History Series / TheStand2020

* ADateWithRosiePalms: In his EstablishingCharacterMoment, The Trashcan Man plants explosives on an oil tank. As it explodes, he appears to be... enjoying the show. A lot.

* VillainsSavingGrace: Knowing Harold plans to bomb the vigil, [[WOuldNotHarmAChild Nadine arranges for the children to be elsewhere]], and sabotages Larry's bike so he won't be there either. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Larry brings this up with her later]], seemingly triggering her HeelFaceTurn.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Nadine kills [[spoiler: Teddy]] when he catches her and Harold taking explosives from the ranger station.

* BabiesEverAfter: Abby, the first baby to be born after the plague, [[spoiler: is partially immune, and survives]]. More children follow.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The US military is portrayed much nicer than in the book or previous miniseries, as they're legitimately just trying to contain the outbreak rather than focusing on a coverup. General Starkey, who is willing to let Stu leave the Vermont facility once there's no one left to tell him not to, even states that the soldiers all stayed focused on doing their jobs long after the predictive models said they would have in this situation. In the novel, Starkey has journalists who try to cover the superflu murdered and deliberately spreads the virus to America's enemies and rivals so the world wouldn't find out that it originated from the U.S. [[spoiler:It is not known or shown in the miniseries whether he ever did or didn't do any of these things, only implied that he didn't.]]
* AdaptationalSexuality: Flagg is bisexual as he mentions being lovers with Konstantin Stanislavski. In the book there is no indication he isn’t straight.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While Flagg was definitely the main villain of the book, he wasn't [[spoiler:responsible for the outbreak in the first place]] as he is here. That was all on mundane human beings.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "The End" focuses on Stu, Frannie, and Harold. "Pocket Savior" focuses on Larry and his life both pre- and post-Captain Trips.

** Mick Garris, who directed [[Series/TheStand the earlier four-episode miniseries]], appears as a guest at the memorial party in episode 9.

* MythologyGag: Like the [[Series/TheStand first adaptation]], this series has Frannie's child being a daughter instead of a son like in the original novel.

''The Stand'' is an American [[EpicMovie epic]] DarkFantasy web television miniseries, based on the [[Literature/TheStand 1978 novel of the same name]] by Creator/StephenKing as directed by Creator/JoshBoone. The first episode aired on [[Creator/ParamountPlus CBS All Access]], December 17, 2020, it is the second adaptation of King's novel, following [[Series/TheStand an earlier four-episode miniseries]] from 1994.

* AsTheGoodBookSays: Stu and Larry all quote "I will fear no evil" from Psalm 23.

* JudicialWig: Lloyd wears one of these during the "trial" of the Boulder spies.

* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: The protagonists don't really ''do'' much against TheEmpire created by [[SatanicArchetype Randall Flagg]]. His people are already [[EvilWillFail losing faith in his infallibility]] by the time the protagonists show up to make their titular stand, and desertions have become common. Then [[spoiler: one of his [[TragicVillain tragically]] [[PyroManiac crazy]] henchmen shows up with a nuke in tow, which is detonated by DeusExMachina]]. The heroes don't do much besides watch. [[spoiler: And die.]]

''The Stand'' is an American [[EpicMovie epic]] DarkFantasy web television miniseries, based on the [[Literature/TheStand 1978 novel of the same name]] by Creator/StephenKing as directed by Creator/JoshBoone. The first episode aired on Creator/CBSAllAccess, December 17, 2020, it is the second adaptation of King's novel, following [[Series/TheStand an earlier four-episode miniseries]] from 1994.

* AscendedExtra: In the novel the Rat Man was a very minor character, an eccentric, creepy follower of Flagg who dressed like an "Ethiopian pirate." In the 1994 series he was slightly more prominent but still minor. In this series the character now remagined as the Rat '' Woman'' has much more screentime and more importance in-universe - she is the judge at Glen, Larry and Ray' s show trial, stage produces public executions and generally she seems to be third in command of New Vegas beneath only Flagg himself and Lloyd.

* AdultFear: Having to watch people you love succumb to a terrible disease.

* AdaptationalVillainy: While Flagg was definitely the main villain of the book, he wasn't responsible for the outbreak in the first place as he is here. That was all on mundane human beings.

* AdaptationalVillainy: While Flagg was definitely the main villain of the book, he wasn't responsible for the outbreak in the first place as he is here. That was all on human beings.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The US military is portrayed much nicer than in the book or previous miniseries, as they're legitimately just trying to contain the outbreak rather than focusing on a coverup. General Starkey, who is willing to let Stu leave the Vermont facility once there's no one left to tell him not to, even states that the soldiers all stayed focused on doing their jobs long after the predictive models said they would have in this situation. In the novel, Starkey has journalists who try to cover the superflu murdered and deliberately spreads the virus to America's enemies and rivals so the world wouldn't find out that it originated from the U.S. [[spoiler: It is not known or shown in the miniseries whether he ever did or didn't do any of these things, only implied that he didn't.]]

* CreepyCoolCrosses: The poster (see page image) plays with the cross imagery. In "The Walk" we see people crucified on the streets of New Vegas, and Glen talks in episode 8 about how the crucifixes are a good sign because they mean Flagg can't trust his own people.

** In the book and the 2004 the Rat Man was male. Here the character is reimagined as the Rat Woman.

** The Rat Man was a black man in the book. In the 2004 "he" is a white woman played by Fiona Dourif.

* AntagonistAbilities: Flagg has a vast array of ill-defined powers: he can read minds, he can enter dreams, he can teleport, he can manipulate the weather to some degree, can make a key appear in his hand, and shows other powers like levitation and making doors [[spoiler: and heads]] explode. However, he can't "see" Tom or see that Abigail is dead. Compare this to Mother Abigail, who can also enter dreams and receives instructions from God, but with little clarity as to how these instructions will ultimately help.

** In the book, Nadine Cross has dark hair with white stripes. In the miniseries, she's played by the blonde Amber Heard. Although she does get the signature white hair after she and Flagg have sex.

** In both novel and 1994 mini-series, Sue Stern is a member of the committee. In this adaptation, she is killed when Garvey attempts to "collect" Fran.

** In the miniseries, New Vegas is a chaotic, debauched place with people taking drugs, drinking and having public sex. In the novel, Vegas under Flagg was a RepressiveButEfficient society where drug use was punished with crucifixion.

* AdaptedOut: Some characters were left out, most notably Lucy Swan, the woman that Larry "married" after being rejected by Nadine. In the book (and first mini-series), she was the reason that Larry refused Nadine's proposal to lose her virginity before she got the Flagg. Here, Nadine's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness out-of-character]] actions turn him off.