By Stephen King
Published: 1978
Episode: Maternity Leave
Reference: The false Henry Gale asks Locke if he has any Stephen King when he brings him a copy of The Brothers Karamazov to read. The producers have mentioned The Stand as a major influence on the series, according to Disk 7 of Lost: The Complete First Season DVDs
Outline
Following the apocalyptic collapse of society after the world is devastated by the "super-flu", a band of gritty survivors must battle not only the aftershocks of the calamity, but must also find a way to defeat a growing evil faction which wants to take over the decimated world. It is a world of horrors and what's even worse, it just might fall under the control of a man (?) that appears to be the devil personified. .
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