THE HITCHHIKER S01E03: Split Decision (1983)

1983 · Corazon Productions

⚠ Unverified — hosted on the Internet Archive, not confirmed public domain. Opens on archive.org; nothing plays here directly.

THE HITCHHIKER: Split Decision (1983). This is the last (of three) episodes from the rookie season of HBO's first original drama series. Although the Koch DVD release somehow managed to release the Nicholas Campbell version of the episode on their DVD, the episode they released had some bizarre edits. For one, several ad-break fade outs/fade ins were added throughout. Also, about 30 seconds worth of edits were made, though not to profanity, leading me to think the copy they pulled for DVD version was perhaps for the 1980s Canadian broadcasts. More often than not, this episode is usually seen with Campbell's scenes replaced by Page Fletcher reshoots. I've uploaded this copy of the episode because, unlike the one on the DVD, this version is complete and unedited, just like the original 1983 broadcast. This episode stars real-life sisters Audrey and Judy Landers playing a pair of kooky sisters who have a problem with 'sharing'. Check out my uploads for the other two first season episodes (the original 1983 Nicholas Campbell versions).