The events that transpire there also don’t entirely line up with what Stephen King originally wrote in his epic novel – which brings us to the operation of this weekly feature.
Now the curtain has been pulled back.
Just like all of the previous episodes, there are multiple ways in which “Fear and Loathing in New Vegas” noticeably deviates from the original text, and here I’ll go through them in order of how they play out.
The first four episodes of CBS All Access’ The Stand feature multiple references to what Randall Flagg is cooking up in Las Vegas, with the message from the crucified man in “Blank Page” driving home the scariness of the operation – but exactly what has been going on in the desert city has been left to audiences’ imaginations.