Me-TV Airs Episode of "The Fugitive" with Brownsville Connection

David Janssen as The Fugitive in Ill Wind

It's not too far-fetched that a man running from the law in the 60's could find himself harvesting vegetables along with other migrants.  Ill Wind, an episode of the TV show The Fugitive that ran from 1962-67, is staged "20 miles from the Gulf of Mexico."  While this 1966 episode doesn't quite capture the local culture, it does coincide with an actual hurricane threat that year.

In 1966 Hurricane Inez took dead aim at the mouth of the Rio Grande, then, turning sharply south at the last instant, hit the Yucatan.  Any lingering belief that fortunetellers could actually predict the future was shattered by Madam Palm on Hwy 48 having all her windows boarded up for the storm that never hit.  The next year Hurricane Beulah did actually hit with considerable force.