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The Best Episodes of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Every episode of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents!

Best episode
S1E4 Final Escape
8.0343 votes
Worst episode
S4E17 Night Creatures
5.1106 votes
Top season
Season 1
6.5avg
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 4 - Final Escape
    8.0/10(343 votes)

    S1:E4

    A woman serving a life sentence for murder hits upon an airtight escape plan.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writers:Randall Hood, Tom Cannan, Charles Grant Craig

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  2. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 20 - The Hunted (1)
    7.5/10(121 votes)

    S3:E20

    A real estate agent shows an office to a man who she assumes is a businessman.

    Director:Timothy Bond
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  3. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 21 - The Hunted (2)
    7.4/10(115 votes)

    S3:E21

    It turns out that the "businessman" has another use in mind for the room.

    Director:Timothy Bond
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  4. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 3 - Man on the Edge
    7.3/10(144 votes)

    S2:E3

    A troubled young man threatens to jump from the 28th floor of a hotel as police officers attempt to stop him.

    Directors:Robert Iscove, Donald Honig
    Writer:Jim Beaver

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  5. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 2 - Night Fever
    7.2/10(209 votes)

    S1:E2

    A gun man injured from a robbery in which he killed a cop, tries to charm a nurse into helping him escape from hospital custody.

    Director:Jeff Kanew
    Writers:Jeff Kanew, Clark Howard, Stephen Kronish

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  6. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 8 - Breakdown
    7.0/10(196 votes)

    S1:E8

    After closing a major drug deal, a ruthless businessman is paralyzed in an auto accident, and presumed dead by all who see him- including the coroner.

    Director:Richard Pearce
    Writers:Alfonse Ruggiero, Louis Pollock

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  7. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 6 - Method Actor
    6.9/10(173 votes)

    S1:E6

    Paul Dano is a film star and has been nominated many times, but never won the big one. When a role comes along that spells Oscar, he loses out to Lone Richards, a young hunk Dano calls ""a face for a nine inch TV screen."" Richards naively seeks Dano's advice on how to play the part. Bad move. Dano gives Richards bad advice on purpose and Richards loses the part and Dano gets it. Richards becomes enraged by this and wants revenge.

    Directors:Burt Reynolds, Max Franklin
    Writers:Bill Kerby, Max Franklin

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  8. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 9 - The Specialty of the House
    6.9/10(134 votes)

    S2:E9

    An arrogant, yet influential, food critic attempts to persuade a reluctant restaurant proprietor to reveal a treasured recipe.

    Directors:Stanley Ellin, Allan King
    Writers:Jonathan Glassner, Stanley Ellin

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  9. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 21 - Four O'Clock
    6.8/10(143 votes)

    S1:E21

    Time is running out for a judge who's surprised, bound and gagged by burglars in his house after rigging a bomb to eliminate his wife and her suspected lover.

    Directors:Cornell Woolrich, Andrew Mirisch
    Writers:Cornell Woolrich, Steve Bello

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  10. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 4 - If the Shoe Fits
    6.8/10(124 votes)

    S2:E4

    A jealous man kills his twin brother and tries to assume his identity.

    Director:Allan King
    Writer:Jonathan Glassner

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  11. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 1 - Revenge
    6.7/10(179 votes)

    S1:E1

    A professor spurns the legal system to seek revenge on the man who raped his wife.

    Directors:Don Medford, R.E. Young
    Writers:Randall Hood, Tom Cannan, David Stenn, Charles Grant Craig

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  12. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 14 - A Very Happy Ending
    6.7/10(158 votes)

    S1:E14

    A poor little rich boy who's deaf witnesses a murder, then blackmails the hit man into doing a job for him.

    Director:Thomas Rickman
    Writer:Thomas Rickman

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  13. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 17 - There Was a Little Girl...
    6.7/10(147 votes)

    S3:E17

    Parents decide that it is time that their spoiled daughter moves out of their house.

    Director:Atom Egoyan
    Writer:Charles Grant Craig

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  14. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 22 - Road Hog
    6.7/10(134 votes)

    S1:E22

    What can't go around comes around for a road-hogging salesman who won't allow a truck bound for the hospital to pass.

    Director:Mario DiLeo
    Writers:Charles Grant Craig, Steve Bello, Stephen Kronish, Harold R. Daniels

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  15. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 9 - Prisoners
    6.6/10(149 votes)

    S1:E9

    Ironically, it's an escaped convict who brings a sense of liberation to a housewife: she insists on going with him as his "hostage".

    Director:Christopher Crowe
    Writer:John Byrum

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  16. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 16 - Enough Rope For Two
    6.6/10(145 votes)

    S1:E16

    A camping trip for two becomes a flight from murder full of twists and double-crosses when a Harvard-bound law student goes against his better judgement and lets his girl friend bring her "cousin" along.

    Directors:David Chase, Clark Howard
    Writers:David Chase, Clark Howard

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  17. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 4 Episode 15 - Diamonds Aren't Forever
    6.6/10(134 votes)

    S4:E15

    Superspy James... drops in on a resort. His mission is to retrieve a statue before the Soviets do. Any one or more of the eccentric guests at the resort may be the Soviet agent(s).

    Director:Peter Crane
    Writers:William Laurin, Glenn Davis

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  18. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 5 - The Mole
    6.6/10(133 votes)

    S2:E5

    A psychiatrist tries to convince the police that a man recently released from a mental hospital after 15 years, is still dangerous and capable of murder.

    Director:Richard Bugajski
    Writer:Rick Berger

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  19. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 1 - The Initiation
    6.6/10(129 votes)

    S2:E1

    When a shy student pledges a Greek House, the fraternity brothers plot a prank against him.

    Directors:Robert Iscove, Rob Hedden
    Writers:Jim Beaver, Rob Hedden

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  20. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 18 - Twisted Sisters
    6.6/10(125 votes)

    S3:E18

    Some sorority sisters decide the initiation of a new member should be in a Haunted House.

    Director:Timothy Bond
    Writers:Ray De Laurentis, Michael Colleary

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  21. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 2 - Animal Lovers
    6.6/10(116 votes)

    S3:E2

    A young woman discovers the illegal activities of a veterinarian.

    Director:Sturla Gunnarsson
    Writer:Robert DeLaurentis

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  22. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 16 - Kadinsky's Vault
    6.6/10(105 votes)

    S3:E16

    A man refuses to sell his old bookstore.

    Director:René Bonnière
    Writer:Steven Hollander

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  23. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 4 Episode 4 - Survival of the Fittest
    6.6/10(104 votes)

    S4:E4

    A writer finds something unexpected when he returns home to his estate.

    Director:Allan King
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  24. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 4 Episode 7 - For Art's Sake
    6.6/10(98 votes)

    S4:E7

    An established artist taking credit for his wife's work pays for his deceit.

    Director:Bill Corcoran
    Writer:Linda Chase

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  25. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 2 Episode 10 - The Final Twist
    6.5/10(237 votes)

    S2:E10

    Three film production house employees who are mistreated by their unscrupulous boss utilize their cinematic skills in divising a murder plot.

    Directors:William Bankier, Atom Egoyan
    Writer:Jim Beaver

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Best Episodes Summary

"Final Escape" is the best rated episode of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It scored 8.0/10 from 343 votes. Directed by Thomas Carter and written by Randall Hood, Tom Cannan, Charles Grant Craig, it aired on October 27, 1985. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Hunted (1)".

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