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The Best Episodes of The Hitchhiker Season 4

Every episode of The Hitchhiker Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Hitchhiker Season 4!

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A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 1 - Fading Away
    6.4/10(96 votes)

    #1 - Fading Away

    S4:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 2 - Tough Guys Don't Whine
    6.7/10(63 votes)

    #2 - Tough Guys Don't Whine

    S4:E2

    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 dangerous turn when her boyfriend refuses to give her up.

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 3 - Riding the Nightmare
    6.0/10(85 votes)

    #3 - Riding the Nightmare

    S4:E3

    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.

    Director:Christian Duguay
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 4 - Strate Shooter
    5.5/10(117 votes)

    #4 - Strate Shooter

    S4:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 5 - Hard Rhyme
    6.8/10(113 votes)

    #5 - Hard Rhyme

    S4:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 6 - Toxic Shock
    6.1/10(55 votes)

    #6 - Toxic Shock

    S4:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 7 - New Dawn
    6.3/10(108 votes)

    #7 - New Dawn

    S4:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 8 - A Function of Control
    6.0/10(99 votes)

    #8 - A Function of Control

    S4:E8

    A woman in love with her boss accidentally kills his wife. From there on things spiral out of control.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 9 - Trust Me
    7.4/10(100 votes)

    #9 - Trust Me

    S4:E9

    A conman is in over his head, when he's forced by an attractive girl to swindle her mother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 10 - Windows
    6.6/10(87 votes)

    #10 - Windows

    S4:E10

    An artist obsessed with his paintings comes to believe that the things he drew are events from the future.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 11 - Working Girl
    6.8/10(79 votes)

    #11 - Working Girl

    S4:E11

    A housewife catches her husband in the act with another woman and decides to shoot them both, but the mistress escapes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 12 - White Slaves
    6.3/10(75 votes)

    #12 - White Slaves

    S4:E12

    Two college students, who can't get a date for the evening, kidnap a woman, but end up fighting each other over her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 13 - Tourist Trap
    6.2/10(88 votes)

    #13 - Tourist Trap

    S4:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 14 - Homecoming
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Homecoming

    S4:E14

    The past comes back to haunt a charismatic white supremacist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 15 - Living a Lie
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Living a Lie

    S4:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 16 - Made In Paris
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Made In Paris

    S4:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 17 - A Whole New You
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - A Whole New You

    S4:E17

    A violent criminal, preparing to testify against his old boss, goes to a clinic to have plastic surgery to conceal his identity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 18 - Offspring
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Offspring

    S4:E18

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 19 - Secrets
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Secrets

    S4:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Hitchhiker Season 4 Episode 20 - New Blood
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - New Blood

    S4:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Fading Away" is the best rated episode of "The Hitchhiker" season 4. It scored 6.4/10 based on 96 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/21/1990. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Tough Guys Don't Whine".