The BEST episodes of The Incredible Hulk season 3

Every episode of The Incredible Hulk season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Incredible Hulk season 3!

David Banner is a research scientist trying to find a way to tap into the hidden strength that all humans possess. Then, one night in his labratory, an experiment went wrong, causing him to be overexposed to gamma radiation. Now, whenever angered or distressed, the mild-mannered scientist finds himself transforming into a powerful seven-foot green creature known as The Incredible Hulk. The Hulk is guided by David's personality, dealing with whatever distresses David. But unfortunately, David has no control over the creature's actions. Nor can he remember what he had done during his Hulkish states. He travels around the country in search of a cure, while taking various odd jobs under different aliases.

Last Updated: 9/9/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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Broken Image
star
7.50
12 votes

#1 - Broken Image

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/1980

Thanks to look-alike criminal, David becomes a victim of mistaken identity, and is pursued by the police and a vindictive gang. An attempt to leave town is hindered by Jack McGee, who is shocked to discover that David Banner might still be alive!

Directors: John McPherson
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The Snare
star
7.32
73 votes

#2 - The Snare

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1979

After being invited to a remote island, David becomes the quarry of a psychotic hunter.

Directors: Frank Orsatti
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My Favorite Magician
star
7.28
43 votes

#3 - My Favorite Magician

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1979

David works as the assistant of a magician, only to get mixed up in a situation involving the magician's estranged daughter and an ex-girlfriend with a questionable fiance.

Directors: Reza Badiyi
Writer: Sam Egan
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Homecoming
star
7.25
44 votes

#4 - Homecoming

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/1979

While visiting his sister and father for Thanksgiving, David must help salvage the family farm from a plague and a crooked developer; in addition, he tries to resolve the bitterness between himself and his father, whom he blamed for his mother's death many years before.

Directors: John McPherson
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Sideshow
star
7.22
41 votes

#5 - Sideshow

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/25/1980

David is hired as a stage manager at a carnival, and learns that the sideshow's mind-reader has been blamed for a series of misfortunes.

Directors: Nicholas Corea
Writer: Len Jenkin
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Babalao
star
7.17
40 votes

#6 - Babalao

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1979

In New Orleans, David works for a young physician who tries to convince everyone that a local witch doctor is a con artist.

Directors: Richard Milton
Writer: Craig Buck
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Captive Night
star
7.17
40 votes

#7 - Captive Night

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/1979

While working the night shift at a department store, David and his co-workers end up being held hostage by two brothers who want to rob the place.

Directors: Frank Orsatti
Writer: Sam Egan
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Equinox
star
7.15
40 votes

#8 - Equinox

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/21/1980

While working at a private island owned by a spoiled heiress, David is asked to join a masquerade party which Jack McGee attends uninvited. Meanwhile, someone is out to kill the heiress.

Directors: Patrick Boyrivan
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The Slam
star
7.14
42 votes

#9 - The Slam

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1979

David is arrested for vagrancy, and is sent to a prison camp run by a cruel warden. But when the appearance of Jack McGee prevents David from exposing the conditions of the camp to the press, his fellow inmates turn against him.

Directors: Nicholas Corea
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Nine Hours
star
7.13
38 votes

#10 - Nine Hours

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/4/1980

To save the lives of a reformed gangster and a kidnapped boy, David turns to an alcoholic ex-policeman for help.

Directors: Nicholas Corea
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Metamorphosis
star
7.11
74 votes

#11 - Metamorphosis

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1979

A rock star who sings for a Kiss-like group becomes suicidal after one of her fans is injured during a concert performance.

Writer: Craig Buck
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Brain Child
star
7.10
71 votes

#12 - Brain Child

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1979

A gifted teenager runs away from a scientific institute, and approaches David for help in locating her mother.

Directors: Reza Badiyi
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The Lottery
star
7.09
35 votes

#13 - The Lottery

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1980

When David is unable to collect the money he won in a lottery, he sends a friend to collect it for him. But unfortunately, without David's consent, the friend, who is a former con artist, decides to use the money in a scheme to hopefully earn a larger profit.

Directors: John McPherson
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Blind Rage
star
7.08
72 votes

#14 - Blind Rage

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1979

An accident at a chemical warfare research station causes blindness for both David and a friend.

Directors: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: Dan Ullman
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Behind the Wheel
star
7.07
41 votes

#15 - Behind the Wheel

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1979

David becomes a taxi driver for a cab company whose owner is on the verge of losing the business to a greedy loan shark.

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Falling Angels
star
7.03
37 votes

#16 - Falling Angels

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/8/1980

The orphanage that David is working at has become a crime school, where two orphaned girls are being trained into thievery.

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A Rock and a Hard Place
star
7.03
39 votes

#17 - A Rock and a Hard Place

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/29/1980

In Atlantic City, FBI agents catch David with contraband shipments belonging to a gang of thieves, and insist that he be an informant until the gang is apprehended. David has no choice but to cooperate with both sides since both are aware of who he is; the FBI agents know that he is David Banner, while the elderly woman, who is one of the thieves, is aware that he becomes the Hulk.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
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The Psychic
star
6.96
70 votes

#18 - The Psychic

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/22/1980

A woman with psychic powers identifies David as the Hulk's alter-ego. While the Hulk is a suspect in the slaying of a teenager, the woman predicts that Jack McGee will be murdered by the real killer unless our hero intervenes.

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Proof Positive
star
6.94
69 votes

#19 - Proof Positive

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/11/1980

A new publisher takes over the National Register, and decides to rid the newspaper of any questionable stories. This new policy affects Jack McGee's search for the Hulk, so McGee is put under pressure to prove that the Hulk is real.

Directors: Dick Harwood
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Jake
star
6.93
43 votes

#20 - Jake

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1979

As a medic for a rodeo, David discovers that an aging cowboy has a serious health condition that could prove fatal; meanwhile, the cowboy's younger brother is mixed up with a gang of cattle thieves.

Directors: Frank Orsatti
Writer: Chuck Bowman
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Deathmask
star
6.90
40 votes

#21 - Deathmask

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1980

A serial killer is stalking the college where David is working; then a misunderstanding leads to David's arrest. And while he figures out the real identity of the killer, the townspeople form a lynch mob.

Directors: John McPherson
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Long Run Home
star
6.89
37 votes

#22 - Long Run Home

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/1/1980

David is befriended by a motorcyclist, who inadvertently gets him mixed up in a gang-related conflict.

Directors: Frank Orsatti
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On the Line
star
6.71
7 votes

#23 - On the Line

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/11/1980

David becomes an arson suspect, and is drafted to help extinguish a forest fire.

Directors: L.Q. Jones
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