5.1/1094 votesLoading...#1 - The Big Spin
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 1/7/1989
A self-centered New York city cab driver tries to pick up a model.
Director: Al Waxman
Writer: Matt Dearborn, Maxwell Pitt
5.2/10105 votesLoading...#2 - VCR - Very Careful Rape
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/6/1988
An actress claims an acquaintance attacked her.
Director: Zale Dalen
Writer: Michael Sloan
5.2/1075 votesLoading...#3 - Skeleton in the Closet
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 2/11/1989
A man tries to blackmail a high society woman for something she did when she was in college.
Director: George Mendeluk
Writer: Glenn Davis, Brian Clemens, William Laurin
5.2/1091 votesLoading...#4 - Night Creatures
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 4/29/1989
A reporter is assigned to cover a concert for rock stars Adam Lust and The Vampires who are debuting a new album.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Michael Sloan
5.4/1092 votesLoading...#5 - Romance Machine
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 3/25/1989
Sometime in the future, a brilliant scientist who is not very good with woman creates a cyborg to do the romancing for him.
Director: René Bonnière
Writer: Robert DeLaurentis
5.5/1086 votesLoading...#6 - You'll Die Laughing
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 4/30/1988
A talented young comedian's preoccupation with his own death worries his wife, his manager and a police officer.
Director: Zale Dalen
Writer: Michael Sloan
5.5/1085 votesLoading...#7 - User Deadly
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 5/21/1988
Days from retiring, a veteran police detective attempts to solve a case involving a serial killer.
Director: Allan King
Writer: Brian L. Ross, Glenn Davis, William Laurin
5.5/1090 votesLoading...#8 - In the Driver's Seat
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/18/1989
A man confined to a wheelchair after a racing car accident abuses those around him.
Director: Timothy Bond
Writer: Glenn Davis, Alfred Sole, Paul Monette, William Laurin
5.6/1088 votesLoading...#9 - Houdini on Channel 4
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 6/5/1988
A magician tries to contact Harry Houdini on the other side to learn his escape expertise and free his kidnapped niece.
Director: Timothy Bond
Writer: Michael Sloan
5.6/1082 votesLoading...#10 - Ancient Voices
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/1988
A detective must solve a murder that took place during a seance.
Director: Bill Corcoran
Writer: Glenn Davis, Michael Sloan, William Laurin
5.6/1077 votesLoading...#11 - Mirror, Mirror
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 2/4/1989
A woman with split personalities lives in terror after someone is murdered at the door steps of her apartment building.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Sharon Corder, Jack Blum
5.7/10102 votesLoading...#12 - Hippocritic Oath
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 3/19/1988
A failing medical student stands to loose an inheritance if he doesn't pass the final exam.
Director: Vic Sarin
Writer: Ray DeLaurentis, Michael Colleary
5.7/1089 votesLoading...#13 - Prosecuter
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/26/1988
A prosecutor pursues the death penalty in a murder case.
Director: David Gelfand
Writer: Glenn Davis, William Laurin
5.7/1088 votesLoading...#14 - Career Move
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 5/28/1988
After a long hiatus, a pop singer fakes his own death to generate publicity before he makes a comeback.
Director: Timothy Bond
Writer: Glenn Davis, Montgomery Burt, William Laurin
5.7/1087 votesLoading...#15 - My Dear Watson
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 4/22/1989
Just after returning from the Orient, Watson is kidnapped and it is up to Sherlock Holmes to find him.
Director: Jorge Montesi
Writer: Susan Woollen
5.7/1085 votesLoading...#16 - South by Southeast
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 7/22/1989
An actor is a victim of mistaken identity.
Director: Timothy Bond
Writer: Robert DeLaurentis, Michael Sloan
5.8/10108 votesLoading...#17 - The Right Kind of Medicine
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/1986
A bank robber is wounded in a shoot-out, then forced to endure an excruciating wait for a painkiller at the pharmacy.
Director: Jerrold Freedman, Michael Braverman, Henry Slesar
Writer: Michael Braverman, Jerrold Freedman
5.8/10102 votesLoading...#18 - Anniversary Gift
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/28/1987
A woman and her new lover plan a special anniversary gift for the woman's animal loving husband.
Director: Richard Bugajski, John Collier
Writer: Rob Hedden, John Collier
5.8/10103 votesLoading...#19 - When This Man Dies
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/14/1987
A couple receive a letter telling them they will get some money when a certain man dies.
Director: Jim Purdy, Lawrence Block
Writer: Jeremy Hole, Lawrence Block
5.9/10108 votesLoading...#20 - Beast In View
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/19/1986
A psychiatrist is terrorized by menacing phone calls and the killing of her dog following her marriage to one of her patients.
Director: Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Margaret Millar
Writer: Robert Glass, Margaret Millar
5.9/10106 votesLoading...#21 - World's Oldest Motive
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/11/1987
A series of mishaps foil the plan of a real estate agent who intends to end his marriage by hiring a contract killer.
Director: Allan King
Writer: Richard Chapman
5.9/10101 votesLoading...#22 - A Stolen Heart
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/27/1988
A doctor questions medical ethics when a wealthy patient is given preferential treatment.
Director: René Bonnière
Writer: Robert DeLaurentis
5.9/1098 votesLoading...#23 - Murder Party
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 5/7/1988
Poison fells a man during his 40th birthday party and a detective must determine which one of his guests did it.
Director: Allan King
Writer: Robert DeLaurentis
5.9/10103 votesLoading...#24 - Twist
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 5/14/1988
A wealthy model agency owner's husband believes his wife is terminally ill and makes plans for a future with one of her models.
Director: René Bonnière
Writer: Manny Coto
6.0/10147 votesLoading...#25 - Gigolo
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1985
A gold digging groom makes short work of his middle-aged wife, but his attempts to round up her jewels are met with opposition from her "children" - an army of cats.
Director: Thomas Carter, Arthur Williams
Writer: Arthur Williams, Steve De Jarnatt
The Worst Episodes of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Every episode of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents!
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Worst Episodes Summary
"The Big Spin" is the worst rated episode of "The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents". It scored 5.1/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by Al Waxman and written by Matt Dearborn, Maxwell Pitt, it aired on 1/7/1989. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "VCR - Very Careful Rape".