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The Leftovers S2 |OT| We're Going To Texas - [Renewed for 3rd and final season]
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ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
She's hellbent on proving that there wasn't a second departure. Her husband and kids departing was real. So was many of the others in Mapleton, NY. There are the fakers out there too of course and Nora's aware of that. With the move to Jarden she wants it to be perfect. The phone call going off the deep end gives her ammunition to belive she's not a lens. Doing the interview is her last step to finally secure in her mind that the 3 girls didn't depart and simply rsn away. As we see, that backfires in her face.
Edit:
That's an odd way to start watching this show.
It's her. I had to watch it a second time. She's indecisive about throwing the rock and then has a perfect strike through the window.
Why did she do it? Either because of the way John treated he brother Matt who banished himself to the camp or because she's irritated by the scrutiny of being investigated for being a lens.
Yes, they showed her throwing the rock just before the opening credits.
bodyofanamerican
Member
AV Club summing things up well.
The Leftovers just won’t stop kicking the rest of television’s ass
edit: I'm convinced HBO brings this back for a 3rd season. There's no way they see the quality of this season and think otherwise.
The Leftovers just won’t stop kicking the rest of television’s ass
edit: I'm convinced HBO brings this back for a 3rd season. There's no way they see the quality of this season and think otherwise.
The episode was really good, and I don't think they've had a stinker this year at all. Even the episode about Laurie and Tommy dealing with their diffused, post-cult life was something I didn't expect to enjoy, but found interesting as hell.
Serious props to Perrota and Lindelof. I didn't think this premise had steam to make a solid second season. Glad to be VERY wrong. And the cast has largely turned out to be incredible, capable of grounding the fantastical aspects of the story in ways people (I think) can digest. I literally have no idea how this season can wrap up or conclude. I guess it will involve getting some insight or movement on the disappearance of the girls, Mary's health, and Patti's ghost. But maybe none of those things will be resolved.
bodyofanamerican
Member
One other thing regarding how the season wraps up, it just occurred to me that the GR is likely directly tied to why Tommy has gone missing. Yikes.
I must have missed that too. I find myself having to watch each episode twice to catch all the details.
KoruptData
Member
Greatly executed. Like you almost forgot about those things and it just added so much more to her breakdown.
Corpsepyre
Banned
The show keeps on delivering, but I really hope there's some endgame in sight. Don't want this to be Prometheus/Lost 2.0.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I have yet to get into S2. Is it any better than the first season? I dig the story, but it did feel like grief porn at times.
bodyofanamerican
Member
I'd argue that it's set up for precisely the opposite. S1 ended perfectly, we found out just enough, and if that was it for the series, I would have been completely satisfied. I suspect season 2 will end in a similar way.
I loved season 1, so maybe don't take my word for it, but there have been tons of folks coming into this thread just completely amazed at how much better S2 is.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Season 2 is much less sad, but still interesting
While it might not be as nihilistic as season one (in special regards to the GR), the second season is probably (hyperbole-alarm! ;-)) the epitome of sad television. If he thought season 1 was grief porn (I disagree), the episode from last week for example will be very hard to watch.
Kadayi
Banned
JFC that was intense. Honestly when Nora just started dismissing Erica at the end, the tension was palpable. Props to the actresses for really swinging it. I frankly surprised that Nora even made it out of the house. There's no coming back from that with respect to a such a colossal misfire short of Nora and Kevin finding those girls safe and sound....
User 479360
Banned
That was a great episode!
She knew where his phone was because he was sleepwalking during the incident and saw it fall there himself. The dude on the pillar couldn't see her. Kevin was visibly talking to himself and the pillar dude was asking who his imaginary friend is. I wouldn't be surprised if she's real, but so far there's no evidence.
David Incorporated Esq.
Member
God I love this show. Every shot carries this overwhelming sense of dread and it gives me chills. Also I'm pretty sure I'm falling in love with Carrie Coon.
David Incorporated Esq.
Member
She was using Erika to quell her own fears, not help Erika.
I thought it was Fargo S2, but this is right now the best show of this year, and something like I never really saw ever. The feelings we got from those episodes are unparalleled. There is no way HBO will cancel this even with the low ratings.
I really loved the first season, but this is something else... Let's just hope it keeps delivering until the finale.
I really loved the first season, but this is something else... Let's just hope it keeps delivering until the finale.
ThLunarian
Member
Come on. She directed him straight to the phone like a radar, despite it being completely buried in the middle of a giant river bed. Nobody's memory is that good.
David Incorporated Esq.
Member
Especially when otherwise occupied being tied to a cinderblock and drowning.
Fenderputty
Banned
What a great episode that was. The neighbors aren't very neighborly.
biosnake20
Member
I always thought the girls fell into the crack that drained the water in the lake. I thought some characters would bring that up by now.
I don't remember a crack.
David Incorporated Esq.
Member
I remember seeing something crack-ish in a shot, or a sinkhole, but ultimately the water had to go somewhere. I figured the girls had been pulled in by it while Kevin was kept in place by the cinderblock.
I thought it was implied that the girls vanished from inside the car. I'm pretty sure it was running but the doors were locked, but now I don't know if I'm remembering incorrectly.
bodyofanamerican
Member
Dammit, haha. That could be...exactly what happened.
Kadayi
Banned
Whilst looking for reviews of the episode yesterday I stumbled across this guys youtube : -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV6KHgcVc4ykDo7QUhdbpcg
He does quite concise reviews of the episodes and I think he does an excellent job of breaking them down in terms of the themes and dynamics. Well worth a watch/listen if you've the time.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV6KHgcVc4ykDo7QUhdbpcg
He does quite concise reviews of the episodes and I think he does an excellent job of breaking them down in terms of the themes and dynamics. Well worth a watch/listen if you've the time.
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
Yeah, Regina King and Carrie Coon were phenomenal in this episode. Regina's micro-expressions were so damn good too!
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
There was some good acting in that last scene.
David Incorporated Esq.
Member
Yeah it's either that or they departed. More mystery for the mystery god!
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
This show almost lost me after the first two episodes of this season. Last couple have hooked me right back in. Hope they can keep the quality up the rest of the season.
Actors on this show are pretty surprising tbh. They deserve recognition.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
They're getting recognition in this thread - isn't that enough?
It's flirting with Breaking Bad levels of greatness.
But Breaking Bad was well-written overall?
I really liked how when Kevin said "I'm seeing someone" they didn't have Nora directly throwing a fit about Kevin possibly cheating and instead just having this silent (slightly shocked) expression. Powerful stuff.
gulfamashraf
Member
Holy Molly what an amazing episode. I like the way they are tightening up the lose ends. The bird scenes really intrigued me and now we know the reaaon. Seems like after all we wont be getting another lost.
Props to the actors doing a great job and story helping them at it.
Props to the actors doing a great job and story helping them at it.
bodyofanamerican
Member
Certainly Breaking Bad levels of tension. In addition to the Regina King/Carrie Coon scene this week, I almost couldn't watch when that woman relapsed into the Guilty Remnant and crashed her car with her whole family in it, and for some reason, when John reached into the garbage disposal in the first episode.
Haha, all ten of us?