Episode 276-Castle Rock, Season 1, Episode 7

Stephen Kingcast

Constant Reader

Tv & Film, Arts, Arts:books, Books

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Grab your tissues. You're going to need them. Sometimes an episode comes along that cements a show in history. This is that episode. This is that show. As always, write in at stephenkingcast@yahoo.com Follow me on Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook and Bluesky. Stay organized and up to date with all things Stephen King at stephenkingcast.com

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King cast, One Man's Musings on the Works of Stephen King.
0:04.9	Each week I will review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King in the chronological order of publication.
0:10.3	And today I will be reviewing episode seven of Hulu's first season of Castle Rock and of all of the episodes of Castle Rock, which is a show that
0:26.4	thankfully has kind of gotten back into conversation now that it's been back on, it's been
0:35.3	released on Netflix, I believe. Or it's show, it's, it did, I can't remember where it's been back on it's been released on on Netflix I believe or so it's it's it I can't
0:40.7	remember where it's streaming but it's streaming somewhere and people are talking about it again
0:43.7	which is good because this episode should not be forgotten in the annals of time it should be
0:49.2	something that is is definitely it should be something that's definitely remembered and talked
0:53.1	about and that would be episode seven, The Queen.
0:56.7	So I'm very excited.
0:59.2	I just watched it again for a second time, so it's very fresh in my mind.
1:06.3	And it's one that forces you to really contemplate and soak it in, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, really, really, guys, if you're, um, please, you're doing yourself a disservice. I don't care what you have to do if it means that you have to shill out six bucks for Hulu.
1:31.3	Shill out six bucks for Hulu.
1:32.8	Just do it.
1:34.4	Just, I mean, you're...
1:35.9	You'll thank me later for watching Castle Rock, because first of all, it's a good show.
1:40.2	I'm going to talk about this later in this episode, but this particular hour of television,
1:46.3	episode seven of Castle Rock, is something amazing. So before I get into my thoughts on the
1:53.5	episode, I want to read Zach Dion's recap of episode seven, so we have a basis upon which I can build my analysis.
2:03.2	And so, Zach writes, behold, and I will tell you a mystery.
2:07.6	The kid is the father, is Father Matthew Deaver.
2:11.1	Whether he's a vessel carrying the spirit that left the Reverend's body in 91 or somehow
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