Episode guide
The Hitchhiker: Season 1
26 episodes · premiered Nov 23, 1983
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- Episode 1: Shattered Vows Nov 23, 1983 · 30m A gold-digging young man marries a dowager then falls in love with her gorgeous stepdaughter.
- Episode 2: When Morning Comes Nov 30, 1983 · 30m 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…
- Episode 3: Split Decision Dec 14, 1983 · 30m 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…
- Episode 4: Lovesounds Nov 13, 1984 · 30m 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…
- Episode 5: Remembering Melody Nov 27, 1984 · 30m 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.
- Episode 6: Face To Face Dec 4, 1984 · 30m 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…
- Episode 7: And If We Dream Jan 15, 1985 · 30m 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…
- Episode 8: Petty Thieves Jan 29, 1985 · 30m 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…
- Episode 9: Videodate Feb 16, 1985 · 30m 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…
- Episode 10: A Time For Rifles Mar 2, 1985 · 30m 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…
- Episode 11: Man at the Window Mar 12, 1985 · 30m 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…
- Episode 12: Hired Help Mar 26, 1985 · 30m 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…
- Episode 13: Murderous Feelings Apr 9, 1985 · 30m 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…
- Episode 14: Nightshift Oct 15, 1985 · 30m 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…
- Episode 15: Out of the Night Oct 29, 1985 · 30m 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…
- Episode 16: The Killer Nov 12, 1985 · 30m 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…
- Episode 17: W.G.O.D. Nov 26, 1985 · 30m 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…
- Episode 18: Man's Best Friend Dec 10, 1985 · 30m 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…
- Episode 19: Ghostwriter Jan 7, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 20: O.D. Feelin' Jan 28, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 21: Dead Man's Curve Feb 11, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 22: The Curse Feb 25, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 23: True Believer Mar 11, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 24: Last Scene Mar 25, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 25: Man of Her Dreams Apr 8, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 26: One Last Prayer Apr 22, 1986 · 30m 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…