The 2020 miniseries, however, has this supporting antagonist blaming Flagg for misleading him and deciding that’s close enough to the truth. However, like any good writer Harold does a second draft, erasing this version of events and accepting he alone was responsible for his actions despite his seduction into evil before shooting himself. In the source novel, when Harold is dying he authors a confessional suicide note, and his first draft claims he was misled by classic Stephen King villain Flagg. While he slowly succumbs to his fate, Harold realizes the error of his ways and takes responsibility for his part in Flagg’s trail of death and destruction.Īt least, that’s how his story used to go. Not that he gets much in the way of thanks, since the duplicitous Flagg and femme fatale Nadine engineer an accident that sees Harold skid off his motorbike, eventually dying at the edge of a ravine. He's a classic Stephen King villain too, with Harold being the one who detonates a bomb that wipes out half the cast midway through the action of The Stand. Originally played by Corin Nemec in the 1994 miniseries, Owen Teague inherited the part for the 2020 version. Harold's subplot may not be the most impactful of The Stand's many storylines, but the character was nonetheless done dirty when the show robbed him of his willingness to accept responsibility for his deeds. However, one character whose arc has been undeniably ruined by the new miniseries is Harold Lauder, a minor villain who redeems himself in the original novel but missed out on a chance to save his soul in 2020s The Stand. The Stand has made numerous, significant changes to the source material too, with some bemoaning how little is seen of the novel’s primary antagonist Randall Flagg, while others have applauded the new story additions. Related: The Stand Series Is Failing Stephen King's Best Villain The 2020 version of The Stand has received a more mixed reception, both due to the poor timing of its release amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and thanks to some sloppy storytelling choices.
The show was one of many Stephen King miniseries to grace television screens during the decade, including the likes of Storm Of The Century - one of King's own personal favorites - and 1990's IT. The Stand was previously adapted in 1994 as an expensive and critically well-received miniseries starring Molly Ringwald and Rob Lowe.
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