THE LEFTOVERS: HBO's nondenominational post-rapture series

Well, in this case, I think a set ending would work against the feel of the series. Kinda like with Walking Dead. It's supposed to be a never-ending nightmare.

L O S T had a set end, and where did that get us?

So did people see last nights episode? It was... something.

"Lead actress is Whoah nelly hotness" who is this then? Liv Tyler?

last night was great.

andie mcdowell's daughter

andie mcdowell isn't on the show but I guess you're talking about the teenager

oh she actually is andie mcdowell's daughter, I see

ep was indeed something. no mystery bagels, just mysterious ways. nice and tight. felt like an old twilight zone or something.

That is the second time Eccleston has played a character who finds a large stash of money and takes it into a casino to put it all on red. Referring to the episode of Jimmy McGovern's Accused from a few years back.

Is this worth watching? It's difficult to tell from this thread.

it's difficult to tell from the first 3 episodes of a show! i would say 'yes,' though, i'm sticking with it to see what happens.

seems like so far the worst thing anyone has to say about the show is that Lindeloff is involved

I liked the pilot a lot; haven't checked the next two episodes yet.

Well, some of the dialogue is too Lindeloffian in the sense of being clichéed and overwritten. But I'm okay with that. I've come to the conclusion that the third episode was brilliant.

It was the only episode I have liked so far, Ecclestone is always at his best playing broken, desperate characters.

ecclestone-centric episode is amazing, the others have been good. preview of entire series makes it look like some fucking crazy shit eventually happens.

Watched the first three of these today and although the third was much better than the first two, that didn't imply by any means they were bad. I'll keep watching, for sure. The release of information has been just about right to build intrigue without giving it all away, and there definitely aren't too many plot threads.

When the two teenage girls were following Ecclescake's sister I got a massive Twin Peaks vibe off it.

It's not the show I hoped for. It's definitely a let down, but on the other hand there is something about this show. Something about its atmosphere, the way it feels and the mood it conjures that I really like. The soundtrack is amazing.

Show is good but not enough to justify an hbo subscription. Also something off in Theroux's performance. It's almost comic somehow and seems out of tune with the other characters.

theroux's character is facepalmingly bad at almost everything in life.

the whole 'arg my shirts are missing' -- dude, go buy some fucking shirts jfc

"The soundtrack is amazing."

That Max Richter score is incredibly beautiful.

Maybe it's because it ticks all my buttons for TV, but I am loving this show. If anyone can tolerate a decent recap that says about everything I would have said about the last ep here it is.

The last episode is by far the best one yet. I love the Nora characther, and I also have hope now(for the show that is).

Going for the old "make every third episode worthwhile" approach, I guess?

Carrie Coon is awesome. (Also, apparently she is married to Tracy Letts. Neat!)

yeah Nora is great

About 20 minutes in I thought "I don't want the other characters, let's just make this show about Nora please."

otm

Forgot to obtain this week, thanks for reminding me. Although I don't know why I forgot because I love the show so far.

getting so good! last night's was pretty creepy feeling and awesome.

I said to Mr Veg last night, if they succeed at nothing else, they seem to have pretty much nailed the sad banality of a cult

Yes I am one of those people who looked for the contents of May 72 NatGeo

Mr Veg googled May 1972 and the best he could come up with on quick notice was that it is the day that Dwayne the Rock Johnson was born, lol

Here ya go

is no one really watching this show ?

Yeah, I am and loving it. I think I haven't been commenting because I know I'm out of sync with everyone else.

I really, really like it. I still think there's more to Kevin's hallucinations than is being let on even after all the people saw tobacco chewing man in the town meeting a couple of weeks ago. I'm definitely intrigued about the voices in his dad's head and how spot on they seem to be about a lot of things. I'm kind of hoping it isn't actually related to the departed to be honest but if it is then I would posit we're actually closer to it being a conspiracy drama and the people going missing is a Philadelphia Experiment type thing.

Although I love Paterson Joseph I'm not completely digging the Holy Wayne plot, much less how Kevin's son got completely seduced by them since he seems to spend all his screen time questioning what they do.

The GRs are a great concept and I think they're going to become more important as the series continues, but to a large degree it feels like Christopher Ecclestone was only really in the show to give the GRs a more developed arc.

Kevin definitely shagged his daughter's friend, right?

oh god I hope not

I feel like they're leaning heavily on that as a thing that MIGHT happen, or that she wants to happen

also is there anything in the world more lol/terrifying than bored teenagers

xp

really enjoyed how Wayne was positioned as a total con man ... but the twist here is he actually is effective at what he does. was not expecting that

yeah that whole 'you don't remember do you' thing was really weird. not even a sinister Memento vibe, just complete elision. no way would the girl go for him though, it would have destroyed her relationship with the daughter

seems like so far the worst thing anyone has to say about the show is that Lindeloff is involved

Possibly because a lot of or at least some people are in the same position as I am: I don't want to watch because Lindelof has a habit of drawing you into promising, intriguing movies and shows and stories that end so badly, so slapdash, cynically and stupid, you regret ever watching.

it's true he is the lucy-with-the-football of popular entertainment

no way would the girl go for him though, it would have destroyed her relationship with the daughter

this is the same chick who shagged the guy her best friend had a crush on

daughter's friend has a real mena suvari in american beauty vibe )which may have been mentioned upthread)

i'm interested in how kevin's ex wife met the leader of the gr. There was a comment when they were in the diner that made me think possibly one had been a patient of the other or sth

there needs to be more naked Justin Theroux in this show

this is the same chick who shagged the guy her best friend had a crush on

whooooooops you are totally right keyes, forgot that

fucked up

Episode 8 took a huge running jump into awesome. Best show on tv in years, I'm calling it.

I'll be curious to see how the second season goes. It seems like they've already used about 75% of the events in the book.

All-flashback episode was surprisingly great. You could see where lots of it was going from quite early on - Kevin hooking up with the woman from the crash, for example - but it was still really well executed and shocking when the disappearances happened. Recognising little bits of imagery, like Nora taking the second last sheet of kitchen towel (we saw this in the episode when Holy Wayne took her grief) meant the dread built just waiting for the denouement, and from the second "let's build a circuit" was spoken you knew it would climax with the light going out for an unseen reason. Strangest part was Gladys; we're still not clear on what she lost that made her join the GR. her attachment to the dogs makes it look like it's them, but that's surely misdirection.

Was Kevin's vision with the stag supposed to invoke Saint Hubertus, maybe? (The image of Hubertus' vision is shown on the Jagermeister label.) Hubertus is the saint invoked in curing rabies, which is presumably behind Dean's (and by extension Kevin's) motivation for dispatching dogs? Bits of Hubertus' vision also following through in Kevin arguing that the stag should be saved and not killed. We don't have Dean's surname but I'm willing to bet it will turn out to be Lambert for the same reason.

I might have something longer on Lori and her reasons for joining the GR, because I was having that exact conversation after watching ep 8, and probably then also something on the significance of the house.

Not looking forward to the Memorial Day painathon in the finale tbh

I didn't see the Next Week On but I'm assuming the GR stealing all those family photos had something to do with the clothes and the carcasses in the church last week