Originally aired as a television mini-series this all-star filmization of Stephen King s gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world s population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus accidentally escapes from a government sponsored biological warfare laboratory. Soon people are dropping like flies from the plague but a few survive and find themselves strangely compelled to head into the West. Good-hearted people follow the voice of an ancient black woman and head for Boulder Colorado. Bad people follow the enigmatic Walkin Dude to Las Vegas. It is only a matter of time before the two sides are forced into a climactic battle over the final fate of humanity.