![]() ![]() ![]() For a complete breakdown of all 361 episodes’ directors, visit Wikipedia, which also has great analysis about the show in general. And though he’s trailing the pack with just two, Robert Altman’s name is an eye-catcher. Norman Lloyd gets four, but his greater contribution to the show was his work as associate producer, not to mention some fine performances. (Scroll down to discover that gem.) Herschel Daugherty has five, too. Newman lands five, including my pick for #1. Paul Henreid also has six episodes on the list. (Interestingly, even after The Twilight Zone premiered in 1959, Alfred Hitchcock Presents mostly avoided the supernatural, with fewer than 10 episodes engaging in the metaphysical or science-fiction-based alternate realities.) ![]() He also directed a couple of episodes of The Outer Limits, the third part of the holy trinity of suspense/mystery shows from the golden age of television. John Brahm has six, though he’s perhaps more famous as the director of 12 Twilight Zone episodes, including my favorite, “Judgment Night,” from 1959. (He created and produced the show while serving as its host.) Instead, that honor goes to Robert Stevens, with a whopping 16 episodes in my top 80. It’s isn’t Hitch himself, though he does land four in my top 80, and one in the top 10. “The Glass Eye” (1957), directed by Robert Stevens, is one of the most frightening episodes and the only one to win an Emmy. ( The Hitchcock Zone is also a great source.) I have avoided a discussion of the specific episodes and have instead linked each to its IMDB article. And the episode in BOLD, ALL CAPS AND RED is my pick for the best episode ever. Further, episodes in BOLD AND ALL CAPS are in the top five. Indeed, episodes in bold are lucky enough to gain that distinction. Still, that doesn’t mean I haven’t taken a crack at narrowing the 80 down to a top 10. Eighty seems about right, especially considering that’s the age at which the Master of Suspense departed this realm, in, fittingly, 1980. Why 80? With 268 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and another 93 of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, the anthology show (which originally aired on CBS in 1955 and then alternated between CBS and NBC until its run ended in 1965) simply doesn’t lend itself to a neat and tidy top 25, or even 50. And welcome to my list of the best 80 episodes of one of the most revered shows in the history of television, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and its successor, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Season 3 episodes are: 'The Return of Verge Likens', 'Change of Address', 'Water's Edge', 'The Life Work of Juan Diaz', 'See the Monkey Dance', 'Lonely Place', 'The McGregor Affair', 'Misadventure', 'Triumph', 'Memo from Purgatory', 'Consider Her Ways', 'The Crimson Witness', 'Where the Woodbine Twineth', 'The Final Performance', 'Thanatos Palace Hotel', 'One of the Family', 'An Unlocked Window', 'The Trap', 'Wally the Beard', 'Death Scene', 'The Photographer and the Undertaker', 'Thou Still Unravished Bride', 'Completely Foolproof', 'Power of Attorney', 'The World's Oldest Motive', 'The Monkey's Paw - A Retelling', 'The Second Wife', 'Night Fever' and 'Off Season'.Alfred Hitchcock Presents / The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV series, 1955-1965, 4 stars Ranking Hitch The top 80 episodes Snow' ,'Ten Minutes from Now', 'The Sign of Satan', 'Who Needs an Enemy?', 'Bed of Roses', 'Second Verdict', 'Isabel' and 'Body in the Barn'. Season 2 episodes are: 'A Home Away from Home', 'A Nice Touch', 'Terror at Northfield', 'You'll Be the Death of Me', 'Blood Bargain', 'Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale', 'Starring the Defense', 'The Cadaver', 'The Dividing Wall', 'Goodbye, George', 'How to Get Rid of Your Wife', 'Three Wives Too Many', 'The Magic Shop', 'Beyond the Sea of Death', 'Night Caller', 'The Evil of Adelaide Winters', 'The Jar', 'Final Escape', 'Murder Case', 'Anyone for Murder?', 'Beast in View', 'Behind the Locked Door', 'A Matter of Murder', 'The Gentleman Caller', 'The Ordeal of Mrs. Season 1 episodes are: 'A Piece of the Action', 'Don't Look Behind You', 'Night of the Owl', 'I Saw the Whole Thing', 'Captive Audience', 'Final Vow', 'Annabel', 'House Guest', 'The Black Curtain', 'Day of Reckoning', 'Ride the Nightmare', 'Hangover', 'Bonfire', 'The Tender Poisoner', 'The 31st of February', 'What Really Happened', 'Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog', 'A Tangled Web', 'To Catch a Butterfly', 'The Paragon', 'I'll Be Judge - I'll Be the Jury', 'Diagnosis Danger', 'The Lonely Hours', 'The Star Juror', 'The Long Silence', 'An Out for Oscar', 'Death and the Joyful Woman', 'Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans', 'The Dark Pool', 'Dear Uncle George', 'Run for Doom' and 'Death of a Cop'. The British film-maker returns with a spin-off to his TV show 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' with more murderous and suspenseful tales of mystery. All 93 episodes from the first three seasons of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller anthology series. ![]()
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