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Katie Watches Stuff: 11.22.63, “The Truth” & “Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald”

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You may have noticed that I skipped last week’s episode of 11.22.63. Some real life things got in the way (happy real life things, for the most part), so I decided to do two episodes in one post. I do apologize for not getting this out sooner.

On the other hand, you get two posts for the price of one. Which I realize is actually quite literal for my Patreon subscribers.

We shall begin with episode 5, “The Truth.” As always, spoilers.

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Katie Watches Stuff: 11.22.63 Ep 2

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Do the ends justify the means?

This seems to be the question that this week’s episode of 11.22.63, “The Kill Floor” seems to be asking. If you can recall, the last episode left off with Jake Epping, disheartened after a major setback in Dallas, deciding to go to Holden, Kentucky, where Harry Dunning’s father Jake Dunning murdered his wife and two of his children on Halloween night in 1960. There are, of course, spoilers. Also, I’m going to try and keep from comparing the series to the book so much (since that’s just pedantic at this point).

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MST3K May Be Coming Back

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Holy crap! First Star Trek is returning to TV, and now they’re planning to bring back Mystery Science Theater 3000? Do you have any idea of how happy this makes me?

Mystery Science Theater 3000, for those who are unaware, was a low-budget series created by comedian Joel Hodgson in 1988. It started on a local Minneapolis station until it was eventually picked up by the Comedy Channel (which would later become Comedy Central), then moved to the SciFi Channel, before it was cancelled in 1997. It followed mild-mannered janitor Joel Robinson (Hodgson), and later Mike Nelson, who was shot up into space by his mad scientist employers as part of an experiment: he was forced to watch the worst movies ever made to see how long it would take to drive him crazy. He and his robot friends Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo would make hilarious comments throughout the movies to try and keep their sanity.

Of course, to bring the series back, they do require funding. To that end, Joel Hodgson has started a Kickstarter page. The goal is $2 million by December 12th, and as of this writing, it is currently at $968,805. Click the link above if you’d like to pitch in. I know I’m definitely going to as soon as I get my next paycheck.