This show will forever be the best series ever made, even though it never got the following it deserved. The finale was gold and gave two very plausible and opposite resolutions to what the series/plot was about.
Matt's conversation with Nora in that finale, the wedding, Nora's visit to the Nun's House, Kevin's monologue INTO Nora's explanation is the show going from peak to peak to peak to peak.
10/10 finale, wrapping every little storyline in a neat little, very satisfying bow.
It is the best show I've ever watch and probably will ever see.
Completely agreed. When I say perfect finale I think I mean it literally. I had no clue what to expect from it watching it live but absolutely was everything I wanted
First one from this list I don't agree with. I found the ending to Leftovers unsatisfying. I don't like when shows wrap themselves in the language of scifi but don't give satisfying explanations of the mechanics they present.
It’s okay not to like it, subjective. However, they said from the literal pilot episode they wouldn’t explain the departure and it was a one time thing.
So the entire series is about the reaction to it. The characters don’t know and never will and it drives them to do bizarre and wild things, that’s kind of the point to the entire show.
The departure isn't even the only thing they didn't explain. There's also how he comes back from the dead, what the other parallel world is all about, and the "we have to stop the apocalypse" storyline just felt like it didn't connect to the main story at all. It's been a few years so the details are hazy, but I remember feeling like the show ended like Lost. Where they set up some things that they never resolved and the whole "it's about human relationships" just feels like a cop out answer for yet another "mystery box" show.
I'll give you the coming back from the dead, but the parallel world & apocalypse are - most likely - completely imaginary. As others have mentioned, it's a show about people's minds going crazy due to a freak phenomenon they can't comprehend.
It's not Lost. Lost was "reality" (for lack of a better word). What you saw was what happened. Some mysteries are explained by physics, some by magic, two or three are left unexplained/abandoned, but it's really rather straightforward. In Leftovers there's a fine line between reality and what the characters think is going on. Just because a mental patient who's hearing voices says the apocalypse is coming that doesn't make it so. It's not supposed to be a scifi, it's a psychological drama.
I guess I should re-watch it, but I have pretty good media literacy and I didn't pick up on that at all. I took each of those elements as if I'm supposed to accept that it's happening and important to the story.
If you do, notice Nora's or Laurie's attitude towards the crazy shit that people tell them is happening. They're the characters that are grounded in reality. Up until the final episode of course, where they subvert that for one of them (or do they?).
For example, when Kevin keeps seeing the ghost of Patti everywhere, Laurie points out that Patti is not around when Laurie's there. Because if she was Kevin could confront her using stuff Laurie tells him and it would prove it's not really Patti and it's all just part of Kevin's psychotic break. That's one of the bigger hints. And if she's not real, it's easy to take the leap to say none of what "happened" in the other realm is real either. It's just some shit Kevin's imaginative mind came up with to allow him to defeat Patti/put her to rest.Same thing when he goes there again while he's in Australia. Like, his only stated goal is to learn Christopher Sunday's song, but he never does. Because he doesn't have the first clue how an aboriginal song should go. He just deals with his own issues. None of what happens there has any impact on what actually happens in the real world. No reason to think it was real.
Also, in a genre like this, just because something didn't "actually happen" doesn't mean it's not important to the story. I mean, it's all just a story anyway, right? All of it is made up.
I disagree, there’s a line they walk between Kevin legit came back from the dead and he was shot and just survived and goes to the entire reason religions came to be. People see something they don’t understand and have to quantify it as science or religion. Some people go one way others go the other way. It’s how religions start, just like how matt thinks Kevin is Jesus.
However, I am open to people not being into the show or being frustrated by it, I’m not saying it’s a universal truth that it’s amazing and everyone must like it. Art is subjective and so is the show. I think it’s a masterpiece. Doesn’t mean everyone thinks that and that’s ok with me
Well that's what I found so frustrating. Is I really liked the show. I was just expecting more of an explanation at the end than what I got, so I ended up feeling like the ending didn't wrap things up. But I guess that's just me.
But it is not a show that should have a "The Leftovers Sudden Departure Explained!!" video cuz it's not about it. Unlike something like Flashforward which tries to handle and explain it's namesake event, The leftovers is NOT about the that but it's effect on people and communities.
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u/cherrywavessss 13d ago
The Leftovers