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J tracks Greg’s campaign tour route, talks w/ a bartender, stays in a hotel, & writes his final letters to Herb, Sarah, Weizak, and Bannerman. He stakes out the town hall, talks w/ photographer (same as Greg’s baby cover photo?), & hides in the gallery. He misses every bullet shot & gets hit a few times & falls off balcony. Greg talks to him, J touches ankle & sees everything’s changed, and he passes out/away.
— 10 hours, 10 min ago
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Very simple letter to Sarah and as she says her goodbyes and screams about how it isn’t fair how things turned out, she feels his hand on her neck and his presence may be everywhere. Then she drives away to continue her life.
— 9 hours, 41 min ago
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Pt3 has J’s powerful letter to Herb interspersed w/ Committee hearings from Weizak, his old roadwork foreman in AZ, Dr. Vann, & Clawson who took Greg’s damning photo. He had a tumor where he’d had his accident and maybe even since his childhood ice fall. Terribly sad but brave final act to save the world. Now Sarah is visiting J’s grave & her husband is very successful.
— 9 hours, 49 min ago
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The grad party rages & the radio announces the restaurant death toll & everyone’s devastated & amazed. J runs away shortly after & lives on the run in FL and AZ & I love the letters to him from Roger, Chuck, & Herb. Roger’s paid off his medical debt! He’s also trying to get him to cash a big check for saving lives. Now J is super sickly but buying a rifle & tickets to go assassinate Greg. Great stuff here!
— Mar 21, 2026 04:32AM
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Chuck graduates, Ngo’s got his citizenship and is head groundskeeper for a resort, and everyone’s at the Chatsworth estate for the grad party. Chuck thanks and hugs J when he has a vision that their 200+ steak dinner party will all die in a restaurant fire due to lightning. No one believes him, the owner gets pissed when they arrive w/ suspicions, but Roger notices no lightning rods like the owner said he had.
— Mar 20, 2026 08:43PM
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J gives the rundown on Greg’s history in detail. He had some good social programs but almost immediately went evil when given power. Herb and Charlene get married on Jan.2nd & J asks her WWI vet dad about the war and if he’d go back in time and kill Hitler. Later he asks Chatsworth & both have opposite answers, but now J is really seriously considering assassinating Greg Stillson.
— Mar 18, 2026 11:00PM
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The FBI and police chief question J in their holding cell as he recovers & they genuinely expect him to reveal his psychic vision, but he doesn’t. Ngo tells J his opinion of Greg as the laughing tiger and he should be (politically) killed & J starts to get obsessed & have dreams about it. Stillsonphile. Reminiscent of 11/22/63 research & connecting dots & such.
— Mar 18, 2026 07:23PM
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J shows up at the Timbull rally for Greg Stillson. Meets with Ngo as his class shows up and everyone’s excited for their first rally. J knows he shouldn’t go for the touch but his instincts are overpowering. He’s pressed through to the front near the bike gang & towards the end Greg grabs his hand & J sees him being sworn in as president. G is shocked & as J turns to escape, he blacks out.
— Mar 17, 2026 10:46PM
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J and Mr. C watch and comment on Stillson’s buffoonery on TV. Ngo’s citizenship class field trip is going to his rally & J fights the urge to go but can’t help himself. Herb is finally making moves on a family friend whose house he’s fixing up.
— Mar 17, 2026 08:02AM
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Johnny has a breakthrough with Chuck to redirect his thoughts when answering reading comp questions & Mr. Chatsworth gives a $500 bonus and reveals he knows of Johnny’s abilities. Now they see Stillson on the news of the campaign trail. When J was short-order cooking, he met many politicians and shook hands w/ Carter & told of his vision of Carter winning. Secret Service agent is psycho assassin?
— Mar 16, 2026 11:07PM
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Johnny begins private tutoring a high school athlete class president, Chuck Chatsworth, in reading and comprehension. $600/mth and free room & board in their guest house. Sweet deal after so many unwanted packages and visitors showing up in Pownal. Different age than movie & I wonder if the dad knew of J’s abilities before interviewing him as in the film.
— Mar 13, 2026 08:46PM
