The Fugitive (TV series) shows him. Gerard, on the other hand, was portrayed externally as a man like Javert, but internally as more of a thinking man who could balance justice and duty. According to some of those who worked on the show, these parallels were not coincidental. Stanford Whitmore, who wrote the pilot episode "Fear in a Desert City", says that he deliberately gave Kimble's nemesis a similar-sounding name to see if anyone would recognize the similarity between "Gerard" and "Javert". One who recognized the similarity was Morse; he pointed out the connection to Quinn Martin, who admitted that "The Fugitive" was a
Bill Lawrence (TV producer) Bill Lawrence (TV producer) William Van Duzer Lawrence IV (born December 26, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He is best known as the creator of the series "Scrubs", co-creator of "Cougar Town" and co-creator of "Spin City". He was also co-creator of the short-lived animated series "Clone High", in which he voiced the leader of the shadowy figures, and is the co-creator of "Ground Floor", which ran on TBS. He has written for many other shows including "Friends", "The Nanny", and "Boy Meets World". The name of Lawrence's production company, Doozer, is wordplay on his middle name.