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The Hitchhiker
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
- Created by:
- Lewis Chesler, Richard Rothstein, Riff Markowitz
- Cast:
- Page Fletcher, Nicholas Campbell
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- France
- Network:
- HBO, USA Network
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 3
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 2.0The Martyr
1989-04-22 · 30mDeirdre 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.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 2.0In Living Color
1989-04-29 · 30mAfter 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.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 2.0Dark Wishes
1989-07-01 · 30mA mentally disturbed nurse concocts an elaborate plan to poison a woman so that she can steal her husband from her.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 3.0Garter Belt
1989-07-07 · 30mA politician finds his life and his career in jeopardy when people start to find out about the dins in his past.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 2.0Shadow Puppets
1989-07-08 · 30mA psychologist with a twisted bent takes the wrong track with a disturbed patient and learns that sometimes it's dangerous to play games.
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E06
Episode 6
Renaissance
1989-07-14 · 30mWhen the Paris underworld finds their livelihoods threatened by a developer's plans, they take action of their own to stop it.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 1.0The Miracle of Alice Ames
1989-07-15 · 30mA bogus preacher who has been making a living out of fake miracles finds his livelihood threatened when a real miracle takes place.
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E08
Episode 8
3615 Code-Liz
1989-07-21 · 30mJane 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?
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Episode 9
Her Finest Hour
1989-07-22 · 30mCheryl 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.
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E10
Episode 10
Together Forever
1989-07-28 · 30mAn emotionally unstable woman becomes obsessed with the idea that her husband is having an affair.
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E11
Episode 11
Phantom Zone
1989-08-04 · 30mYoung man on the brink of success is about to marry the woman of his dreams. However, his past comes calling.
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E12
Episode 12
Spinning Wheel
1989-08-05 · 30mA female artists' nightmares cause her to lose herself in self-pity mixed with egotism.
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E13
Episode 13
Square Deal
1989-08-11 · 30mAn indebted con-man meets his match.
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E14
Episode 14
Part of Me
1989-08-12 · 30mA 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.
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E15
Episode 15
Fashion Exchange
1989-08-18 · 30mA fashion designer demands too much from his model, which leads to her suicide. This gets all those he'd wronged to seek revenge.
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E16
Episode 16
Hootch
1989-09-16 · 30mA Vietnam War vet is forced to leave his home that keeps him sane by his greedy sister. Tragedy ensues.
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E17
Episode 17
Coach
1989-09-30 · 30mTough, 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.
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Episode 18
The Verdict
1989-11-04 · 30mIf 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.
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Episode 19
★ 1.0Hit & Run
1989-11-10 · 30mA 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.
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E20
Episode 20
Studio 3X
1989-11-11 · 30mWhen a television journalist's private fantasies start appearing in pornographic videos, there is a fine line between fantasy and reality.
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E21
Episode 21
Striptease
1989-11-17 · 30mTwo loners encounter each other and each believes they have found their soulmate.
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E22
Episode 22
Cruelest Cut
1989-11-18 · 30mMen 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.
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E23
Episode 23
Dying Generation
1989-11-24 · 30mAfter 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.
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E24
Episode 24
My Enemy
1989-11-25 · 30mHollywood 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.
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E25
Episode 25
Power Play
1989-12-09 · 30mA 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.
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E26
Episode 26
Pawns
1989-12-16 · 30mA 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.
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Page Fletcher
The Hitchhiker
Nicholas Campbell
The Hitchhiker