THE LEFTOVERS (new HBO series from Damon Lindelof)

[YankeesDMB41]

Originally Posted by DMBZeppelin

Another incredible episode tonight. This is becoming one of the best shows on T.V.

what the hell did I just watch?

[DMBZeppelin]

Originally Posted by YankeesDMB41

what the hell did I just watch?

Not sure, but I'm really hoping there's a Season 3.

[jwehaeDMB]

Very Sopranos-esque episode (Join The Club, season 6) when Tony was shot and we see his dream sequence while in a coma. In a foreign hotel, name slightly different, different identity, etc.

[jwehaeDMB]

Guess I'm not the only one who pieced that together:

http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-wat...ional-assassin

[YankeesDMB41]

Originally Posted by jwehaeDMB

Very Sopranos-esque episode (Join The Club, season 6) when Tony was shot and we see his dream sequence while in a coma. In a foreign hotel, name slightly different, different identity, etc.

My thoughts the entire episode

[junior94]

just finished the episode. man, my mind is fucking blown. I was almost literally on the edge of my seat for like at least the last 25-30 minutes of this thing. I actually had teared up a little as Kevin was trying to push her in the well. And to cut to that far away shot with him pushing her right in the middle of another "would it help if...", man that destroyed me.

I noticed the Sopranos parallel very early on. Only thing, I REALLY wish they didn't put the black kid's "holy shit!" line in the preview last week, I mean jeez could you have telegraphed the ending any more??

[YankeesDMB41]

Originally Posted by junior94

just finished the episode. man, my mind is fucking blown. I was almost literally on the edge of my seat for like at least the last 25-30 minutes of this thing. I actually had teared up a little as Kevin was trying to push her in the well. And to cut to that far away shot with him pushing her right in the middle of another "would it help if...", man that destroyed me.

I noticed the Sopranos parallel very early on. Only thing, I REALLY wish they didn't put the black kid's "holy shit!" line in the preview last week, I mean jeez could you have telegraphed the ending any more??

then don't watch the previews

[DMBZeppelin]

Originally Posted by junior94

Only thing, I REALLY wish they didn't put the black kid's "holy shit!" line in the preview last week, I mean jeez could you have telegraphed the ending any more??

It wasn't a huge deal to me because at no point did I believe Kevin would remain dead.

[junior94]

Originally Posted by YankeesDMB41

then don't watch the previews

well but with this show they usually seem to be pretty good about that, so I figured I was safe. Usually the preview just peaks my interest that much more to check it out.

Originally Posted by DMBZeppelin

It wasn't a huge deal to me because at no point did I believe Kevin would remain dead.

granted no I didn't seriously think he'd be dead for the rest of the show either, just wasn't sure on how they'd "bring him back". But still, you don't have to like point blank show the moment he returns.

[John Kelly]

This show is all kinds of crazy.

[neumdogg]

Originally Posted by jwehaeDMB

Very Sopranos-esque episode (Join The Club, season 6) when Tony was shot and we see his dream sequence while in a coma. In a foreign hotel, name slightly different, different identity, etc.

Exactly what I thought. I thought this did a much better job though. I wasn't a huge fan of those Sopranos episodes. This episode however was awesome.

[junior94]

wow, no new posts after the newest episode? After THAT fucking ending? I just watched it. I mean as great as last week's episode was, you kind of had to know its ending was sort of coming one way or another. But the final twist in this 9th episode, I didn't even REMOTELY see this coming. I was about as shocked as I could be. I am now more excited for this finale than I've been for one in quite awhile.

here's Lindelof with an interview about the twist

http://www.slashfilm.com/the-leftove...hirteen-twist/

[thebridge15]

I am several episodes behind, but catching up as quickly as I can. last one I saw was the matt centric episode. everything about the mary stuff is super creepy to me

[jwehaeDMB]

This show is the best at being the most weird possibly. And they do it really weird. So hooked.

Amazing episode, was shocked with that ending. The timeline was a little confusing tho

[junior94]

I wonder if maybe the nature of this ending didn't offer a clue as to the true nature of Patty... ?

(btw I'm only tagging this in case you didn't see this latest episode in full yet, though if you hadn't I'm not sure why you'd be reading the thread this far, but ok)

Now that we see the girls didn't mysteriously vanish (by a secondary departure, or different but equally bizarre event), perhaps this points toward Patty indeed being nothing more than part of a psychotic break by Kevin, like Lauri was suggesting? Just because Patty was telling him she "was there" the moment he went to the lake to drown himself and she saw the girls just up and vanish in an instant.

But of course, that's still all besides the fact of that all happening to Kevin on the very same night that Meg had orchestrated this very elaborate "kidnapping". It does seem like there's going to be an awful lot to cover in this finale. And while there's been no official word from HBO, or official thing from Lindelof for that matter, but I feel pretty sure I remember him saying while they were making season 2 that he saw this thing that could conceivably going on for 3 seasons max. That that's all that he'd want to do.

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[DMBZeppelin]

There better be a third season.

[jwehaeDMB]

Agreed, though there wasnt much unfinished plot

[mcwyffe]

Loved that episode.

[Ascf33]

Originally Posted by DMBZeppelin

There better be a third season.

I hope so. But if not, it was a perfect ending.

[jwehaeDMB]

So we don't really know how Evie got hooked up with Meg..do we? They initially met over the carrot conversation, and then somehow they reconnected to plan this all out.

[YankeesDMB41]

Does anyone think that last scene wasn't real? What was the significance of the last earthquake

[YankeesDMB41]

There's a good chance that this was the series finale..and if it was...that was one of the best shows I've ever watched. Season 2 hit it out of the ballpark

[jwehaeDMB]

Originally Posted by YankeesDMB41

There's a good chance that this was the series finale..and if it was...that was one of the best shows I've ever watched. Season 2 hit it out of the ballpark

What makes you say that?

[DMBZeppelin]

Originally Posted by YankeesDMB41

There's a good chance that this was the series finale..and if it was...that was one of the best shows I've ever watched. Season 2 hit it out of the ballpark

Here's what Lindelof said, if you're curious:


http://variety.com/2015/tv/features/...of-1201654462/

What do you think fans will want to know when the season finale ends? What questions will they have?

If I were watching “The Leftovers” as a fan, the question that I would most want to know in the wake of the finale is this: Is there going to be more “Leftovers”? Aside from whether or not HBO’s going to pick up the show for more episodes, [the audience question will be,] “Did you design this episode so that it would be the end? Am I looking at this as a potential end of the series?”

I’ll be honest with you, I do not like it when showrunners say, “Well, we didn’t know what the future of the show was going to be, so we kind of designed it so it could be the end if there wasn’t anymore.” This is me saying there are forces greater than me, market forces, that are going to determine what the fate of “The Leftovers” is. We executed the end of the season as we always planned. We knew exactly how the season was going to end, and that’s exactly what we did. And I would like there to be more “Leftovers.” So it certainly isn’t a cliffhanger. I think that our best episodes very rarely are. We usually try to end the episodes with some degree of completeness.

My hope is that the finale feels like [a wrap-up] for the entire season. We executed exactly the plan that we wanted to execute. There is a feeling of completeness and circularity, but also as storytellers and writers, we want there to be more “Leftovers.”

[Gene Parmesan]

That was a great season finale, would not be a very good series finale.

[DMBZeppelin]

RENEWED! http://hbowatch.com/hbo-renews-the-l...-final-season/

But Season 3 will be the last

Maybe we can thank these people http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/left...bo-1201655760/

[LadyMadonna68]

Oh fuck yes

[junior94]

Originally Posted by DMBZeppelin

RENEWED! http://hbowatch.com/hbo-renews-the-l...-final-season/

But Season 3 will be the last

Maybe we can thank these people http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/left...bo-1201655760/

okay well this is good, and if for no other reason personally than I feel like this confirms I was remembering correctly. Because, I think I've brought this up before, but that hearing Lindelof say awhile back that even if he had complete autonomy on how long the series would go, if ratings were not a factor at all, that he'd envisioned just about 3 seasons he could and would want to do. Which, I think that'll wind up being the perfect amount. Well and here's one thing: I can't imagine the whole of season 3 will wind up being as much of a reinvention that season 2 was. I'm thinking it's almost certain we'll be getting a direct continuation of these same primary stories.

[hailtopitt]

just finished season 2 last night

one of the best season's of TV ever

[kelchlsm]

Season 2 was absolutely incredible. Great news there will be a 3rd