 When Fred Johnson is arrested in LA for smashing up a bar, the news is flashed nationwide, and Richard Kimble learns of Johnson s arrest at a trucking firm in Tuscon. However, waiting in the wings is Lieutenant Gerard, but unknown to Gerard, also working at LAPD headquarters is court stenographer Jean Carlisle, who is close to the Kimbles because Richard and Helen helped her cope with her father s arrest for embezzlement. Upon learning of Gerard s presence, Jean calls Donna Kimble-Taft and learns that Richard is in LA. After she helps him escape a police dragnet she helps him tail Fred Johnson, who is unexpectedly bailed out of jail through seedy bondsman Art Howe. Howe and Johnson make a deal to blackmail his client out of $50,000, but after Johnson kills Howe, Richard and Jean find the source of Johnson s bail - a source that devastates Kimble to the point that, despite arranging to get to Stafford, IN with Jean, he is caught by Gerard and makes no effort to escape.