It’s a move that may not sit well with some die-hard King fans, but it’s one that injects a new life into the story.
Starting with people, not with plague and it immediately sets the series out on a much better foot and almost immediately will hook audiences.
With that broad and complex narrative to navigate, this adaptation — developed by Josh Boone and Benjamin Cavell — takes the unique approach of telling the story in a nonlinear fashion, one that introduces viewers less to the pandemic itself more to the characters, the hearts and souls that the story is ultimately about.