Blessed with momentum and a narrative engine firing on all 12 of its character’s cylinders, “The Stand” puts the pedal to the metal in its 6th episode, “The Vigil,” where things blow up (literally).
Free of the flashbacks and with the last of the important characters introduced, here, the series hurtles towards its final act with this episode, where characters make good on their well-drawn set-ups, threats come alive, and Chekov’s dynamite finally gets its payoff.
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