The Hitchhiker

All Episodes 1983 - 1991

The Hitchhiker is a mystery anthology series that aired from 1983 to 1987 on HBO and First Choice in Canada. The series later moved to the USA Network from 1989 to 1991.

85 episodes

Series Premiere

1983-11-23T05:00:00Z

1x01 Shattered Vows

Series Premiere

1x01 Shattered Vows

  • 1983-11-23T05:00:00Z30m

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

1983-11-30T05:00:00Z

1x02 When Morning Comes

1x02 When Morning Comes

  • 1983-11-30T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1983-12-14T05:00:00Z

1x03 Split Decision

1x03 Split Decision

  • 1983-12-14T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1984-11-13T05:00:00Z

1x04 Lovesounds

1x04 Lovesounds

  • 1984-11-13T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1984-11-27T05:00:00Z

1x05 Remembering Melody

1x05 Remembering Melody

  • 1984-11-27T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1984-12-04T05:00:00Z

1x06 Face To Face

1x06 Face To Face

  • 1984-12-04T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1985-01-15T05:00:00Z

1x07 And If We Dream

1x07 And If We Dream

  • 1985-01-15T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1985-01-29T05:00:00Z

1x08 Petty Thieves

1x08 Petty Thieves

  • 1985-01-29T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1985-02-16T05:00:00Z

1x09 Videodate

1x09 Videodate

  • 1985-02-16T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1985-03-02T05:00:00Z

1x10 A Time For Rifles

1x10 A Time For Rifles

  • 1985-03-02T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1985-03-12T05:00:00Z

1x11 Man at the Window

1x11 Man at the Window

  • 1985-03-12T05:00:00Z30m

An ex-drug addicted screenwriter Arthur Brown steals the life and words of Diane Hampton. Diane is struggling to maintain her marriage with her abusive jealous husband John and to keep the affair with her female lover Cathrine a secret. Arthur tips John off about Diane's affair and soon finds himself the target of John's anger.

1985-03-26T05:00:00Z

1x12 Hired Help

1x12 Hired Help

  • 1985-03-26T05:00:00Z30m

Kay Mason is an abusive owner of a dressmaking sweatshop. One day she is cursed by an angry worker who exclaims that she will be paid back by the devil for her actions. When Kay hires a mysterious stranger to do some odd jobs around the house, she doesn't realize that she has hired a devil in disguise.

1985-04-09T05:00:00Z

1x13 Murderous Feelings

1x13 Murderous Feelings

  • 1985-04-09T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1985-10-15T04:00:00Z

1x14 Nightshift

1x14 Nightshift

  • 1985-10-15T04:00:00Z30m

A ruthless nurse works at old folks' homes. Along with her boyfriend, she steals jewelry from the residents, who can do nothing to stop her. The couple gets an unpleasant surprise when her newest victim is an old man who is actually a supernatural creature that feeds on blood.

1985-10-29T05:00:00Z

1x15 Out of the Night

1x15 Out of the Night

  • 1985-10-29T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1985-11-12T05:00:00Z

1x16 The Killer

1x16 The Killer

  • 1985-11-12T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1985-11-26T05:00:00Z

1x17 W.G.O.D.

1x17 W.G.O.D.

  • 1985-11-26T05:00:00Z30m

Reverend Nolan Powers is a money hungry radio evangelist preaching on the air waves about the bible. 0ff the air, he's a self-righteous greedy man. A tabloid news reporter, Sato, digs up the story about how the Reverend killed his brother, Gerald. Gerald's ghost comes back to haunt the Reverend, ruin his career and pay him back for causing his death.

1985-12-10T05:00:00Z

1x18 Man's Best Friend

1x18 Man's Best Friend

  • 1985-12-10T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1986-01-07T05:00:00Z

1x19 Ghostwriter

1x19 Ghostwriter

  • 1986-01-07T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1986-01-28T05:00:00Z

1x20 O.D. Feelin'

1x20 O.D. Feelin'

  • 1986-01-28T05:00:00Z30m

Rat witnesses a group murder among feuding drug dealers, steals the drugs from the dead bodies and leaves the scene of the crime. The Wise Man and The Fool find her laying dead and take the package of cocaine. Unbeknownst to all of them, Mr. Big, the original owner, sends his henchmen out to retrieve it at any cost.

1986-02-11T05:00:00Z

1x21 Dead Man's Curve

1x21 Dead Man's Curve

  • 1986-02-11T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1986-02-25T05:00:00Z

1x22 The Curse

1x22 The Curse

  • 1986-02-25T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1986-03-11T05:00:00Z

1x23 True Believer

1x23 True Believer

  • 1986-03-11T05:00:00Z30m

A non-believer in the supernatural, Detective Frank Sheen must investigate a priest's suspicious suicide. Upon questioning Father Dowling he learns that the convent is demonically possessed. Unbeknownst to the detective, the site used to be a convent that closed down when a Sister Theresa committed suicide. After one night in the place, he soon begins having his own suicidal feelings.

1986-03-25T05:00:00Z

1x24 Last Scene

1x24 Last Scene

  • 1986-03-25T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1986-04-08T05:00:00Z

1x25 Man of Her Dreams

1x25 Man of Her Dreams

  • 1986-04-08T05:00:00Z30m

Jill McGuiness is a lonely daydreaming bank officer who constantly fantasizes about her dream lover. When she dreams about murders and finds that they actually happened, she is unable to distinguish dream from reality. When she finally meets Mr. Right, Jim, she snaps out of her dream world and catches him.

1986-04-22T05:00:00Z

1x26 One Last Prayer

1x26 One Last Prayer

  • 1986-04-22T05:00:00Z30m

Miranda and Sean are two desperate songwriters trying to make a career in the record business. When a record executive, Robbie shows interest in one of their songs, they think they are on their way. Miranda becomes a ruthless businesswoman and must face the alter ego she has created for the video.

Season Premiere

1987-02-17T05:00:00Z

2x01 Perfect Order

Season Premiere

2x01 Perfect Order

  • 1987-02-17T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1987-02-24T05:00:00Z

2x02 Minuteman

2x02 Minuteman

  • 1987-02-24T05:00:00Z30m

1987-03-03T05:00:00Z

2x03 Dead Heat

2x03 Dead Heat

  • 1987-03-03T05:00:00Z30m

1987-03-10T05:00:00Z

2x04 Why Are You Here?

2x04 Why Are You Here?

  • 1987-03-10T05:00:00Z30m

1987-03-17T05:00:00Z

2x05 Homebodies

2x05 Homebodies

  • 1987-03-17T05:00:00Z30m

1987-03-24T05:00:00Z

2x06 Doctor's Orders

2x06 Doctor's Orders

  • 1987-03-24T05:00:00Z30m

Jake Purly's main platform for his campaign is to rid the world of pornography. But when his brother is found making a pornographic film, the media begins to bang on his door. To make matters worse, the actress in the film opens a flood gate of memories that Jake would rather not remember.

1987-03-31T05:00:00Z

2x07 The Legendary Billy B.

2x07 The Legendary Billy B.

  • 1987-03-31T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1987-04-07T04:00:00Z

2x08 In the Name of Love

2x08 In the Name of Love

  • 1987-04-07T04:00:00Z30m

1987-04-14T04:00:00Z

2x09 Made For Each Other

2x09 Made For Each Other

  • 1987-04-14T04:00:00Z30m

Two killers briefly become friends.

1987-04-21T04:00:00Z

2x10 Joker

2x10 Joker

  • 1987-04-21T04:00:00Z30m

Peter believes that the way to win a girl's heart is have a good sense of humor. But when he tries to win back the love of his ex-wife using only pranks and elaborate setups, he learns that sometimes laughter doesn't make everything better.

1987-04-28T04:00:00Z

2x11 Best Shot

2x11 Best Shot

  • 1987-04-28T04:00:00Z30m

1987-05-05T04:00:00Z

2x12 Secret Ingredient

2x12 Secret Ingredient

  • 1987-05-05T04:00:00Z30m

1987-05-12T04:00:00Z

2x13 Cabin Fever

2x13 Cabin Fever

  • 1987-05-12T04:00:00Z30m

Season Premiere

1989-04-22T04:00:00Z

3x01 The Martyr

Season Premiere

3x01 The Martyr

  • 1989-04-22T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1989-04-29T04:00:00Z

3x02 In Living Color

3x02 In Living Color

  • 1989-04-29T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1989-07-01T04:00:00Z

3x03 Dark Wishes

3x03 Dark Wishes

  • 1989-07-01T04:00:00Z30m

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

1989-07-07T04:00:00Z

3x04 Garter Belt

3x04 Garter Belt

  • 1989-07-07T04:00:00Z30m

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

1989-07-08T04:00:00Z

3x05 Shadow Puppets

3x05 Shadow Puppets

  • 1989-07-08T04:00:00Z30m

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

1989-07-14T04:00:00Z

3x06 Renaissance

3x06 Renaissance

  • 1989-07-14T04:00:00Z30m

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

1989-07-15T04:00:00Z

3x07 The Miracle of Alice Ames

3x07 The Miracle of Alice Ames

  • 1989-07-15T04:00:00Z30m

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

1989-07-21T04:00:00Z

3x08 3615 Code-Liz

3x08 3615 Code-Liz

  • 1989-07-21T04:00:00Z30m

1989-07-22T04:00:00Z

3x09 Her Finest Hour

3x09 Her Finest Hour

  • 1989-07-22T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1989-07-28T04:00:00Z

3x10 Together Forever

3x10 Together Forever

  • 1989-07-28T04:00:00Z30m

1989-08-04T04:00:00Z

3x11 Phantom Zone

3x11 Phantom Zone

  • 1989-08-04T04:00:00Z30m

1989-08-05T04:00:00Z

3x12 Spinning Wheel

3x12 Spinning Wheel

  • 1989-08-05T04:00:00Z30m

1989-08-11T04:00:00Z

3x13 Square Deal

3x13 Square Deal

  • 1989-08-11T04:00:00Z30m

1989-08-12T04:00:00Z

3x14 Part of Me

3x14 Part of Me

  • 1989-08-12T04:00:00Z30m

1989-08-18T04:00:00Z

3x15 Fashion Exchange

3x15 Fashion Exchange

  • 1989-08-18T04:00:00Z30m

1989-09-16T04:00:00Z

3x16 Hootch

3x16 Hootch

  • 1989-09-16T04:00:00Z30m

1989-09-30T04:00:00Z

3x17 Coach

3x17 Coach

  • 1989-09-30T04:00:00Z30m

1989-11-04T05:00:00Z

3x18 The Verdict

3x18 The Verdict

  • 1989-11-04T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1989-11-10T05:00:00Z

3x19 Hit & Run

3x19 Hit & Run

  • 1989-11-10T05:00:00Z30m

1989-11-11T05:00:00Z

3x20 Studio 3X

3x20 Studio 3X

  • 1989-11-11T05:00:00Z30m

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

1989-11-17T05:00:00Z

3x21 Striptease

3x21 Striptease

  • 1989-11-17T05:00:00Z30m

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

1989-11-18T05:00:00Z

3x22 Cruelest Cut

3x22 Cruelest Cut

  • 1989-11-18T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1989-11-24T05:00:00Z

3x23 Dying Generation

3x23 Dying Generation

  • 1989-11-24T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1989-11-25T05:00:00Z

3x24 My Enemy

3x24 My Enemy

  • 1989-11-25T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1989-12-09T05:00:00Z

3x25 Power Play

3x25 Power Play

  • 1989-12-09T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1989-12-16T05:00:00Z

3x26 Pawns

3x26 Pawns

  • 1989-12-16T05:00:00Z30m

A has-been musician who is down on his luck finally decides to pawn the only thing that means anything to him to make a few bucks, but realises that what he's sold is worth a lot more than he ever realised.

Season Premiere

1990-09-21T04:00:00Z

4x01 Fading Away

Season Premiere

4x01 Fading Away

  • 1990-09-21T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1990-09-28T04:00:00Z

4x02 Tough Guys Don't Whine

4x02 Tough Guys Don't Whine

  • 1990-09-28T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1990-10-05T04:00:00Z

4x03 Riding the Nightmare

4x03 Riding the Nightmare

  • 1990-10-05T04:00:00Z30m

1990-10-12T04:00:00Z

4x04 Strate Shooter

4x04 Strate Shooter

  • 1990-10-12T04:00:00Z30m

1990-10-19T04:00:00Z

4x05 Hard Rhyme

4x05 Hard Rhyme

  • 1990-10-19T04:00:00Z30m

1990-10-26T04:00:00Z

4x06 Toxic Shock

4x06 Toxic Shock

  • 1990-10-26T04:00:00Z30m

1990-11-02T05:00:00Z

4x07 New Dawn

4x07 New Dawn

  • 1990-11-02T05:00:00Z30m

1990-11-09T05:00:00Z

4x08 A Function of Control

4x08 A Function of Control

  • 1990-11-09T05:00:00Z30m

1990-11-16T05:00:00Z

4x09 Trust Me

4x09 Trust Me

  • 1990-11-16T05:00:00Z30m

1990-11-23T05:00:00Z

4x10 Windows

4x10 Windows

  • 1990-11-23T05:00:00Z30m

1990-11-30T05:00:00Z

4x11 Working Girl

4x11 Working Girl

  • 1990-11-30T05:00:00Z30m

1990-12-07T05:00:00Z

4x12 White Slaves

4x12 White Slaves

  • 1990-12-07T05:00:00Z30m

1990-12-14T05:00:00Z

4x13 Tourist Trap

4x13 Tourist Trap

  • 1990-12-14T05:00:00Z30m

1991-01-11T05:00:00Z

4x14 Homecoming

4x14 Homecoming

  • 1991-01-11T05:00:00Z30m

1991-01-18T05:00:00Z

4x15 Living a Lie

4x15 Living a Lie

  • 1991-01-18T05:00:00Z30m

1991-01-25T05:00:00Z

4x16 Made In Paris

4x16 Made In Paris

  • 1991-01-25T05:00:00Z30m

1991-02-01T05:00:00Z

4x17 A Whole New You

4x17 A Whole New You

  • 1991-02-01T05:00:00Z30m

1991-02-08T05:00:00Z

4x18 Offspring

4x18 Offspring

  • 1991-02-08T05:00:00Z30m

1991-02-15T05:00:00Z

4x19 Secrets

4x19 Secrets

  • 1991-02-15T05:00:00Z30m

1991-02-22T05:00:00Z

4x20 New Blood

4x20 New Blood

  • 1991-02-22T05:00:00Z30m

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