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** Averted, however, with General Crewes, the overall commander of the base. He helps Terri early on and eventually joins in aiding Harlan.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Doctor Todhunter, when you realize "Tod" is German for "death".
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Harlan Williams is an elderly janitor at Falco Plains, a secret government research laboratory in UsefulNotes/NewYorkState. One day he finds himself caught in a particle accelerator experiment gone awry, exposing him to a mysterious, luminescent dust. Harlan survives, but his ordeal is far from over -- not only are his wounds mysteriously healing, but he has begun to age in reverse. Soon Harlan finds himself the focus of a cross-country manhunt as certain elements of the government try to stop at nothing to learn the secrets of his condition.
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Harlan Williams is an elderly janitor at Falco Plains, a secret government research laboratory in UsefulNotes/NewYorkState. One day he finds himself caught in a particle accelerator experiment gone awry, exposing him to a mysterious, luminescent dust. Harlan survives, but his ordeal is far from over -- not only are his wounds mysteriously healing, but he has begun to age in reverse. Soon Harlan finds himself the focus of a cross-country manhunt as certain elements of the government try to stop at nothing to learn the secrets of his condition.
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Harlan Williams is an elderly gentleman who works as a janitor at Falco Plains, a secret government research laboratory in UsefulNotes/NewYorkState. One day he finds himself caught in a particle accelerator experiment gone awry, exposing him to a mysterious, luminescent dust. Harlan survives, but his ordeal is far from over -- not only are his wounds mysteriously healing, but he has begun to age in reverse. Soon Harlan finds himself the focus of a cross-country manhunt as certain elements of the government try to stop at nothing to learn the secrets of his condition.
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Harlan Williams is an elderly gentleman who works as a janitor at Falco Plains, a secret government research laboratory in UsefulNotes/NewYorkState. One day he finds himself caught in a particle accelerator experiment gone awry, exposing him to a mysterious, luminescent dust. Harlan survives, but his ordeal is far from over -- not only are his wounds mysteriously healing, but he has begun to age in reverse. Soon Harlan finds himself the focus of a cross-country manhunt as certain elements of the government try to stop at nothing to learn the secrets of his condition.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[Music/DavidBowie Run for the shadows in these golden years...]]'']]
[[caption-width-right:300:''[[Music/DavidBowie Run for the shadows in these golden years...]]'']]
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* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Andrews blows cigarette smoke from his nostrils in a rather demonic fashion.
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* PragmaticVillainy: When he needs to get information out of a mentally-handicapped man, Andrews patiently converses with him, obviously recognizing that engaging in his more usual methods would be useless.
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Harlan Williams is an elderly gentleman who works as a janitor at Falco Plains, a secret government research laboratory in UsefulNotes/NewYorkState. One day he finds himself caught in an a particle accelerator experiment gone awry, exposing him to a mysterious, luminescent dust. Harlan survives, but his ordeal is far from over -- not only are his wounds mysteriously healing, but he has begun to age in reverse. Soon Harlan finds himself the focus of a cross-country manhunt as certain elements of the government try to stop at nothing to learn the secrets of his condition.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Harlan starts as a janitor as a secret government laboratory and starts aging in reverse after an accident. [[spoiler:The "almighty" part comes later as he begins developing near-godlike powers on top of that.]]
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* AlmightyJanitor: Harlan starts as a janitor as at a secret government laboratory and starts aging in reverse after an accident. [[spoiler:The "almighty" part comes later as he begins developing near-godlike powers on top of that.]]
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Harlan and Gina at the end.]]
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* BadBoss: Dr. Todhunter, who bullies and berates his underlings in the lab over the slightest inconvenience. There is also Andrews, who at one point outright threatens a subordinate from the Defense Department over a setback. There is also Major Moreland, Harlan's direct superior, who is closer to an ObstructiveBureaucrat.
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* BadBoss: Dr. Todhunter, who bullies and berates his underlings in the lab over the slightest inconvenience. There is also And Andrews, who at one point outright threatens a subordinate from the Defense Department over a setback. There is also Also Major Moreland, Harlan's direct superior, who is closer to an ObstructiveBureaucrat.
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* RetiredMonster: Before becoming head of security at Falco Plains, Terri was part of a teo-person black ops unit with Andrews and admits that they "killed people together." Then Terri realized that Andrews started ''enjoying'' his job and ended their partnership.
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* RetiredMonster: Before becoming head of security at Falco Plains, Terri was part of a teo-person two-person black ops unit with Andrews and admits that they "killed people together." Then Terri realized that Andrews started ''enjoying'' his job and ended their partnership.
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* InspectorJavert: Andrews becomes this to Harlan once the manhunt is underway.
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* IRejectYourReality: Dr. Todhunter, wanting ''absolutely nothing'' to get in the way of carrying out his experiment, coerces one of his underlings into assuming that a red light indicating a systems malfunction is really an error. It results in the accident which affects Harlan.
* InspectorJavert: Andrews becomes this to Harlan once the manhunt is underway.
* InspectorJavert: Andrews becomes this to Harlan once the manhunt is underway.
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* InspectorJavert: Andrews becomes this to Harlan once the manhunt is underway.
* ProfessionalKiller: Andrews is this for The Shop, being perfectly willing to kill ''anybody'' he regards as a loose end.
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* RetiredMonster: Before becoming head of security at Falco Plains, Terri was part of a teo-person BlackOps black ops unit with Andrews and admits that they "killed people together." Then Terri realized that Andrews started ''enjoying'' his job and ended their partnership.
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* BadBoss: Dr. Todhunter, who bullies and berates his underlings in the lab over the slightest inconvenience. There is also Major Moreland, Harlan's direct superior, who is closer to an ObstructiveBureaucrat.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Terri gets a scene late in the story where she sleeps on a couch wearing nothing but lingerie.
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* RetiredMonster: Before becoming head of security at Falco Plains, Terri was part of a teo-person BlackOps unit with Andrews and admits that they "killed people together." Then Terri realized that Andrews started ''enjoying'' his job and ended their partnership.
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* DirtyCoward: Todhunter flees the lab and knocks over Harlan (clearly not caring whether he lives or dies) before the explosion.
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* TheCameo: Creator/StephenKing appears as a bus driver in the fifth episode.
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* MerlinSickness: The effects of the explosion cause Harlan to begin aging in reverse. [[spoilers:And it doesn't stop there.]]
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* MerlinSickness: The effects of the explosion cause Harlan to begin aging in reverse. [[spoilers:And [[spoiler:And it doesn't stop there.]]
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* DeathByDeAging: Discussed. Harlan wonders if he will end up dying as a child, as primordial ooze or worse.
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* MerlinSickness: The effects of the explosion cause Harlan to begin aging in reverse. [[spoilers:And it doesn't stop there.]]
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* BlessedWithSuck: Sure he's aging in reverse, but the fact he's getting younger while his wife is getting older causes the poor woman emotional distress. There's also the fact that the GovernmentAgencyOfFiction is now after him and [[spoiler:he's developing destructive superpowers that he can't control]].
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* AlmightyJanitor: Harlan starts as a janitor as a secret government laboratory and starts aging in reverse after an accident. [[spoiler:The "almighty" part comes later as he begins developing near-godlike powers on top of that.]]
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** Averted, however, with General Crewes, the overall commander of the base. He helps Terri early on and eventually joins in aiding Harlan.
* ContinuityNod: Terri states at one point that Andrews is more dangerous than [[Literature/{{Firestarter}} John Rainbird]].
* EvilIsHammy: Dr. Todhunter. '''Full. Stop.'''
** Averted, however, with General Crewes, the overall commander of the base. He helps Terri early on and eventually joins in aiding Harlan.
* ContinuityNod: Terri states at one point that Andrews is more dangerous than [[Literature/{{Firestarter}} John Rainbird]].
* EvilIsHammy: Dr. Todhunter. '''Full. Stop.'''
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* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The Shop, the government agency which was the collective antagonist of ''Literature/Firestarter'', are the people hunting Harlan.
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* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The Shop, the government agency which was the collective antagonist of ''Literature/Firestarter'', are the people hunting Harlan.
** There is also another agency mentioned called the DSA, which is presumably a stand-in for the NSA.
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Harlan Williams is an elderly gentleman who works as a janitor at Falco Plains, a secret government research laboratory in UsefulNotes/UpstateNewYork. One day he finds himself caught in an particle accelerator experiment gone awry, exposing him to a mysterious, luminescent dust. Harlan survives, but his ordeal is far from over -- not only are his wounds mysteriously healing, but he has begun to age in reverse. Soon Harlan finds himself the focus of a cross-country manhunt as certain elements of the government try to stop at nothing to learn the secrets of his condition.
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Harlan Williams is an elderly gentleman who works as a janitor at Falco Plains, a secret government research laboratory in UsefulNotes/UpstateNewYork.UsefulNotes/NewYorkState. One day he finds himself caught in an particle accelerator experiment gone awry, exposing him to a mysterious, luminescent dust. Harlan survives, but his ordeal is far from over -- not only are his wounds mysteriously healing, but he has begun to age in reverse. Soon Harlan finds himself the focus of a cross-country manhunt as certain elements of the government try to stop at nothing to learn the secrets of his condition.
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''Golden Years'' (also known as ''Stephen King's Golden Years'') is a 1991 television miniseries created and written by Creator/StephenKing.
Harlan Williams is an elderly gentleman who works as a janitor at Falco Plains, a secret government research laboratory in UsefulNotes/UpstateNewYork. One day he finds himself caught in an particle accelerator experiment gone awry, exposing him to a mysterious, luminescent dust. Harlan survives, but his ordeal is far from over -- not only are his wounds mysteriously healing, but he has begun to age in reverse. Soon Harlan finds himself the focus of a cross-country manhunt as certain elements of the government try to stop at nothing to learn the secrets of his condition.
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!!''Golden Years'' contains examples of:
* TheAtoner: Terri was already this at the start of the story after falling out with Jude Andrews.
* ForScience: Dr. Todhunter's rationale for behaving the way he does.
* NoOSHACompliance: On the part of Dr. Todhunter when he forces his subordinates to activate the particle accelerator despite a warning signal flashing red, which causes the explosion that kick-starts the plot. Later enforced by Andrews (acting in the interests of The Shop) when he allows Todhunter to continue his experiments despite every indication that he hasn't learned from the accident and is as reckless as ever.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Terri Spann and General Crewes work for the government, and are willing to go rogue to keep Harlan and his family from falling victim to The Shop.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Dr. Todhunter is implied to be this when he visits his father's grave.
Harlan Williams is an elderly gentleman who works as a janitor at Falco Plains, a secret government research laboratory in UsefulNotes/UpstateNewYork. One day he finds himself caught in an particle accelerator experiment gone awry, exposing him to a mysterious, luminescent dust. Harlan survives, but his ordeal is far from over -- not only are his wounds mysteriously healing, but he has begun to age in reverse. Soon Harlan finds himself the focus of a cross-country manhunt as certain elements of the government try to stop at nothing to learn the secrets of his condition.
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!!''Golden Years'' contains examples of:
* TheAtoner: Terri was already this at the start of the story after falling out with Jude Andrews.
* ForScience: Dr. Todhunter's rationale for behaving the way he does.
* NoOSHACompliance: On the part of Dr. Todhunter when he forces his subordinates to activate the particle accelerator despite a warning signal flashing red, which causes the explosion that kick-starts the plot. Later enforced by Andrews (acting in the interests of The Shop) when he allows Todhunter to continue his experiments despite every indication that he hasn't learned from the accident and is as reckless as ever.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Terri Spann and General Crewes work for the government, and are willing to go rogue to keep Harlan and his family from falling victim to The Shop.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Dr. Todhunter is implied to be this when he visits his father's grave.
