I would say that no one would be thrilled to be called an “incel”. Being hit with the word qualifies as a slur. A slur being derogatory or insulting.

Bumpity bumpity BUMP!

King’s story DOES have it where Tom is hidden by his disability. Though I suppose one could argue that King meant to say it was because Tom was hypnotized into his spy role and therefore Flagg can't read his intent. The show doesn't give you that out , though.

I, on the other hand, was serious. I thought the pic was of Haley Joel Osment. Put his name and “doughboy” together in google, and actually came up with Mike Mitchell, and then I learned about the career of John Gilchrist. Interesting rabbit holes.

Well! That untrue fact led me down a few interesting rabbit holes!  Thanks for suckering me.  Seriously.

Similar to Mikey, in this regard

I mean, the show suffers for not having Lucy Swann. But it’s like having the sniffles while also having Anthrax and Ebola. It’s not the worst thing.

Yes.  A big character moment for Larry too.  Well noted

Y’know, I got to thinking about why this series exists this morning. The show, when fairly big name stars show up, has reminded me of Uwe Boll movies. The way they got big actors in those films is that they’d sell it as a paid vacay. The actor would show up to Vancouver, get put up in a nice place and get to do…

The thing I remember most about Dayna and her sexuality was Frannie telling Stu that Dayna was a lesbian....but she had altered her thinking and was Bi, now. Stu, who is a hick from small town Texas - and the cis male you mention, thinks, “ Bye, now?” Clearly not understanding what Frannie is talking about.

That’s how I remember Dayna going out.  She either tries to jump to her death or escape by breaking a window in Vegas( not impossible, as recent events have shown, but difficult), but she doesn’t make it.  Then rakes her neck over the broken glass when she knows she can’t get away.  Harsh toke.  Dayna ain’t no joke.

Well.  I think this show is stupid, and I have watched five out of five.  Their biznez model is working.   Dammit.

Kimothy, I have to assume you got that they were lovers mostly from the book. I don’t remember the nuance from the book, and I’ll be damned if I go back and watch it from the show....but in the show, she doesn’t even go back to look at her....friend? lover? fellow captive? after she caves in her captor’s head....fine,…

I see what you mean here... But I took it that this was the only person who actually liked Harold just for being Harold. I didn’t feel like he missed the person so much as feel the loss of an actual relationship in the Win column.

Respectfully: bullshit. Apply that same thinking in any other direction and it's torches and pitchforks. Everybody is biased to their own perspective. 

I will say this. Stu, in every incarnation, was first seen chuckling at a bunch of rubes telling stupid stories. In every incarnation, his default setting is affability. I think he’d yuck it up at Harold’s stories. Especially THIS Stu. Who seems dim witted.

If there were a 22 episode season with this level of execution, it would just be a 22 episode D. The creators seem to have only a passing interest in telling a legitimate story...even if King's The Stand was only a 'partially based on' credit.

I mean....c’mon....

Did we even SEE what was inside the bag he gives Harold? I don’t think so. I know there were Paydays in there, but the significance of the gesture is lost to anybody who is watching this without knowledge of the source material.  Still, some have come here to say that they are enjoying it.  I wish them well.

I might have been tempted. But Larry had Lucy Swann waiting inside the house. That moment where Lucy thinks Larry came back in the house just to get his stuff was pretty heartbreaking.