Scigany A Taste of Tomorrow (1963–1967) Online

Kimble comes across the hiding place of another fugitive, Joe Tucker (played by actor Fritz Weaver), who is haggard, wounded, and paranoid. Bitter about being wrongly convicted of embezzlement on perjured testimony, Tucker has been running for four years. At first highly suspicious of Kimble, his bad condition ultimately forces him to trust Kimble a little.

Kimble, with Tucker's consent, uses his pickup and goes to town for medical supplies, leading to his capture by police, who are looking for Tucker's pickup. The officer and Tucker's daughter tell him Tucker has been proved innocent, and they want him to come in and be cleared. Kimble insists he does not know Tucker, and thus cannot tell them where Tucker is. The officer admits he has tricked Tucker by lying to him before.

When Kimble gets back to Tucker and tells him what the police said, Tucker thinks Kimble is a dupe, or a paid agent of the police. The police, now aware of Kimble's identity, are after both of them. Kimble could run, but he is the only one who can stop Tucker's plan for revenge.

Kimble meets a kindred soul: another fugitive running from a false charge and searching for someone. This one is played by Fritz Weaver, who has been falsely convicted of embezzlement and who, in a near crazed state wants to kill the leading witness to avenge his false and damning testimony. He's suffering from a rare illness, which Kimble recognizes and goes to the nearest town to try to get medication for. He's captured by the police, not as Richard Kimble but as someone who knows where Weaver is. This is the town where he was convicted.

But Weaver's situation has changed: before he died the bank president confessed to embezzling the money. The witness has recanted his testimony. Weaver is a free man. His daughter, (Brenda Scott) convinces Kimble to contact him to tell him this. He's not likely to trust the police as they tricked him into surrendering when he was first arrested, (we aren't given the details). He'll just think it's another trick. Maybe Kimble can convince him that there's no reason to run or kill anyone. He insists on going to Weaver alone: if he saw police cars, he wouldn't believe it. So they let him go. But then the police find out who he really is and they go after Kimble.

It's another nice twist from the writers, with a good scene where Kimble tells Weaver what it's like to be wanted for murder, as opposed to a lesser crime.

Early in the episode, Richard Kimble happens upon the hiding place of another fugitive, Joe Tucker (Fritz Weaver). It seems that Joe was convicted of embezzlement and has spent the last four years on the run. However, Joe is very sick and needs Kimble's medical help. Now here are two dilemmas. First, Kimble might expose himself to capture if he stays and helps Joe. Second, if he DOES help Joe and Joe recovers, Joe plans on killing the man he's convinced set him up!! So, reluctantly, Kimble goes into town on his own to get medical supplies...and is promptly picked up by the police. But the police don't know he's Richard Kimble, the convicted murderer. And, Kimble soon learns that the reason the police are NOW looking for Joe is to let him know that the real embezzler has been discovered and he's no longer a wanted man. But fever and years of being on the run make Joe a hard man to convince....and he seems much more concerned with revenge than his own freedom.

This is a very interesting episode...made more so by having a distinguished actor like Weaver there to play against Kimble. Well done and well worth seeing.