The Abomination!

"The Abomination!" is the sixth episode of the Disney+ animated series The Incredible Hulk. The episode was directed by Stephen Sandoval and written by Molly Ostertag & John Bailey Owen.

Synopsis
Betty must intervene when she learns her father plans to fight fire with fire.

Plot
In a flashback 3 years before, in a Nevada desert, Bruce Banner and Betty Ross are planning to test a Gamma Bomb for the military. Before the test began, Betty is teased about her relationship with Banner, whom she notes is quite hard to have a relationship with and describes him as "shy and reserved" ever since childhood. As the test begins, Banner notices a friend of his, Rick Jones, riding a bike near the area and runs to save him. Betty tries to stop the test, but the procedure has already began. While Banner manages to put Rick on safe ground, he himself is exposed to the Gamma Radiation. Much to everyone's horror, he transforms into the Incredible Hulk.

In the present, Betty reminsces on that fateful day while thinking about Bruce and the Hulk. As she reflects on her past love for Bruce and her father's behavior, she overhears her father having a phone call. Lt. Emil Blonsky was found alive after the fight at Missouri, alongside some of Banner's blood. Inspired by the research they confiscated from the Leader, Ross orders Blonsky to be injected with his blood. Betty confronts him over this, realizing he plans to create a second Hulk, and debates whether is the right thing to have Blonsky be transformed.

Main cast

 * Josh Keaton as Bruce Banner
 * Fred Tatasciore as Hulk
 * Sarah-Nicole Robles as Betty Ross
 * Chris Pratt as Rick Jones
 * Sam Elliot as General Ross

Guest cast

 * Steven Blum as Emil Blonsky / The Abomination
 * Al Ewing as Clay Quatermaine

Trivia

 * The idea of Rick entering the Gamma test site in a motorbike is taken straight from the 1996 series.