Darkly shot. Slowly unfolding. Much too much inaction (not suspense, but inaction). The King book was a good read, but this HBO interpretation is adolescent at best. If you know King you know right away that there is going to be some evil, unnatural force behind this whole story. This series doesn't capture the magic of King's writing. Watching this series is like plodding through a telephone menu waiting and hoping a human will soon come on the line to answer your question or solve your problem. You're left listening to some really bad hold music. The final episode is probably the best of all, except it is the 10th episode. It should have been the 5th. Watch the first two episodes, then jump to the 10th. You'll not miss much.