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Stephen Kingcast

Episode 220-The Ending of Salem's Lot

Stephen Kingcast

Constant Reader

Tv & Film, Arts, Arts:books, Books

4.7680 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back with another entry in our newest adventure: examining the endings of Stephen King's works in the chronological order of publication!  This week brings us to Salem's Lot. How does the ending hold up? Check it out!

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's getting kind of hard to believe

0:03.0

It's getting kind of hard to believe things are going to get better.

0:23.6

I've been drowning too long to believe that the tide's going to turn.

0:30.6

And I've been living too hard to believe things are going to get easier now.

0:38.3

I'm still trying to shake off the pain from the lessons I've worked.

0:45.3

And if I see Van Helsing, I swear to the Lord I will slay him.

0:50.3

Ah! Ha! Ha! Ha! He'd take him from me, but I swear I won't let it be so.

0:56.0

Ah, ha, ha, blood will run down his face when he is decapitated.

1:03.0

Ah!

1:04.0

His head on my man's is how I will let this world know.

1:09.0

How much I love! Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King's, One Man's Musings on the Works of Stephen King.

1:15.1

Once I reviewed each of his works in the chronological order of publication, but Ka is a wheel,

1:20.4

it all goes round again, and here I am once more back at the beginning on a new phase of the journey

1:25.3

to examine each of the endings of the works of Stephen King,

1:28.4

to determine whether or not King deserves his reputation for having an inability to successfully land his endings.

1:34.4

Last week, I reviewed the ending of Kerry.

1:39.7

Specifically, I focused on the climax, the falling action, and the resolution of the ending,

1:45.0

and I will continue to do so for the endings of each of his novels moving forward.

1:49.0

I will also break it down by character themes, conflict, and plot to determine whether or not it meets the criteria of being an objectively good ending.

1:57.0

I will also weigh in on whether or not I like the endings.

2:00.0

So one thing that I forgot to mention in both my announcement episode and my Carrie episode

2:04.6

was what I'm going to actually review here.

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