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May 8, 1994 Season 1 Episode 1 91 min TV-14

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Season 1 Episode 1 — Aired on May 8, 1994 • runs about 91 minutes.

Directed by Mick Garris.

Written by Stephen King.

Notable cast/guest names in this episode include Gary Sinise, Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan.

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Synopsis

When a deadly virus escapes from a government research facility, few prove to be immune to its effects. With symptoms similar to the flu, those who come into contact with it quickly die. One survivor is Stu Redmond, a gas station attendant from Texas, who suffers no ill effects whatsoever. Kept in a medical research facility in Vermont, doctors try to determine why he is still alive. Others that also survive include Frannie Goldsmith who lives with her dad; Nick Andros, a deaf-mute; a rock musician, Larry Underwood; and Lloyd Henreid, in jail for murder. Survivors begin to have dreams, either about an old Afican-American woman, Mother Abigail, or a much scarier evil man.