The Magician — Season 1, Episode 4: Lightning on A Dry Day

Episode synopsis

When Tony makes his assistant vanish in a flash of fire during a charity performance at a mental hospital, one of the spectators (Star Wars' Mark Hamill) becomes hysterical. Tony learns that the boy was a witness to something horrible in a nearby small town. After traveling to the town, Tony discovers that the entire town is keeping a dark secret, and will do anything to keep it that way. Despite the aid of a sympathetic but intimidated town sheriff and his daughter, Tony finds that uncovering the secret the town is hiding is anything but easy.

About The Magician

The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the series pilot, the character was instead named Anthony Dorian. The name change was due to a conflict with the name of a real life stage magician.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Manhunters
• E2The Vanishing Lady
• E3Illusion in Terror
• E5Ovation for Murder
• E6Man on Fire
• E7Lady in A Trap
• E8The Man who Lost Himself
• E9Nightmare in Steel
• E10Shattered Image
• E11The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (1)
• E12The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (2)
• E13The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady