6.3/10989 votes#1 - Wet Saturday
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1956
After his daughter kills a man, Mr. Princey devises a plan to save his family name.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: N/A
6.5/10785 votes#2 - Fog Closing In
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1956
A woman begs her husband not to go away on a business trip. But he refuses, deserting her just as an escaped lunatic finds their neighborhood.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
7.3/10802 votes#3 - De Mortuis
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1956
Aware that their friend's wife is cheating, Wally and Bud draw the same conclusion when they find him digging up his basement and his wife's missing.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: Francis M. Cockrell
6.4/10738 votes#4 - Kill with Kindness
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1956
Hoping to profit from insurance fraud, a man torches his house. But the plan could backfire unless he enters the burning home to retrieve his ring.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
7.0/10749 votes#5 - None Are So Blind
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1956
A man conceives the perfect plan to murder his rich aunt. Confidently, he cooperates with the police, only to discover one fatal flaw in the elaborate scheme.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
6.7/10747 votes#6 - Toby
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1956
Albert Birch's childhood sweetheart Edwina Freel gets in touch with him and, surprisingly, agrees to marry him. She arrives with her sickly baby named Toby, but things are not as they seem.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
7.0/10695 votes#7 - Alibi Me
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1956
When a gangster is killed, his rival realizes the cops will come after him. His alibi unravels with the arrival of a mysterious package.
Director: Jules Munshin
Writer: Bernard C. Schoenfeld
7.5/10777 votes#8 - Conversation Over a Corpse
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1956
Mr. Brenner threatens to take sisters Cissie and Joanna to court unless they sell him their home. But the sisters will stop at nothing to stay put.
Director: Jules Munshin
Writer: N/A
7.3/10780 votes#9 - Crack of Doom
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1956
Mason Bridges plays poker with one of his company's wealthy clients. He gambles everything he has and everything his company owns on one single game.
Director: James Neilson
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
7.0/10744 votes#10 - Jonathan
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1956
When his father dies a teenager suspects his stepmother, whom he's resented since the day she married his father.
Director: John Meredyth Lucas
Writer: Stirling Silliphant, Bernard C. Schoenfeld
7.1/10714 votes#11 - The Better Bargain
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1956
Furious at his cheating wife, a mobster hires a hit man to kill her. But the plan turns complicated when he overlooks some loose ends.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
6.7/10681 votes#12 - The Rose Garden
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1956
A man thinks that a manuscript's murder mystery is more fact than fiction, so he visits the author's home to see what lies buried in the garden.
Director: Francis M. Cockrell
Writer: N/A
6.7/10844 votes#13 - Mr. Blanchard's Secret
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/23/1956
A nosy housewife sets out to prove that the new neighbor has murdered his wife.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: N/A
6.6/10654 votes#14 - John Brown's Body
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/30/1956
A man's wife devises a greedy scheme to take over his failing business. But persuading him to come back isn't as easy as getting rid of him.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
7.3/10780 votes#15 - Crackpot
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1957
When a car breaks down, a newlywed couple is helped by Mr. Moon, who turns nasty when his suits get dirty.
Director: John Meredyth Lucas
Writer: N/A
6.6/10671 votes#16 - Nightmare in 4-D
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/13/1957
A man agrees to help his pretty neighbor, an actress, to hide her murdered husband. But his good deed backfires when he becomes a suspect.
Director: Jus Addiss
Writer: N/A
6.6/10650 votes#17 - My Brother Richard
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/20/1957
A district attorney faces a crisis in his campaign for governor when his mentally unstable brother decides to eliminate the competition.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
7.6/10782 votes#18 - The Manacled
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/27/1957
A crafty, resourceful criminal being transported via train tries to bribe his escorting police sergeant for his freedom.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
7.3/10666 votes#19 - A Bottle of Wine
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/3/1957
A wealthy older man confronts the young, handsome suitor (Horton) that his wife is leaving him for.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
7.4/10711 votes#20 - Malice Domestic
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1957
A man begins to suspect that his wife is trying to poison him.
Director: John Meredyth Lucas
Writer: N/A
6.8/10663 votes#21 - Number Twenty-Two
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/17/1957
A young ruffian involved in a failed stickup learns some hard facts of life during a police interrogation.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
7.4/10660 votes#22 - The End of Indian Summer
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/24/1957
An insurance investigator is compelled to re-examine an old claim when troubling new facts come to light.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
7.4/10703 votes#23 - One for the Road
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1957
When the wife of a two-timing husband starts to connect the dots, the consequences could prove deadly.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
7.3/10652 votes#24 - The Cream of the Jest
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/10/1957
An alcoholic has-been actor tries to blackmail a producer into casting him in a new play.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
7.2/10633 votes#25 - I Killed the Count (1)
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/17/1957
Count Mattoni is brutally murdered and Scotland Yard Inspector Davidson must wade the through a myraid of suspects.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2
Every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2!
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Wet Saturday" is the best rated episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" season 2. It scored 6.3/10 based on 989 votes. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by N/A, it aired on 9/30/1956. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Fog Closing In".