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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 4
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
Fading Away
1990-09-21 · 30mWhen 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.
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E02
Episode 2
Tough Guys Don't Whine
1990-09-28 · 30mMickey 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.
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E03
Episode 3
Riding the Nightmare
1990-10-05 · 30mA 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.
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E04
Episode 4
Strate Shooter
1990-10-12 · 30mA 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.
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E05
Episode 5
Hard Rhyme
1990-10-19 · 30mA 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.
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E06
Episode 6
Toxic Shock
1990-10-26 · 30mA 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.
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E07
Episode 7
New Dawn
1990-11-02 · 30mAn 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.
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E08
Episode 8
A Function of Control
1990-11-09 · 30mA woman in love with her boss accidentally kills his wife. From there on things spiral out of control.
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E09
Episode 9
Trust Me
1990-11-16 · 30mA conman is in over his head, when he's forced by an attractive girl to swindle her mother.
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E10
Episode 10
Windows
1990-11-23 · 30mAn artist obsessed with his paintings comes to believe that the things he drew are events from the future.
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E11
Episode 11
Working Girl
1990-11-30 · 30mA housewife catches her husband in the act with another woman and decides to shoot them both, but the mistress escapes.
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E12
Episode 12
White Slaves
1990-12-07 · 30mTwo college students, who can't get a date for the evening, kidnap a woman, but end up fighting each other over her.
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E13
Episode 13
Tourist Trap
1990-12-14 · 30mA 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.
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Homecoming
1991-01-11 · 30mThe past comes back to haunt a charismatic white supremacist.
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E15
Episode 15
Living a Lie
1991-01-18 · 30mA 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.
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E16
Episode 16
Made In Paris
1991-01-25 · 30mThe 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.
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E17
Episode 17
A Whole New You
1991-02-01 · 30mA violent criminal, preparing to testify against his old boss, goes to a clinic to have plastic surgery to conceal his identity.
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E18
Episode 18
Offspring
1991-02-08 · 30mA 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.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 1.0Secrets
1991-02-15 · 30mA woman and her lover try to get her husband's insurance money after he suffers a deadly accident. However, they get an unexpected visitor.
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E20
Episode 20
New Blood
1991-02-22 · 30mAn 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.
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Page Fletcher
The Hitchhiker
Nicholas Campbell
The Hitchhiker