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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 soldier 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 boyfriend's baby, attempts suicide by overdosing on pills. Harold Lauder, a troubled teenager and geek, vies for the affections of his former babysitter Frannie Goldsmith, the only other survivor in their hometown of Ogunquit, Maine.

Kendall Joy Hall as Young Abigail FreemantleĪ lethal weaponized strain of influenza, known as "Captain Trips", is unleashed, causing an apocalyptic epidemic that kills billions around the world in less than a month, although a small number of people are immune and survive.

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 first episode was released on Paramount+ on Decemand on Starz on 3 January 2021. 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 main characters, moves the setting to modern-day 21st century, and features a new final episode co-written with his son, Owen, making it the third variation of the story's conclusion.

After the epidemic kills almost the entire world population, the few survivors are drawn to one of two figures, Randall Flagg and Mother Abagail, setting up a final good-vs-evil confrontation. The plot centres on an epidemic 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-apocalyptic fantasy television miniseries, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Stephen King and a remake to the 1994 adaptation.