The Fugitive
The Sharp Edge of Chivalry
TV Flash files “The Sharp Edge of Chivalry” as hour 94 of 120 in the TV Flash guide — The Fugitive (1963–1967) on ABC, season 4, episode 4, aired 1966-10-04, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E04: listed hour 94 of 120 in the The Fugitive guide, hour 4 of 30 in season 4. It aired 1966-10-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Clean and Quiet Town” (S04E03). Next is “Ten Thousand Pieces of Silver” (S04E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Employed as a building super, Dr. Kimble befriends a troubled youth in the building who steals a key from him to attack a woman in her apartment.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Sharp Edge of Chivalry sit in the The Fugitive guide?
S04E04 is listed hour 94 of 120 — hour 4 of 30 in season 4, season 4 episode 4.
When did The Fugitive S04E04 air?
The Sharp Edge of Chivalry aired 1966-10-04 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I have to watch all four seasons of The Fugitive?
No. The grammar is weekly: Kimble arrives, almost stays, runs. Sample strong hours, then watch the two-part finale if you want the civic ending the culture still cites.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch the long chase as form: Janssen's quiet, Morse's pressure, and a four-season manhunt that taught America to wait for a verdict. The finale is not a twist night so much as a civic appointment the later event-TV industry still tries to buy.
The running still matters more than the one-armed man as trivia. The Fugitive, 1963 on ABC, is a novel of pursuit told in weekly towns: Dr. Richard Kimble, convicted of a murder he did not commit, moving through other people's lives while Lt. Gerard moves through his. David Janssen plays exhaustion as craft — a face that does not beg the camera. Barry Morse plays Gerard as vocation, not cartoon. Bill Raisch's one-armed man is the rumor that structures four years. Serialized television did not invent the long game…
Filed against
- David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble
David Janssen ran for his life as Dr. Richard Kimble on The Fugitive — serialized manhunt TV that climaxed in a 1967 finale America treated like a holiday. Exhausted intensity made the one-armed-man myth feel real. On TV Flash he’s early…
- Barry Morse as Lt. Philip Gerard
Barry Morse hunted Richard Kimble as Lt. Philip Gerard on The Fugitive — relentless duty in serialized manhunt TV that climaxed like a national holiday. He made the law feel personal. TV Flash files him as the other half of early…
- Bill Raisch as The One-Armed Man
Bill Raisch was The Fugitive’s One-Armed Man — the myth that powered serialized manhunt TV and a finale that stopped America. Sparse appearances, permanent lore. TV Flash files him as the original appointment-drama MacGuffin with a body,…