Mystery Science Theater 3000
Experiment 1203: Lords of the Deep
TV Flash files “Experiment 1203: Lords of the Deep” as hour 193 of 209 in the TV Flash guide — Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999) on KTMA/Comedy Central/Sci-Fi, season 12, episode 3, aired 2018-11-22, 79 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S12E03: listed hour 193 of 209 in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 guide, hour 3 of 6 in season 12. It aired 2018-11-22 (79 min). The listed hour before it is “Experiment 1202: Atlantic Rim” (S12E02). Next is “Experiment 1204: The Day Time Ended” (S12E04).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Kinga forces Jonah and the bots to watch Lords of the Deep: a 80s' Roger Corman cash-in on underwater horror and s.f. movies of the era. There are no Lords, and it's not very deep.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Experiment 1203: Lords of the Deep sit in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 guide?
S12E03 is listed hour 193 of 209 — hour 3 of 6 in season 12, season 12 episode 3.
When did Mystery Science Theater 3000 S12E03 air?
Experiment 1203: Lords of the Deep aired 2018-11-22 and is listed at 79 minutes.
Joel or Mike seasons?
Joel Hodgson created it and hosted early; Mike Nelson took over later. Both riff from the front row — pick a host, the robots stay the religion.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Silhouettes in the front row, heckling a bad movie until it becomes a friendship. The comedy grammar of riffing as love: robots, host segments, and thrift-store cinema treated like scripture. Patient, silly, and oddly tender about junk — the show recap culture still copies. If you have ever talked back at a screen, this is your church.
Flash: silhouettes in the front row, heckling a bad movie until it becomes a friendship, thrift-store cinema treated like scripture. Joel Hodgson created *MST3K* locally in 1988; national fame arrived in the 1990s on Comedy Central, later Sci-Fi Channel years. A human and two robots watch terrible films and joke over them from a theater's front row. **Heckling as love** — the comedy grammar recap culture still copies. If you have ever talked back at a screen, this is your church.
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