Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
Poison
Oct 5, 1958
Two partners discover their real feelings for one another when one is bitten by a poisonous snake and it's up to the other to save his life.
Don't Interrupt
Oct 12, 1958
Silence may be golden, but it also proves lethal when a young boy witnesses an escaped mental patient and can't tell anyone about it.
The Jokester
Oct 19, 1958
A morgue attendant gets the last laugh when he finally has enough of a man who has been provoking him.
The Crooked Road
Oct 26, 1958
A joyride in a new convertible is seriously called to a halt as the corrupt public officials in a small town attempt to take advantage of the defenseless drivers.
The $2,000,000 Defense
Nov 2, 1958
A lawyer gets creative when the man he is defending offers him half of his net worth if he will find a way out of the case.
Design for Loving
Nov 9, 1958
A man's marriage seriously malfunctions when he buys a robot to take over his relationship with his demanding wife so he can escape to Rio.
Man with a Problem
Nov 16, 1958
A man relates the series of events that led him to contemplate suicide to a police officer.
Safety for the Witness
Nov 23, 1958
A gunsmith sets his sight on two gangsters who will kill him if he testifies to what they've purchased in court.
Murder Me Twice
Dec 7, 1958
When a hypnotist puts a young woman into a trance during a seance, things go wildly out of control and she stabs her husband. But is she really to blame for her actions?
Tea Time
Dec 14, 1958
It's hard to tell who's the bigger cheater when a wife and her husband's jealous mistress sit down for some lethal negotiating.
And the Desert Shall Blossom
Dec 21, 1958
When two old men need a miracle in order to keep their home, the answer arrives in the unlikely form of a killer on the run from the law.
Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore
Dec 28, 1958
Two women plot to do away with an irascible old man and seize his money, but their plan is foiled when one of them decides she deserves more of the fortune.
Six People, No Music
Jan 4, 1959
A funeral parlor owner is put in an awkward position when a deceased client comes back to life and demands a much smaller affair than what was planned for his funeral.
The Morning After
Jan 11, 1959
Motherly love knows no bounds when a woman decides to get revenge on the married man who has been dating her daughter.
A Personal Matter
Jan 18, 1959
Two construction engineers are between more than just a rock and a hard place when one of them discovers the other's violent past during an explosive tunnel blast.
Out There - Darkness
Jan 25, 1959
When a wealthy woman mistakenly accuses her elevator boy of robbing her, his resulting imprisonment will take her to levels of guilt she never expected.
Total Loss
Feb 1, 1959
A desperate department store owner foolishly agrees to a scheme to have her store burned down so she can collect the insurance, but the fiery transaction doesn't go down as planned
The Last Dark Step
Feb 8, 1959
It's murder most foul when a man decides to drown the longtime girlfriend who's been supporting him, but his crime doesn't go unnoticed for very long.
The Morning of the Bride
Feb 15, 1959
A young woman with her eye on marriage wonders why she still hasn't met her boyfriend's mother.
The Diamond Necklace
Feb 22, 1959
During his last week of work before retirement, the longtime employee of a jewelry store serves an unusual client.
Relative Value
Mar 1, 1959
When John learns that he has been made the beneficiary in his cousin's will, he decides he can't wait for nature to take its course and begins plotting murder.
The Right Price
Mar 8, 1959
A middle-aged couple, recently wed and constantly bickering, learn how married life can be murder.
I'll Take Care of You
Mar 15, 1959
A used car salesman with a spendthrift wife concocts a killer deal with his father and two college boys.
The Avon Emeralds
Mar 22, 1959
Nothing is as it seems when a young Scotland Yard inspector follows a widow suspected of smuggling jewelry.
The Kind Waitress
Mar 29, 1959
Thelma Tomkins and her deadbeat boyfriend begin poisoning an old and wealthy woman in order to get an inheritance ... but the results are not what they expected.
Cheap Is Cheap
Apr 5, 1959
When a miser discovers how expensive a divorce will cost, he comes up with another way to rid himself of his wife.
The Waxwork
Apr 12, 1959
A reporter with a gambling problem will do anything for a lucrative story - including spending the night in the Murderers' Den of a wax museum.
The Impossible Dream
Apr 19, 1959
Pining for her boss - a former movie star now forced to take supporting roles - a middle-aged secretary shows how she will do anything to make her romantic fantasy a reality.
Banquo's Chair
May 3, 1959
A retired Scotland Yard inspector goes to extreme lengths to prove the guilt of a suspect in an old murder case.
A Night with the Boys
May 10, 1959
When he loses all his money in a poker game, a man tells his pregnant wife an involved lie to explain the missing cash.
Your Witness
May 17, 1959
A prominent lawyer appears able to manipulate any situation successfully - except, perhaps, for his marriage.
Human Interest Story
May 24, 1959
A newspaper reporter gets a tip about an out of this world story: a man who claims to be a Martian.
The Dusty Drawer
May 31, 1959
When a local bank clerk cheats him out of $200, a man takes extreme measures to get back his money.
A True Account
Jun 7, 1959
Paul Brett is a top-notch criminal attorney who is consulted by Mrs. Cannon-Hughes. She was a nurse by profession who tended to the bedridden wife of Gilbert Hughes until her death
Touché
Jun 14, 1959
A millionaire takes a hunting trip during which he hatches a plan to make his wife's lover his prey.
Invitation to an Accident
Jun 21, 1959
When a woman's blatant indiscretions with her ex-husband continue even after a confrontation with her current spouse, the consequences are dire.