THE LEFTOVERS: HBO's nondenominational post-rapture series

Kinda hope it's not as conclusive as all that. If any show can satisfyingly end with a question mark it's this one.

I don't think they're ever going to directly explain the departure, at least I hope they don't. But I could see them explaining a lot of the ancillary mysteries, like about Mary and about what caused Scott Glenn's character to go insane

or maybe it is the world that has gone insane

two things can go insane

I almost gave up on the show. I found the first season frustrating and wanted to know the mystery. My wife, who had read the book, kept saying "that's not the point, you're never going to find out" and I was like "I know and I can't handle that!"

Anyway glad I kept with it because the second season was so totally fucking awesome and I can't wait for this one.

i lost steam almost exactly like you did, watched s1, watched a couple of s2 and stopped but the fact that this is the final season and they are ending it makes me want to start over again

C'mon Lindelof, leaving no question unanswered was what made Lost so bad

Won’t read this, but promising.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/reviews/leftovers-season-3-review-final-episodes-1202029489/

people I trust are all saying very nice things

i have very high expectations. Sepinwall says that there's nothing quite as wild as the opening scenes of last season or the "International Assasin" episode...but i think last season discovered a kind of tone or style that I've never quite seen on tv before...and just exploring that for 8 more episodes is an exciting prospect for me.

It's only 8? That's probably good.

Well, that was great.

Yeah, several jaw dropping moments. And one laugh out loud moment ("...canine DNA" *score stops dead*)

I'm slightly apprehensive about flash-forwards given Lindelof's previous work but I'm willing to believe it'll work out

Yeah i arched my eyebrow at the very end (loved the rest obv) but they have my trust.

Those those two panning shots which seamlessly traveled forward in time were really lovely I thought.

the drone bombing was very o_O and at the same time, not implausible

so good. I guess Liv Tyler is off the show now. Or maybe she'll be ghosting back?

The 3 year jump was alarming as well. Took me some time to even recognize Kevin's stepson.

so, how about those Millerites at the beginning? seems like another historical framing device like the ancient cave-in and baby in season two. that season had a child adopted who is now gone (explanation pending) to echo the frame

this frame has the lone pious believer, which seems to line up with the flash-forward, but I am thinking that's a red herring

"the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and cults"

alcohol, tobacco, firearms, explosives, and cults, IIRC. I've been rewatching s1 and there's a scene where they offer to "take care" of the GR in Mapleton

yeah, I think whoever was stating it in this episode (a protestor at the spring demanding the truth about the drone strike) left that bit off

it's disturbingly fitting which agency got authority on cults

You guys I don't think Kev is ok lol

That whole '59th St Bridge Song' as she's riding off the on the bike and I'm like yeah Kev's going to do something dumb/crazy/life-threatening and HOLY FUCK, SHOW DELIVERS

All I could think about was the mechanics of convincingly acting that whole thing. Like you basically have to almost suffocate to do it realistically and uuuugh just thinking about scared the crap out of me (also as a child who spent the first 5 years of her life being told by her parents not to put those plastic record bags over my head and constantly wondering what would happen if I did, this was a very weird scene to watch)

Insane

yah did he REALLY do that? fucking terrifying.

I have to force myself not to look at this--now I know "Feelin' Groovy"'s on the way (which I absolutely love) and it won't be a surprise. (Not blaming anyone, my own fault.) I'm going to rewatch 1 and 2 as soon as 1 gets here in the mail, so I won't be starting for at least a month. No more peeking!

xpost Yeah idk I was trying to figure it out. Like maybe they had an air tube coming in from behind somehow on a quick/slow release trigger to help between takes or something but he still sucked it all the way into his nose & mouth like fuuuuuuuuuuck nope

sorry clemenza

yeah i wondered the same thing too. I suppose eomeone was just ready to rip it open once they got the shot

there were similar shots in the OA, with people's heads completey drowned inside helmets...how the fuck did they do that? so claustrophobic, I'd freak the fuck out if I were acting that.

I mean, you still try to breathe shallowly once you pass out, it's not like you pass out and immediately need cpr

just don't do the asphyxiation thing with no one else around

the water one, that is not as good

I was going to drop some auto-erotic asphyxiation jokes until I realized it's stressing everyone

I get kind of irrationally angry when writers review episodes and things that are supposed to be concrete references get hand-waved. The intro is definitely the Millerites (I first thought Seventh Day Adventists, but they were later and kind of a post-Millerite group) due to the setting and the exact dates that kept being show -- those are the dates the Millerites chose. An episode review kind of glossed them over as "some cult"

I don't think it was glossed over, it's just not that well-known a thing. I only figured it out cause someone at work linked the Wikipedia article the following morning for unrelated reasons (which was hella spooky)

you're a writer! they showed a series of actual dates! pause it and use google!

i watched this a second time and some of theroux's line readings are just so good. "what you think is happening...isn't."

he carries so much of kev's character just in his physicality, being so twitchy & fake-calm & haunted, it's really impressive

carrie coon for president

goddamn this show

also major crush on carrie coon. glad she's in two shows now

Loved the little detail of departure day in Australia being October 15th.

I would never have expected that Nora scene but I absolutely loved it.

The trampoline thing was a little on the precious side, but the reveal of Lily's whereabouts was so logical that I'm shocked I didn't think of it.

There's something quite interesting about the tattoo covering up another tattoo, some tenuous balance between remembering and forgetting that seems essential to grief.

I totally need to watch this again because I was high on NyQuil and other substances and thought i was losing my mind when the opening credits started.

the wu-tang band

the writing credits were interesting. in addition to the perfect strangers theme song. also, mark lynn baker did a great scene

http://i.imgur.com/rjKa7vK.jpg

Such an awesome strange show

Sepinwall said that those nicknames in the writing credits came from a Wu-Tang name generator--the same one that Donald Glover used to create Childish Gambino?

Richard Cheese!

The musician?

Know some of the guys in that band