Stu is taken in by medical authorities at the Stovington, Vermont CDC facility who hope to find the source of his immunity.
In a flashback, Stu Redman witnesses the death of Charles Campion, who was patient zero, in Arnette, Texas. Harold saves her, and the two of them leave Ogunquit in search of other survivors. Frannie, depressed at the loss of her father and pregnant with her now deceased ex-boyfriend's baby, attempts suicide by overdosing on pills. Geeky teen Harold Lauder vies for the affections of his former babysitter Frannie Goldsmith, the only other survivor in their hometown of Ogunquit, Maine.
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Mick Garris makes a cameo appearance in "The Circle Closes" as a resident of the Boulder Free Zone.Ī lethal weaponized strain of influenza (known as Captain Trips) is unleashed, causing an apocalyptic pandemic that kills billions around the world in less than a month, although a small number of people are immune and survive. Stephen King makes a cameo appearance in "The House of the Dead" on an advertisement for Hemingford Home. Kendall Joy Hall as Young Mother Abagail. Bryan Cranston as the President of the United States (voice uncredited). Alexander Skarsgård as Randall Flagg / "The Dark Man". Their worst nightmares are embodied by a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the nefarious 'Dark Man. The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. The Stand is described in CBS publicity as "King's apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. The adaptation received mixed to average reviews. The first episode was released on CBS All Access (now Paramount+) on December 17, 2020. In the novel's dedication to his wife, King describes it as a "dark tale of the ageless struggle between good and evil." The adaptation alters details (gender, race, age, etc.) of some of the main characters, moves the setting to modern-day 21st century, and features a new final episode written by King, making it the third variation of the story's conclusion. After the pandemic kills almost the entire world population, the few survivors are drawn to one of two figures, one dark and one light, setting up a final good-vs-evil confrontation. The plot centers on a pandemic resulting from a mishap at a military biological research station which allows the escape of a lethal strain of influenza. The Stand is an American post-apocalypse, fantasy streaming television miniseries, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Stephen King.