Episode
The Hitchhiker: Shadow Puppets
Overview
A psychologist with a twisted bent takes the wrong track with a disturbed patient and learns that sometimes it's dangerous to play games.
Details
- Series
- The Hitchhiker
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1989-07-08
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Shadow Puppets is Episode 5 in Season 3 of The Hitchhiker. It aired on 1989-07-08. The runtime is 30 min.
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