"The Hand of a Stranger"

- the complete plot -

A SCENE BY SCENE SUPER SUMMARY

by Mitch Nozka

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Savannah, Georgia. Richard Kimble is dropped off by a truck in front of a diner. We hear audio flashbacks of his wife, and visual flashbacks of Fred Johnson getting on a coach at the bus station in Miami. We then see Kimble asking a bus station attendant where bus #696, the one that Johnson took, was headed. (Savannah)

Kimble stops in the diner, drinking coffee, and hungry. He stares at an old man eating a sandwich. The man leaves, and Kimble goes to pick up the uneaten half of a sandwich. The waitress almost thinks he was going for the money the man left on the counter, but realizes her mistake. Kimble then eats the sandwich outside.

Kimble goes to a payphone, and calls his sister Maggie at her job at a school. He states his name as I.M. Superior to the secretary. Maggie and Richard speak about the one-armed man and that he needs money to keep tracking him. He wants her to wire him $200.

In Chicago, Gerard comes into work. Captain McLaren urges Gerard to let go of the Kimble case. Gerard doesn't want to.

In Savannah, Kimble is at a money-cashing shop. At the teller's window beside him, a man writes out a check, but the teller refuses because personal checks are not permitted. He tears the check and throws it out. Maggie sent $1000 to Kimble with a note saying she will be at a certain phone number at 6PM for five minutes every day. As he walks out, the man who had his check refused grabs Kimble's money and a chase ensues through the streets. Kimble is then hit by a car and knocked unconscious.

He wakes up lying on a stretcher, and paramedics are standing above him. They are asking for a full name, and said they heard him say "Richard."

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Kimble is adamant to get up and go, saying he is late and it is important. The police officer and medics (who say he has cuts and lacerations) make him go to the hospital. The officer asks Kimble his name, and he says that he lost his wallet and his name is Sam Richards.

At the hospital, the officer walks with Kimble outside, saying he should stay overnight because he has stitches and might have a concussion. The officer introduces himself as Ben Balkin. He then takes Kimble into the back seat of the cruiser to drive him where ever he needs to go. Meanwhile, the officer flips through mug-shots on his computer terminal inside the cruiser, and Kimble is getting apprehensive.

The officer hands Kimble a new I.D. card and lets him go on his way. Kimble goes to the dumpster behind the money-cashing shop to find the bag of garbage in which the thief ripped up a check. He finds it.

Kimble goes to the address and grabs Garrett when he opens the door, saying he needs the money and doesn't want to call the cops. Garrett says he spent it, and his wife, Bree, calls him from the other room. He explains she is sick, and she doesn't know that he stole Kimble's money and doesn't want him to tell her. He offers to reply him someway, and doesn't want Kimble to hurt her. Garrett goes to talk to her, while Kimble sees her shaking to get up, and pill bottles in the kitchen. Kimble knows she has Parkinson's Disease, and Garrett asks him how he knows that, and if he was in the pharmaceutical business. Kimble agrees with the statement.

Garrett is working, but his job is not giving him enough money, and he has no insurance. He says he's never stolen anything before, and offers Kimble a cot to sleep on, food, and a cell phone from a previous job which will work until the end of the month.

The medication isn't helping Bree as much anymore.

In Chicago, Gerard shows Captain McLaren info he found on Maggie, in that she wired $1000, after taking it out of her IRA, costing her $150. It is odd because she is living paycheck to paycheck, and gets little support from her ex-husband.

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Kimble calls Basquera at the Camelot Inn in Miami, Florida, and pretends he is with the Social Security Administration, and that they owe Fred Johnson monetary benefits for the loss of his arm. He tells Basquera to give Johnson the number 1-888-555-0100 (cell phone). Basquera then arrogantly inquires about himself getting benefits, and Kimble says to call back sometime later.

Bree is cooking while Garrett is at work. She collapses and Kimble catches her and sits her down. She tells Kimble that she and Garrett won a dance contest three years ago, and now she has to struggle just to walk. She then asks to be alone for a while. Kimble leaves, and she pours something into a pot of food.

Kimble goes to a payphone and calls Maggie. Gerard is watching Maggie, and is getting a location trace on Kimble. Kimble tells Maggie that she sent too much money. He doesn't want to call her anymore because it is too dangerous. They chat more, and Maggie says that their father is ailing.

Police then show up near Kimble. He flees, they pursue. He is shot at. Kimble goes to a crowded parking lot and hides in a dumpster. Cops are close. His cell phone rings, and he tries to muffle the ringing sound.

Kimble has an answering message posing at the Social Security Administration Disability Benefit Claims office. Johnson leaves a message wanting to know how they got his name. He starts to give a number for him to call back, but stops and says he will call back.

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Kimble's cell phone is on top of a platform, looking as if a worker left it there. Kimble is hidden under a truck. The police move on.

Kimble goes to a cell-phone store, tells the worker that his brother called and forgot to leave his number in the message. He wants the worker to find out where Johnson called from. Floyd, the worker, says he is not supposed to access the account, but will do it because Kimble says he'll upgrade to a new cell phone from him.

At the house, Bree is doing worse. Garrett has Kimble check on her. Kimble says that she is not going through pain from her Parkinson's Disease, but from something else. He notices her hair is falling out. Garrett says that the same thing happened a week ago.

Garrett pulls out a box of her medical records in hope that Kimble could help. Kimble agrees to fill out applications that Bree may be a candidate for experimental treatments.

At the Chicago Police Department, Gerard is questioning Maggie, while her lawyer is there. He asks about her talking to Richard and withdrawing money. Maggie "chews out" Gerard.

On the road home, Gerard has a flashback of the car accident in which his wife was killed. They went off the road and sunk into a lake, and Lenore drowned. At home, Gerard wants to "hook up" with his current wife, Sara, for a heart-to-heart.

At Garrett's place, Kimble notices rat poison on the floor. His cell phone rings. Floyd from the cell phone place calls, giving Kimble Johnson's number as 912-555-0180. Kimble then confronts Bree about finding the rat poison. She wanted to die because of what she is going through, without Garrett thinking it wasn't the Parkinson's Disease. He convinces her to hang on and keep trying. Kimble finished the application forms for treatment, and goes outside to drop them in the mail.

Kimble calls the number, it is the Magnolia Arms Hotel, but Fred Johnson isn't in at the moment. Kimble is right outside the hotel. He calls again, posing as Johnson to have housekeeping bring new towels to his room. He sneaks into the room while the door is open, and then the housekeeper leaves. He searches for the package Johnson picked up in Miami, and finds it in a pillowcase. The package is postmarked from Charleston, South Carolina. Johnson then shows up in the room, gun in hand, and calls 911, leaving it off the hook. Johnson isn't afraid of the police, because he isn't wanted.

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Kimble and Johnson fight, and then Kimble pins him down on the floor, choking him. Kimble then runs away with the package, and Johnson chases. Kimble runs to a bridge which is being raised for a boat to pass through. He runs up one side, does an incredible "Peter Pan" to the other side, dodging bullets from Johnson.

Kimble then relaxes in a wooded area, and inspects the package.

In Chicago, Gerard receives a package. Inside is Johnson's package, and a note: "This is the man who killed my wife."

Inside are false passports of Johnson's.

In Savannah, Garrett and Bree receive a letter which states Bree will undergo free treatment in Chicago.

Kimble is hitching a ride on the back of a truck, with one of Johnson's passports in hand.

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