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The Best Episodes of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 4 - Final Escape
    8.1/10(326 votes)

    #1 - Final Escape

    S1:E4

    A woman serving a life sentence for murder hits upon an airtight escape plan.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writers:Tom Cannan, Charles Grant Craig, Randall Hood

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  2. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 20 - The Hunted (1)
    7.4/10(113 votes)

    #2 - The Hunted (1)

    S3:E20

    A real estate agent shows an office to a man who she assumes is a businessman.

    Director:Timothy Bond
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  3. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 21 - The Hunted (2)
    7.4/10(108 votes)

    #3 - The Hunted (2)

    S3:E21

    It turns out that the "businessman" has another use in mind for the room.

    Director:Timothy Bond
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  4. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 3 - Man on the Edge
    7.3/10(134 votes)

    #4 - Man on the Edge

    S2:E3

    A troubled young man threatens to jump from the 28th floor of a hotel as police officers attempt to stop him.

    Directors:Robert Iscove, Donald Honig
    Writer:Jim Beaver

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  5. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 2 - Night Fever
    7.2/10(197 votes)

    #5 - Night Fever

    S1:E2

    A gun man injured from a robbery in which he killed a cop, tries to charm a nurse into helping him escape from hospital custody.

    Director:Jeff Kanew
    Writers:Jeff Kanew, Clark Howard, Stephen Kronish

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  6. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 8 - Breakdown
    7.1/10(178 votes)

    #6 - Breakdown

    S1:E8

    After closing a major drug deal, a ruthless businessman is paralyzed in an auto accident, and presumed dead by all who see him- including the coroner.

    Director:Richard Pearce
    Writers:Alfonse Ruggiero, Louis Pollock

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  7. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 6 - Method Actor
    7.0/10(163 votes)

    #7 - Method Actor

    S1:E6

    Paul Dano is a film star and has been nominated many times, but never won the big one. When a role comes along that spells Oscar, he loses out to Lone Richards, a young hunk Dano calls ""a face for a nine inch TV screen."" Richards naively seeks Dano's advice on how to play the part. Bad move. Dano gives Richards bad advice on purpose and Richards loses the part and Dano gets it. Richards becomes enraged by this and wants revenge.

    Directors:Burt Reynolds, Max Franklin
    Writers:Bill Kerby, Max Franklin

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  8. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 16 - Enough Rope For Two
    6.8/10(135 votes)

    #8 - Enough Rope For Two

    S1:E16

    A camping trip for two becomes a flight from murder full of twists and double-crosses when a Harvard-bound law student goes against his better judgement and lets his girl friend bring her "cousin" along.

    Directors:David Chase, Clark Howard
    Writers:David Chase, Clark Howard

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  9. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 21 - Four O'Clock
    6.8/10(135 votes)

    #9 - Four O'Clock

    S1:E21

    Time is running out for a judge who's surprised, bound and gagged by burglars in his house after rigging a bomb to eliminate his wife and her suspected lover.

    Directors:Cornell Woolrich, Andrew Mirisch
    Writers:Cornell Woolrich, Steve Bello

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  10. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 9 - The Specialty of the House
    6.8/10(125 votes)

    #10 - The Specialty of the House

    S2:E9

    An arrogant, yet influential, food critic attempts to persuade a reluctant restaurant proprietor to reveal a treasured recipe.

    Directors:Allan King, Stanley Ellin
    Writers:Stanley Ellin, Jonathan Glassner

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  11. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 17 - There Was a Little Girl...
    6.8/10(141 votes)

    #11 - There Was a Little Girl...

    S3:E17

    Parents decide that it is time that their spoiled daughter moves out of their house.

    Director:Atom Egoyan
    Writer:Charles Grant Craig

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  12. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 1 - Revenge
    6.7/10(166 votes)

    #12 - Revenge

    S1:E1

    A professor spurns the legal system to seek revenge on the man who raped his wife.

    Directors:Don Medford, R.E. Young
    Writers:Tom Cannan, David Stenn, Charles Grant Craig, Randall Hood

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  13. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 9 - Prisoners
    6.7/10(138 votes)

    #13 - Prisoners

    S1:E9

    Ironically, it's an escaped convict who brings a sense of liberation to a housewife: she insists on going with him as his "hostage".

    Director:Christopher Crowe
    Writer:John Byrum

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  14. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 14 - A Very Happy Ending
    6.7/10(149 votes)

    #14 - A Very Happy Ending

    S1:E14

    A poor little rich boy who's deaf witnesses a murder, then blackmails the hit man into doing a job for him.

    Director:Thomas Rickman
    Writer:Thomas Rickman

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  15. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 5 - The Mole
    6.7/10(122 votes)

    #15 - The Mole

    S2:E5

    A psychiatrist tries to convince the police that a man recently released from a mental hospital after 15 years, is still dangerous and capable of murder.

    Director:Richard Bugajski
    Writer:Rick Berger

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  16. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 4 Episode 4 - Survival of the Fittest
    6.7/10(98 votes)

    #16 - Survival of the Fittest

    S4:E4

    A writer finds something unexpected when he returns home to his estate.

    Director:Allan King
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  17. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 4 Episode 7 - For Art's Sake
    6.7/10(91 votes)

    #17 - For Art's Sake

    S4:E7

    An established artist taking credit for his wife's work pays for his deceit.

    Director:Bill Corcoran
    Writer:Linda Chase

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  18. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 3 - Wake Me When I'm Dead
    6.6/10(139 votes)

    #18 - Wake Me When I'm Dead

    S1:E3

    Trial of a woman who killed her husband while hypnotically transported to a past life.

    Director:Frank Pierson
    Writers:Buck Henry, Lawrence Treat, Irving Elman

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  19. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 18 - Happy Birthday
    6.6/10(133 votes)

    #19 - Happy Birthday

    S1:E18

    The arrest of a newspaper reporter on his birthday for a murder supposedly committed 22 years ago comes as a complete surprise to the accused.

    Director:Randy Roberts
    Writer:Frisco Miller

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  20. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 2 - Animal Lovers
    6.6/10(108 votes)

    #20 - Animal Lovers

    S3:E2

    A young woman discovers the illegal activities of a veterinarian.

    Director:Sturla Gunnarsson
    Writer:Robert DeLaurentis

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  21. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 16 - Kadinsky's Vault
    6.6/10(99 votes)

    #21 - Kadinsky's Vault

    S3:E16

    A man refuses to sell his old bookstore.

    Director:René Bonnière
    Writer:Steven Hollander

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  22. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 5 - The Night Caller
    6.5/10(153 votes)

    #22 - The Night Caller

    S1:E5

    A divorce is driven to drastic retaliatory measures after being the victim of a series of phone calls and constant survillance from a near by appartant.

    Directors:John Byrum, Gabrielle Upton
    Writers:John Byrum, Gabrielle Upton

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  23. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 7 - The Human Interest Story
    6.5/10(139 votes)

    #23 - The Human Interest Story

    S1:E7

    A TV reporter looks for the human interest story behind the short-lived takeover of the station's airwaves by a former technician who claims to be an alien with an urgent warning to Earthlings.

    Directors:Fredric Brown, Larry Gross
    Writer:Karen Harris

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  24. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 11 - The Gloating Place
    6.5/10(132 votes)

    #24 - The Gloating Place

    S1:E11

    A withdrawn teenager is fascinated with the instant celebrity of a murdered classmate and fakes an assault on herself.

    Directors:Christopher Leitch, Robert Bloch
    Writers:Jim Beaver, David Stenn, Robert Bloch

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  25. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 17 - The Creeper
    6.5/10(137 votes)

    #25 - The Creeper

    S1:E17

    A fashion designer is terrified that she may be the next target of the creeper who may have the keys to her appartment.

    Directors:Christopher Crowe, Joseph Ruscoll
    Writers:Steve Bello, James P. Cavanagh, Joseph Ruscoll, Stephen Kronish

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Best Episodes Summary

"Final Escape" is the best rated episode of "The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents". It scored 8.1/10 based on 326 votes. Directed by Thomas Carter and written by Tom Cannan, Charles Grant Craig, Randall Hood, it aired on 10/27/1985. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Hunted (1)".