- Narrator: [Epilog Closing Narration. Viewers see Philip Gerard lying on the beach, beside the Pacific Ocean. Richard Kimble has saved Gerard from drowning, and now Kimble is leaving] The road north or the road east? For the moment, to Richard Kimble, it makes no difference. The road ends nowhere.
- Narrator: [Act I Opening Narration. Viewers see Richard Kimble meeting Karen Christian] A man cannot run forever. Two hours up the coast from Los Angeles, Richard Kimble has found a place he thinks is safe. Here, in the early mission town of Santa Barbara, wearing the name Jeff Cooper, he has begun to put down roots. A man on the run must sooner or later become tied to a town, the look on the face of a girl, the touch of her eyes. But there may always be the doubt. What has he left behind: a footprint, a careless word, a remembered image in the eye of a stranger, a match. What can they track him with? If he's tired enough of running, he will put the doubt aside.
- Dr. Richard Kimble: This time of year, there's always the late afternoon fog, isn't there?
- [Karen nods yes]
- Dr. Richard Kimble: The channel current never changes, does it?
- Karen Christian: Not at this time of year.
- Dr. Richard Kimble: Wind's always down coast from the northwest.
- Dr. Richard Kimble: Are you sorry you came?
- Karen Christian: Oh no Jeff. I'm the happiest girl in the world. Cause you're free.
- Dr. Richard Kimble: If she stays with you, if I stop somewhere and phone for help, what happens to her? Is she an accessory after the fact? Or is she just a girl that picked the wrong crewman for a boat race?