The Hitchhiker: Split Decision (1983)
Season 1, Episode 3
8/10
Enjoyable change of pace comedic episode
26 December 2010
Warning: Spoilers
Without a doubt one of the goofiest and most lighthearted episodes of this often very dark and grim series, this frothy affair centers on Jake McElhaney (an amusing and animated performance by Jackson Davies), a desperate and down on his luck real estate salesman who's in danger of losing his job. Jake thinks he's hit the jackpot when he secures a choice gig selling a home owned by beautiful twin sisters Frances and Priscilla Packard. However, Jake eventually finds out that the lovely ladies have a highly unusual way of sharing things that include the men in their lives. Director Ivan Nagy, working from a cheerfully silly script by Lewis Chesler, maintains a snappy pace and amiably tongue-in-cheek tone throughout. The punchline is pretty obvious, but still funny in a blithely twisted sort of way. Gorgeous real-life siblings Judy and Audrey Landers are extremely sweet, enchanting, and alluring as the Packard gals while Davies is a smarmy hoot as a charming smooth-talker who will do anything to make a sale. While this episode doesn't deliver on the program's trademark gratuitous female nudity, we still nonetheless get to see the scrumptious Landers sisters romping about in various sexy'n'skimpy outfits. Paul Hoffert's broad'n'bouncy score keeps things bubbling along. Francois Protat's bright cinematography gives everything an attractive sparkling look. Good dippy fun.
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