"The Leftovers" (HBO series)

Random thoughts...

I think the wild dogs might be a metaphor for sheriff Kevin. Somehow broken and unfixable after the departure.

One of the deer had a balloon that said "it's a girl" by its antlers right around the time Christine have birth to Holy Wayne ' baby.

Nora (whom I am starting to love, by the way) had to endure the absolute most horrible... trick? by the GR by coming down to see her "family" back at the kitchen table. It actually made me angry.

Has anyone who has read the book here? Is this where thy book ends? Are they winging it now? Starting from scratch?

I liked seeing Amy (sheriff Kevin daughters friend) will she be back?

Anyone else think Liv Tyler looked batsh!t crazy being tied up to the light pole, as if vengeance was going to be swift, and fun?

Having asked that...I still don't know what the hell is going on.

 

Well, I agree with the first half of that sentence...

 

I'm in this mostly for the visuals, which have a surreal power. I have no idea what the story itself is actually about, beyond being a meditation on loss and how we cope with it or don't cope with it. But the visual imagination is intense here.

L.

 

season one:

excellent, without a doubt. should get a whole lot of emmy consideration next year.

justin thereaux (sp?) did a fine job, as did amy brennemen, liv tyler, thereaux's daughter and the leader of the GR.

but, carrie coon, if the world is right and just, will become a true star. she was better than anything or anyone else on TV right now. her upcoming role in "gone girl" should only solidify her ability to act. i looked forward to when she was on the screen. her facial expression at the very end was worth a million words, and the scene at the kitchen table was heart-wrenching.

can't wait to see where this goes next year.

newsroom in november
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SPOILER ALERT:

Yes, the novel ends in front of the Garvey house, with Nora holding the baby in her arms, saying "look what I found." So they've pretty much exhausted available plot developments from the novel.

 

No kidding!!
That's good news, IMO!
I would've been disappointed with that as an ending to a book. But, it makes a great 'intro' to a wealth of 'story'; to go where-ever they wanna.... I'm psyched!

 

Actually , it was a nice conclusion to the book, ending on a grace note of hopefulness. I would have been fine with it as an end to The Leftovers had it not been renewed. But clearly in a second season, they'll have to go somewhere else.

 

I'm with you on Carrie Coon
She the best thing about this show.

 

read an interview that said they haven't even signed contracts for season 2.

 

That can't be so. The show was renewed for a second season about a month ago.

 

yes it was, but they haven't sat down and done any preliminary work nor contract since then.

 

If they have to end it there, I'm okay with it. What a wild surreal ride that was.

 

They won't. It has been renewed for another season.

 

I'm going to watch the whole thing again starting with episode 9.

 

Well then, that's not really "the whole thing".

I ended up really liking the show, mostly due to it's strong cast, & offbeat storyline. Looking forward to season 2.

 

I meant 9, 1,2,3 etc. but I'm sure you knew that.

 

So what do people think is up with the healer who died and the baby?

Was the healer a shaman? If not, what wish did the sheriff ask for that was "granted"?

And is there something special about the baby, who is now going to (presumably) be in their (Nora, etc.)'s lives?

The fact that the government was so keen to get the healer suggests there's something going on beyond just a con...

 

I would've really 'flipped-my-lid' if, instead of the baby, they found a little 'rubber' baby on the doorstep!
I assume Paddy knew about it, since she was so close to Laurie.

 

I think it was pretty clear that Laurie WAS probably going to get an abortion. And pretty clear that it WAS Kevin's baby, since she was taken aback when the doctor asked her that question specifically. (Although, obviously, she could be lying).

I agree with you that I hope the baby is not "special." And I agree that he probably asked to get his family back. Which, it appears, he might.

Statutory rape might be a convenient premise, but it seems there's something more afoot there.

 

Can't wait to find out what's up with that issue of National Geographic and I really liked that dog, I was kind of hoping the dog would become a staple of the household there.
Great show!

 

S2 news - new setting, about 1/2 of the cast will return.
http://www.nerdcoremovement.com/the-leftovers-season-2-moves-to-texas/

Another article with pretty much the same info.
http://cartermatt.com/160579/the-le...-officially-changing-setting-hiring-new-cast/

I'm very glad to see that Carrie Coon is among those returning for season 2. She was the highlight of the show, imo.

 

Huh? It was something of a hit (by HBO standards), right? So why are they dumping half the cast?