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
John Tinker (TV producer) John Tinker (TV producer) John Tinker is an American television producer and writer. He is Co-Creator of the CBS drama "Judging Amy" and has been an Executive Producer and Writer on American television shows such as NBC's iconic ""St. Elsewhere"", the CBS drama "Chicago Hope", the ABC drama "The Practice", and the NBC drama "The Book of Daniel". Recently, he developed the television series ""Chesapeake Shores"" for the Hallmark Channel and was the Executive Producer and Co-Writer on the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, ""Love Locks"". Tinker won the 1986 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for