Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Wet Saturday
Sep 30, 1956
After his daughter kills a man, Mr. Princey devises a plan to save his family name.
Fog Closing In
Oct 7, 1956
A woman begs her husband not to go away on a business trip. But he refuses, deserting her just as an escaped lunatic finds their neighborhood.
De Mortuis
Oct 14, 1956
Aware that their friend's wife is cheating, Wally and Bud draw the same conclusion when they find him digging up his basement and his wife's missing.
Kill with Kindness
Oct 21, 1956
Hoping to profit from insurance fraud, a man torches his house. But the plan could backfire unless he enters the burning home to retrieve his ring.
None Are So Blind
Oct 28, 1956
A man conceives the perfect plan to murder his rich aunt. Confidently, he cooperates with the police, only to discover one fatal flaw in the elaborate scheme.
Toby
Nov 4, 1956
Albert Birch's childhood sweetheart Edwina Freel gets in touch with him and, surprisingly, agrees to marry him. She arrives with her sickly baby named Toby, but things are not as t
Alibi Me
Nov 11, 1956
When a gangster is killed, his rival realizes the cops will come after him. His alibi unravels with the arrival of a mysterious package.
Conversation Over a Corpse
Nov 18, 1956
Mr. Brenner threatens to take sisters Cissie and Joanna to court unless they sell him their home. But the sisters will stop at nothing to stay put.
Crack of Doom
Nov 25, 1956
Mason Bridges plays poker with one of his company's wealthy clients. He gambles everything he has and everything his company owns on one single game.
Jonathan
Dec 2, 1956
When his father dies a teenager suspects his stepmother, whom he's resented since the day she married his father.
The Better Bargain
Dec 9, 1956
Furious at his cheating wife, a mobster hires a hit man to kill her. But the plan turns complicated when he overlooks some loose ends.
The Rose Garden
Dec 16, 1956
A man thinks that a manuscript's murder mystery is more fact than fiction, so he visits the author's home to see what lies buried in the garden.
Mr. Blanchard's Secret
Dec 23, 1956
A nosy housewife sets out to prove that the new neighbor has murdered his wife.
John Brown's Body
Dec 30, 1956
A man's wife devises a greedy scheme to take over his failing business. But persuading him to come back isn't as easy as getting rid of him.
Crackpot
Jan 6, 1957
When a car breaks down, a newlywed couple is helped by Mr. Moon, who turns nasty when his suits get dirty.
Nightmare in 4-D
Jan 13, 1957
A man agrees to help his pretty neighbor, an actress, to hide her murdered husband. But his good deed backfires when he becomes a suspect.
My Brother Richard
Jan 20, 1957
A district attorney faces a crisis in his campaign for governor when his mentally unstable brother decides to eliminate the competition.
The Manacled
Jan 27, 1957
A crafty, resourceful criminal being transported via train tries to bribe his escorting police sergeant for his freedom.
A Bottle of Wine
Feb 3, 1957
A wealthy older man confronts the young, handsome suitor (Horton) that his wife is leaving him for.
Malice Domestic
Feb 10, 1957
A man begins to suspect that his wife is trying to poison him.
Number Twenty-Two
Feb 17, 1957
A young ruffian involved in a failed stickup learns some hard facts of life during a police interrogation.
The End of Indian Summer
Feb 24, 1957
An insurance investigator is compelled to re-examine an old claim when troubling new facts come to light.
One for the Road
Mar 3, 1957
When the wife of a two-timing husband starts to connect the dots, the consequences could prove deadly.
The Cream of the Jest
Mar 10, 1957
An alcoholic has-been actor tries to blackmail a producer into casting him in a new play.
I Killed the Count (1)
Mar 17, 1957
Count Mattoni is brutally murdered and Scotland Yard Inspector Davidson must wade the through a myraid of suspects.
I Killed the Count (2)
Mar 24, 1957
Scotland Yard Inspector Davidson continues in his investigation of the murder of Count Mattoni he contiunes to wade the through suspects. He discovers that each not only appears gu
I Killed the Count (3)
Mar 31, 1957
Scotland Yard Inspector Davidson discovers who killed Count Mattoni. Due to a legal loophole, however, the killer cannot be tried.
One More Mile to Go
Apr 7, 1957
After murdering his shrewish spouse, a man finds that disposing of her body may be the challenge of his life.
Vicious Circle
Apr 14, 1957
A hired killer discovers there's a huge catch to being the favorite of his organization's big boss.
The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater
Apr 21, 1957
A henpecked husband escapes into a fantasy world populated by a girl from the South Seas and a dream of murder.
The Night the World Ended
Apr 28, 1957
A practical joker convinces a barfly into thinking that the world is about to end.
The Hands of Mr. Ottermole
May 5, 1957
In 1919 London, a killer is stalking the streets, and residents look to a police sergeant to catch the culprit.
A Man Greatly Beloved
May 12, 1957
A precocious, pigtailed girl attaches herself to a grumpy loner in the hopes of learning his secrets.
Martha Mason, Movie Star
May 19, 1957
The wife of a gardener goes to extreme lengths to spend more time with her movie-star daydreams—and less time with her fertilizer-obsessed husband.
The West Warlock Time Capsule
May 26, 1957
Taxidermist George Tiffany conceives a macabre method of dealing with a brother-in-law who has long outstayed his welcome.
Father and Son
Jun 2, 1957
The shifty son of a shop owner plots to extract money from his long-suffering father.
The Indestructible Mr. Weems
Jun 9, 1957
Cemetery owners bribe an allegedly dying man to be their first customer for business reasons...but the plot backfires when the man simply will not expire.
A Little Sleep
Jun 16, 1957
A fickle young woman gets entangled in a web of crime and deceit at her remote mountain cabin.
The Dangerous People
Jun 23, 1957
Two men are waiting for their train in the station's waiting room. The neighborhood has a criminal asylum nearby from which a criminal has escaped. Nervous about the situation, the