That's what happens in the last two episodes. To get back together, they need to strip themselves of all the pain and baggage. It's only a matter of time until they fall apart, and they finally do at the midpoint of season 3, when the events in Australia make it obvious that they resent one another deeply for failing to commit to the relationship. So when season 2 sends them on separate paths - Nora getting a second shot at motherhood and having to figure out by proxy if she's ready to move on, Kevin thrust into the center of a supernatural maelstrom he wants no part of - a ticking clock starts. The whole story of the show is the story of Kevin and Nora trying to make it work as a couple-family, despite their obvious hang-ups. Laurie (Amy Brennerman) fulfills the purpose of steering her friends and family towards emotional balance. Matt (Christopher Eccleston) finally gets the chance to have a direct confrontation with "God" and let out all of his frustration and anger.
(Scott Glenn) all but kills himself in the effort to prevent the deluge he thinks is coming. John has given up on the life of a skeptic and accepted that he wants to try to communicate with his daughter.Īnd then there are the characters who get "spotlight" episodes of their own, in which their respective arcs come to a head. Jill (Margaret Qualley) and Tom (Chris Zylka) have grown up and found their own callings in life. Erika (Regina King) has grappled with her daughter's entry into the Guilty Remnant cult and subsequent death by doing what she'd wanted to do all along: leaving her husband John (Kevin Carroll) and starting life over. In the final season, the characters are given time to stake their places in the potentially apocalyptic lead-up to the Departure's seventh anniversary. But as much as series finale "The Book of Nora" may have made us feel at peace with "letting the mystery be," The Leftovers is still a Damon Lindelof show, which means that there's plenty to dig into beneath the surface. The grand feat of the show's final season, then, was that it managed to give viewers a deep sense of fulfillment even as it answered very few questions.
It wasn't unusual for viewers to express concern that Lindelof might "pull a Lost," leaving them with yet another ending that raised even more questions than it answered. Throughout its run, fans speculated wildly about the explanation for the Sudden Departure, or if there even was an explanation, in an effort to grasp at straws for meaning that often mirrored the desperation of the characters themselves. Lindelof's follow-up to Lost, HBO's The Leftovers -which you can stream on HBO Max - was an even more challenging and experimental foray into philosophy and spirituality that never reached similar Nielsen heights, even as it soared with critics.
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