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Jane Washburn is a policewoman in plain clothes. Kimble is robbed of $100 by thugs, and a uniformed colleague assists him. Astutely, Jane becomes suspicious when Kimble doesn't want to report the crime to police, and states that only $10 was taken. She insists on driving him out of town, and unexpectedly cuffs him to herself. This comes as a shock to him and to viewers, since we haven't seen any policewomen so far in this series. Gutsy, she throws the key to the handcuffs into the river. She thinks this will force Kimble to wait for backup, never guesses that he will insist that she run with him into hiding.

There are two emotional stories here. One is that Kimble must act like a thug, forcing Jane to come with him, and clamping his hand over her mouth anytime someone approaches. Must he become a thug in order to maintain his flight?

The other line is that (unbeknownst to Kimble) Jane was kidnapped at 15. Kimble winds up looking a lot like a second kidnapper, and she is terrified. But we find out she was not then, nor is she now, helpless. This is a very unusual female character for this series, and Shirley Knight is quite good.

Kimble is beaten and robbed by teens. Jane Washburn, brilliantly played by actress Shirley Knight, sees it. She follows Kimble into a restaurant and offers aid. She is puzzled that he does not want to report the crime to the police. He accepts a ride with her.

Jane is small, feminine, reserved and soft-spoken. Kimble gets a big surprise when it turns out she is a policewoman and handcuffs herself to him, hoping to take him back to the station for questioning. Kimble is forced to make a desperate break through the countryside handcuffed to Jane. The police, equally desperate to find Jane, lean hard on the teens to get them to confess and identify the robbery victim so they will know who they are dealing with.

Shirley Knight has a dream role that must have been a nightmare to film. She pretends to help Kimble, who is running from an attempt to mug him, because he doesn't want to deal with the police. Suddenly, she handcuffs him to herself. She's a policewoman and wants to bring him in, realizing that he must be running from the law. But he's bigger and stronger and she suddenly becomes his prisoner. He has to roughly drag and throw her around to keep control of her. He searches for a place to destroy the handcuffs. Her problem isn't just physical: as a teenager, she was abducted and sexually abused, (which the script makes clear without precisely saying it). Her father rescued her and went to jail for killing her abductor but he's not the one who killed him. Now she's relieving that experience.

They finally wind up on a farm where the father, (Arch Johnson) is a blowhard and a bully who has been dominating his wife and son. They leave for his idea of a family outing: the boxing matches. Kimble thinks they be safe while he treats Knight's injured ankle and frees himself. Then he'll leave her to be discovered by the family. But the family comes back early at the insistence of the mother, who hates fighting. But she's about to see another one when her husband confronts Kimble.

starts with a mugging by four creeps female cop gives him ride-- cuffs him to her, tosses away key

Soon after the episode begins, a group of punks jump Richard Kimbell and steal his wallet. A cop sees this happening and gives chase...and Kimble tries to just walk away nonchalantly. Well, a woman (Shirley Knight) offers to give him a ride and soon she grabs his hand and handcuffs it to hers. She's an off-duty policewoman and knows something is amiss, as why should a victim leave like this instead of dealing with a cop? Well, Kimble is NOT thrilled and doesn't come along quietly. Instead, he takes her prisoner and forces her to go on the run with him...but when she hurts her ankle, this does mess up his plans.

This is a decent episode but the change of heart that occurs in the female cop seems odd...and a bit hard to understand. Worth seeing even with this minor problem.