Episodes cast for
"The Hitchhiker" (1983) More at IMDbPro »

Season: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Year: 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1: Shattered Vows

23 November 1983
Handsome and ambitious young man Jeff Boder marries the wealthy and much older Jackie Winslow for her considerable fortune. Jeff falls under the enticing spell of Jackie's bitchy and cynical stepdaughter Pamela. Jeff finds a way to bump off Jackie using a mysterious statuette given to him by his grandmother so both him and Pamela can inherit her money. However, things don't ultimately work out as planned in the long run.

Season 1, Episode 2: When Morning Comes

30 November 1983
Married, but sleazy and philandering music company advertising executive Bob Ames fancies himself as a real ladies' man. Bob initially can't believe his good luck when he discovers the lovely Cathy Marks taking refuge from a fierce thunderstorm in his remote hunting cabin in the woods. However, Bob soon suspects that the mysterious Cathy might be a deadly escapee from a local mental institution for criminally insane women.

Season 1, Episode 3: Split Decision

14 December 1983
Desperate and down on his luck real estate salesman Jake McElhaney is in danger of losing his job. Jake thinks he's hit the jackpot when he secures a choice gig selling the home of beautiful identical twin sisters Frances and Priscilla Packard. However, Jake eventually finds out that the lovely siblings have an unusual way of sharing things that include the men in their lives.

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Season 2

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Season 2, Episode 1: Lovesounds

13 November 1984
Arrogant and exacting classical music composer Kurt Hoffman neglects his lovely young wife Veronica. The sad and unloved Veronica has an extramarital fling with Eric Dunlap, who's the hunky young electronics whiz who has installed a state of the art sound system in Kurt's lavish secluded lakeside home. Kurt goes off the murderous deep end after he finds out about Veronica and Eric's affair.

Season 2, Episode 2: Remembering Melody

27 November 1984
Self-centered yuppie attorney Ted Miller is reunited with Melody, a former old flame and college roommate who still firmly clings to her 60's hippie ideals. Ted allows the jobless and destitute Melody to spend the night at his apartment, but things soon fall apart when Melody realizes that Ted has sold out his youthful beliefs in favor of greed, success, and shallow materialism.

Season 2, Episode 3: Face to Face

4 December 1984
Homely and desperate transsexual Nina Russell hires prominent, but sleazy and arrogant plastic surgeon Dr. Christopher Hamilton to create a more alluring and attractive face for him.

Season 2, Episode 4: And If We Dream

15 January 1985
Married Todd Fields teaches a high school photography class in a quiet small country town, but has ambitions to work as a photographer in a big city. Todd gets led astray when he falls under the seductive spell of attractive new student Roseanne Lucas.

Season 2, Episode 5: Petty Thieves

29 January 1985
Twitchy, eager, and ambitious small-time criminal Mickey aspires to work as a drug runner for slimy big time drug lord Joey Stregga. In order to achieve this goal Mickey has to set up his sweet and innocent ex-hooker girlfriend Pearl on a date with Stregga. However, Mickey winds up paying a heavy price for betraying Pearl's pure love for him.

Season 2, Episode 6: Videodate

16 February 1985
Sleazy and duplicitous predatory womanizer Jack Rhodes is an electronics salesman who uses a video dating service to pick up lonely young women to have one night stands with. Jack meets his match in the form of the cunning and enticing Barbara, who invites Jack on a date to her remote high-rise apartment loft.

Season 2, Episode 7: A Time for Rifles

2 March 1985
Lew Bridgeman and Joe Caldwell are two longtime best friends who served together in the Vietnam War. Lew and Joe wind clashing with each other over Lew's fetching wife Rae, whom both men are in love with.

Season 2, Episode 8: Man at the Window

12 March 1985
Faded playwright Arthur Brown uses state-of-the-art electronic equipment to record the private conversations of other people and uses the material gleaned from said intimate conversations for his work. Brown gets in over his head when his latest subject Diane Hampton turns out to be having an extramarital affair with lesbian photographer Carla Magnuson. When Diane's abusive and possessive cop husband John finds out what's going on, everyone including Brown is placed in great danger.

Season 2, Episode 9: Hired Help

26 March 1985
Lovely, but cold and ruthless businesswoman Kay Mason runs a garment factory where she treats her illegal Mexican immigrant workers in a very cruel and inhumane manner. Kay more than meets her match in the form of Victor, a handsome and mysterious young Mexican whom Kay develops an immediate amorous interest in.

Season 2, Episode 10: Murderous Feelings

9 April 1985
Unethical psychiatrist Dr. Peter Milne gets romantically involved with neurotic and unstable patient Sara Kendal. Peter's manipulation of Sara's mind and emotions causes her psychosis to intensify to the point where she can't distinguish dreams from reality and Peter eventually becomes the target of Sara's murderous feelings.

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Season 3

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Season 3, Episode 1: Nightshift

15 September 1985
Mean head nurse Jane Reynolds runs the night shift at a retirement home with an iron fist and makes some extra money selling valuable jewelry owned by the elderly residents to local pawnshops. Jane and her no-count aspiring singer boyfriend Johnny meet their match in the form of a mysterious new old man patient, who exacts a harsh revenge on the pair when they try to steal his sparkling gold diamond ring.

Season 3, Episode 2: Out of the Night

29 October 1985
After a shooting, a young teenage boy on the run from police stumbles into a hotel where the tenants are not normal.

Season 3, Episode 3: The Killer

12 November 1985
Lovely young invalid Meg Kinderly has to fend for herself after she gets trapped in her spacious family mansion with a vicious killer who has just wiped out most of her family and all of the servants.

Season 3, Episode 4: W.G.O.D.

26 November 1985
Reverand Nolan Powers is a fire and brimstone evangelist who has achieved tremendous fame, wealth, and power from his radio program that's broadcast on a national basis from his station WGOD. A team of TV journalists do a story on Powers and his increasing popularity with the masses. However, a long-suppressed shameful secret from his dark family past threatens to destroy Powers and his current high profile status.

Season 3, Episode 5: Man's Best Friend

10 December 1985
Down on his luck yuppie Richard Shepard crashes at his buddy Carl's swanky seaside abode after he gets thrown out of his home by his fed-up wife Eleanor. Richard develops a strong bond with a mysterious large white dog who not only becomes his new best friend, but also kills anyone who angers Richard.

Season 3, Episode 6: Ghostwriter

7 January 1986
Struggling writer Jeffrey Hunt fakes his own death in order to achieve literary immortality. His unfaithful wife Debby has been having an adulterous affair with Jeffrey's publicist and best friend Tony Lynch. Debby and Tony try to make Jeffrey's staged death real, but the plan backfires.

Season 3, Episode 7: O.D. Feelin'

28 January 1986
The various unlucky owners of a strange bag of cocaine are followed over the course of a night.

Season 3, Episode 8: Dead Man's Curve

11 February 1986
Successful romance novelist Claudia returns to her small hometown of Bolton to attend her high school reunion. Claudia gets involved in a steamy affair with handsome young resident stud Lance. However, trouble materializes in the form of jealous and sinister ex-boyfriend turned local sheriff Lee.

Season 3, Episode 9: The Curse

25 February 1986
A flashy businessman finds out he owns a slum apartment building, and is unwilling to make repairs until strange things begin to happen to him.

Season 3, Episode 10: True Believer

11 March 1986
A troubled investigator looks into the suicide of a priest in an abandoned convent.

Season 3, Episode 11: Last Scene

25 March 1986
Ambitious first-time film director Alex Nolan is having trouble eliciting a good and believable performance out of lovely, but inexperienced lead actress Leda Bedell. Alex decides to use unorthodox methods to coax more credible and effective acting from Leda for the crucial final scene of the horror movie they're working on together.

Season 3, Episode 12: Man of Her Dreams

8 April 1986
A stressed out bank employee begins having premonitions concerning a serial killer, who could be any one of the men in her life.

Season 3, Episode 13: One Last Prayer

22 April 1986
Sweet singer Miranda and her musician partner Sean are a couple of struggling songwriters who are trying desperately to break into the rock music business. Miranda creates a sexy new image for herself in order to achieve the fame and success she desires. However, Miranda winds up paying an extremely heavy spiritual price because of said sexy image.

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Season 4

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Season 4, Episode 1: Perfect Order

17 February 1987
A model desperate for fame hooks up with a crazed fashion photographer.

Season 4, Episode 2: Minuteman

24 February 1987
Overbearing control freak Jeremy and his long-suffering wife Julie are a squabbling young rich couple who encounter unexpected trouble in the form of a scruffy biker and his pregnant girlfriend while embarking on a road trip to Sunnyvale. Can a surprise journey through time enable the obsessive Jeremy to successfully avert a tragic disaster?

Season 4, Episode 3: Dead Heat

3 March 1987
A sculptor uses a drifter and his own abused girlfriend to recreate a murder/suicide.

Season 4, Episode 4: Why Are You Here?

10 March 1987
Smarmy and opportunistic reality TV show host Jerry Rulac does an expose on the wild punk nightclub scene for the latest segment of his television program "Why Are You Here?". Jerry uncovers more than he bargained for when he decides to focus on troubled wealthy party girl Donette and her unpredictable gaggle of scary friends.

Season 4, Episode 5: Homebodies

17 March 1987
Vicious and ruthless killer Ron and his antsy wimp partner Jimmy Lee Stoler are a couple of escaped convicts on the lam from the law. The dangerous duo break into a model home in search of a safe only to discover a family residing in said swanky abode.

Season 4, Episode 6: Doctor's Orders

24 March 1987
Puritanical small town mayor Jake Purly is running for reelection on a strict platform that vehemently opposes sex and pornography. However, a dark secret from Purly's shady past threatens to resurface and destroy his credibility in the form of lovely escort Dr. Rita de Roy.

Season 4, Episode 7: The Legendary Billy B.

31 March 1987
Eager and unscrupulous tabloid newspaper reporter Jane L. will go to any length to score a juicy scoop. Jane L. gets in way over her head when she goes snooping around a remote rural mansion in search of Billy Baltimore, a legendary 60s acid rock guitarist who reportedly died twenty years ago.

Season 4, Episode 8: In the Name of Love

7 April 1987
International hit woman Jackie Dresser makes a living traveling all over the world and bumping people off for a substantial fee. Complications arise when the lonely and love-starved Jackie falls for hunky fitness instructor Johnnie while on vacation in a foreign country.

Season 4, Episode 9: Made for Each Other

14 April 1987
Loud, arrogant, and obnoxious criminal Trout feels a strong kinship with and develops an immediate affinity for nerdy, mild-mannered, and soft-spoken serial killer Wax. However, the close bond between these two radically contrasting lunatics falls apart after the pair pick up a brash prostitute.

Season 4, Episode 10: Joker

21 April 1987
Deranged Peter relentlessly stalks and terrorizes Teresa, a lovely young lady who Peter thinks is his ex-wife Melissa. Peter frightens Teresa out of her wits by playing a series of cruel jokes on her.

Season 4, Episode 11: Best Shot

28 April 1987
Cocky and obnoxious defense attorney Steve and his passive law professor buddy Brett decide to let it all hang out and gleefully indulge in irresponsible behavior while embarking on a cross country joyride. The duo film their exploits on a portable video camera. After Steve accidentally runs down a man on the side of the road, he does his best to hide what he's done from Brett. However, the dire consequences of Steve's grave actions eventually catch up with him when the pair stop off at a remote redneck bar in the middle of nowhere.

Season 4, Episode 12: Secret Ingredient

5 May 1987
A smooth talking vitamin salesman contends with a rival, and a mysterious woman he follows home.

Season 4, Episode 13: Cabin Fever

12 May 1987
A young gigolo stays with a washed up film director and his lonely abused wife on an isolated island.

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Season 5

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Season 5, Episode 1: The Martyr

22 May 1989

Season 5, Episode 2: In Living Color

29 April 1989

Season 5, Episode 3: Dark Wishes

1 July 1989

Season 5, Episode 4: Garter Belt

9 July 1989

Season 5, Episode 5: Shadow Puppets

8 July 1989

Season 5, Episode 6: Renaissance

14 July 1989

Season 5, Episode 7: The Miracle of Alice Ames

15 July 1989
Bogus preacher Brother Charles preys upon the misfortune of attractive young homeless women by leading them toward prostitution under the guise of spreading "brotherly love." The fake priest's scam comes to a sudden halt when mysterious stigmata appear on the hands of his latest flock member Alice Ames as she performs her "mission."

Season 5, Episode 8: Code Liz

21 July 1989

Season 5, Episode 9: Her Finest Hour

22 July 1989

Season 5, Episode 10: Together Forever

28 July 1989

Season 5, Episode 11: Phantom Zone

4 August 1989

Season 5, Episode 12: Spinning Wheel

5 August 1989

Season 5, Episode 13: Square Deal

11 August 1989

Season 5, Episode 14: Part of Me

12 August 1989

Season 5, Episode 15: Fashion Exchange

1988

Season 5, Episode 16: Hootch

16 September 1989

Season 5, Episode 17: Coach

30 September 1989
Tough, fierce, and intimidating high school track coach Billy Bolt zealously clings to his track record that's remained unbeaten for twenty-five years. When his runner son Kenny threatens to break his legendary mark, Bolt buckles under the pressure and risks having his heretofore spotless reputation ruined.

Season 5, Episode 18: The Verdict

4 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 19: Hit and Run

10 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 20: Studio 3X

11 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 21: Striptease

17 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 22: The Cruelest Cut

18 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 23: The Dying Generation

24 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 24: My Enemy

25 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 25: Power Play

9 December 1989

Season 5, Episode 26: Pawns

16 December 1989

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Season 6

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Season 6, Episode 1: Fading Away

21 September 1990

Season 6, Episode 2: Tough Guys Don't Whine

28 September 1990

Season 6, Episode 3: Riding the Nightmare

5 October 1990

Season 6, Episode 4: Strate Shooter

12 October 1990

Season 6, Episode 5: Hard Rhyme

19 October 1990

Season 6, Episode 6: Toxic Shock

26 October 1990

Season 6, Episode 7: New Dawn

2 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 8: A Function of Control

9 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 9: Trust Me

16 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 10: Windows

23 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 11: Working Girl

30 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 12: White Slaves

7 December 1990

Season 6, Episode 13: Tourist Trap

14 December 1990

Season 6, Episode 14: Homecoming

11 January 1991

Season 6, Episode 15: Living a Lie

18 January 1991

Season 6, Episode 16: Made in Paris

25 January 1991

Season 6, Episode 17: A Whole New You

1 February 1991
A violent criminal, preparing to testify against his old boss, goes to a clinic to have plastic surgery to conceal his identity.

Season 6, Episode 18: Offspring

8 February 1991

Season 6, Episode 19: Secrets

15 February 1991

Season 6, Episode 20: New Blood

22 February 1991