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The Leftovers S3 |OT| The End Is Near - Premieres Sunday 4/16, 9pm on HBO
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DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Keep watching. Season 1 is kind of a slog at points but season 2 is so so rewarding. You are extremely lucky that you get to binge watch it. DO IT.
Alright will keep going.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
i realized that a few minutes after i hit submit lol
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Sepinwall hinted in his review that the opening titles will return next week. (they might be new or they might be the same as season 2)
the dog ate the sandwich tho
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
And to answer your question the dog killing stuff is not a big part of the show at all.
bodyofanamerican
Member
So did Damon, in his Variety interview with Maureen Ryan. And if what he's hinting at comes to pass, it's going to be GLORIOUS. Putting opening credits hints/next week's episode title/likely opening under tags just in case:
Damon referenced that
the opening credits will change every week, and knowing that next week's episode title is "Don't Be Ridiculous", he asked "when's the week that we do the Perfect Strangers thing?".
the Perfect Strangers theme song.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
wellllll
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
I feel like, this series, especially season 2, is TV that I have to really pay attention to during the whole show. It's not that it's overly complicated... it's just that it's really well done in regards to how things are portrayed, scenes are shot, etc.
It's really wonderful television. Greater opener for season 3.
It's really wonderful television. Greater opener for season 3.
Fenderputty
Banned
New book of the Apostle Kevin
Please be Aimee, Please be Aimee!!!
...
Hey Lindelof,.
Woulda been the perfect moment to slide the series main character back into place. Instead we get a Cloud Atlas reject.
Bro what
Lumpy Onion
Member
What a great start to the season. They really conveyed how much things got messed up in Jarden since S2 ended.
Kevin correcting the dog guy with "paw on the button" was one of the funniest things I've heard in a while.
Kevin correcting the dog guy with "paw on the button" was one of the funniest things I've heard in a while.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
Officer Sev reporting!
HotHamWater
Member
I'm really glad so much of that Abba trailer was shots from this episode, means there's a lot left to show. Anyway, just random musings.
In the trailer (might be a spoiler)
. Then, as Dean explains his conspiracy (werewolves are running the goverment) he says "that's how they get their finger on the button." Kevin correcting him with "paw on the button" means it was probably just there for a laugh, but you never know. Also pretty amusing that his conspiracy is arguably as likely an answer to everything as all the other shit people come up with (Gary Busey).
Also wondering if Dean with "haunt" Tom ala Patti and Kevin, though probably not as there's no biological link to show that Tom would have the same mental problems as Kevin and Kevin Sr.
The framing of Nora seems pretty deliberate, we see her ride a bike away from the house (right before Kevin does his bag trick) and then when we see her again on a bike in the future. Bike = Delorean? (that was a joke).
The birds in the intro scene that bring messages to change the date of the (not real) apocalypse are a pretty easy parallel with the doves at the end, though there's alot more doves - and the mystery Nun says "We don't usually get so many, so close together - love is in the air." It's probably just there to show that Nora doesn't care about reading all these messages, whereas others put great faith in them, but it could be something more. Also pretty funny that the intro is based on the Millerites and their "Great Disappointment".
Glad to see Tom and Kevin share some scenes finally, but Kevin telling him about his assassination of fake Patti and her bodyguards - as if it was a real event - was pretty goddamn weird...
Didn't really buy John and Laurie as a couple. I'm sure they'll show something to do with that later (or maybe they won't) but the scene with her feeding him the guys info to try and "cure" him was pretty great; especially as I was watching with a friend who believes in psychic bullshit.
I hope Mary isn't leaving for good, I hope she'll be kept around by "events", because I really like her from the West Wing and she's finally able to deliver lines for once.
I'm also curious if the whole "poison the water" scene was an elaborate setup purely so they can (seemingly) spontaneously baptise Kevin. John using the word supper in the church scene was pretty funny too, and that core group could easily be Kevin's disciples, which I guess would mean Nora ends up being Judas(?) The overt Kevin = Jesus stuff has to be a red herring. He could just as easily be the Antichrist.
And holy shit I've wrote a ton, congrats if you read it all and didn't realise that I have no idea what I'm talking about.
In the trailer (might be a spoiler)
We see a number of shots that seem to represent some kind of facility launching a missile.
Also wondering if Dean with "haunt" Tom ala Patti and Kevin, though probably not as there's no biological link to show that Tom would have the same mental problems as Kevin and Kevin Sr.
The framing of Nora seems pretty deliberate, we see her ride a bike away from the house (right before Kevin does his bag trick) and then when we see her again on a bike in the future. Bike = Delorean? (that was a joke).
The birds in the intro scene that bring messages to change the date of the (not real) apocalypse are a pretty easy parallel with the doves at the end, though there's alot more doves - and the mystery Nun says "We don't usually get so many, so close together - love is in the air." It's probably just there to show that Nora doesn't care about reading all these messages, whereas others put great faith in them, but it could be something more. Also pretty funny that the intro is based on the Millerites and their "Great Disappointment".
Glad to see Tom and Kevin share some scenes finally, but Kevin telling him about his assassination of fake Patti and her bodyguards - as if it was a real event - was pretty goddamn weird...
Didn't really buy John and Laurie as a couple. I'm sure they'll show something to do with that later (or maybe they won't) but the scene with her feeding him the guys info to try and "cure" him was pretty great; especially as I was watching with a friend who believes in psychic bullshit.
I hope Mary isn't leaving for good, I hope she'll be kept around by "events", because I really like her from the West Wing and she's finally able to deliver lines for once.
I'm also curious if the whole "poison the water" scene was an elaborate setup purely so they can (seemingly) spontaneously baptise Kevin. John using the word supper in the church scene was pretty funny too, and that core group could easily be Kevin's disciples, which I guess would mean Nora ends up being Judas(?) The overt Kevin = Jesus stuff has to be a red herring. He could just as easily be the Antichrist.
And holy shit I've wrote a ton, congrats if you read it all and didn't realise that I have no idea what I'm talking about.
13 days to go.
andythinkpad
Member
The whole S3E1 feels like a music video, it doesn't have any plotline to grab me.
I thought it's going to set in Australia? Boo!
I thought it's going to set in Australia? Boo!
KraftyKrankins
Member
Wait, so, does Jill being in college or whatever means the actress will be mostly absent through the season? Just realized that. Boo if I'm correct. 
Wait, so, does Jill being in college or whatever means the actress will be mostly absent through the season? Just realized that. Boo if I'm correct.
Some reviews said that some characters only pop up for an episode or two. And given where the show is headed, I think a grand majority of the cast may be only in one or two more episodes each.
KraftyKrankins
Member
Well, fuck. My excitement just went down a bit. Oh well.
In other news, Funko's releasing figures based on the show. Because it made sense somewhere high-up in the offices I guess.
https://funko.com/blogs/news/coming-soon-the-leftovers-pop-s-pop-rocks
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
But what if the dog is evil?
All they have to do is show him doing this...
Wasn't there a line in season one about dogs going crazy after the departure? Then who was dog?
TrynUrLuck
Member
What if the dog was the senator getting the evidence back? Lol I don't believe dudes theory for shit but who knows with all the crazy shit going on. Terrible wait between episodes, one of my absolute favorite shows ever! Is Lost similar or worth watching thru? As someone who didn't mind the sopranos ending is losts really that bad? (No spoilers please)
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
No, though The Leftovers does borrow a few things from Lost.
Not all the way through. Just watch the first 3 seasons and then stop.
The issue isn't just the final episode or the final scene - the entire last two seasons are drivel. The writers tried to have their cake and eat it too and it just did not work at all. There are some who loved it though, so ymmv.
It's a little more than that - LOST felt like it was making it up on an episode to episode basis. Weird things would happen and you'd wonder how it fit into the puzzle, and then you'd never get an explanation, so it was like a five year old trying to tell you about his day and you've already heard he rode a dinosaur into a country named *tongue noises*.
The Leftovers may or may not go into this territory - we just saw Nora collecting pigeons in the future in Australia, next episode we might see Matt harvesting Asiatic clams on Mars. "What does it mean?!"
Just dont expect the show to give you answers on everything. It just not that kinda show.
The viewer is on the same level as the characters really as no idea what is happening sometimes and the rollercoaster that comes with that.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
In Germany it went live at 9pm on Sunday on Sky Atlantic.
That senator was the one who ordered the attack on the GR and the sandwich had the evidence...
Just According to Keikaku
Boom.gif
When Patti was buried, she was surrounded by trees.
Trees have BARK.
Dogs BARK.
WUT DOES IT MEAN
bodyofanamerican
Member
God I love this show.
I'm telling you, we're going to find out that Kevin's been taking multiple trips back to the hotel looking for Patty.
ThLunarian
Member
Patti was the type of villain that you wish was on the hero's side because they would make an incredible team. She was an incredible foil to Kevin - at least as good as Gul Dukat was to Captain Sisko. I could see this being plausible.
Damn the lyrics to the opening sequence were chilling and on point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1FcTKNXlO0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1FcTKNXlO0
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
The season premiere earned 895K viewers, which is an improvement over season 2's 713K.
Fluffhead14
Member
it's heading there. they had to set the stage.
Downloaded the song last night. Perfect for that scene and the show.
Edit: I assume Nora was in a car accident? She be biking all over.
We did it! There's more of us just in time for the end!
If they go down the path of explaining anything, I expect that the voices haunting Kevin and his dad were demons and only by exorcism can they get rid of them - each time an exorcism is performed there's an earthquake. Matt's wife woke up during an earthquake, maybe a demon jumped over to her, which is why she woke up out of a coma and "remembered" her previous waking, which is not how comas work AFAIK. And now she wants to leave Miracle because of demon fuckery.
Kevin will perform some Christ-like feat and the world will either forget about him or his disciple Nora will be his Peter and deny him ("no" to "does the name Kevin mean anything to you") even though he saved the world.
I mean he went through Limbo wth Virgil last season, if they go in a more fantasy oriented direction (which they are) I expect it to get this weird.
Kevin will perform some Christ-like feat and the world will either forget about him or his disciple Nora will be his Peter and deny him ("no" to "does the name Kevin mean anything to you") even though he saved the world.
I mean he went through Limbo wth Virgil last season, if they go in a more fantasy oriented direction (which they are) I expect it to get this weird.