Based on a glance at the book’s Wikipedia page, I feel confident in saying the show doesn’t have different timelines—this isn’t a multiverse, thank goodness—but different storylines which are set in different times during and after the pandemic. Presumably, the show will bounce back and forth between them just as the book does, to reveal some surprising connections.
To be fair to Station Eleven the novel, it was written in 2014, so I can’t really hold its subject matter against it. (Besides, I’m assured by the most esteemed of colleagues that the book is quite good.) And in fairness to Station Eleven the TV series, it also looks quite good, if somewhat baffling. (If you happen to coincidentally have read the book’s plot summary on Wikipedia, things make marginally more sense.) But man oh man do I have less desire than ever to watch a TV series that revolves around a global pandemic. Hell, I don’t even like the global pandemic I’m living in!
The 10-episodes series Station Eleven premieres on HBO Max on December 16, just in time for holiday viewing. It stars Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Daniel Zovatto, David Wilmot, Matilda Lawler, Philippine Velge, Nabhaan Rizwan, Lori Petty, Gael Garcìa Bernal, and Danielle Deadwyler.
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