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The Stand. I really liked parts of it, and I bounced
hard off other parts. But I think the moment that sums the show up best is that, towards the end of the series, there’s a scene where a character has sex with the Devil. The Devil usually appears as Alexander Skarsgård (exactly how I would appear if I were the Devil) but while the two character are having sex, his usual glamour slips a little, and the scene flashes between a romantic scenario in a rose petal-strewn hotel room with a naked Skarsgard, and some gross and rather violent writhing in a desert, which ends on a closeup of a terrifying monster screaming directly into the camera.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Glen Bateman s (Greg Kinnear) big sendoff during this farcical trial – instead of a conversation in a jail cell like in the book –made so much dramatic sense and just made it a lot more of a last, well, stand for my favorite character.
BENJAMIN CAVELL: The scene in the book is very memorable, but we had some questions about it. One is just about Lloyd Henreid s (Nat Wolff) arc. In the book, when we meet him, he s killing people and does not have an issue with it. So I always questioned why he hesitated in the book when he was ordered to kill Glen. Part of this is also a testament to Nat Wolff and his commitment and willingness to work with us on crafting an arc for that character. We put Lloyd in a position where he s never killed anybody and doesn t seem to want to and wanted to set this up as a bigger deal for him. It also always bothered me that in the bo
The Stand: How the Penultimate Episode Differs from Stephen King s Book
The eighth and penultimate episode of
Warning: spoilers ahead for the eighth episode of
The Stand appropriately titled The Stand . If you haven t seen the episode or are unfamiliar with King s novel, now would be a good time to turn back.
This week s episode was almost entirely focused on Vegas with Ray, Larry, and Glen facing off with Flagg and while the general mechanics of how that showdown changed (we ll explain that as you keep reading) the end result of the experience is the same: the Hand of God sets off Trashcan Man s nuke, thus ending this battle of good versus evil with good winning when everyone in Vegas is vaporized in the blast.
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.
The Stand: How Blank Page Differs from Stephen King s Book
The third episode of
The Stand debuted on CBS All Access Thursday and introduced a few more major characters to the story while further expanded the stories of some we ve already met, such as Larry Underwood (Jovan Adepo) and Nadine Cross (Amber Heard). New this week are the story for Nick Andros (Henry Zaga) as well as the introductions of Glen Bateman (Greg Kinnear) and Tom Cullen (Brad William Henke). While the nine-part limited series is largely a faithful adaptation of Stephen King s epic novel of the same name, this episode also contained some significant differences from the page to the screen and we re breaking down some of the major ones we spotted as the story deepens.