Sam Esmail on ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’: ‘It Has Nothing to Do With Morality’
variety.comSam Esmail As part of Variety‘s 100 Greatest Television Shows of All Time issue, we asked 12 of our favorite creators of television to discuss the series that inspire and move them.
Check out all the essays, and read our full list of the best TV shows ever made. When I was 12, my TV diet consisted of ’80s procedurals like “Knight Rider” and “The Incredible Hulk.” My impression of TV, then, was that it was visually static and repetitive, with the same formula every week — and, of course, a morally righteous main character.
So when I discovered “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” on Nick at Nite, it blew up every notion I had about storytelling. The first episode I ever watched was called “One More Mile to Go,” directed by Hitchcock himself.
I remember so vividly the way it opens: There’s a great exterior shot of the house, and you’re watching through the windows as a couple is fighting.
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