Stephen King's The Stand (TV Review) December 13, 2020 by: Plot: When the “Captain Trips” flu epidemic wipes out more than 99% of the population, the remaining few immune to the disease, including Stu Redman, Frannie Goldsmith, and Harold Lauder, 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. Review: A new version of The Stand has been in development for almost a decade. From Ben Affleck to Scott Cooper, Paul Greengrass, and eventually Josh Bone, Stephen King's epic pandemic novel has been bandied as everything from an R-rated feature film to a movie franchise before eventually becoming the CBS All Access event series premiering next week. This new adaptation of