Episode guide
The Hitchhiker: Season 4
20 episodes · premiered Sep 21, 1990
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- Episode 1: Fading Away Sep 21, 1990 · 30m 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.
- Episode 2: Tough Guys Don't Whine Sep 28, 1990 · 30m 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…
- Episode 3: Riding the Nightmare Oct 5, 1990 · 30m A 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…
- Episode 4: Strate Shooter Oct 12, 1990 · 30m A 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.
- Episode 5: Hard Rhyme Oct 19, 1990 · 30m A 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.
- Episode 6: Toxic Shock Oct 26, 1990 · 30m A 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…
- Episode 7: New Dawn Nov 2, 1990 · 30m An 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.
- Episode 8: A Function of Control Nov 9, 1990 · 30m A woman in love with her boss accidentally kills his wife. From there on things spiral out of control.
- Episode 9: Trust Me Nov 16, 1990 · 30m A conman is in over his head, when he's forced by an attractive girl to swindle her mother.
- Episode 10: Windows Nov 23, 1990 · 30m An artist obsessed with his paintings comes to believe that the things he drew are events from the future.
- Episode 11: Working Girl Nov 30, 1990 · 30m A housewife catches her husband in the act with another woman and decides to shoot them both, but the mistress escapes.
- Episode 12: White Slaves Dec 7, 1990 · 30m Two college students, who can't get a date for the evening, kidnap a woman, but end up fighting each other over her.
- Episode 13: Tourist Trap Dec 14, 1990 · 30m A 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.
- Episode 14: Homecoming Jan 11, 1991 · 30m The past comes back to haunt a charismatic white supremacist.
- Episode 15: Living a Lie Jan 18, 1991 · 30m A 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.
- Episode 16: Made In Paris Jan 25, 1991 · 30m The 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.
- Episode 17: A Whole New You Feb 1, 1991 · 30m A violent criminal, preparing to testify against his old boss, goes to a clinic to have plastic surgery to conceal his identity.
- Episode 18: Offspring Feb 8, 1991 · 30m A 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…
- Episode 19: Secrets Feb 15, 1991 · 30m A woman and her lover try to get her husband's insurance money after he suffers a deadly accident. However, they get an unexpected visitor.
- Episode 20: New Blood Feb 22, 1991 · 30m An 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.