever''; Sela Ward, who plays the ill-fated role of Kibble's murdered wife would voice Calendar Girl in ''WesternAnimation/TheNewBatmanAdventures'' and finally Ron Dean, who plays the shortsighted Chicago police detective who arrested Kimble would play another police detective in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', which like ''Batman Forever'' also features the supervillain Two-Face).
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** Three actors who appeared in this film would go on to appear in media adaptations of ComicBook/{{Batman}} (Creator/TommyLeeJones, who plays Gerard, would a couple years later play ComicBook/TwoFace in ''Film/BatmanForever''; Sela Ward, who plays the ill-fated role of Kibble's Kimble's murdered wife would voice Calendar Girl in ''WesternAnimation/TheNewBatmanAdventures'' and finally Ron Dean, who plays the shortsighted Chicago police detective who arrested Kimble would play another police detective in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', which like ''Batman Forever'' also features the supervillain Two-Face).
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Was the Chicago Police Department [[PoliceAreUseless so stuck in the dark about who actually murdered Kimble's wife]], or [[DirtyCop did they frame Kimble to protect Sykes (Sykes being a former CPD cop)]]?
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