Needful Things

Content Warning: This section of the guide contains descriptions of violence, animal cruelty, murder, attempted suicide, and suicide. 

News crews descend on Castle Rock. Needful Things has a “closed” sign, and the people who bought things from Gaunt keep showing up and looking disappointed. The narrative reveals that Mr. Gaunt started his business many years ago; he is actually a demon who has been alive for hundreds of years, stealing souls and selling weapons.

Alan goes to the hospital to talk to Sean Rusk.

Polly is furious about what she perceives as Alan’s betrayal. Suddenly, her amulet seems to come alive. An electrical storm is compromising the communication devices.

The Medical Examiner calls the state investigator to warn them that a toxic substance covered the bullets that killed Henry Beaufort. They fear that a kind of new bio-weapon has been brought to Castle Rock.

Cora Rusk has not mourned her son Brian, because she has been so focused on her Elvis sunglasses. She fantasizes that she is in Graceland, then finds Elvis in bed with Myra. Mr. Gaunt sells Cora a gun.