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The Best Episodes of The Hitchhiker

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 3 - Split Decision
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Split Decision

    S1:E3

    John 'Jake' McElhaney will do anything to make a sale, absolutely anything. Faced with losing his job, he decides to make his next sale really count, and thinks he has it made when he signs on to work for the Packard twins, two women who have problems sharing and so split everything directly down the middle. Frances makes it clear straight away that she likes Jake, but Jake also plays up to Priscilla, hoping to not only sell the house for the two women but sell each of them homes as well. Unfortunately, the bond between the sisters is stronger than any bond they could form with him.

    Director:Ivan Nagy
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 22 - The Curse
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Curse

    S1:E22

    Jerry Maclachlan is the owner of a rundown apartment building who promises Serita, a tenant, that he will make repairs to the building. After he becomes involved with a strange woman Tanya, he discovers a snake tattoo on his body. Both Serita and Tanya tell him how to get rid of the snake. He realizes that the two women are the same person.

    Director:Phillip Noyce
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 6 - Face To Face
    5.5/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Face To Face

    S1:E6

    Dr. Christopher Hamilton, an ambitious and pompous plastic surgeon, meets his challenge in Nina Russell, a patient in the process of a gender change. He shows up to surgery the next day unprepared and he completely botches up the procedure.

    Director:David Wickes
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 1 - Shattered Vows
    4.0/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Shattered Vows

    S1:E1

    A gold-digging young man marries a dowager then falls in love with her gorgeous stepdaughter.

    Director:Ivan Nagy
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 2 - When Morning Comes
    4.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - When Morning Comes

    S1:E2

    Bob is a married advertising executive who enjoys picking up women throughout his travels. After picking up the Hitchhiker, he runs into a beautiful blonde who he ends up spending the night with. After hearing a report on the radio that there is an escaped blonde mental patient named Ann Marie Brown on the loose who enjoys slitting men's throats, Bob becomes convinced that the woman he picked up is really the escaped mental patient, but things are not always as they seem.

    Director:Ivan Nagy
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 19 - Ghostwriter
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Ghostwriter

    S1:E19

    Jeffrey Hunt will resort to anything to create a lucrative career as a novelist, even if it means faking his own death. His wife Debby believes he is dead and continues her affair with Tony, Jeffrey's editor. By the end, everyone must pay for their own deceptions.

    Director:Carl Schenkel
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Hitchhiker Season 2 Episode 2 - Minuteman
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Minuteman

    S2:E2

    Overbearing control freak Jeremy and his long-suffering wife Julie are a squabbling young rich couple who encounter unexpected trouble in the form of a scruffy biker and his pregnant girlfriend while embarking on a road trip to Sunnyvale. Can a surprise journey through time enable the obsessive Jeremy to successfully avert a tragic disaster?

    Director:Chris Thomson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Hitchhiker Season 2 Episode 13 - Cabin Fever
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Cabin Fever

    S2:E13

    A young gigolo stays with a washed up film director and his lonely abused wife on an isolated island.

    Director:Clyde Monroe
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 4 - Lovesounds
    3.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Lovesounds

    S1:E4

    For months, Eric Dunlap has been hard at work on a special sound system for Kurt Hoffman, a temperamental conductor who is impossible to please. During that time, he fell deeply in love with Hoffman's much younger wife, Veronica. It isn't long before Eric realises the computer he created, which only responds to him, is something special. When Veronica realises she returns Eric's feelings and the two become lovers, Hoffman learns of his wife's infidelity and exacts his revenge on the two, but Eric's creation avenges the man who gave it life.

    Director:David Wickes
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 7 - And If We Dream
    3.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - And If We Dream

    S1:E7

    Todd Fields is a married high school photography teacher. One of his students, Roseanne Lucas develops a mad and obsessive crush on him. When Todd steps over the line and sleeps with her, he finds more than he ever bargained for.

    Director:Mai Zetterling
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 15 - Out of the Night
    3.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Out of the Night

    S1:E15

    A young man on the run from the police takes refuge in a mysterious building where a bizarre woman, Angelica, torments him with visions of his past life while another woman tries to help him. Condemned by jeering circles of audience members, the young man is jeered on to give one final performance...only to wake up to find he is on the verge of death on an operating room table. He is at St. Angelica's Hospital, and the statue of the woman looks strangely familiar.

    Director:Brian Grant
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 16 - The Killer
    3.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Killer

    S1:E16

    Meg is a paraplegic who is ignored by her family. When she finds everyone but her brother, Jonathan, dead she assumes he killed them. While trying to figure out who is responsible, what she remembers is not what she expected.

    Director:Carl Schenkel
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 21 - Dead Man's Curve
    3.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Dead Man's Curve

    S1:E21

    Claudia now a famous novelist, returns home for her high school reunion and opens old wounds in Lee, the sheriff. Claudia finds out that Lance, her town-appointed escort, is really the son of a former high school boyfriend who blames her for his father's death. Fighting over her, Lance and Lee replay the fateful event that killed Lance's father, but this time, it is the sheriff who loses his life to Dead Man's Curve.

    Director:Roger Vadim
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Hitchhiker Season 2 Episode 1 - Perfect Order
    3.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Perfect Order

    S2:E1

    Simon Hopper is considered a genius in the art world, but the demands for his models are always insanely hard to meet. Christina will do anything to be the model in his next project. But when she does get her chance, it turns out that Simon has raised the bar to a new level.

    Director:Daniel Vigne
    Writer:Marjorie David

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  15. The Hitchhiker Season 2 Episode 5 - Homebodies
    3.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Homebodies

    S2:E5

    Vicious and ruthless killer Ron and his antsy wimp partner Jimmy Lee Stoler are a couple of escaped convicts on the lam from the law. The dangerous duo break into a model home in search of a safe only to discover a family residing in said swanky abode.

    Director:Carl Schenkel
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Hitchhiker Season 2 Episode 7 - The Legendary Billy B.
    3.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Legendary Billy B.

    S2:E7

    Jane L. is willing to dig up anything on someone just to ruin their lives and get her a story. One night, her photographer gets her interested in Billy Baltimore, a musician who supposedly died back in the 70's but is rumored to be living in their area. But soon Jane realizes that when you enter someone's life, you should always make sure there's an exit.

    Director:Chris Thomson
    Writer:Marjorie David

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  17. The Hitchhiker Season 3 Episode 4 - Garter Belt
    3.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Garter Belt

    S3:E4

    A politician finds his life and his career in jeopardy when people start to find out about the dins in his past.

    Director:Roger Andrieux
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 8 - Petty Thieves
    2.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Petty Thieves

    S1:E8

    Mickey is a con artist only willing to commit to one way of thinking: making the quick buck. In exchange for his life, Mickey is willing to sell his soul by giving Pearl, his girlfriend, away to drug lord, Joey Stregga. What Micky doesn't realize is that he will have to pay for selling off part of his soul.

    Director:Christopher Leitch
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 10 - A Time For Rifles
    2.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - A Time For Rifles

    S1:E10

    Rae Bridgeman is caught up in a love triangle with her husband Lew and his best friend Joe. Lew finds out about their affair and decides on a late night hunting trip for all three of them. Instead of killing Joe, he accidentally kills Rae. In a panic, they drive away from the scene only to find themselves in a deadly accident.

    Director:David Wickes
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 13 - Murderous Feelings
    2.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Murderous Feelings

    S1:E13

    Dr. Peter Milne, an unethical psychiatrist, abuses his position to manipulate a female patient. His mind-bending medical practices only intensify her psychosis as she can no longer distinguish reality from dream. When he finally has her act out her dreams, Dr. Peter Milne finds himself the victim of her murderous feelings.

    Director:Mai Zetterling
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 18 - Man's Best Friend
    2.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Man's Best Friend

    S1:E18

    Richard Shepard is kicked out of his house by his wife Eleanor. He takes in a stray dog that begins killing off Richard's enemies. When the dog goes for Eleanor, Richard tries to keep the dog from killing the woman he loves.

    Director:Phillip Noyce
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 24 - Last Scene
    2.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Last Scene

    S1:E24

    Alex, a former actor, tries to prove his abilities as a first-time director. In his first film he must deal with a first-time actress, Leda Bidell. When Leda realizes his scheme, she enacts the last scene with him in reality and instills in him a fear that haunts him for the rest of his life.

    Director:Paul Verhoeven
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Hitchhiker Season 2 Episode 8 - In the Name of Love
    2.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - In the Name of Love

    S2:E8

    International hit woman Jackie Dresser makes a living traveling all over the world and bumping people off for a substantial fee. Complications arise when the lonely and love-starved Jackie falls for hunky fitness instructor Johnnie while on vacation in a foreign country.

    Director:John Laing
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 5 - Remembering Melody
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Remembering Melody

    S1:E5

    Attorney Ted Miller's world falls apart when his old friend and lover Melody shows up at his door looking for a place to stay and he mistakenly turns her down.

    Director:Christopher Leitch
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Hitchhiker Season 1 Episode 9 - Videodate
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Videodate

    S1:E9

    Jack Rhodes is a salesman that attempts to wear many disguises to get what he wants: women. One day, he gets a video letter from a mysterious video-artist, Monique, who challenges him to meet her. She plays him like a fiddle and takes advantage of him. Now the tables are turned and Jeff can't escape, not even with his life.

    Director:Richard Rothstein
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Split Decision" is the best rated episode of "The Hitchhiker". It scored 6/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Ivan Nagy and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/14/1983. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Curse".