It is also believed that Jesse is dead. Andros later reappears as a spirit to Cullen and, finally able to speak, guides Cullen as he attempts to return from Vegas, and showing him how to save the life of a very ill Redman. At the end of the novel, the "Hand of God" detonates a nuclear bomb, destroying Las Vegas and all of Flagg's gathered followers. Stu makes his way back from New Vegas, and Frannie and her husband leave Boulder with their baby and head to Maine. Unable to cast aside his past humiliations and his feelings of betrayal from Goldsmith and Redman, Lauder instead focuses on vengeance. He manages to flee with his wife and baby daughter when a computer relay system briefly fails and alerts do not sound in time for the base to enter lockdown before the Campions break out. In the 2020 miniseries, the Trashcan Man was portrayed by Ezra Miller.[8]. In the 1994 miniseries, Cullen was portrayed by Bill Fagerbakke. The Trashcan Man abandons his original plans of starting fires randomly across America to join Flagg when the Dark Man appears in his dreams and promises the Trashcan Man "great work" in the desert. Goldsmith serves on the original Free Zone Committee and acts as its moral compass. Shes defined by her pregnancy and her role is just to be worried about Stu (James Marsden), worried about her baby, worried about the future of humanity. Her love fixing a tire on an unstable truck that threatens to fall over on him. In the 1994 miniseries, Larry was portrayed by Adam Storke. WebSorcerer, disciple of the Outer Dark and Prime Minister to the Crimson King, also known as Walter O' Dim, Marten Broadcloak, or The Man in Black. She also knows if hes lying here, hes not lying about much. Flagg takes Cross to Las Vegas and the pair reside in the penthouse suite of the MGM Grand hotel complex; Cross's pregnancy is announced shortly after their arrival. The first survivor encountered by Larry Underwood's party, 24-year-old New Hampshire housewife Lucy Swann survived the superflu while her husband and daughter died. He meets a troubled middle-aged woman named Rita Blakemoor and the two decide to leave New York together. Lawry then tries to kill them both with a rifle and ends up joining Flagg. Tom Cullen describes Flagg thus: "He looks like anybody you see on the street. Might be trashcan man but his name Russell Faraday initial rf. Lauder seeks out Goldsmith's journal and finds she mocks him in her private thoughts, and considers him to be "immature". Ive always loved the last scene of the extended edition, which is where we end the series, of Flagg on the beach. Cullen's speech includes colloquialisms such as "My laws!" Dorgan stands guard over Underwood and Brentner shortly before their planned executions and is eventually killed by the Trashcan Man's nuclear bomb. April 26, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT. After the outbreak of the superflu, Cross finds an emotionally damaged young boy whom she calls "Joe," who has regressed to a savage state of mind but trusts Cross and remains with her. He joins Bateman, Redman, Ralph Brentner, and Larry Underwood on their journey to Las Vegas. In the 2020 miniseries, he is portrayed by J. K. Simmons. The character is last heard speaking to an army officer via radio in Los Angeles; it's unknown whether he survives the superflu or the chaos that follows. As the harem subplot was cut from this version, she is instead introduced in a relationship with a man named Mark when she is found by Redman's party. The final confrontation with the evil and mysterious Randall Flagg never changes much across these tinkered endings. The pair secretly follows Underwood to Maine, where Joe attempts once again to kill Underwood, but is overpowered. Along the way he meets Tom Cullen, and later, Ralph Brentner, June Brinkmeyer, Gina McCone, Dick Ellis, and Olivia Walker; the group becomes a surrogate family to him. Ordered. Although Andros kills the weakened Booth, the injuries force him to wear an eye patch for most of the story. Stus final answer to this query is perhaps unsatisfying, but also rings true. When pressed, his mother points out his greatest character flaw to him directly: "You're a takeryou came home to me because you knew that I have to give." In the 2020 miniseries, Jurgens is played by Natalie Martinez. Underwood, who gradually finds himself in the unexpected role of a trusted group leader, brings a growing party of people across the country to Nebraska, and finally to Boulder. In the 1994 miniseries, Bateman was portrayed by Ray Walston. In the 1994 miniseries, Horgan was portrayed by Sam Anderson. You come back now, Stu. Larry Underwood thinks Harold is a politician type and has mixed feelings about him, while Leo Rockway refuses to even go near Harold and tells Larry that he feels scared. They have been ordered to kill him without inflicting any head injuries, as Flagg wants to send the heads of any captured spies back to Boulder as a warning. Redman escapes from the Stovington facility after a government employee attempts to execute him (it is implied the character "knows too much") and he kills his attacker in self-defense. In the 1994 miniseries, Terry was portrayed by Sam Raimi, while Roberts was portrayed by John Dunbar. Lauder's obnoxiousness and arrogance hinder his ability to interact with others and engage as an active member of the community in the novel. 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A teacher at a private school in New Hampshire, Cross has retained her virginity due to a vaguely defined, but powerful, sense that she is destined for something "dark and unique." His ideas are used to improve the conditions within the community, and he frequently volunteers for the toughest jobs in the Boulder Free Zone, including the removal of dead bodies. In the 2020 miniseries, he was portrayed by Brad William Henke. While she initially displays some level of romantic interest in Redman, this does not extend beyond flirtation and a brief kiss before she leaves for Las Vegas. Harold Emery Lauder is sixteen years old and lives in Ogunquit, Maine, at the beginning of the novel. What has happened will happen again, but theres always hope that the good guys will win out in the end. He appears at the onset of a devastating plague known as Captain Trips, Tubeneck, or the Super Flu. My name is Russell Faraday, Lauder becomes a respected and esteemed member of the Boulder Community. Redman asks her if people "ever learn anything", to which she reluctantly replies "I don't know". Despite an intrinsically strong and likable performance by Odessa Young, the creators of the series saw the key character as less of a priority to the adapted narrative than her semi-crazed stalker, Harold Lauder (played convincingly by Owen Teague). Upon learning that Cullen remembers his father's return from the Korean War, Andros realizes he must be much older; perhaps in his forties. Fun Facts Bateman refuses, laughing at Flagg for being so transparent, leading Flagg to order Lloyd Henreid to execute Bateman. While running from the Powtanville fires, he vaults over a railing and breaks his right wrist; the fracture does not set properly and the injury eventually causes his hand to point away from his body at an almost ninety-degree angle. The title of the final episode of The Stand was was The Circle Closes, which may help explain why Stephen King brought his end-of-the-world saga to a Unless King wants to continue this story, that is the end of The Stand series, executive producer Benjamin Cavell tells TV Insider, nor will fans see any more footage because they made the decision not to release deleted scenes on the Blu-ray. Underwood leaves Boulder with Redman, Ralph Brentner, and Glen Bateman, after Mother Abagail instructs them to go to Las Vegas. Recovering after a night's sleep, Underwood travels to Maine, where he plans to spend the summer; along the way he meets Nadine Cross and the young Leo Rockway (known then only as "Joe" and behaving like a feral creature). She is 108 years old and lives in a farmhouse near Hemingford Home, Nebraska, well known in her pre-superflu community for surviving decades of vicious racism and voting for Republicans in every election she had ever seen.[5]. Later, while setting the fires in Gary, he sustains severe burns to his left arm when a timing device he has placed in an oil tank ignites prematurely. It is Jurgens's desire to protect both Cullen and his status as a spy that compels her to commit suicide, rather than submit to further questioning from Flagg. However, when Lawry reveals her true nature, ridiculing Cullen's impairment and frightening him against Pepto-Bismol with a claim that the product is poison, Andros ultimately rejects her. Upon arriving in Boulder, Cross begins to surrender to the seductive allure of Flagg. The revisedexpanded edition of the novel includes an epilogue in which Flagg, in a new incarnation, awakens in an unknown tropical location where he meets a primitive tribe. But once we saw how different it felt, in a wonderful way, from the interactions we had with Flagg, there wasnt any disagreement between the way Flagg and Frannie interact and the way he has with others or any redundancy. His other aliases include Russell Faraday, Richard Fannin and Raymond Fiegler to name a few. The three are captured by Flagg, who plans an execution by dismemberment in front of the Golden Nugget Hotel in downtown Las Vegas. Enraged, he kicks her corpse around the office (decapitating it in the process) and later has Lloyd burn it. When we meet him in the finale, hes so at ease. Bobby Terry and Dave Roberts are among the men who Flagg places at several outposts surrounding Las Vegas to intercept and kill Free Zone spy Judge Farris. Lauder leaves a prominent note on the roof of a barn, as it overlooks the most popular route into town, detailing their plans for future travelers. After being found by Tom Cullen, Kojak is taken back to Boulder. The Stand (CBS All Access) Stu races back to the house, where Kojak leads him to the well. Thats another epic tale of good vs. evil, and one in which Mr. Randall Flagg happens to be a bad guy. WebRandall Flagg (real name Walter Padick) is the main antagonist of the Stephen King multiverse. While those who meet Lauder suspect there is something troublesome about him, they keep their suspicions to themselves as they become preoccupied with the politics of the Free Zone and the recruitment of scouts to spy on Flagg. Bateman also experiences dreams of Mother Abagail and joins Redman, Frannie Goldsmith, and Harold Lauder on their journey to meet Mother Abagail (and to satisfy a sociological curiosity as to how humanity will rebuild itself). In the miniseries, Stu's group does not find his body, rather Stu psychically senses his suicide and grimly informs the others, stating bluntly "God rest his sorry excuse for a soul". In Las Vegas, Jurgens works with a streetlight-repair crew and sleeps with Lloyd Henreid as part of her ploy to obtain information. The Stand Season 1 Episode 9 Quotes. Lauder harbors an unrequited obsessive love with Goldsmith and perceives himself as her protector. Cross and Lauder enjoy a decadent series of sexual escapades; but Nadine does not allow Harold vaginal intercourse with her, as she has engaged in a supernaturally-inspired commitment with Flagg. newsletter. Goldsmith later takes up residence with Lucy Swann and delivers a baby boy. The wheel keeps turning. While Campion is on night duty, a deadly superflu virus escapes the military complex he is monitoring. And with this more pronounced circular storytelling structure, King also manages to tip the hat to fans of the ambitious and weird-as-hell Dark Tower series. The book closes with them discussing human nature. [King] had been thinking about [writing the coda because] he felt Frannie never got her stand. WebA world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail-and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man. Keep up with your favorite shows delivered to your inbox! Mark later dies of appendicitis, depressing her, mixing her role with that of Perion from the novel. When he looks at you a certain way, your prostate goes bad and your urine burns. She and her followers make their way towards Boulder, Colorado where they establish the "Boulder Free Zone" government. CBS miniseries gives greater depth to the under-served character. When the pair meets Redman, Lauder initially refuses to accept Redman, even going so far as to threaten him with a gun; after a conversation in which Redman explains to Lauder that he just wants to accompany the pair and is not withholding any desire towards Goldsmith, Lauder relents. The Stand has been an exceedingly frustrating viewing experience, Terry (for me, this is the most frustrating experience weve covered together aside from Penny Dreadful: who renames himself Russell Faraday, is an eternal force and that the forces of evil can never truly be defeated. My life for you. M O O N. Permalink: You come back now, Stu. The character does not appear in the 2020 miniseries. The Kid is also ambitious, unstable, and easily angered, traits that the Trashcan Man discovers when the character nearly kills him for spilling a can of beer on a carpet. Some of those scenes that people are really attached to from the book, Im not sure theyre going to play the same way onscreen.. East of Colorado's Eisenhower Tunnel, The Kid ends up trapped in a car and surrounded by wolves, which kill him when he eventually tries to flee. Lucy Swann and Underwood become very close with Farris, and Underwood is upset when he successfully recruits Farris as the first of three Free Zone spies, but is unable to inform a distraught Swann of his whereabouts after he sets out. While drinking beer with Underwood, Farris accepts the mission before Underwood can even muster the confidence to make the request, as he understands the spies' importance, assuring a saddened Underwood that he will be fine. He rescues Lloyd Henreid from starving to death in prison and, with Henreid as second-in-command, establishes a community in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the 1994 miniseries, Dorgan was portrayed by Chuck Adamson. In the 1994 miniseries, the Trashcan Man was portrayed by Matt Frewer. When Bateman leaves with Stu Redman, Kojak is initially left behind. The Trashcan Man transports the warhead across the desert in a trailer attached to an all-terrain vehicle, contracting a lethal case of radiation poisoning in the process. This man is none other than Randall Flagg as he appeared in the 1994 adaptation of The Stand. When he decided he did indeed want to write the coda, our response was, What do you need from us to make that happen? He said, I just need to know where youre ending the story of the book. We had always said we want Stu [James Marsden] reunited with Fran and thought we would end the entire series with that last scene, from the expanded edition of Flagg presenting himself to a new group of people and then levitating. She later regains her ability and returns to the Boulder Free Zone in time to inadvertently save most of the Free Zone Committee from Harold Lauder's assassination attempt. Though compassionate, he goes to extreme lengths to cover up the accidental outbreak and subsequent pandemic for as long as he can, which includes ordering the execution of journalists who try to reveal the truth. If Henreid undergoes his scheduled trial, it is likely that he will be placed on death row under a new statute that reduces the delays and appeals in the capital punishment process. Swann supports Underwood during his tenure as a member of the Free Zone Committee, in addition to serving as a devoted wife and a mother to Leo Rockway. Flagg offers Bateman his freedom on the provision that he "get down on [his] knees and beg for it." Born in 1882 to freed slaves from South Carolina, Abagail outlived three husbands and all her seven children. The last scene of both the book and this adaptation is the next chapter for the Dark Man. Brentner survives Lauder's assassination attempt, losing the third and fourth fingers on his left hand, and is chosen as one of the four people to stand against Flagg. as seen in The Stand in which he goes by the names Richard Frye, Robert Franq, After burying her elderly father in his garden, Goldsmith decides to join Lauder and they leave the vacant town. Cross continues on towards Las Vegas, until Flagg appears to her in the desert and reveals his true nature by raping her, an experience that is so horrific to Cross, despite causing her immense pleasure, that she falls into catatonia. After detonating the bomb, which kills seven people, Lauder and Cross flee toward Las Vegas. In the 1994 miniseries, Carsleigh is played by Robert Knott. In the 2020 miniseries, he is portrayed by Curtiss Cook Jr. As the commanding officer of Project Blue, William Starkey is aware that, once loose, the superflu is almost impossible to control due to its constant mutations, meaning it will be impossible to create a vaccine. We liked seeing that different color on Flagg we had never really seen in the series before. Henreid subsequently finds himself feeling more intelligent and able than he thought he was, running several of the day-to-day activities in Las Vegas and overseeing operations at a military base. Charles Campion is an American soldier stationed in the California desert. Due to his savant talent regarding destructive devices, the Trashcan Man is assigned to search for weapons in the desert and assist in arming the fighter aircraft at Indian Springs Air Force Base. In the 2020 miniseries, he was portrayed by Henry Zaga. Later, Horgan informs Henreid that Engstrom intends to flee the group, while Flagg tells Henreid that he already knows the names of people who want to leave, including Engstrom. He was portrayed by Owen Teague in the 2020 miniseries, which retains Stu's group finding his body. Andros leads the growing band of survivors to both Nebraska and Mother Abagail, who guides them on to Boulder. After residing in Boulder for a brief period, Susan Stern recruits Jurgens (both were captives in the harem) to spy on the West Coast. Theres no sign of Randall Flagg anywhere. However, Lauder's plan is already in motion at this stage and Redman narrowly escapes the assassination attempt the next day. Redman and Cullen return to Boulder first by snowmobile and finally by foot, where Goldsmith has given birth to the first-known post-plague child. Underwood calls him "the Wolfman" and wonders what his story is. Stu Redman and his traveling group later find the body but do not bury it, choosing to leave it intact beyond Stu's gesture of removing the pistol from Harold's mouth and tossing it aside. (Flagg goes by many names in a bunch of King stories, but usually sticks with the initials R.F.) Swann joins the party on its way to the Stovington Plague Center. Along with Glen Bateman, the group arrives at Stovington to confirm not only the deaths of everyone at the facility, but also that Redman was nearly killed in his escape from there. Stu returns home to his love, Frannie Goldsmith, who has delivered a baby in his absence. The Kid and the Trashcan Man travel together until they reach the blocked Eisenhower Tunnel. The character's loyalty is further affirmed when he foregoes an opportunity to leave Las Vegas with several close friends; however, Henreid respects the decision of the men who plan to abandon Las Vegas and does not inform Flagg about the deserters. A former butcher, Horgan joined Flagg's group as a cook, described by Lloyd Henreid as a "fat, loud sack of shit" but also an excellent chef. The book was also adapted into a television mini-series, starring Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, and Rob Lowe and was released by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network in 1994. Shed still be Frannie, but from time to time hed look through her eyes, get a lay of the land. We made a real decision in telling this story to not have the viewers enjoyment depend on their knowing anything about Flagg from the larger King universe but we wanted to at least allow for the possibility that that universe and those other versions of Flagg could exist. Redman becomes romantically involved with Goldsmith despite their large age gap, and enters a marital relationship with her including accepting her unborn child; their involvement causes resentment with Lauder, who holds an unrequited love for Goldsmith. Jurgens's affectionate behavior towards Redman causes Frannie Goldsmith feelings of consternation later, it is revealed that Jurgens is bisexual. Kojak is Glen Bateman's dog, an Irish Setter, whom he adopted after his original master died of the superflu. Isnt the thing Flagg is really worried about being made to look weak or foolish in front of his people? Something or someone is watching from the rows of corn that flank the cute little house. Randall Flagg is the notorious antagonist of The Stand and The Dark Tower series. Although Flagg possesses the ability to predict the future, along with several demonic powers, he begins to very gradually lose control as his plans proceed in an increasingly problematic manner. You cant have a force for good without a force for evil. Which American Idol Winners Have Reached the Billboard Hot 100? This version of Flagg is naked, kind of aloof, and calling himself Russell Faraday. As much blame as the show gets for making the decision to relegate her to a backburner, King lets Frannie down a little bit in the original text, too. Her bodys all banged up, leg broken and bent in unnatural ways. Flagg is also the main villain in The Eyes of the Dragon, set in a medieval world called Delain, and there are some passages in that book that allude to Flagg's immortality and "pure evil" status.[7]. But hes not completely gone, with the series ending the same way as Kings expanded version of the novel: Flagg, calling himself Russell Faraday, finds a new group of followers. The group then continues west towards Mother Abagail, during which time Goldsmith falls deeply in love with Redman. Like most of the characters we followed in this story, she dreams of Flagg. In the novel, he's presented as diametrically opposed to Mother Abagail's personification of good. Shes still at the bottom of that well, very possibly dying, but despite all that, Frannie wont even consider striking a deal with the devil. Are we doomed to repeat all the horrors that brought us to the brink of extinction? In the 1994 miniseries, Starkey is portrayed by Ed Harris. I never say never. Engstrom discovers Jurgens's true purpose in Las Vegas and subsequently betrays her by informing Flagg of her newfound discovery. While Campion is on night duty, a deadly superflu virus escapes the military complex he is monitoring. The author wrote the finale that allows Frannie ( Odessa Young ), who couldnt trek to Las Vegas with the others since she was eight months pregnant, to make Frannie gets to be the kind, tough, no-BS character we were introduced to. No. In 2008, Marvel Comics published a comic book adaptation that was ended in 2012. He said, Flagg starts to move to the music, and he chose the song. In the original edition, The Kid appeared as a minor character and only appeared in the Trashcan Man's flashbacks; the revisedextended edition includes the full story of The Kid's encounter with the Trashcan Man. Erwins is killed in the explosion at the end of the book. [Ed. He has survived the nuclear explosion, at least in some form, but doesnt seem to be as powerful as he used to be, something that becomes even more evident as this confrontation unfolds. In any other book this moment would come in the final dozen pages or so, but in The Stand, theres another 100-plus pages beyond that. At this time, Flagg also gives Henreid a black stone with a red flaw to symbolize Henreid's allegiance to Flagg. WebThe Stand: The Stand: Soul Survivors: Item Biography Randall Flagg / Russell Faraday: Tom Cullen: Walkin' Dude / Dark Man: Comments. Cross uses Lauder for the purpose of an assassination attempt to eliminate the committee members. WebAfter seeing both the light and the dark, Frannie makes her stand. It was so much fun to watch. He tallies a debt with a drug dealer while living in Los Angeles and travels to New York City to hide, on the pretext of visiting his loving, but deeply disapproving, mother. They find Lauder's ledger, in which Lauder has documented his intention to kill Stuart Redman. The new coda on the CBS All Access show feels in many ways like King marrying those two endings while also finally giving Frannie her time to shine. In the 1994 miniseries, Susan was portrayed by Cynthia Garris. As the plague and anarchy destroy New York, Underwood attempts to care for his dying mother, but she eventually succumbs to the superflu. Permalink: These fine folks, they During his journey, Cullen has a prophetic dream that compels him to double back and find Redman, who has broken his leg and has contracted pneumonia. Due to the harsh conditions after the plague, he loses weight and his acne clears up; he finds that those around him view his intelligence as an asset rather than an isolating hindrance. Flagg initially tells Horgan that he had intended to let him leave without consequence, but then mutilates and eventually kills Horgan with a ball of lightning that emanates from his finger. He later meets Lucy Swann and Joe, and travels with them to Boulder. No. Hes always outside. This turns out to be lucky for him because the others, sadly, dont return from Vegas. The sight of the full moon rising over Las Vegas triggers Cullen to act on a post-hypnotic suggestion planted in his mind and begin the return trip to Boulder, avoiding the nuclear explosion that destroys the city. He does not meet Rita Blakemoor in New York, instead meeting Nadine Cross there, alone. He feels guilty over his relief that he does not have to deal with her anymore, a confirmation of his mother's assessment of him. In the 2020 miniseries, she was portrayed by Odessa Young. Cross meets Larry Underwood when Joe finds him sleepingJoe is working up the courage to kill the sleeping Underwood, but Cross intervenes. In the 2020 miniseries, she was portrayed by Amber Heard, while Isla Crerar portrays a young version. In the 1994 miniseries, Frannie was portrayed by Molly Ringwald. Dorgan is one of the sentries who intercepts Underwood, Bateman, and Brentner, who are all surprised by Dorgan's sympathetic nature but make it clear his rational views do not excuse or exculpate his service on behalf of the truly vile individuals he reports to. This powerful character is found throughout King's other stories, most notably in The Dark Tower series. The Trashcan Man received electroshock therapy at a mental hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana, before being incarcerated for arson as a teenager. For saving his life and elevating him to his second-in-command position, Henreid is fiercely loyal to Flagg, a commitment that persists despite his growing doubts over Flagg's overall power and control. Of course, as we saw in the penultimate episode of The Stand, Stu is still alive, and fortunately it doesnt take too long into the episode for him to appear. He flees into the desert, overcome with anguish over his actions; at first he plans to kill himself, but later he seeks redemption by bringing Flagg the most powerful weapon he can find: an atomic bomb in the form of a nuclear warhead that has been detached from a missile. Please check your email to find a confirmation email, and follow the steps to confirm your humanity. Along with Stu Redman, Glen Bateman and Larry Underwood, Brentner travels to Las Vegas and is instrumental in convincing Underwood to leave Redman behind after he breaks his leg.