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The signal has been intercepted.

In this episode of Forgotten TV, we begin a deep dive into the 1985 NBC sci-fi comedy Misfits of Science, starting with the pilot telefilm “Deep Freeze.” From a Cold Open “intercept” to a totally official Humanidyne corporate promo reel, this episode sets the stage for one of television’s strangest and most overlooked experiments.

Explore the origins of the Human Investigation Team (HIT), meet the Misfits, and revisit a world of cryogenics, neutron beams, and 1980s science gone wonderfully sideways as we declassify each episode. 

This is Part One of a two-part event.

Full episode dossiers, expanded research, and additional materials are available on Patreon.

They didn’t get it.

Watch "Deep Freeze" color corrected an upscaled!

Misfits of Science: An Oral History by Will Harris

Read the Science of Misfits blog!

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