Castle Rock, season 1

The 10-episode Hulu season has come to its end, so was it worth it?


It starts off kinda slow, because it's all setup, but around halfway through the season, you start to get an idea of where you're going with it. It's rather bizarre at times, and the later half of the season is back and forth in its continuity (but continuity itself plays a big part of this season). I started to like all these characters though, and the whole show was weird and moody enough. It does seem like something Stephen King would have written, even though I'm pretty sure he only had a limited producer role, if any involvement.

You got to wonder what King himself thinks of this show. He's gone on record saying he doesn't like certain adaptions of his work (like The Shining 1980), but I don't know...

I'm not all that familiar with King's works, but the biggest connections I can name are the city of Castle Rock itself, former sheriff Alan Pangborn (The Dark Half, Needful Things), and Shawshank prison.

Some characters like Jane Levy's Jackie Torrence seem rather shoe-horned, but it looks like they may be saving that for another season. I hear that each season will revolve around another weird happening in the town, which is probably the best way to go about it. This story is wrapped rather concisely, I feel. Not sure I understand the whole thing, but I liked most of it.