The Leftovers- HBO

a5pj · May 2017

Jearlpam0925 said:

I don't think it matters whether Kevin's a god or not, I don't think that's the point. I don't believe you have to believe in the afterlife for any of this to take on meaning. I think this is all more an interpretation in Kevin's own mind to figure out life - his life.

And just like the first episode where the weird religious pilgrim family are standing on the roof of their house, you've got Kevin's dad doing the same.

I was thinking Meg was going to be Laurie, so maybe that means Laurie didn't kill herself since everyone in these afterlife/dream states are dead people?

Fun part of watching this episode: Our wedding song was "God Only Knows," my wife goes, "Aww, it's our song." I respond with, "Yes, yes, it is." (as Kevin shoves his hand into Other Kevin's chest and blood flies everywhere. This just endeared the show more to me; pretty awesome.

Just got to watch the episode last night! Like you said I thought it might be Laurie, but Kevin doesn't know she's dead. So it might just be his own mind, but that's gotta be a record for dying and coming back.

When the nukes were coming down, that had to be a homage to Fight Club, had to be. Just Where is my mind wasn't playing.

This last episode is gonna be awesome, and sad that it's over.

Jearlpam0925 · May 2017

Also, part of me thinks this show ends on a rather unappetizing/anticlimactic note, which is that pretty much all people grapple with the idea of spirituality/religion/atheism/any-ism, and that it's going to be highly ambiguous and left up to the individual viewer to interpret what they want from it.

Indifference71 · May 2017

Jearlpam0925 said:

Also, part of me thinks this show ends on a rather unappetizing/anticlimactic note, which is that pretty much all people grapple with the idea of spirituality/religion/atheism/any-ism, and that it's going to be highly ambiguous and left up to the individual viewer to interpret what they want from it.

Yeah, that's definitely what I'm expecting. Lindelof has said in several interviews that the series isn't going to end with an explanation of why the departure happened or where those people went. I always thought that the whole point of the series has been how people have dealt with the departure....not answers for why or how it happened. Can't wait to see how they wrap it up.

a5pj · May 2017

Come on you know Kevin is going to end up with Nora, everything all fixed. Wait, then what about future Nora saying she had never heard of Kevin?!?! Gasp

I don't know but I'm excited!

Anam. · May 2017

Indifference71 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

This is a solid interview with Eccleston - https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/5/15/15631920/the-leftovers-episode-5-interview-christopher-eccleston

Saw a video interview with him and was shocked to find out he is British....he does a pretty good American accent.

I don't think I have ever seen Eccleston in anything that wasn't brilliant. He was the best Iago ever. Also, check out Fortitude on Sky.

Jearlpam0925 · June 2017

Man, really good article - https://theringer.com/the-leftovers-hbo-finale-b089b887fe06

dimitrispearljam · June 2017

Jearlpam0925 said:

Man, really good article - https://theringer.com/the-leftovers-hbo-finale-b089b887fe06

wow!!

dimitrispearljam · June 2017

. The world doesn’t have to end for your own world to collapse in on itself, and a TV show doesn’t have to put the universe on the line to take us on a satisfying journey.

The Juggler · June 2017

dimitrispearljam said:

. The world doesn’t have to end for your own world to collapse in on itself, and a TV show doesn’t have to put the universe on the line to take us on a satisfying journey.

Are you Christopher Sunday?

dimitrispearljam · June 2017

brilliant!!excellent!!!!,,what a fuckin masterpiece!!!!...
omg...what an episode
"and i was a Ghost......"..." i was a Ghost who had no place there..."

the whole time Nora was talking to kevin on the table..i was fuckin crying like a baby...

"why wouldnt i believe you??
you are here...

..im here.."

and when those fuckin Pigeons start returning....with that music...
brilliant...fuckin epic scene!!!..

after Lost my favorite show of all times...fuckin gold!!

The Juggler · June 2017

I really liked the finale. Kind of tied up loose ends while at the same time leaving it ambiguous. Guess it just depends on if you believe Nora's story. Do you?

Indifference71 · June 2017

The Juggler said:

I really liked the finale. Kind of tied up loose ends while at the same time leaving it ambiguous. Guess it just depends on if you believe Nora's story. Do you?

No. But I still enjoyed the finale. The scene with Nora and Matt before she went into the machine was great stuff.

dimitrispearljam · June 2017

think was the smartest ending in tv history..just fuckin brilliant

Jearlpam0925 · June 2017

Indifference71 said:

The Juggler said:

I really liked the finale. Kind of tied up loose ends while at the same time leaving it ambiguous. Guess it just depends on if you believe Nora's story. Do you?

No. But I still enjoyed the finale. The scene with Nora and Matt before she went into the machine was great stuff.

Yeah, nope. Again, it comes back to having concrete answers to abstract things, which do not really matter - great show about grief and love and everything in between. Bravo to this show, bravo I say.

dimitrispearljam · June 2017

Jearlpam0925 said:

Indifference71 said:

No. But I still enjoyed the finale. The scene with Nora and Matt before she went into the machine was great stuff.

Yeah, nope. Again, it comes back to having concrete answers to abstract things, which do not really matter - great show about grief and love and everything in between. Bravo to this show, bravo I say.

exactly this,,,100%

dimitrispearljam · June 2017

"Over here, we lost some of them, but over there, they lost all of us"

Gern Blansten · June 2017

I was confused as hell until the very end. Well done.

The Juggler · June 2017

Gern Blansten said:

I was confused as hell until the very end. Well done.

This describes how me for the entire series. haha

So many "wait.....what???" "the fuck is happening here????" "I have no idea what's going on" --that's part of what made the show so great. Kept you thinking and on the edge of your seat. If only more people could've gotten through season 1 perhaps we'd have another season or two. But, I'm cool with a nice little 3 season arch. Didn't give the show a chance to inevitably slide downhill.

a5pj · June 2017

Wow, all i can say. I didn't like the old face make up for the entire episode, or the time wasted before Kevin came clean. But, that ending, wow. It shouldn't have ended so soon, but the way it did was one of the best endings to a series in long term memory. I loved this show, it ended too soon. The goat and bird symbolism spoke volumes too, letting go of their sins. I wish they would have explained more about Kevin being Jesus and whatever happened with that, but I guess it doesn't matter, all that matters is that he found her. wow

Gern Blansten · June 2017

The Juggler said:

Gern Blansten said:

I was confused as hell until the very end. Well done.

This describes how me for the entire series. haha

So many "wait.....what???" "the fuck is happening here????" "I have no idea what's going on" --that's part of what made the show so great. Kept you thinking and on the edge of your seat. If only more people could've gotten through season 1 perhaps we'd have another season or two. But, I'm cool with a nice little 3 season arch. Didn't give the show a chance to inevitably slide downhill.

I actually gave up on season 1 after a few episodes. Then I started seeing people chatter (possibly on here) that it was really good.

I binge watched the entire first season in a few days and it makes a hell of a lot more sense when you can watch episodes back to back.

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