The Fugitive (1963)

Episode Overview

In "Set Fire to a Straw Man," Kimble finds himself entangled with Stella Savano, the sister of mobster George Savano, who owns the trucking firm employing him. Stella, who struggles with her mental health, develops an unhealthy obsession with Johnny, the eight-year-old adoptive son of Kimble's colleague, Jesse Stangel. As Kimble uncovers the truth that Stella is, in fact, Johnny's biological mother, her unstable state leads her to mistakenly believe that Kimble is Johnny's father, complicating their lives further in a precarious situation.