The Rabbit Hole

Episode aired Feb 15, 2016
TV-MATV-MA
1h 21min

8.6/10

3.9K

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Chris Cooper and James Franco in 11.22.63 (2016)

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High school teacher Jake Epping is approached by his friend, Al, who has access to a portal which transports whoever uses it to the year 1960, where Al suggests Jake can avert the assassinat... Read allHigh school teacher Jake Epping is approached by his friend, Al, who has access to a portal which transports whoever uses it to the year 1960, where Al suggests Jake can avert the assassination of John F. Kennedy.High school teacher Jake Epping is approached by his friend, Al, who has access to a portal which transports whoever uses it to the year 1960, where Al suggests Jake can avert the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

8.6/10

3.9K

Director
- Kevin Macdonald
Writers
- Bridget Carpenter(developed for television by)
- Stephen King(based on the novel by)
Stars
- James Franco
- Sarah Gadon
- Cherry Jones(credit only)

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Daniel Webber and Lucy Fry in 11.22.63 (2016)

James Franco and Allie Gallerani in 11.22.63 (2016)

Director
- Kevin Macdonald
Writers
- Bridget Carpenter(developed for television by) (teleplay by)
- Stephen King(based on the novel by)
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Jake Epping is burned out and lost. His ex-wife has moved on, his students are always distracted, and his novel went nowhere. Then one of his dearest friends, Al Templeton, shows him the rabbit hole, a secret time portal that leads back to 1960. Al asks Jake to head back to the past and create a better world by stopping the Kennedy assassination. Jake heads down the rabbit hole to begin his mission but finds that changing the past is far more dangerous than he ever would have dreamed.

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Trivia
The series makes several changes in order to make the whole "past trying to prevent changes" factor more supernatural. However, in the novel, the events are not out of the ordinary, but a series of constant and strange coincidences like Jake falling sick, getting a flat tire, the car breaking down or having a tree blocking a street.

Goofs
The convention center has automatic sliding doors with motion sensors. This technology did not exist in 1960.

Quotes
[to Jake]
Al Templeton: You're gonna feel apart from other people. That doesn't go away. But tread lightly. Don't get too close to anyone. It never ends well. You see, the past doesn't want to be changed. There are times when you feel it push back, you know? You feel it. When you're close to changing something, it's hard to describe, but you'll know. If you do something that really fucks with the past, the past fucks with you.