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11.22.63
When you fight the past, the past fights back.
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Cast
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11.22.63 reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
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The story
What it's about
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E08
The Day in Question
The past pulls out every weapon it has to keep Jake from reaching Dealey Plaza in time to save Kennedy. If he fails, it could mean death for Jake or others close to him - and if he succeeds, it could create a world in which he loses everything he's ever known. What is the cost of doing the right thing?
- Directed by James Strong
- Written by Bridget Carpenter

S01E01
The Rabbit Hole
A small-town English teacher, Jake Epping, learns from a friend that there is a portal that leads from the present back to 1960. Jake's friend asks him to help him stop John F. Kennedy's assassination by going back in time and finding out who really killed Kennedy... and killing them.
- Directed by Kevin Macdonald
- Written by Bridget Carpenter

S01E05
The Truth
Everything begins to fall apart as Jake struggles to live two lives: teacher and time traveler. When Sadie's life is threatened, Jake has to make a terrible choice, leaving Bill to his own devices. Lee Harvey Oswald takes steps that will lead him into a date with destiny.
- Directed by James Franco
- Written by Bridget Carpenter, Joe Henderson

S01E02
The Kill Floor
Unnerved by the impossibility of his mission, Jake travels to Holden, Kentucky in order to save the family of his friend Harry Dunning, who were all murdered on Halloween by Harry’s father Frank. But does Jake have what it takes to kill a man?
- Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by Bridget Carpenter, Quinton Peeples

S01E06
Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald
It's October 1963, and the gathering storm of threats in Dallas continues to build. Jake must take drastic action to establish the full dimensions of the threat to Kennedy. And amidst it all, he's hit with an unexpected death and a bitter betrayal from one of those closest to him.
- Directed by John David Coles
- Written by Bridget Carpenter

S01E07
Soldier Boy
The end is near, and Jake is not up to the task. Sadie scrambles to pick up the pieces, but no one knows the mission as well as Jake. Kennedy and the assassin are on a collision path - but has Jake changed things enough in the past to alter the course of events? The days are counting down as 11.22.63 draws near.
- Directed by James Kent
- Written by Bridget Carpenter, Quinton Peeples
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S01E08
The Day in Question
- Directed by James Strong
- Written by Bridget Carpenter

S01E07
Soldier Boy
- Directed by James Kent
- Written by Bridget Carpenter, Quinton Peeples

S01E06
Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald
- Directed by John David Coles
- Written by Bridget Carpenter

S01E05
The Truth
- Directed by James Franco
- Written by Bridget Carpenter, Joe Henderson

S01E04
The Eyes of Texas
- Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by Brigitte Hales, Bridget Carpenter

S01E03
Other Voices, Other Rooms
- Directed by James Strong
- Written by Brian Nelson, Bridget Carpenter
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Bryan Burk
Executive producer

Stephen King
Executive producer
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Bridget Carpenter
Executive producer

J.J. Abrams
Executive producer

Kevin Macdonald
Executive producer
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Brian Nelson
Writer
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Brigitte Hales
Writer
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Quinton Peeples
Writer
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Joe Henderson
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Created by
- Bridget CarpenterCreator
- Kevin MacdonaldCreator
Executive production
- Joseph BocciaProducer
- Bryan BurkExecutive Producer
- Stephen KingExecutive Producer
- Bridget CarpenterExecutive Producer
- J.J. AbramsExecutive Producer
- James FrancoProducer
Writing
- Brian NelsonWriter
- Brigitte HalesWriter
- Bridget CarpenterWriter
- Quinton PeeplesWriter
- Joe HendersonWriter
Direction
- John David ColesDirector
- James KentDirector
- James StrongDirector
- James FrancoDirector
- Frederick E. O. ToyeDirector
- Kevin MacdonaldDirector
Cinematography
- David KatznelsonDirector of Photography
- Adam SuschitzkyDirector of Photography
Music
- Alex HeffesOriginal Music Composer
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