The Best Episodes of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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   #1 - Revenge

   S1:E19/29/1985

   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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   Directors:Don Medford, R.E. Young

   Writers:Tom Cannan, David Stenn, Charles Grant Craig, Randall Hood
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   #2 - Night Fever

   S1:E211/3/1985

   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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   Director:Jeff Kanew

   Writers:Jeff Kanew, Clark Howard, Stephen Kronish
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   #3 - Wake Me When I'm Dead

   S1:E310/20/1985

   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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   Director:Frank Pierson

   Writers:Buck Henry, Lawrence Treat, Irving Elman
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   #4 - Breakdown

   S1:E812/1/1985

   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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   Director:Richard Pearce

   Writers:Alfonse Ruggiero, Louis Pollock
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   #5 - Final Escape

   S1:E410/27/1985

   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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   Director:Thomas Carter

   Writers:Tom Cannan, Charles Grant Craig, Randall Hood
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   #6 - Method Actor

   S1:E611/10/1985

   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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   Directors:Burt Reynolds, Max Franklin

   Writers:Bill Kerby, Max Franklin
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   #7 - Murder in Mind

   S4:E81/28/1989

   A writer of mystery stories imagines there are devious things going on at her new neighbor's house.

   Director:Allan King

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Allan King

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   #8 - The Human Interest Story

   S1:E711/17/1985

   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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   Directors:Fredric Brown, Larry Gross

   Writer:Karen Harris
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   #9 - The Night Caller

   S1:E511/5/1985

   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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   Directors:John Byrum, Gabrielle Upton

   Writers:John Byrum, Gabrielle Upton
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    #10 - Prisoners

    S1:E912/8/1985

    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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    Director:Christopher Crowe

    Writer:John Byrum
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    #11 - Gigolo

    S1:E1012/15/1985

    A gold digging groom makes short work of his middle-aged wife, but his attempts to round up her jewels are met with opposition from her "children" - an army of cats.

    Directors:Thomas Carter, Arthur Williams

    Writers:Steve De Jarnatt, Arthur Williams

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    Directors:Thomas Carter, Arthur Williams

    Writers:Steve De Jarnatt, Arthur Williams
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    #12 - The Gloating Place

    S1:E111/5/1986

    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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    Directors:Christopher Leitch, Robert Bloch

    Writers:Jim Beaver, David Stenn, Robert Bloch
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    #13 - The Right Kind of Medicine

    S1:E121/12/1986

    A bank robber is wounded in a shoot-out, then forced to endure an excruciating wait for a painkiller at the pharmacy.

    Directors:Jerrold Freedman, Henry Slesar, Michael Braverman

    Writers:Michael Braverman, Jerrold Freedman

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    Directors:Jerrold Freedman, Henry Slesar, Michael Braverman

    Writers:Michael Braverman, Jerrold Freedman
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    #14 - Beast In View

    S1:E131/19/1986

    A psychiatrist is terrorized by menacing phone calls and the killing of her dog following her marriage to one of her patients.

    Directors:Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Margaret Millar

    Writers:Robert Glass, Margaret Millar

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    Directors:Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Margaret Millar

    Writers:Robert Glass, Margaret Millar
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    #15 - A Very Happy Ending

    S1:E142/16/1986

    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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    Director:Thomas Rickman

    Writer:Thomas Rickman
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    #16 - The Canary Sedan

    S1:E153/1/1986

    A woman goes to Hong Kong to be with her husband.

    Directors:Joan Tewkesbury, Ann Bridge

    Writers:Joan Tewkesbury, Ann Bridge

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    Directors:Joan Tewkesbury, Ann Bridge

    Writers:Joan Tewkesbury, Ann Bridge
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    #17 - Enough Rope For Two

    S1:E163/9/1986

    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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    Directors:David Chase, Clark Howard

    Writers:David Chase, Clark Howard
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    #18 - The Creeper

    S1:E173/16/1986

    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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    Directors:Christopher Crowe, Joseph Ruscoll

    Writers:Steve Bello, James P. Cavanagh, Joseph Ruscoll, Stephen Kronish
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    #19 - Happy Birthday

    S1:E183/23/1986

    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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    Director:Randy Roberts

    Writer:Frisco Miller
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    #20 - The Jar

    S1:E194/6/1986

    An artist's years of failure are behind after he finds a jar which holds mysterious contents and entrances to those who view it.

    Director:Tim Burton

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Tim Burton

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    #21 - Deadly Honeymoon

    S1:E204/13/1986

    Following a whirlwind courtship, a new bride fears her luck's run out when she learns that her doctor husband has heavy gambling debts and two deceased formor wives who were heavily insured.

    Directors:Don Medford, Henry Slesar

    Writers:Henry Slesar, Stephen Kronish

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    Directors:Don Medford, Henry Slesar

    Writers:Henry Slesar, Stephen Kronish