The Hitchhiker
An anthology series of stories, linked only by the character of The Hitchhiker, who introduces and also closes each episode in the style of Rod Serling or Alfred Hitchcock. Occasional stories involved supernatural forces, but most plot twists stemmed only from the dark side of the human spirit.
- 1983-1997
- 6 seasons
- HBO
- Drama, Horror, Suspense, Science Fiction
- TV-MA
An anthology series of stories, linked only by the character of The Hitchhiker, who introduces and also closes each episode in the style of Rod Serling or Alfred Hitchcock. Occasional stories involved supernatural forces, but most plot twists stemmed only from the dark side of the human spirit.
Season 6 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 1990 - 1997
Episode 1
Fading Away
Fri, Sep 21, 1990 24 mins
An ex-marine believes he's been abandoned by his peers while on a dangerous assignment.
Episode 2
Tough Guys Don't Whine
Fri, Sep 28, 1990 24 mins
A movie director, who sees himself as a tough guy, hooks up with the girl of a local gangbanger. The gang goes after him and he gets to test his self-image.
Episode 3
Riding the Nightmare
Fri, Oct 5, 1990 24 mins
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 lines between the psychological and witchcraft.
Episode 4
Strate Shooter
Fri, Oct 12, 1990 24 mins
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
Fri, Oct 19, 1990 24 mins
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
Fri, Oct 26, 1990 24 mins
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 begins hallucinating and losing his grip on reality.
Episode 7
New Dawn
Fri, Nov 2, 1990 24 mins
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
Fri, Nov 9, 1990 24 mins
A woman in love with her boss accidentally kills his wife. From there on things spiral out of control.
Episode 9
Trust Me
Fri, Nov 16, 1990 24 mins
A conman is in over his head, when he's forced by an attractive girl to swindle her mother.
Episode 10
Windows
Fri, Nov 23, 1990 24 mins
An artist obsessed with his paintings comes to believe that the things he drew are events from the future.
Episode 10
Windows
Fri, Nov 23, 1990 24 mins
An artist obsessed with his paintings comes to believe that the things he drew are events from the future.
Episode 11
Working Girl
Fri, Nov 30, 1990 24 mins
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
Fri, Dec 7, 1990 24 mins
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
Fri, Dec 14, 1990 24 mins
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
Fri, Jan 11, 1991 24 mins
The past comes back to haunt a charismatic white supremacist.
Episode 15
Living a Lie
Fri, Jan 18, 1991 24 mins
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
Fri, Jan 25, 1991 24 mins
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
Fri, Feb 1, 1991 24 mins
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
Fri, Feb 8, 1991 24 mins
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 night.
Episode 19
Secrets
Fri, Feb 15, 1991 24 mins
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
Fri, Feb 22, 1991 24 mins
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.
