The battle takes them out of the apartment, into the elevators and elevator shafts before Renshaw meets his end, much as he did in the short story, only in a different location. In the screen version, it is a commando who is deadly. In the short story, that was the thermonuclear device. As he is relaxing in his hot tub, the special surprise makes himself known. In the TNT show, the battle continues and Renshaw actually defeats the troops. In the short story, Renshaw meets his end as he climbs from this ledge onto the terrace. They shoot it out in the apartment before Renshaw is forced out of the apartment, out on the ledge. The tiny plastic soldiers have surprisingly effective weapons including helicopters, bazookas, RPGs, and cannons. The action in the apartment unfolds much as it did in the short story. waiting for him, just as the short story began. Renshaw returns to his apartment to find a package from the Morris Toy Co. The story unfolds on screen with Jason Renshaw carrying out the hit on the owner of Morris Toys, Hans Morris. The other seven episodes were drawn from the book of the same name or a King collection entitled Everything’s Eventual. Battleground was the only story from Night Shift adapted for the 2006 television series. The Night Shift short story, Battleground was adapted as the premier episode for a TNT television miniseries based on the short works of Stephen King.
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