The Fugitive Season 1 quotes

For some, the future is a limitless vista. Bright and shining, full of hope. For Richard Kimble, the future, like the past, is a recurring nightmare in which hope is a cynic’s smile.

Richard Kimble, fugitive, like everyone else, has to stop long enough to work and eat and rest, even though every time he does any of these things, his own personal danger increases tenfold.

He stands convicted of a crime he did not commit. His full-time occupation is the search for the guilty man. There is no one who has a greater appreciation of freedom and the blessings of liberty than Richard Kimble, fugitive.

A temporary job in the peaceful meadows of the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. Calling himself Russell Jordan, Richard Kimble has had a rare chance to relax, catch his breath, at least for a few days.

Lt. Philip Gerard

(both hidden from sniper Arthur Brame with Kimble bearing Gerard's sidearm) You warn me of a killer yet you hold a gun at me. You have your own unique sense of justice.

Richard Kimble

We'll talk about justice later.

Lt. Philip Gerard

That wasn't my doing.

Richard Kimble

Well this killing isn't mine.

Lt. Philip Gerard

Should I tell you something, Kimble, I'd never believe it was. I think I know that much about you.

Arthur! No! Kimble's with him, he doesn't want him killed.

I can't help it if he's a fool!

I've got the car.

No. I've got this trap set and he can't get out. This will square the whole thing!

You're not doing this for him, you're doing this for you!

Lt. Philip Gerard

I wanted both of them. One was a killer. He'd killed before and if allowed to escape he'd have killed again. The other one, Kimble, he's done the one murder he'd probably ever do. And until I find him....and I will....he's no real menace to anyone, but himself.

(finally sinking in what Kimble really is compared to her late husband) Honest Sam.

No real menace to anyone but himself. That’s the way it must be for Richard Kimble. Still alone and hunted. Even the good he might do is unable to balance the scales of justice which have made him, and keep him, a fugitive.

For some, a highway is just a road to travel for business or pleasure. For Richard Kimble, it is sometimes the only means to freedom. But at the moment, just minutes ahead of the law, it can be a one-way street leading to sudden death.

For Richard Kimble, freedom is a precious gift. Sometimes found in the solitude of a trackless wilderness. Sometimes granted by strangers. But he knows that always it is a gift that may be taken back from him. Suddenly and forever.

A stranger in a small town, a hunt for safety: the fate of a fugitive on the move. But for Richard Kimble, they can be no safety--only danger.

For some people like Larry, there is justice tempered with mercy. A sentence of five years, suspended. For Richard Kimble, there is no understanding judge. He must find his own justice.

For men who go down to the sea in ships, time ashore is precious, measured in minutes. For this man, it is measured in apprehension and danger. His name is Richard Kimble. He is a fugitive.

Somewhere, back across the border, is the one-armed man. Until he is found, there can be no reprieve from fear. Richard Kimble remains what he is today, a fugitive.

Along an isolated stretch of farmland in Nebraska, a construction company builds the sleek asphalt ribbon of a new superhighway. Workers are need. Richard Kimble takes his place in line with other nameless faces, seeking a job that will give him a new beginning, a new identity. But a superhighway, even one that is yet unfinished, can prove a dangerous road--for a fugitive.

A fugitive ropes his way into a small corner of darkness, hoping for sanctuary from the relentless force that eternally pursues him. Now, thrust once again into the harsh, inquisitive light, Richard Kimble must run, searching for the elusive place where a new life can commence.