HBO Original Series - The Leftovers

[LaMarcus Bryant]

I liked the ending a lot and it was actually less ambiguous than I thought. The more I think about it, the more I think Nora made up her story, which is a little heartbreaking when you consider all of the lost time but as Kevin said, "You're here now." Closest thing to a Six Feet Under type finale that I've seen since then.

Plus the Nun herself said somethin like "makes for a better story" when Nora asked her why she was lying about the love messages.

[SnakeBoy]

Thought it ended the way it should have.

But I'm still curious about the connection with some of the scenes and plot devices they used in s1 and s2.

Like that scene with the earthquake and cave. Then going back to s2 and those earthquakes. What was the point of that?

Also when Kevin's dad was on his acid trip. How in the was Kevin able to communicate with him through a broken TV?

Just some that jump to mind. There is more.

Great ing show.

I thought the location where the cave girl died looked like the same location as the well that Kevin threw Patti in. And the body double Patti told Kevin something like "our cave collapsed and we can either dig threw the rubble or move on"

[Reck]

I really wish it could have had a full 10 episodes instead of 8. Last episode felt a little rushed imo.

The oposite for me. I wished it was 7 episodes instead of 8. The last one kinds of ruins the whole series, imo.

Just think about how ep 7 ended. It was kind of perfect with Kevin's father realizing that welp, nothing happenned, what now, son? Then end credits.

The ending itself didn't bother me at all. I wasn't looking for key answers or expecting it. This is a Lindelof show and if Lost didn't teach you anything its on you.

But I did feel like the last episode sacrificed the other characters in order to forced what didn't make much sense. I thought the episode was entirely too focused on Kevin playing dumb. I didn't quite like how they relegated the other characters to a quick quip about how they were doing.

Also hated how they faked out the Laurie suicide just to have her make a stupid cameo on the last episode.

I'm going to have to watch the last episode again to see if it changes my mind. I just finished it like 2 days ago so I'm still raw.

[monosylab1k]

The oposite for me. I wished it was 7 episodes instead of 8. The last one kinds of ruins the whole series, imo.

Just think about how ep 7 ended. It was kind of perfect with Kevin's father realizing that welp, nothing happenned, what now, son? Then end credits.

The ending itself didn't bother me at all. I wasn't looking for key answers or expecting it. This is a Lindelof show and if Lost didn't teach you anything its on you.

But I did feel like the last episode sacrificed the other characters in order to forced what didn't make much sense. I thought the episode was entirely too focused on Kevin playing dumb. I didn't quite like how they relegated the other characters to a quick quip about how they were doing.

Also hated how they faked out the Laurie suicide just to have her make a stupid cameo on the last episode.

I'm going to have to watch the last episode again to see if it changes my mind. I just finished it like 2 days ago so I'm still raw.

I was talkig about episode 7 feeling rushed. The final episode was close to perfect. I do agree that the Laurie fake suicide was lame.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Meh. She was going to off herself until her kids called her and she was reminded that life can be pretty cool.

[Reck]

Meh. She was going to off herself until her kids called her and she was reminded that life can be pretty cool.

You read that scene totally wrong then.

If anything that scene with the phone call served one purposed and that was to show that Jill and Tom were totally happy and were ok on their own. They didn't need her anymore.

That character Laurie will go down as probably the worst mom on TV ever.

She never really cared for her family. Not when you think about it.

She tries to kill herself then joins the guilty rennant, treats Kevin and her daughter like , almost get her own daughter killed, then recruits her own son to do her dirty work and then get him all depressed and then almost killed.

She doesn't have a good record with them at all. Suddenly she gets a random call and she decides not to kill herself? I dont buy it.

This was one of those switch and bait plots that didn't work in the series. I hated that fake out because her story was complete so having her appear after leading the audience on about her death was a cheap.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

You read that scene totally wrong then.

If anything that scene with the phone call served one purposed and that was to show that Jill and Tom were totally happy and were ok on their own. They didn't need her anymore.

That character Laurie will go down as probably the worst mom on TV ever.

She never really cared for her family. Not when you think about it.

She tries to kill herself then joins the guilty rennant, treats Kevin and her daughter like , almost get her own daughter killed, then recruits her own son to do her dirty work and then get him all depressed and then almost killed.

She doesn't have a good record with them at all. Suddenly she gets a random call and she decides not to kill herself? I dont buy it.

This was one of those switch and bait plots that didn't work in the series. I hated that fake out because her story was complete so having her appear after leading the audience on about her death was a cheap.

Yeah I agree it made more sense with her offing herself. But having her alive, the only plot that makes sense is the phone call changed her mind.

What her re-appearance really served was one last mindbender in the final episode for the viewer, bc at the moment they show her, in that episode, you still don't know if the "future" is an alternate reality in which Nora went to post-machine, where she found other people who died/departed i.e. Laurie. That was the real reason for bringing her back IMO, just to with the audience.

[InRareForm]

I am going to rewatch the series from start to finish.