A Breakdown of How Castle Rock Connects to the Rest of the Stephen King Universe

By the third episode, it's abundantly clear that there's far more to Molly Strand (Melanie Lynskey) than meets the eye. The real estate agent seems quirky and antisocial from the get-go, but the voices she's hearing aren't just any voices — they're the ones of the people around her. If you ask me, she seems to have a touch of the Shine, à la The Shining and Doctor Sleep's Danny Torrance. It's also worth noting how, as a child, she felt pain at the same time Henry did — this odd dynamic is seen between Thad Beaumont and George Stark in The Dark Half, which is coincidentally set in Castle Rock as well.