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Sudden Valley · 09-11-2015 10:59pm

Great episode. Anything regarding the scientific approach to such an unfathomable event is also fascinating. I do wish they would get rid of the dead person appearing and talking to a character trope. Ever since Battlestar Galactica I've seen it in numerous shows and it just get a bit old.

beardo81 · 10-11-2015 1:35am

Episode 6 was another cracker. Some incredible acting and its really hard to take your eyes off the screen for even a second. Nora & Erika were really strong, great chemistry between them.

It really is criminal this show is not more popular

FortuneChip · 10-11-2015 2:47am

Some absolute gold in that episode.

Erika's breakdown, while emotionally driven, was actually quite rational (as well as being useful for explaining some of the strange occurrences in Jarden).
Look forward to learning more about her "family" (father/in-law or whatever) and what he did resulting in a shooting.

The fact that a "Scientific" study has given weight to the idea that Nora is the vessel of a demon is fantastic. It just adds to the manic way people are affected by the departure, when the scientists first inquired about Nora's kitchen earlier in the season, I was expecting something a bit more grounded than Azazel! Scientists be crazy!

Interesting developments with Tom as well, considering how stable he was when we last saw him.

DSD interview was good again, good mirroring between the two mothers.

Justin Theroux is top drawer. His reluctant acceptance was near heartbreaking. He seems completely hopeless, and embarrassed by it.

The plot hasn't jumped forward a whole lot towards an end-game this season, but it really has developed the crazy world it's set in.

Loving it.

readyletsgo · 10-11-2015 12:20pm

Why aren't people watching and talking about this show! Came into work this morning and people were talking about some ****e Irish comedy show. *confused*

Another AMAZING episode. The tension between Nora and Erika was, Jaysus.

Lots of mondaying answers to the weird things people do in the town which I loved, no left unanswered questions there.

Azalea · 11-11-2015 1:19am

Some amount of product placement for Apple.

Amazingfun · 11-11-2015 6:17am

http://www.thelivingreminders.com/2015/11/chat-w-max-richter-episode-28-leftovers.html?spref=tw

Chat w/ Max Richter - Episode 28 - The Leftovers Podcast: The Living Reminders
Hosts Mary and Blake chat with Max Richter, the immeasurably talented composer who writes the score on The Leftovers. In this episode you'll learn all about: how Max came on the project, the different instruments he uses, the different ways he uses them, how he comes up with certain themes and why, happy accidents, the blending of traditional orchestra with electronica, easter eggs for season 2, his favorite scores and much more!

11-11-2015 11:38am

Azalea wrote: »

Some amount of product placement for Apple.

Was there? Honestly, I was so drawn into what was happening, that nothing registered on my mind as product placement.

I loved the bit at the end, with his being told that he's made a big mistake telling Nora, just as a rock goes flying through the window.

Azalea · 12-11-2015 12:59am

Deleted User wrote: »

Was there? Honestly, I was so drawn into what was happening, that nothing registered on my mind as product placement.

iPhones all over the gaff, since the first episode. The phone is a constant motif. Seems to be the way on a few shows though.

FloatingVoter · 12-11-2015 2:09am

Azalea wrote: »

iPhones all over the gaff, since the first episode. The phone is a constant motif. Seems to be the way on a few shows though.

Given the low audience figures despite the quality of the show, it needs the cash where it can find it. And anything that leaves Apple out of pocket is fine by me.

kearneybobs · 12-11-2015 2:17am

The soundtrack/music is possibly the best on TV in recent memory. Absolutely brilliant.
The revamped theme tune is great. Loving the subtleties in how the image that fills in anyone who appears to have disappeared is actually a moving image (along with the actor's names too) such as a flowing river, a shooting star etc.
Almost signifying that these people who have disappeared are continuing their lives while the people who are still here are frozen in time, unable to move one.

Azalea · 12-11-2015 2:26am

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Given the low audience figures despite the quality of the show, it needs the cash where it can find it.

Oh yeah, not complaining - just an observation.

Cartman78 · 12-11-2015 12:34pm

Really enjoying the new series…..seem to be a week behind constantly as I need to ‘save’ it for nights when I’m not distracted or tired.

It is indeed hard to know exactly where the plot is going but for me it doesn’t really matter as the journey is so enjoyable.

The use of music is the best I’ve ever seen/heard on television….the Regina Spektor** song (“Nobody laughs at god”) in the recent episode was stunning imho.

Many shows try to shoehorn in tracks like that but it generally takes away from the action or (worse still) comes across as mawkish and sentimental.

**Had to google the song....I'm far from being a musical hipster-boffin

Mc Love · 12-11-2015 1:02pm

That was a great episode, Kevin's confession at the end was excellent, just wish we could have heard Pattie during the scene!

Walter Bishop · 16-11-2015 1:51pm

Another episode knocked out of the park and as for the ending...

krustydoyle · 16-11-2015 3:48pm

Holy f**k that was another brilliant episode

16-11-2015 5:00pm

What the fuck?

.... what an ending.

Cartman78 · 16-11-2015 5:33pm

Deleted User wrote: »

What the fuck?

.... what an ending.

Is that a good or bad WTF?

17-11-2015 12:38am

... I really hope he isn't actually dead.

beardo81 · 17-11-2015 12:53am

That was phenomenal. Holy sh*t

irish son · 17-11-2015 1:00am

Justin Theroux was fantastic in that episode, you can really feel his desperation.

stronglikebull · 17-11-2015 1:05am

Holy. Fkking. Sht. That was something else. It gets weirder and weirder with each episode, and yet better and better. Just don't even know how to comprehend what happened there.

Marje · 17-11-2015 1:40am

Another brilliant episode. There is usually 1 or 2 characters I can find fault in most shows but not this one, they're all very good.

I noticed when Michael and Jill were talking into the church

the following sign was hung up on the wall

And they both went down into the water Act 8:38.

Wonder has this to do with Kevin trying to drown himself. The main poster this season has Kevin and Nora in water.

I'm probably totally misreading it.

Anachrony · 17-11-2015 2:07am

I'm guessing that during the earlier visit the grandfather was being sincere, but by the evening he found out the handprint was a match and was holding him responsible for the disappearances. However, I would expect that John would want to interrogate him first for possible information about what happened to his daughter rather than just immediately murder him and never have any answers.

One possibility is that he misrepresented the drug he was giving him and it knocked him out without killing him, so he'll awake tied up in the presence of a very angry, grieving father who thinks he killed his daughter. The way it happened doesn't quite add up, but neither does killing him before asking questions.

charkee · 17-11-2015 9:32am

What an ending. The series is brilliant.

degrassinoel · 17-11-2015 10:01am

was not expecting that

I just bought the first season box set for the folks based off of last night's episode

Cina · 17-11-2015 10:01am

Quite the ending.

You just know the next episode will be a Laurie and Tommy one, now...

castletownman · 17-11-2015 12:58pm

Speechless. Focking hell.

When he started pouring the antidote onto the floor I found myself cursing at the television to an extent last seen in the final scene of the most recent season of Game of Thrones. Crestfallen.

Chain Smoker · 17-11-2015 2:28pm

I assume the old fella killed himself because otherwise Kevin would follow him in the same way as Patti wound up following Kevin? Theroux has been great but I hope he stays dead if he is indeed dead, there's enough happening, no need to throw resurrections in

Show's really great, season two is a radical step up too.

17-11-2015 2:32pm

Anachrony wrote: »

I'm guessing that during the earlier visit the grandfather was being sincere, but by the evening he found out the handprint was a match and was holding him responsible for the disappearances. However, I would expect that John would want to interrogate him first for possible information about what happened to his daughter rather than just immediately murder him and never have any answers.

One possibility is that he misrepresented the drug he was giving him and it knocked him out without killing him, so he'll awake tied up in the presence of a very angry, grieving father who thinks he killed his daughter. The way it happened doesn't quite add up, but neither does killing him before asking questions.

That's an interesting idea! Maybe the grandson, knowing what was going to happen, swapped out the poison with something that would only knock him out.

When he sprayed the drug on the floor, I literally said, "what the hell are you doing?!"

Azalea · 17-11-2015 8:47pm

Anachrony wrote: »

I'm guessing that during the earlier visit the grandfather was being sincere, but by the evening he found out the handprint was a match and was holding him responsible for the disappearances. However, I would expect that John would want to interrogate him first for possible information about what happened to his daughter rather than just immediately murder him and never have any answers.

One possibility is that he misrepresented the drug he was giving him and it knocked him out without killing him, so he'll awake tied up in the presence of a very angry, grieving father who thinks he killed his daughter. The way it happened doesn't quite add up, but neither does killing him before asking questions.

I like that theory. Although, definitely Kev's handprint?

degrassinoel wrote: »

was not expecting that

I just bought the first season box set for the folks based off of last night's episode

I will convert people to this show if it's the last thing I do. All my gushing praise isn't even slightly overselling it.

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