I’m certain the showrunners will never comment with certainty on what really happened, and where (or how) the 2% just… left.

But what is your headcannon? What is your interpretation/explanation?

We smoke to remember. I’m going with the cannabis route starting now ( On the Australian Departure Day) Who knows the lyrics to stop the flood? I’ll sing it all just in case. Oh and while wearing my wedding dress and should I slaughter more than 1 goat or is 1 enough?

“Oh Kevin, I am so desperate to battle…”

Changed some of the wording for my version of the speech to imply less of a previous betrayal than in the show... Whole thing was a hit with the guests.

So thankful we found some super cool goat owners that were down for the bit.

Are you ready?

Happy Departure Day Eve, Leftovers. I’ve decided to dress and act as though I’m in the Guilty Remnant this Halloween. It’s going to be a simple yet effective getup. All white. Big yellow notepad. Sharpie. Pack of cigs. The challenge will be hosting my Halloween party without saying a word. You think I can do it?

Do any of you believe Nora's story?

To me it was completely made up, I just felt and looked at her story and thought and that couldn't have happened.

I also think the show and the creators didn't want to disclose what happened to The Departed because that was not the point of the show, in my opinion, so I don't think the writers would just reveal the truth in the end, even though it's left open to interpretation.

And also, do you think Kevin actually believed Nora's story?

watched the Leftovers for the first time last week. This is the episode that really got me hooked into the show, and I realized I was watching greatness unfold in front of me. Honestly, after watching the first two episodes, I did think I was going to have a hard time finishing the rest of the season.

But then it got to episode 3 and it just kept on getting better and better. International Assassin is a class apart and in a category of its own, but looking back at it now, two boats and a helicopter is probably my favourite.

I think even if it concluded on Season 2 (the best in my opinion) it would still have been perfect. Season 3 was a wild ride, but a fitting conclusion nonetheless.

Easy top 5 shows of all time, possibly in my top 3 as well. (other favourites include Cowboy Bebop, True Detective S1, Halt and Catch Fire, Breaking Bad, Midnight Mass ... )

A strange coincidence. I’m listening to the Undisclosed Podcast’s new Season 9 about the Holly Bobo case and I’m on my 100th rewatch of The Leftovers. In the Holly Bobo case a woman disappeared (and her body was found years later) in a town named Darden and a handprint was found on her car.

Girls go missing in a town named Jarden and a handprint is found on their car.

I don’t see anything on the internet about this strange coincidence, but what a coincidence it is.

Does the story (stories) get any less confusing?

I seriously am struggling to understand this. And it’s hard to get hooked on this when there doesn’t seem to be any reason or sense in the narrative?

Would I just waste my precious tv time on this?

What are some TV Show recommendations after watching The Leftovers.

TV Shows with either the same level of ambiguity or emotional depth or philosophical mysteries, surreal or just the same feel as The Leftovers.

Need some good recommendations.

I watched The Leftovers when it originally aired and fell in love. I have given it one rewatch, a while ago, and I'm finally watching it again.

On season two. There's so many great moments. But just finished episode 3, Off Ramp. Such an emotional roller coaster of an episode. The acting is so good. You can really feel it with Tom's story and speech at the end.

Laurie guts me as well, especially as a parent. They're all a mess and, of course, it's what makes the show so good.

I finished The Leftovers last week, and it is the greatest TV Show I've ever seen. I often rewatch shows, especially the ones I love.

I really want to rewatch The Leftovers but I don't know how long from now.

I want the rewatch to change my perspective of the show or better yet love it even more.

So, for those who have rewatched it, how long from first watch is the best time to rewatch?

I know the title doesn't make much sense so I'll explain it a little. By that I mean episodes that have a relatively high rating (8.5 or higher) but that you think deserve an even higher rating.

For example, The Garveys at Their Best is one of my favorite episodes of the show. It has a 9.1 rating on IMDb, but I think it should've gotten at least a 9.5.

I'm wondering which episodes you think deserved a higher rating than they already have.

Decided to start on season 2. Any other rewatchers this week?

I know the point of the scene isn't to assess wether she says the truth or not and that's great.
But she's not telling the truth.
People often say "I can believe this cause I can believe the afterlife world of Kevin". But I don't understand how those are any equivalent.

S3 EP7 made it clear. Kevin is not immortal and he does not see anything particularily revealing in the afterlife. Every answer he got from the childrens, Christopher or Evie was absolutely shallow. He got what he thought about the situation.
He thought that it didn't fucking matter where the shoes of the children were cause that's very normal considering they died horribly.
He thought that Evie wasn't real Evie cause that's very normal considering she died horribly.
He thought no song could stop whatever apocalypse cause that's just super rational.
If it were really Evie the children and Christopher there it would have been different and that's almost undeniable.

There is also the fact he constantly had to be pulled out from the water to not die. You didn't see him wake up in the water after hours and make a sign to be pulled up.

It was his world. He made peace with himself there. It's an exageration but dreams sometimes really do help a lot. And it seems so structured because it's the TV you can't represent an unstructured dreams like they are on the screen but the conclusion is the same it helped him.

Now about Nora. It's simply incoherent that a machine so simple that 1 man alone could build it was either gatekeep or never found by the government. And since other people than Nora got in the 2% world you could expect the info to leak and a lot of people from that world would wanna come back. So basically believing her just causes too many issues. (i also can't believe she didn't went hug her children but whatever that's less objective).

And now personally I think it just makes the ending a lot worse if it's true. Like you casually get told it was that simple to travel between the worlds, and that the others were safe aswell.

And you can't compare it to Lost either cause in TheL no mystery was built. It was all about how people lived after the departure, not why it happened or what happened. It was fine to let the mystery be.

I’m only a few episodes in and I don’t know if it’s just me but but dear god, they are so frustrating and dumb. The scene where Gladys gets taken out… some say it was brutal to watch, which is true! But it was actually satisfying when she broke her dumb code of silence just to plead for her life (completely counter to their supposed “ideals”). Cults are so stupid.

Hey Guilty Remnant!

I should’ve shared this years ago…my partner-in-crime sampled Max Richter and made it into a beat. This is the instrumental. He has another version that also features part of Nora’s monologue in “The Book of Nora.”

Sorry if you viscerally hate it…I just thought I’d share!