Man at the Window

Episode aired Mar 12, 1985
TV-MATV-MA
27m

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6.8/10

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Penelope Milford and Belinda Montgomery in The Hitchhiker (1983)

Drama Horror Mystery

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 fo... Read allFaded 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... Read allFaded 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 a... Read all

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The Hitchhiker: Arthur Brown thought he could play people like instruments. He rearranged their lives like so many notes and used their emotions as chords. But then somebody came along who didn't appreciate Arthur's music. And put and end to Arthur's song.

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9/10

Playing people like instruments till someone comes along who doesn't like your music. Great episode.

Arthur Brown (Edward Albert) is a faded playwriter who has lost his touch, apparently because of drugs as where told. He travels around the city and uses a special audio recorder too ease drop on people's conversations. He becomes intrigued by Diane Hampton (Penelope Milford) who is having a lesbian affair with artist Carla Magnuson (Belinda Montgomery) on her brutish cop husband John Hampton (A very young Michael Madsen). Arthur takes his story back to his boss who loves it, but wants an ending where John finds out about the affair. Arthur then begins to manipulate the lives of both Diane and John to get his ending which he'll learn the hard way and tragically become a part of. Another great episode with a great message of minding your own business and the horrors of manipulating people's lives. Albert and Michael Madsen who is so young here carry the episode pretty well. The twist is fitting and plays out about how you figure it would. Madsen even shows off some rear nudity as this may be our first from a male in this series so far.

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