Batteredand lonely, Hodges is the archetypal detective haunted by the big case he couldn’t crack — that of Mr. Mercedes, the mystery assailant who plowed a car Louis a much more prominent presence in Mr. Mercedes Season 1 than Freddi is in Stephen King’s book, and that prominence led to her being non-fatally stabbed by Brady Hartsfield in the finale. 0905/17 AT 5:37 AM EDT. “Mr. Mercedes” executive producer Jack Bender said that the Audience Network series doesn’t have any major differences from Stephen King ’s novel of the same name Notonly did he finish the Dark Tower series, he also wrote 11.22.63, Mr. Mercedes and Under the Dome -- all of which have been adapted into TV or film. Arcel says King's impact on him and other MVHMkza.