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Golden Years

★ 5.3 4K votes 1991–1991 1 season · 7 episodes Ended CBS
Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Keith SzarabajkaFelicity HuffmanEd LauterR.D. CallBill RaymondFrances Sternhagen
Written by
Stephen King
Starring
Keith SzarabajkaFelicity HuffmanEd LauterR.D. CallBill RaymondFrances Sternhagen
Written by
Stephen King
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
0255075100

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About

"An origin experiment in King's TV mythology"

An aging janitor is caught in a lab explosion and instead of dying begins aging backward, developing strange abilities as shadowy government agents scramble to recapture him and his wife goes on the run at his side. Stephen King's original series (his first not adapted from a book) leans into slow-burn conspiracy dread over jump scares, with a melancholy, small-town mood. It's talky and deliberate rather than pulpy, carried mostly by its central couple's chemistry and a sense of creeping unease rather than spectacle.

Watch it for

the odd, tender premise of an ordinary old man reversing toward youth against his will.

Maybe skip if

you need tight plotting and closure, since the show was cut short and never resolves its mysteries.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 11991
5.754473h 33m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Time and Time Again5.9
8333 min
▶2Yes, No, or Maybe?5.9
8232 min
▶3Am I a Winner?5.7
7930 min
▶4Not on My Watch5.7
7629 min
▶5Second Chance5.7
7528 min
▶6Third Time Lucky?5.6
7534 min
▶7The Final Blow5.4
7427 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Keith Szarabajka Harlan Williams
Felicity Huffman Terry Spann
Ed Lauter Gen. Louis Crewes
R.D. Call Jude Andrews
Bill Raymond Dr. Richard X. Toddhunter
Frances Sternhagen Gina Williams
Stephen Root Major Moreland
Philip Lenkowsky Billy Delois
Tim Guinee Fredericks
Graham Paul Rick Haverford

Crew

Stephen King

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