Hey, Great, Another Goddamned Show About a Deadly Pandemic

Stop me if you happen to’ve heard this one earlier than. A mysterious plague seems out of nowhere, the world is totally unprepared for it, and numerous folks die. If this seems like an interesting premise for a TV collection that isn’t The Walking Dead, The Stand, The Strain, Containment, The Last Ship, and all the opposite reveals about viral outbreaks, then HBO Max’s Station Eleven could also be for you!

Based on Emily St. John Mandel’s bestselling, Arthur C. Clarke award-winning science fiction novel of the identical identify, Station Eleven sounds prefer it does have much more occurring than simply an abundance of illness-related deaths. Here’s the synopsis and trailer: “A post-apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines, this limited drama series tells the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what’s been lost.”

Based on a look on the guide’s Wikipedia page, I really feel assured in saying the present doesn’t have completely different timelines—this isn’t a multiverse, thank goodness—however completely different storylines that are set in several instances throughout and after the pandemic. Presumably, the present will bounce forwards and backwards between them simply because the guide does, to disclose some shocking connections.

To be truthful to Station Eleven the novel, it was written in 2014, so I can’t actually maintain its material in opposition to it. (Besides, I’m assured by probably the most esteemed of colleagues that the guide is sort of good.) And in equity to Station Eleven the TV collection, it additionally seems fairly good, if considerably baffling. (If you occur to coincidentally have learn the guide’s plot abstract on Wikipedia, issues make marginally extra sense.) But man oh man do I’ve much less need than ever to observe a TV collection that revolves round a world pandemic. Hell, I don’t even like the worldwide pandemic I’m residing in!

The 10-episodes collection Station Eleven premieres on HBO Max on December 16, simply in time for vacation viewing. It stars Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Daniel Zovatto, David Wilmot, Matilda Lawler, Philippine Velge, Nabhaan Rizwan, Lori Petty, Gael Garcìa Bernal, and Danielle Deadwyler.

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