The Leftovers Explained
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It's my all time favorite show, not for everyone, but it's emotional and some episodes are outrageously fascinating , the Acting, the music, all the visual metaphors, with religion, loss and mental illness primed
Yeah the leftovers is a decent show for sure. Have you watched six feet under? To me it has similar themes to the leftovers but is written far better.
@@raymondsims7042 Absolutely I've watchedSix Feet Under 🤙🏻 the whole series at least three times. As I watched it from day 1. And I own the Series on Blue Ray. Funny, dark, disturbing. The Fishers were dysfunctional lol. And the intro, always with a Death. And one of the best finales EVER!
@@scottboyd3838 nice🤝
How do you feel about Lost?
@@radagast7200 Ummm, good for the first seasons, but it being on regular censored channels hindered it, it could've been darker , and way better if Lindelof found say AMC or even HBO ( why Leftovers, imo, is a far superior show) to pickup Lost. I liked all the magic, time travel, all the cool sci-fi stuff of Lost. But disliked many of the characters. It was groundbreaking, but still overrated.
I loved how the 140 million people vanishing is somehow the main plot but also not at all! ❤
Till the end I thought it will be explain what did this but the people just dissapeared cause they were useless to others 😛
@@borsuk96Kind of, but not really. The show gives you a few different possibilities of how it happened, and evidence to suggest that any of them could have happened
Think the show should have answered this question. It was the hook that kept me watching. Unresolved. Maybe a movie will come out like x files.
Its the way that shitty writers uses to not asnwers the questions that they themselves don't know the asnwer.
"Its about the characters". No dipshit its about the mysteries that you proposed, having good characters is mandatory for any kinda of history.
the sudden departure took away the 2% of the population :) not 3%
If you think that's bad....sometimes I tell people I'm going to run to the corner shop. When in reality, I actually just walk there.
@@hnnsyyou monster
Let the mystery be
You just killed a little girl and threw her down the well. Sing the fucking song.
Greatest line in the whole show
Can u explain the meaning behind this quote? I don’t get it
@@golsa6125 It's in the second season when he dies and has to sing karaoke
@@CommanderLost yeah i know but what’s the meaning behind it? Why is it the greatest line in the show?
The show is not for everyone... But for the few people who actually liked it... Its awesome
I loved it !
More than a few...
@@icey984So did I! I can't even recollect the number of times I watched the entire show from Season 1 to Season 3 in one sitting, or close... That is, after I had to wait on each new episode and season to be released one at a time... My husband has never watched it, but he's excited to see it now. I had to watch it all throughout the night as he was asleep because he wasn't really aware of it and didn't really listen to me before when I was raving about how great it was, well, until now.
Yes for those who really feels pain.
Agreed. Watched this show years ago, when it was new and it stayed with me. This is a show for deep-thinkers, wrestling with the hardships and reality of existence, while haunted by the loss of loved ones. Def a one-of-a-kind show.
Great show. Watched it recently for the first time and was sad that I had nobody to talk to about it! I don't think it's just about finding comfort, it's about finding comfort that doesn't hurt you or others (bad habits being symbolized by cigarettes).
i agree ,mostly with your analysis. but, for me, somewhere in season 2, the romantic in me, stopped asking those endless and unanswered questions, and just wanted Kevin and Nora to live happily ever after. the last episode was so satisfying,. I got my love story!
I watched this show when it came on originally and i watch at least once a year. Season 2 might be the best season of any show IMO. What always confused me was Holy Wayne and the Asian teenage girls. I googled him and I guess from the book, he gets powers from sleeping with young Asian girls. I don’t think the show explained the connection with the girls.
I couldn’t really get into the show, it just never picked up pace for me
@@ShortyBoyd My brother said the same thing. It gets going the 2nd half of the 1st season and 2nd season. I’d give it another try. It’s pretty wild.
Awesome video. Just finished the series, and honestly, the season finale hit me hard, i just found myself crying, and it didn't solved all my questions, but it made me feel all the emotions.
Nora's story makes sense. She's kind of the representative of the alternate universe in this one. Most people in this universe lost maybe one person or nobody at all whereas she lost everybody.
If her story makes sense... then why didn't other people come back through the machine and tell others? News would spread like wildfire.
@@kuhpunktthink. She said she didn’t belong there. Maybe the ones DO want to stay and NEVER come back.
@@nahuelconstantine I don't think that this would apply to everybody. Somebody would come back and tell the others. It's been what... 20 years? 30 years? And nobody learned about it? I don't buy that.
And why wouldn't Nora tell others about this MAJOR reveleation? She doesn't want to be on the other side? Fine. Her choice. But taking the opportunity from others to be reunited with their loved ones... that would be cruel.
Nora lied a bunch of times and in the finale she claims that she doesn't. She's full of it.
@@kuhpunktLoved ones? The people dissapeared cause they were useless to others. They mean nothing to them
@@borsuk96 That's a ridiculous claim.
I full agree with your analysis of this show. Watched it back when it was on HBO and loved it then. I have since rewatched it a few times and am currently rewatching it now. One of the best written shows since The Sopranos or True Detective in my opinion.
After watching the first season, I couldn't believe I had never heard of this series.
After finishing the series, I understand why it was forgotten to time.
What a shit series. Damon Lindelof should not be praised for this steaming pile of garbage.
From is way, way, way better.
I just finished this series last night. I thought it was great!
Oooo.. I see now that I would probably hate this show. I was left feeling so disappointed at the end of lost. I never felt like a show wasted my time more than lost. I see that this show is riddled with the same infuriating writing. It's going to set up all these questions and mystery boxes and ultimately not answer them? It's just not for me. I'm glad I spoiled myself first, I started to have doubts about watching this show when I saw some of the same people from lost were involved. Thanks to this video, I don't have to waste my time.
Lost answered almost everything though, did you even finish it?
@@Huckle777 yeah saw it all the way to the end out of spite. Don't really think it answered it all, but maybe that's just me.
2014...its just one of so many supplementary shows HBO had during the height of GOT. You already know those shows. Always trying to be something its really not, a good show. I'll pass.
I didn't get around to season 3. Only watched one episode, I think. I've wondered what the meaning of the pregnant cave woman who dies after giving birth from a snake bite was. I gathered that it was the future location of Miracle but that's about it.
This show was butt cheeks. It made no sense at all. A waste of money.
I watched season 2 because you spoke highly of it. It is complete trash. This whole show is complete trash.
Couldn't get past episode 5. I can swallow when a show is pretentious and unsatisfying, I LOVE Lost. That's why I gave this show a solid attempt. But Kevin is such a terrible lead. He's not unlikeable, he's not likable. He's not a hero, he's not an antihero. Nothing about him is original. Wow, a cop who is also a drunk and a bad dad, shocker. The writing is also not doing him any favors. At times it's serviceable, other times it's either filled with cringey platitudes and monologues.
Honestly, at the onset none of the characters really caught my attention. The performances are so dry. It's like the show wants you to not care about any of them. They feel disposable.
And so I disposed of the show. Spoiled it just now and I'm soooo glad I did. Lost was highly existential and philosophical, but at least it also had most of its mysteries resolved and explained. This show is like if you watched the first four seasons of lost then the finale out of context and were expected to be satisfied. Ridiculous.
I think the writing went way above your head. Maybe complex storylines and acting aren't your thing and that's ok. You probably really liked Friends and the marvel movies. And that's ok too.
read my mind.. a disappointing show
@@OvertheHIL524The Wire being ranked as one of the greatest shows of all time shows complex storylines and acting can resonate with an audience but The Leftovers never broke the surface with the departures and instead opted for character-driven narratives in a world that just happens to take place in a post-departure era. The storylines weren’t engaging enough for the average audience to follow because the motivations of the characters, especially in season 2, are not clear and never explained. The show suffers the same flaws as LOST in that supernatural events are rarely explained and left to interpretation, creating confusion in the narrative. You can say the the show isn’t about the departures and it isn’t about the “leftovers” but at the end of the day the show isn’t strong enough to stand as a series independent of the departure. Without the underlying concept and involvement from the LOST creators, the show would have came and went.
It’s based on a book btw, which is also great.
couldn't agree more
although the story line became better in season 2, and Laurie's character has the most interesting progress, but they totally abandoned her arc by not showing her reconciliation with Jill
This show was so boring, I couldn't make it passed episode 3 lol
Omg I stopped watching this when it was in at season one. Lmao he goes to purgatory in two? Bullet dodged!
Fantastic premise and idea, but poor execution. It was entertaining throughout and a good watch, but the lack of answers and clarity even at the end drops the show dramatically in my eyes. It makes sense that the writer is the same guy who wrote Lost. Similarly with that show, in the Leffovers they kept adding in details, rules of the world, and storylines that there was no logical way to wrap everything up. So we are left with an ambiguous ending and much more questions than we started with after the first episode
Where is my mind
❤
Good job setting the context at the start. The expectation the show had post-Lost was to get a show that answered the mysteries, but Damon went the other direction. They used that expectation, so for people watching this now you aren’t getting the full effect. For those that did watch it at the time, I’m sure your second viewing was very different and even more enjoyable.
what i dont like from this show is how many things are unexplained, no matter its reklevancy
and yeah final season was hit or miss for me
whole show is 9.3/10 for me, cuz of final season
I found this show because of a joke
Im a huge fan of Lost, but this one didnt quite do it for me. I saw some similar themes and styles, but I liked the story of Lost a whole lot more. Lost was a Rollercoaster, Leftovers is like a log ride with depressing scenery.
Dont get me wrong, I think its really good but its not something Ill watch five times while picking up something new each time.
Also, if you are into Lost, the channel Lost Explained is fantastic.
I couldnt make it through 3 episodes, whereas Lost is my fav show and I was hooked immediately. If something doesnt hook you in a few hours, it's not good lmao
The show just drove me nuts, I get the theme but either the other place exists or doesn't and if it doesn't it means every person in this show is batshit insane and belongs in a psych ward
2% of the population is the only constant of this show so anything is possible its how you perceive it its what you want it to be
Did you watch it? You’re so dense it’s insane. The 2% definitely disappeared, it’s just if they’re somewhere else or are just gone or in heaven or hell? Are the remaining in hell? The fact you watched the show and you can’t even grasp that concept literally makes me believe you just have a very low iq
Yes! Thank you. Finally, someone understands and appreciates what this f-ing fantastic show is about … and what it’s not about. Well done.
glad I watched this. The show is definitely not for me. idc about interpersonal drama too much and prefer world building and seeing the sci fi/fantasy things explored.
Personally, I liked the second season the least. The finale was one of the best finales of any show.
this show is criminally underrated and overlooked. its on the Mt. Rushmore of HBO shows
My favorite show of all time but I feel like you are way off on some of your interpretations
I couldn't finish season 3 and this is why I'm here.
I couldnt finish first season, I was dissappointed by the lack of answers
@@norbertaspapirtis2002 honestly season 2 was the only thing i enjoyed, especially the episode where Kevin goes to limbo.
@@Nobody18718 I just gave up 3 episodes in, was extremely boring
Such a wasted concept. I tried getting into the show but the dialogue was so dry and the subplots were nonsensical. If the plot focused more on the departed or anything related to the event itself the show would have been much more entertaining instead of focusing on character-driven narratives when the characters weren’t compelling enough to hold their own. Anyone looking for related shows that are much better check out American Crime, Fargo and True Detective. Even LOST is more entertaining.
Your brain is smol
Just finished watching the show. I liked season 1 the most. Grew to like season 2. Think the show jumped the shark when they had the Marty McFly moment. Show dragged in season 3.
This show has stuck with me for so long, and I still find my mind wandering to it spontaneously every now and then. Ive never seen anything like it.
I'm constantly looking for people that have seen the show and met maybe 2 over the years. Makes me sad, such a great show, and I never even watched Lost, nor did I super enjoy Lindelofs Watchmen. But I will support this show forever. I know season 1 is kinda slow, but that pilot was so engaging idk how people drop it. S2 is a masterpiece as you demonstrated.
S3 felt like an epilogue, similar to The Return of the King (book) where the Hobbits return to the Shire to find it all evil and fucked up. This is like going into that final hurrah and basically Nora travels off to wherever land for decades. I can't even rewatch the last couple episodes, it hurts way too much, *spoilers*, the way his father goes, and Nora abandons Kevin for so long. It's too painful but a worthy ending I think, even if so few questions were actually answered
I could not finish season 1 because it felt like such a long drag, it felt annoying
I should have stopped when you said 3 % and not 2. You talk too fast and your ranking of seasons is so wrong. Pass.
don't watch this video if you're looking for an explanation of the series, just live on with the experience that it is okay if you don't understand it.
2% not 3%.
Damon Lindelof, not David.
Yeah, nahhh. The truth matters.
Thank you so much. You saved me 30hrs this show is not for me.
That’s too bad because it’s brilliant.
@@KCohere33it really wasn’t, reminded me of LOST
@@vicente8705 Well, imo it was. It’s one of the few shows I always think about rewatching. Lost is one of those too.
@@vicente8705 Lost is the best show ever made
@vicente8705 it was written by the same guy who made lost!
I loved this show. I could be wrong, but I always thought that there was supposed to be 4-5 seasons. Nora's monologue about how she travels to the other world, at the end of season 3, always felt like it could of been an entire season by itself.
I honestly think she lied. Her story makes no sense. Imagine building a machine of that kind with only 2% of the population, just gathering the materials would take a long time. Also having built it, why not send everyone back and make everything normal? Has to be a lie.
Yeah but the idea is to not reveal if she is saying the true or not, bc at the that doesn't matter.
could HAVE, not could OF
Were not supposed to know if it really happened or not nora just needed someone to believe her
@PapurryShow how exactly does it not matter? I really wanted to know what happened to the others lol
As soon as I saw, the creator of lost, was the showrunner, I knew this show would just be a bunch of nonsensical mystery boxes with no answers. Just a pretentious cop out: “…That’s not what the show is really about…It’s actually a metaphor for life and [X]”
Glad I didn’t waste 30 hours of my life watching it. Great recap video, though.
time i can never get back...
What are you even talking about...
Who were the leftovers? The other side or the reality the main characters know?
My interpretation would be the main characters and the world we see. I only say that because Nora's story is potentially bull shit, so the whole idea is the "leftovers" have to deal with the reality they've been given
Who says there's an other side?
Tommy killed someone for Wayne in the first episode??
Yeah, he shot the SWAT (or whatever they were) agent that was about to kill Christine.
I love it when people spend 2 minutes talking about nothing important whatsoever, then they say "ok so let's jump right into it", as if they didn't just waste 2 fucking minutes saying *nothing at all* lol
I said a good amount in the first two mintues
And of course it gets cancelled early.
I dont think it did but I do think they planned for 4 seasons and shrunk it into 3 believing they were gonna get canceled
It didn't get cancelled.
Nora was not lying ;-)
But the message of the show still holds true and kudos to its creators for sticking to the humanistic question, not the religious or scientific one, just like on Lost.
Interesting you think she was telling the truth? Why do you think so?
The whole finale is about lying.
@@kuhpunktthe whole finale was about trust and acceptance.
@@kalani2016 And lying and what a better story is.
I agree the acting was good the show was entertaining, But ultimately I didn't like it. I didn't know the same guy who made lost made this and now it makes sense. he must have thought lost made too much sense and so he came up with a show where the whole point is there is no answers it's very frustrating dedicate that many hours is to figure out it's all for nothing.
I think that’s because you have a limited amount of thinking power. This show is deep and was never about the mystery. Go watch a murder mystery if that’s what you want. It was about the characters and an attempt to cope with something so random. Something that left them feeling so powerless they had to act out. Look at Matt, look at the cycle he was living in. It’s storytelling at its best. The characters story didn’t fuel the mystery like it did in lost. The mystery fueled the characters. Big difference in my opinion.
@@kennymarket2428great synopsis
You mised the point, mate.
Tom Perrotta came up with the premise, not Lindelof. And why do you say that it's all for nothing?
@@kuhpunkt I guess because the reason I kept watching the show was to figure out what had happened and how the plot unfolds, but when you get to the end of it the writers don't feel the need to explain what happened they just leave it up to your own interpretation.
I tried to like this show, it didn’t happen
I agree with everything in the video but lots (not all) of religious people are stubborn and think that they truly know the definitive answers life's questions
Show was a mess. Loved 1st season.
Show wasn’t a mess. Season 2 was much better. Season 3 was fulfilling.
@@kennymarket2428surprise people can have a different opinion than you kenny
@@chantrvll I disagreed. Have you never used the internet before?
Would have been easier to follow if the dialogue was more engaging
It wasn’t a mess but I can see how it would be frustrating for some people. I’ve rewatched it a couple of times and still don’t know what’s going on lol. But I loved it because everything about is presented so beautifully.
Wasn’t really my cup of tea. A lot of the actions of the characters didn’t really make sense to me. They all seemed to act like they were living in a dream. Their actions just seemed unnatural. Why did Laurie join the GR?
She joined because of the loss of her unborn child, it was one of the departed
@@LeisureEnthusiast22yes but why? to grieve ? Seemed very interesting choice.
@@Dapo.m To stop feeling. There is an episode in s3 that shows her trying to kill herself with pills but she throws them up. Since she couldnt follow through she wanted someone to take her pain away.
Tons of people join groups and cults unfortunately...
@@Dapo.m Most people that join cults or something similar, either grieve, are in pain or went through something traumatic that makes them easy targets. Whether it's because of outside people or themselves.
You missed the main point of the show
And what is that? Genuinely interested. My interpretation of the show was that we as a people hook ourselves into beliefs and ideas to try and explain things we'll never truly be able to understand, but at the end of the day, those beliefs are what keep us going at times. Idk, maybe I'm wrong
Why didn't you reply user?? What's the point?
the fact that you get the percentage of the people dissapearing wrong from the outset really diminishes the rest of your analysis (it was 2%)
I've tried to watch it. But it is the most boring series I've ever seen. I thought it will be like "the 4400".
I finished to watch yesterday and i really really liked!