Season 1 • Episode 7
LatestHarlan, Terry, Gina, and General Crewes head to a safe house lead by one of Francie's former anti-establishment hippie friends.
A science lab's elderly janitor is caught in an explosion and inexplicably begins getting younger, making him a target for a sinister agency.
Acting
Frances Sternhagen steals every scene as Gina.
Writing
King's soap-opera-meets-X-Files dialogue is gloriously unhinged.
Creator
Stephen King
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was King's failed pilot for a CBS series—the network pulled the plug after just two episodes aired, leaving five unaired in the US.
The Shop returns here from Firestarter, making this stealth Kingverse canon that even Constant Readers forget.
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