The essential episodes of Castle Rock
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Castle Rock — each pick states its reason.
- 01
The warden of Shawshank Prison commits suicide, leaving behind an unsettling mystery that seems to be connected to a case from 27 years earlier.
- 02
Henry Deaver returns to Castle Rock and takes on the Kid as a client. A letter left behind by Warden Lacy sheds some light on the Kid's origins.
- 03
The past catches up with Molly Strand.
- 04
Henry urges the Kid to accept the prison's settlement and investigates his own disappearance decades earlier. A Shawshank prison guard snaps.
- 05
After the Shawshank shooting, the Kid is released and Henry moves him into an apartment above Molly's office. A ceremony honoring Alan goes awry.
- 06
Molly confesses her role in the death of Reverend Deaver. Henry's son Wendell arrives from Boston. The Kid is institutionalized, but not for long.
- 07
Ruth explains her jumbled memories and time-skipping to her grandson Wendell, but the Kid's presence and her disorientation have tragic consequences.
- 08
Out-of-towners renovate the Lacy home into a murder-themed bed and breakfast. Molly rescues Henry from the camper. Ruth remains lost in the past.
- 09
The true identity of the Kid is revealed, as well as his relationship to Henry, Molly and a site in the forest where strange sightings occur.
- 10
On the run with her daughter Joy, ex-nurse Annie Wilkes works temp jobs to steal medication. Ace Merrill threatens the Somali developer of a new mall.
- 11
Hiding evidence of her crime, Annie discovers that the new mall is being built on a cemetery. Pop Merrill's past is revealed.
- 12
Joy has a fun day out with local kids but begins to question her mother's mental state when she returns to the motel. Pop's medical condition worsens.
- 13
Joy learns the truth about her mother's traumatic childhood and struggles with learning disabilities. Joy also discovers her own real origin.
- 14
Tracing the call she received, Rita arrives in Castle Rock and searches for Joy, while Annie desperately tries to reconnect with her daughter.
- 15
Annie and her remaining unconverted allies devise a plan to blow up the Angel statue and release the townspeople from their collective trance.
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