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The Best Episodes of The Hitchhiker Season 3

Every episode of The Hitchhiker Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Hitchhiker Season 3!

A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Martyr" is the best rated episode of "The Hitchhiker" season 3. It scored 6.4/10 based on 131 votes. Directed by Phillip Noyce and written by N/A, it aired on 4/22/1989. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "In Living Color".

  • The Martyr
    6.4/10131 votes

    #1 - The Martyr

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/22/1989

    Deirdre manipulates Jacques into killing her wealthy older husband for her after getting his attention by pretending to be blind, but soon realises that things don't work out the way she planned when Jacques will not go away.

    Director: Phillip Noyce

    Writer: N/A

  • In Living Color
    6.3/1093 votes

    #2 - In Living Color

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/29/1989

    After photographer Eric Coleman takes pictures of an elderly woman's suicide, he takes on a new assistant named Madeleine, who may have a deeper connection to the dead woman than he could ever guess.

    Director: John Laing

    Writer: N/A

  • Dark Wishes
    7.6/1086 votes

    #3 - Dark Wishes

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/1/1989

    A mentally disturbed nurse concocts an elaborate plan to poison a woman so that she can steal her husband from her.

    Director: John Laing

    Writer: N/A

  • Garter Belt
    6.7/10103 votes

    #4 - Garter Belt

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/7/1989

    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: N/A

  • Shadow Puppets
    6.5/10113 votes

    #5 - Shadow Puppets

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/8/1989

    A psychologist with a twisted bent takes the wrong track with a disturbed patient and learns that sometimes it's dangerous to play games.

    Director: Roger Andrieux

    Writer: N/A

  • Renaissance
    6.5/10116 votes

    #6 - Renaissance

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/14/1989

    When the Paris underworld finds their livelihoods threatened by a developer's plans, they take action of their own to stop it.

    Director: Bruno Gantillon

    Writer: N/A

  • The Miracle of Alice Ames
    5.7/1094 votes

    #7 - The Miracle of Alice Ames

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/15/1989

    A bogus preacher who has been making a living out of fake miracles finds his livelihood threatened when a real miracle takes place.

    Director: Bruno Gantillon

    Writer: N/A

  • 3615 Code-Liz
    5.4/1082 votes

    #8 - 3615 Code-Liz

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 7/21/1989

    Jane works for a company that provides various online services including sex chat with an online sex operator. Her deadbeat husband Robert obsessively chats with operator named Liz. She tells him to kill his wife. Or is he imagining it?

    Director: Bruno Gantillon

    Writer: N/A

  • Her Finest Hour
    6.3/1080 votes

    #9 - Her Finest Hour

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 7/22/1989

    Cheryl and Bruno are con artists who believe the world owes them something. When they face homelessness because the building they live in is about to be torn down, they find a new mark, Emilie Langlois, an old woman with a failing memory. Their goal is to take over Mrs. Langlois' home, but they soon realise that some memories are best left forgotten.

    Director: Aline Issermann

    Writer: N/A

  • Together Forever
    6.3/1080 votes

    #10 - Together Forever

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 7/28/1989

    An emotionally unstable woman becomes obsessed with the idea that her husband is having an affair.

    Director: Aline Issermann

    Writer: N/A

  • Phantom Zone
    6.4/10191 votes

    #11 - Phantom Zone

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 8/4/1989

    Young man on the brink of success is about to marry the woman of his dreams. However, his past comes calling.

    Director: George Mihalka

    Writer: N/A

  • Spinning Wheel
    6.1/1076 votes

    #12 - Spinning Wheel

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 8/5/1989

    A female artists' nightmares cause her to lose herself in self-pity mixed with egotism.

    Director: George Mihalka

    Writer: N/A

  • Square Deal
    5.9/1057 votes

    #13 - Square Deal

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 8/11/1989

    An indebted conman meats his match.

    Director: Bruno Gantillon

    Writer: N/A

  • Part of Me
    NaN/100 votes

    #14 - Part of Me

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 8/12/1989

    A fast food owner has only one goal in life - to utterly destroy and humiliate his competition. However, he gets a taste of his own medicine.

    Director: Bruno Gantillon

    Writer: N/A

  • Fashion Exchange
    NaN/100 votes

    #15 - Fashion Exchange

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 8/18/1989

    A fashion designer demands too much from his model, which leads to her suicide. This gets all those he'd wronged to seek revenge.

    Director: John Laing

    Writer: N/A

  • Hootch
    NaN/100 votes

    #16 - Hootch

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 9/16/1989

    A Vietnam War vet is forced to leave his home that keeps him sane by his greedy sister. Tragedy ensues.

    Director: Leon Marr

    Writer: N/A

  • Coach
    NaN/100 votes

    #17 - Coach

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 9/30/1989

    Tough, fierce, and intimidating high school track coach Billy Bolt zealously clings to his track record that's remained unbeaten for twenty-five years. When his runner son Kenny threatens to break his legendary mark, Bolt buckles under the pressure and risks having his heretofore spotless reputation ruined.

    Director: Eric Till

    Writer: N/A

  • The Verdict
    NaN/100 votes

    #18 - The Verdict

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 11/4/1989

    If Jennifer can convict Manuel Ortega in the drive-by shooting deaths of five people, she will have thirty-six convictions in a row. Unfortunately, there is little to no evidence against Manuel, and Jennifer is willing to do anything necessary, even break the law, to put him behind bars.

    Director: Randy Bradshaw

    Writer: N/A

  • Hit & Run
    NaN/100 votes

    #19 - Hit & Run

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 11/10/1989

    A deadbeat, who's abandoned his family and is on his way to meet the girl he likes, ends up in a hit and run situation. However, the man he ran over begins to haunt his conscious.

    Director: Randy Bradshaw

    Writer: N/A

  • Studio 3X
    NaN/100 votes

    #20 - Studio 3X

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 11/11/1989

    When a television journalist's private fantasies start appearing in pornographic videos, there is a fine line between fantasy and reality.

    Director: Ryszard Bugajski

    Writer: N/A

  • Striptease
    NaN/100 votes

    #21 - Striptease

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 11/17/1989

    Two loners encounter each other and each believes they have found their soulmate.

    Director: Jerry Ciccoritti

    Writer: N/A

  • Cruelest Cut
    NaN/100 votes

    #22 - Cruelest Cut

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 11/18/1989

    Men in the city are being knifed by a prostitute who wears all black. Sterling Jenkins is a hard-hearted prostitute who, despite herself, is intrigued when an attractive man named Jason asks for help in fixing his car. Although she tries to rebuff the sensitive man, Sterling allows herself to believe Jason when he tells her that he's fallen for her. It is only afterward that she realises appearances can be deceiving.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: Rebecca Taylor

  • Dying Generation
    NaN/100 votes

    #23 - Dying Generation

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 11/24/1989

    After the suicide of their friend Katie, Adam Ross and Stephanie Duvall are faced with their own mortality. They learn from a friend, Brian, that he believes Katie was murdered, and that it had something to do with a fortune teller she had gone to see. Adam and Stephanie visit the same fortune teller, a woman who has let herself become so bitter she taints the life of everyone she comes in contact with.

    Director: Timothy Bond

    Writer: N/A

  • My Enemy
    NaN/100 votes

    #24 - My Enemy

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 11/25/1989

    Hollywood actress Jane Ambergris is so desperate to escape what her life has become she creates a new identity for herself, but it isn't long before she finds out that the person she tries to become is far worse than the person she is leaving behind.

    Director: René Bonnière

    Writer: N/A

  • Power Play
    NaN/100 votes

    #25 - Power Play

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 12/9/1989

    A producer's assistant meets his match when he agrees to housesit for his boss and falls for the sexy young woman who is supposed to be helping him out.

    Director: Jerry Ciccoritti

    Writer: N/A