The Ending of Storm of the Century

[@jIMwILLIAMS-im7kk]

Tim daley put on masterclass performance ! You believed his pain when those final words are spoken. " it's a pay as you go world. Sometimes your ask to pay a little. Sometimes your ask to pay everything you got! I remember it like it was yesterday back when this masterful series came out. Still sticks with me today. So true..

[@xemnas9098]

Even after taking his child (as if that wasn't hard enough for him already) the bastard decides to rub it in Mike's face with a tease by showing him a glimpse of his son (who is now evil) before vanishing...sort of like a neener neener neener look who I've got.

[@afrofriend9140]

Damn as a parent this hits so much harder now. The ending is heartbreaking

[@Awelbeckk]

His child will be powerful and as close to immortal as possible. A parent should be proud.

[@SickSilckMan]

@hardstyle905nah man it’s different. There are some things that hit different when you’re a parent. You’ll understand when you have your own. Parental love is a strong thing.

[@karynsuepohlmeier2109]

​@hardstyle905The world is glad too.

[@karlkrump6634]

@@Awelbeckk >near immortal (not completely) >raised/trained by an acolyte of evil >becomes evil >brings more evil into the world >finds another child to raise to become evil >forever outside of the grace and mercy of God I would not wish that fate on even my worst enemy.

[@Awelbeckk]

@@karlkrump6634 near immortality isn't that bad. And evil is relative. As for your point. He will do evil, but will warded against all evil God can inflict on him. Seems like a fair deal deal to me.

[@ec6933]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time I watch it multiple times a year

[@Kris2005isMine]

Agreed. Andre Linoge is Stephen King's best villain.

[@cwjalexx]

when I first saw it as a kid it was so captivating. it's been decades since I've seen it but it's still pretty memorable.

[@karynsuepohlmeier2109]

I'm watching it today and watch it several times a year as well. Idk why I can't figure out who.plays the older Ralphie. Excellent mini-series!

[@darthtrip7188]

​@@Kris2005isMineAndre Linoge is a really good Stephen King villain but IT/Pennywise, Randle Flagg, Dandelo, The Crimson King, Annie Wilkes, the werewolf/Reverend Lowe from Silver Bullet/Cycle of the Werewolf, Rose the Hat, Kurt Barlow, the Wendigo from Pet Sematary, Christine the car, the Overlook Hotel, Dwight Renfield/the Night Flier, Warden Norton, Captain Byron Hadley, Wild Bill, Percy Wetmore, etc are all better Stephen King villains than Andre Linoge.

[@kh2945]

He should hate her ! Yep , peace of mind, away from the traitors. So gut wrenching for Mike.

[@Endgame707]

9:27 if you listen closely you could hear the woman with the glasses fart

[@xemnas9098]

@@Endgame707 Too much Taco Bell.

[@RevBoose]

I never saw how they had any choices. Their kids were trapped, and “not playing” wasn’t an option. He wanted Ralphie anyway, and that’s who he got!

[@sanaaniz]

@@RevBooseyup

[@aj9196]

@@RevBoose The implication is that he Linoge was bluffing, and there's enough clues throughout to suggest that he was

[@joelmartinez2278]

Gut wrenching that he was the only one to protests and ended up losing his child

[@thomascollins4325]

Seeing his son like that was really sad and creepy. Excellent miniseries.

[@Dane_Youssef]

Stephen King's favorite among all the TV mini-series.

[@starwarsroo2448]

That bit was vile, was the kid like the devil's spawn now

[@stevenjones4943]

Since I was 9 years old, I have only remembered parts of this movie, especially the ending with the kid in the red coat…. I could never find it, until today 🤘🏾🎥 Definitely rewatching this now

[@CJLOVE23]

Tim Daly was amazing in this movie

[@ktmmatt7243]

Not to mention the actor they got to play teenage Ralph. Spitting image of Tim Daly.

[@YouAreRightlAmWrong]

skinny hugh jackman

[@javiervelez892]

Honestly great mini series, rarely do we get to see the antagonist fully win, that’s why some people didn’t like the ending.

[@rickhensley5963]

I read the book. It was a difficult read until I got the hang of the style. Then, the miniseries hit TV. Very, very well done. The scene when Lingh took Ralphie was very spooky.

[@youngpirlo7742]

There is no book. Its only been released as a script. King wrote it for TV

[@rodrikofharlaw6848]

I'm laughing so hard at this guy buying a screenplay and being confused at "the style". My sides

[@batbabe1507]

There never was a book, my dude.

[@Kingjackson100]

​@@youngpirlo7742ikr lmfao 😂

[@UnwantedStudios3]

there was no book, just the teleplay lol

[@Trip_Fontaine]

You can't do an evil thing for the greater good. That's the lesson of this movie. Once you open that door, you are constantly doing evil things to reach your goal. A good "end" never justifies evil "means." We live in the "means", the "ends" are an imagined possible future. The vast majority of people on this planet have not learned this lesson.

[@Heirllionaire]

You're very wrong. Many evil things have sealed the protection of the lives of Millions Not all, but many

[@Ur2ez4me81]

The ending of this film always haunted me…

[@BODLive08]

The nerve he had to say they might be wrong. That whole town would suffer

[@sarahloveless1726]

Luckily it sounds like they are.

[@33neptun]

I can relate very well with Michael Andersson here. I was watching this with my 7 Year old son, lying in bed together, and not long after that my ex wife leaves me and took him with her to completly another town, to live with his new "stepfather". He was only 7 years old, and tied on me like you could never imagine. Luckily, we are still tied and love each other madly.But i thought i will end up in mental institution. I was completly ALONE and broken in a small place of 2000 people. If i didin't go insane then, probably i never will. But i lived on tranquilizers every day, didn't sleep for months, and this movie always made me cry. I can't even imagine anything so hard as loosing your own child. Not many people can survive that and stay normal.

[@randybaumery5090]

That sadistic bastard passed on by on purpose!!!

[@xemnas9098]

Of course he did, to rub it in his Mike's face.

[@aprilcarter7089]

He had to make sure that his son wouldn’t know his father.

[@aprilcarter7089]

By Ralphy hissing that thing was reassured that the old Ralphy was long gone.

[@chacha2321]

@@aprilcarter7089 yeah, I wonder how he was able to make him evil.

[@aprilcarter7089]

@@chacha2321 easy just ask Anakin Skywalker. Just being around someone no good can be a bad influence. It’s like an infection

[@rozaydadon4425]

Had to come back and watch the ending.. holding back tears is always hard to do

[@LiirThropp2687]

Ended up liking this movie way more than I thought I would. The ending is devastating but very well done. Definitely wasn't expecting it to end like this.

[@karynsuepohlmeier2109]

My son and I used to watch this when he was a little guy. He's an adult with children of his own and as I watch this (alone) today, I think, they'd have to kill me before I'd ever allow Linoge to take my child. "I was old when the world was new". Btw, I love Timothy Daly.

[@33neptun]

Same here.

[@karasovalye1408]

So good scene

[@Jeffko78]

"In the morning, I know better."

[@nerdieone1]

'In daylight, I know better.'

[@williamdaniels4013]

FACTZ, WELL SAID!!! ✊️👏🤝

[@johnbanks4761]

for that entity to come and show him his more grown son....was just plain mean...didnt fit the character i thought If he was going to do it to someone, he should have done it to the mother....a final twist into her gut

[@Treize132]

He was and evil being so it tracks

[@tmntfangirl4700]

I remember seeing this when I was at Job Corps. My heart broke for Mike, not so much for Molly. I remember hating her and all of the townspeople for their own selfish reasons and then moving on like nothing happened (except for a the few that Mike named) yet Mike is still suffering and hurting.

[@sluggo832003]

Damn he even got screwed in his divorce. Lol

[@TheCrimsonRevenger]

I know right? AND she gets a happy ending with a new husband and new stepdaughter. Like seriously, WTF?

[@lex61519]

@@TheCrimsonRevenger she wasn't happy. She lived with guilt.

[@TheCrimsonRevenger]

@@lex61519 People can be both happy and still experience periods of guilt and remorse for past deeds. The two emotions are not mutually exclusive. Except in her case, they kinda should be. She was just as willing as the rest to sell SOMEONE'S innocent child into damnation. It was only when it ended up being hers that she said 'whoops'. In that scenario, one thing has been conclusively proven. Magic is real. Angels and Demons are real. Heaven and Hell are real. So better ALL the kids, better the whole town even die honorably, and have a shot at heaven than they live a few more decades and die with an eternity in hell awaiting them.

[@lex61519]

@@TheCrimsonRevenger I agree with your entire comment. I just don't think her "happiness" superseded her guilt.

[@ktmmatt7243]

It was my interpretation that he didn't want anything, and just too the car to get away from it all.

[@czernobog47]

This ending is just unbelievable

[@ronniemerchant4341]

But he will He'll love me He'll learn to call me...father

[@theyoungprofit_]

Would you have told molly you saw your son? sheesh heavy ending

[@danielcantu859]

Hated her or not I would have not it know he became a monster as well it would be better to leave what happened to him to imagination

[@cybernautadventurer]

Even though it was a crowded street, I would have felt like the loneliest person in the world during that scene.

[@Hellfox777]

Gods, THIS movie!

[@nilesstark]

I can't say moving away was the best thing. But I can say it was the safest.

[@johnbanks4761]

if he had stayed he may have killed someone i think

[@RR-lv3tp]

@@johnbanks4761 agreed! After the way he lost his son, that betrayal.. I can imagine, a lot of us would want to put someone down, for what happened. He needed a new start, as far away as possible

[@BODLive08]

That whole town and every person who held him down as his son was taken would suffer, especially after they say they might be wrong.

[@thefatman69dude]

The town is a cancer. They showed their true colors and let fear take over. All those people are to blame for his son being taken. I think either he leaves or he goes on a killing spree lol Molly was the biggest offender of all. They deserved the shitty lives they ended up with.

[@judy9521]

@@RR-lv3tp so true

[@TobaccoRoadAI]

I was hoping for a sequel where he uses his abilities as a us Marshall to find them again and maybe have one more final confrontation. However I think at this point in time it was to late for him to save his son

[@bobbywise2313]

Michael, there is just something about you that pisses me off. I kind of know how that feels but not to the extent that he did.

[@Firstclassmaino]

Movie is so classic

[@nattyps3160]

What makes me sick is how cowardly the town was. Mike was right lenoge nevee couod have taken any child if they stood up to him. That little dopey cheater billy was being controlled by linoge to kill his gf but his will was so strong he stopped. Linoge got so angry he said to himself " she his gf was right u are a coward than she bashed him with the paint can. So it proved linoge could only control weak people which this town of mostly sinners was picked as Mike said. He even said when he took Ralphie " u tricked ourselves " Mike begged them to stand up to him. Not one of them did. How did hatch think Mike could possibly stay there after his son b/c of those idiots was taken by a demon or Satan himself. Wow Mike became a federal Marshall. Mike's wife really was pathetic. She just moved on & married hatch At least that creep who poked the gay man's eye out ended himself & left everything he had to the man he hurt.

[@Ur2ez4me81]

Most people are when they cave into fear… Look what happened during the pandemic…

[@jamesfromthecomputer]

Bruh you ended it before it shows them flying away

[@sperckensiedoitch]

A cash and carry world.

[@sarahloveless1726]

The only thing that would have made this ending a little better is if Ralph returned to Little Tall Island to do the same damn thing. Like shock of all shock, getting what Ligone wants means he's got you on a leash now.

[@valrose6083]

:elbowcough:

[@KishorTwist]

A Stephen King tv movie that I liked very much!

[@annalee6581]

So sad

[@joeymakowski6340]

Am I the only one out here. That he would come back to the town and see the old friends and of course his ex wife. I understand his mind set of the town. But if this really happened. 9 years later I would come back and visit.

[@andrewcormack-foster3790]

And thus became Big Trouble in Little China Town!

[@xemnas9098]

"We got BIIIG trouble here in little China"

[@andrewcormack-foster3790]

And cue Thin Lizzy's Chinatown 🤟

[@TheMcs33]

Make a part 2

[@king_venom_815]

Thats the end

[@cjgameon264]

FACTS!! I don't know why they never made a pt 2. This was a really good movie. It was long as hell but a very good movie.

[@brycewakefield6565]

How do you pay as you go without paying bruh?

[@thesnakeman8006]

Honestly? I'm surprised that mike kept his cool around hatch. Could have socked him in the face, pulled a gun on him,etc and he would have every right to,too but he kept a cool, levelled head and was metaphorically giving hatch the finger,🖕with the tone he was talking to him

[@alexanderpacious1728]

What did they castrate him? I can’t imagine being a father and not going after that guy. 🤦😐 Pathetic.

[@touiklau1254]

It all steven kings fault for Mike trial an tribulations 😁

[@Vanessa-u1v]

The ending is awful it sucks damn this most hit harder for the ones that are parents . I'm not a parejt yet but this most really suck to have to give up ur child one poor child had to be sacrificed for the greater of the good damn

[@jiquepfister1640]

Sorry but this the only time I was happy the villain won shoot me 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@titusmccarthy]

The boy hissing was hysterical.

[@razziade]

Hatch hooking up with Molly! Niiiiiicccceeee! Lucky f#*k! Molly is HAF!

[@bullswoodworks8398]

Love Kings writing ability, not so much his political views.

[@nerdieone1]

who cares? -_-

[@LaLa-xh7bz]

@@nerdieone1 😂😂😂

[@FeR-kt1jt]

His political views are none of your business? You like what cereal he eats in the morning? Stop looking to worship another man , or looking for reasons to point meaningless comments. No one knows you 😂

[@susanlaude8969]

@@nerdieone1, based on your reply, I am going to guess you agree with King's political views, so let me say, your side sure seems convinced of the importance of your views, and of the necessity of you vomiting them everywhere, and of forcing them down everyone's throat. Since this is the case, bullswoodworks8398 is just as able to express his opinion as you are. Otherwise, no one has that right, and you need to sit down and shut up. Pick one. Expeditiously.

[@the_endgame]

​@@susanlaude8969Your comment is peak irony and full of projection.

[@PaulyWally30]

It sucked.