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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Genres:DramaCrime
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".