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The Best Episodes of The Hitchhiker Season 4

Every episode of The Hitchhiker Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Hitchhiker Season 4!

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 4 Ratings Summary

"Fading Away" is the best rated episode of "The Hitchhiker" season 4. It scored 6.5/10 based on 86 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/21/1990. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Tough Guys Don't Whine".

  • Fading Away
    6.5/1086 votes

    #1 - Fading Away

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1990

    When an ex-marine realises he is all on his own, he becomes convinced that he's on a dangerous mission and has been abandoned by his commanding officers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tough Guys Don't Whine
    6.9/1056 votes

    #2 - Tough Guys Don't Whine

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1990

    Mickey Black is a film director with everything going for him until he seduces a woman away from her gangster boyfriend. He promises her all the glory in the world, but things take a dangerous turn when her boyfriend refuses to give her up.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: N/A

  • Riding the Nightmare
    6.1/1077 votes

    #3 - Riding the Nightmare

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1990

    A cutthroat career woman who's having an affair with her sister's husband starts suffering from strange nightmares about a white horse symbolizing death. The ensuing melodrama blurs the lines between the psychological and witchcraft.

    Director: Christian Duguay

    Writer: N/A

  • Strate Shooter
    5.5/10105 votes

    #4 - Strate Shooter

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1990

    A young man, who likes to always have his way, tries to emulate his favorite TV show and save a girl from the clutches of the criminal underworld.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hard Rhyme
    6.8/10104 votes

    #5 - Hard Rhyme

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1990

    A poet, who works as a teacher in prisons, steals some poetry he likes from a convict, who came up with it. He soon realizes that it is carrying some serious baggage.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Toxic Shock
    6.4/1048 votes

    #6 - Toxic Shock

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1990

    A man catches his friend Raskin illegally dumping toxic waste near their small town. They fight and the man is killed, but Raskin becomes exposed to the toxic materials by accident and begins hallucinating and losing his grip on reality.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • New Dawn
    6.3/1097 votes

    #7 - New Dawn

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1990

    An unfaithful husband, who lives with his wife in an artist colony, faces false accusation of murder, when his wife has had enough of his sexcapades.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Function of Control
    6.0/1088 votes

    #8 - A Function of Control

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1990

    A woman in love with her boss accidentally kills his wife. From there on things spiral out of control.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Trust Me
    7.4/1086 votes

    #9 - Trust Me

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1990

    A conman is in over his head, when he's forced by an attractive girl to swindle her mother.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Windows
    6.6/1077 votes

    #10 - Windows

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1990

    An artist obsessed with his paintings comes to believe that the things he drew are events from the future.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Working Girl
    6.7/1065 votes

    #11 - Working Girl

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1990

    A housewife catches her husband in the act with another woman and decides to shoot them both, but the mistress escapes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • White Slaves
    6.3/1066 votes

    #12 - White Slaves

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1990

    Two college students, who can't get a date for the evening, kidnap a woman, but end up fighting each other over her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tourist Trap
    6.3/1074 votes

    #13 - Tourist Trap

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1990

    A Parisian conman, who rips off tourists, who arrive in town for the first time, finds that his latest mark has turned the tables on him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Homecoming
    NaN/100 votes

    #14 - Homecoming

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1991

    The past comes back to haunt a charismatic white supremacist.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Living a Lie
    NaN/100 votes

    #15 - Living a Lie

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1991

    A bartender steals one of his customer's credit card and uses it to fulfill his every whim and need. What he doesn't realize is that he's just a pawn in someone's game.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Made In Paris
    NaN/100 votes

    #16 - Made In Paris

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/1991

    The manager of a factory that hires illegal immigrants becomes responsible for the death of one of them. His becomes paranoid and believes that vengeful employees have cast a curse on him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Whole New You
    NaN/100 votes

    #17 - A Whole New You

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/1991

    A violent criminal, preparing to testify against his old boss, goes to a clinic to have plastic surgery to conceal his identity.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Offspring
    NaN/100 votes

    #18 - Offspring

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/8/1991

    A meek man is being dominated all his life by his selfish mother, who wants him to stay with her forever. He reaches the breaking point after having an oedipal nightmare, during sleep one night.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Secrets
    NaN/100 votes

    #19 - Secrets

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1991

    A woman and her lover try to get her husband's insurance money after he suffers a deadly accident. However, they get an unexpected visitor.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • New Blood
    NaN/100 votes

    #20 - New Blood

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1991

    An aspiring actress is prepared to sell her soul just to be accepted into a popular unique theater troupe. However, that might actually be the actual price to be paid in this case.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A