The Stand: How "The Walk" Differs from Stephen King's Book
The seventh episode of
The Stand arrived on CBS All Access on Thursday with "The Walk" seeing the aftermath of both the bomb and Mother Abagail's (Whoopi Goldberg) return as well as, as the title of the episode suggests, the departure of Stu Redman (James Marsden), Glen Bateman (Greg Kinnear), Ray Brentner (Irene Bedard), and Larry Underwood (Jovan Adepo) for Vegas on foot. While this episode was largely a travel montage as the group made their way to face the Dark Man, there were some major plot points. With next week being the penultimate episode of the limited series, there were some big developments this week -- but they came with some critical differences from Stephen King's novel, and we're breaking them down.