The Stand

2020
2.8
20 reviews
TV-MA
Rating
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Season 1 episodes (9)

1 The End
12/17/20
When the "Captain Trips" flu epidemic wipes out more than 99% of the population, the remaining few immune to the disease, including Stu Redman, Frannie Goldsmith, and Harold Lauder, set out in search of other survivors, all the while, experiencing visions of the nurturing Mother Abagail and the menacing figure of The Dark Man.
2 Pocket Savior
12/24/20
Musician Larry Underwood is on the cusp of his big break when "Captain Trips" strikes New York. Alone and wandering an empty city, he meets an alluring new acquaintance also desperate to escape. Meanwhile, an incarcerated Lloyd Henreid comes face-to-face with Randall Flagg, The Dark Man himself, who makes him an enticing offer.
3 Blank Page
12/31/20
Mother Abagail selects a surprising voice to be her conduit to her chosen Committee in Boulder: the young deaf man Nick Andros. The arrival of a disturbing visitor to the Boulder Free Zone, shakes the Committee and Boulder residents to their core. Elsewhere in the Free Zone, Nadine Cross is haunted by a childhood memory.
4 The House of the Dead
1/7/21
The Boulder Free Zone Committee looks to solidify their leadership and bolster the community with a town hall meeting, but Flagg continues to make inroads as he plots to destroy the newly-forming society from within.
5 Fear and Loathing in New Vegas
1/14/21
Nadine and Harold's dark intentions continue to take shape. Meanwhile, the Committee's spies entrench themselves in New Vegas, where Flagg is building his own society, where officially-sanctioned sin and debauchery disguises a ruthlessly-enforced order. Back in Boulder, Frannie hatches a plan to confirm her suspicions of Harold while Mother Abagail seeks divine council.
6 The Vigil
1/21/21
While all of Boulder fears for Mother Abagail's safety, Stu organizes search parties to ensure her return, presenting an opportunity for Harold and Nadine. In New Vegas, Flagg recruits a dangerous new follower.
7 The Walk
1/28/21
After tragedy strikes the Boulder Free Zone, Mother Abagail tasks members of her Committee with a dangerous mission. Meanwhile, Harold and Nadine begin their journey to New Vegas to unite with Flagg and claim their reward.
8 The Stand
2/4/21
Risking everything, the Boulder travelers face off with Flagg's followers in New Vegas, among them a very different - and pregnant - Nadine.
9 The Circle Closes
2/11/21
Limited series finale written by Stephen King. After seeing both the light and the dark, Frannie makes her stand.

About this show

THE STAND is Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the Dark Man. Based on Stephen King's best-selling novel of the same name, CBS All Access' THE STAND will close with a new coda written by the famed author himself.

Ratings and reviews

2.8
20 reviews
YeS GiRL
April 22, 2022
um well, ive read the book, several times in fact...i have a first edition copy 😁. and thats really nuff said BUT, ill go on...its really hard to make mr. kings books into really good things to watch, its only been gotten right a few times & both of the stands arent in that mix.
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Jacob Brown
July 29, 2022
I don't know what it is. But they take amazing Stephen King books and ruin them with each and every adaptation. They need to quit before they give everyone cancer with this b.s
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Nelson Hicks
October 18, 2021
Should've been better making trash can man a non factor was a mistake However Amber Heard nailed her character Nadine perfectly
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