I’m not sure how much the construction of “Station Eleven” mirrors the book, but it’s incredibly robust storytelling in television form as it moves back and forth between the early days of the pandemic, some key events from before the end of the world, the first 100 days after, and 20 years later, using each section to not just fill in plot details but thematically and emotionally comment on one another. The story jumps forward 20 years and reveals Kirsten ( Mackenzie Davis) is still alive, a leader in a traveling company of performers that rolls across the land, doing theater for fellow survivors. Much more than COVID, the pandemic that pushes its way across the globe in “Station Eleven” is almost instantly population-destroying. The tragic event forces Jeevan into becoming the guardian of Arthur’s child co-star Kirsten ( Matilda Lawler) because her regular “wrangler” is occupied. He’s the first one to rush to the stage and try and save the actor's life, which thrusts him into an unusual role. Jeevan ( Himesh Patel) is at a production of King Lear when he realizes that the lead actor, a star named Arthur Leander ( Gael Garcia Bernal) is having a heart attack. Created by Patrick Somerville (“Maniac”) with a premiere directed by Hiro Murai (“Atlanta”), “Station Eleven” opens in Chicago on the eve of a world-destroying pandemic.
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