Miniseries · CBS All Access
The Stand
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
James Marsden
Stu Redman
9 eps
Odessa Young
Frannie Goldsmith
9 eps
Alexander Skarsgård
Randall Flagg
9 eps
Whoopi Goldberg
Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle
9 eps
Katherine McNamara
Julie Lawry
6 eps
Irene Bedard
Ray Brentner
7 eps
Jovan Adepo
Larry Underwood
7 eps
Gordon Cormier
Joe
8 eps
Owen Teague
Harold Lauder
7 eps
Henrique Zaga
Nick Andros
5 eps
Amber Heard
Nadine Cross
9 eps
Brad William Henke
Tom Cullen
6 eps
Greg Kinnear
Glen Bateman
5 eps
Nat Wolff
Lloyd Henreid
5 eps
Ian Hawes
Plague Victim
1 eps
Lloyd Cunningham
Phoenix Guard
1 eps
Donald Sales
Sargeant
1 eps
M.J. Kokolis
Older Brother
1 eps
Curtiss Cook Jr.
Campion
1 eps
J.K. Simmons
General Starkey
1 eps
Reese Alexander
Sniffling Guard
1 eps
Primo Allon
Savino
1 eps
Jagua Arneja
Terrifed Cashier
1 eps
Tim Carlson
Male Patient Stage 5
1 eps
Miles Chalmers
Male Patient #2 Stage 5
1 eps
Kristy Dawn Dinsmore
Larry's One-Night Stand
1 eps
Darren Dolynski
Wayne Stuckey
1 eps
Fletcher Donovan
Boulder Resident
1 eps
Camden Filtness
Suited Man
1 eps
Eddie Flake
Hospital Doctor
1 eps
Shishy Gebru
Hipster
1 eps
Heather Graham
Rita
1 eps
Leah Hennessey
Female Mormon Type #1
1 eps
Jeremy Jones
Andrew 'Poke' Freeman
1 eps
Richard Meen
Tube Necked Inmate
1 eps
Liza Huget
Townsperson #2
2 eps
Sean Millington
Stalker #1
1 eps
Jenny Mitchell
Female Mormon Type #2
1 eps
Iris Paluly
Female Patient Stage 5
1 eps
Luvia Petersen
Stacie
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
In a world mostly wiped out by the plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil, the fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the Dark Man.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07
The Walk
After tragedy strikes the Boulder Free Zone, Mother Abagail tasks members of her Committee with a dangerous mission. Meanwhile, Harold and Nadine begin their journey to New Vegas to unite with Flagg and claim their reward.
- Directed by Vincenzo Natali
- Written by Josh Boone
S01E01
The End
When the "Captain Trips" flu epidemic wipes out more than 99% of the population, the remaining few immune to the disease set out in search of other survivors, all the while, experiencing visions of the nurturing Mother Abagail and the menacing figure of The Dark Man.
- Directed by Josh Boone
- Written by Benjamin Cavell, Josh Boone
S01E02
Pocket Savior
Musician Larry Underwood is on the cusp of his big break when "Captain Trips" strikes New York. Alone and wandering an empty city, he meets an alluring new acquaintance also desperate to escape. Meanwhile, an incarcerated Lloyd Henreid comes face-to-face with Randall Flagg, The Dark Man himself, who makes him an enticing offer.
- Directed by Tucker Gates
- Written by Benjamin Cavell, Josh Boone
S01E04
The House of the Dead
The Boulder Free Zone Committee looks to solidify their leadership and bolster the community with a town hall meeting, but Flagg continues to make inroads as he plots to destroy the newly-forming society from within.
- Directed by Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy
- Written by Owen King, Jill Killington
S01E08
The Stand
Risking everything, the Boulder travelers face off with Flagg's followers in New Vegas, among them a very different - and pregnant - Nadine.
- Directed by Vincenzo Natali
S01E03
Blank Page
Mother Abagail selects a surprising voice to be her conduit to her chosen Committee in Boulder: the young deaf man Nick Andros. The arrival of a disturbing visitor to the Boulder Free Zone, shakes the Committee and Boulder residents to their core. Elsewhere in the Free Zone, Nadine Cross is haunted by a childhood memory.
- Directed by Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy
- Written by Owen King, Jill Killington
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E04
The House of the Dead
- Directed by Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy
- Written by Owen King, Jill Killington
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
- Owen KingProducer
- Benjamin CavellExecutive Producer
- Roy LeeExecutive Producer
- Richard P. RubinsteinExecutive Producer
- Stephen WelkeProducer
- Jake BraverProducer
Writing
- Owen KingWriter
- Owen KingWriter
- Benjamin CavellWriter
- Jill KillingtonWriter
- Josh BooneWriter
Direction
- Chris FisherDirector
- Tucker GatesDirector
- Vincenzo NataliDirector
- Bridget Savage ColeDirector
- Josh BooneDirector
- Danielle KrudyDirector
Cinematography
- Elie SmolkinDirector of Photography
- Thomas YatskoDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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