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The Best Episodes of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Every episode of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents!

The Best Episodes of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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...

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  1. Background image for Final Escape
    8.1/10(309 votes)

    #1 - Final Escape

    S1:E4

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

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  2. Background image for The Hunted (1)
    7.4/10(106 votes)

    #2 - The Hunted (1)

    S3:E20

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

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  3. Background image for The Hunted (2)
    7.4/10(101 votes)

    #3 - The Hunted (2)

    S3:E21

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

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  4. Background image for Man on the Edge
    7.3/10(123 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.

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  5. Background image for Night Fever
    7.2/10(185 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.

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  6. Background image for Breakdown
    7.1/10(163 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.

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  8. Background image for Method Actor
    7.0/10(153 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.

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  9. Background image for The Specialty of the House
    6.9/10(118 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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  10. Background image for Prisoners
    6.8/10(132 votes)

    #9 - 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".

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  11. Background image for A Very Happy Ending
    6.8/10(142 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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  12. Background image for Enough Rope For Two
    6.8/10(125 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. Background image for Revenge
    6.7/10(155 votes)

    #12 - Revenge

    S1:E1

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

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  14. Background image for Four O'Clock
    6.7/10(128 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. Background image for The Mole
    6.7/10(116 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  16. Background image for Survival of the Fittest
    6.7/10(93 votes)

    #15 - Survival of the Fittest

    S4:E4

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

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    Director:Allan King
  17. Background image for For Art's Sake
    6.7/10(85 votes)

    #16 - For Art's Sake

    S4:E7

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

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    Director:Bill Corcoran
  18. Background image for Wake Me When I'm Dead
    6.6/10(132 votes)

    #17 - Wake Me When I'm Dead

    S1:E3

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

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  19. Background image for Happy Birthday
    6.6/10(124 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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  20. Background image for Kadinsky's Vault
    6.6/10(93 votes)

    #19 - Kadinsky's Vault

    S3:E16

    A man refuses to sell his old bookstore.

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  21. Background image for There Was a Little Girl...
    6.6/10(135 votes)

    #20 - There Was a Little Girl...

    S3:E17

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

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  22. Background image for The Night Caller
    6.5/10(146 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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  23. Background image for The Human Interest Story
    6.5/10(133 votes)

    #22 - 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.

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  24. Background image for The Gloating Place
    6.5/10(124 votes)

    #23 - The Gloating Place

    S1:E11

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

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  25. Background image for The Creeper
    6.5/10(126 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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  26. Background image for Deathmate
    6.5/10(107 votes)

    #25 - Deathmate

    S2:E13

    An older woman attemps to convince her young lover that the only way they can continue their affair is for him to end her husband's life.

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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 309 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)".