Miniseries · ABC
The Stand
The end of the world is just the beginning.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Gary Sinise
Stu Redman
4 eps
Rob Lowe
Nick Andros
4 eps
Molly Ringwald
Frannie Goldsmith
4 eps
Jamey Sheridan
Randall Flagg
4 eps
Corin Nemec
Harold Lauder
4 eps
Ruby Dee
Mother Abagail Freemantle
4 eps
Adam Storke
Larry Underwood
4 eps
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Monster Shouter
2 eps
Stephen King
Teddy Weizak
2 eps
Miguel Ferrer
Lloyd Henreid
4 eps
Laura San Giacomo
Nadine Cross
4 eps
Shawnee Smith
Julie Lawry
3 eps
Matt Frewer
Trashcan Man
4 eps
Ray Walston
Glen Bateman
4 eps
Bill Fagerbakke
Tom Cullen
4 eps
Ossie Davis
Judge Richard Farris
4 eps
John Dunbar
Dave Roberts
1 eps
Rick Aviles
Rat Man
3 eps
Chuck Adamson
Barry Dorgan
3 eps
Sam Anderson
Whitney Horgan
3 eps
Cynthia Garris
Susan Stern
3 eps
Billy L. Sullivan
Joe
3 eps
Warren Frost
George Richardson
2 eps
Tom Holland
Carl Hough
2 eps
Sarah Schaub
Gina McCone
2 eps
Bruce MacVittie
Ace-High
2 eps
Dan Martin
Rich Moffat
2 eps
Max Wright
Dr. Herbert Denninger
2 eps
Kevin Doyle
Sarge
2 eps
Richard Jewkes
Dick Ellis
2 eps
Robert Knott
Len Carsleigh
2 eps
Patrick Kilpatrick
Ray Booth
1 eps
Ray McKinnon
Charlie Campion
1 eps
Bill Corso
Corpse in Lincoln Tunnel
1 eps
Laura Wardle
Nurse
1 eps
J. Scott Bronson
Man in convoy
1 eps
David Kirk Chambers
Brad Kitchner
1 eps
Troy Evans
Sheriff Baker
1 eps
Mick Garris
Henry Dunbarton
1 eps
Leo Geter
Chad Norris
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Stand actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Stand reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
The Dreams
The plague has taken its toll and only those immune to the virus are alive. The forces of good and evil are slowly taking shape. Those that have been dreaming about Mother Abigail are slowly making their way towards her in Nebraska. Stu Redmond joins up with Frannie Goldsmith and others. When Nick Andros and the first of the travelers arrive, Mother Abigail tells them they will soon be moving further west, to Colorado. Randall Flagg is gathering his own forces as he releases Lloyd Henreid from jail. Through her dreams, he also recruits Nadine Cross, who had been traveling with Larry Underwood.
- Directed by Mick Garris
- Written by Stephen King
S01E01
The Plague
When a deadly virus escapes from a government research facility, few prove to be immune to its effects. With symptoms similar to the flu, those who come into contact with it quickly die. One survivor is Stu Redmond, a gas station attendant from Texas, who suffers no ill effects whatsoever. Kept in a medical research facility in Vermont, doctors try to determine why he is still alive. Others that also survive include Frannie Goldsmith who lives with her dad; Nick Andros, a deaf-mute; a rock musician, Larry Underwood; and Lloyd Henreid, in jail for murder. Survivors begin to have dreams, either about an old Afican-American woman, Mother Abigail, or a much scarier evil man.
- Directed by Mick Garris
- Written by Stephen King
S01E03
The Betrayal
Hundreds are now in Boulder, Colorado with Mother Abigail but Randall Flagg has sent Nadine Cross to infiltrate the group. Unable to seduce Larry, she then sets her sights on Harold. But just as the citizens begin to organize their lives, Mother Abigail leaves Boulder. The residents do become concerned about what Randall Flagg, based in Las Vegas, may be up to and decide to send three people west to find out.
- Directed by Mick Garris
- Written by Stephen King
S01E04
The Stand
The final confrontation between good and evil takes shape. Tom gathers information and tries to return to Boulder. With Mother Abigail gone and several members of the committee killed in an explosion, Stu, Larry, Glen and Ralph set off West as instructed. Nadine and Harold set off for Las Vegas but Randall Flagg has something special in store for both of them. Flagg's group starts to fall apart. Trashcan Man decides to set the biggest fire of his life.
- Directed by Mick Garris
- Written by Stephen King
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Richard P. RubinsteinExecutive Producer
- Stephen KingExecutive Producer
- Peter R. McIntoshProducer
Writing
- Stephen KingWriter
Direction
- Mick GarrisDirector
Cinematography
- Edward J. PeiDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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