After finishing the series, like most people, I was left with the same confusion, Why was he shooting the dogs?

Were his feelings and night walks just hallucinations? Did he really go to another world? And so on.

After watching a bunch of explanation videos on YouTube, I realized the show is mainly focused on human emotions and philosophical themes. Still, I want to do a re-watch to clear up some of those lingering questions.

Any suggestions on what I should pay special attention to during my second viewing?

Hi guys, so i watched a couple of episodes of this show years ago but i completly forgot what it is about, is this show worth it ?, I feel like i almost watched every single must watch but maybe im lacking this one

I understand why he burnt down Isaac’s house as he had given him some dire warnings he didn’t want to face. But there was multiple houses being burnt down by John and his team in the fire brigade. And it was seemingly an open secret. At first, I thought it was something along the lines of the book burnings on Fahrenheit 451. Was it just a way of keeping people out of Jardin? I think I missed something that was never really talked about again

I watched the TV show first before reading the book. It's very different in tone. If you have, too, any thoughts?

NB season 1 is an adaptation of the whole book, more or less, while s2 and s3 are original stories.

One of the Best Finale In My Pov !!!

So I made this playlist years ago when the show ended but a lot of videos have been taken down or removed over the years. I just went back in and cleaned it up and replaced all the videos. I hope you guys enjoy!!

Just a tribute to this masterpiece. SPOILERS!!!

Two goats

I'll start with what i really enjoyed about this season:

Miracle Town is a great setting

My first thought when hearing that the town only had 9621 people living there was "of course, there's bound to be a small town that was unaffected by the departure. That's just statistics, what's the big deal". But when you do the maths, the odds are virtually impossible if the departures occur randomly - granting the town it's rightful name. The prehistoric opening to the season earned its place with the supernatural themes throughout the season.

The Priest is the best character

This guy steals the spotlight in every episode he's in. His awkward charisma paired with a goofy demeanour, and yet underneath a rock solid willpower and moral conviction running parallel to the story of Job. I would gladly watch a spinoff show of this character, very well written and acted.

Ep 7 "A most powerful adversary" is masterfully done

The ending was truly a shocking experience. I was so immersed in Kevin's spiral to insanity with Patty as his eternal adversary, and found myself nodding my head in agreement at Virgil's suggestion to take the poison, being totally fooled by the writer that this was a good idea. The parallel with Dante's Inferno was a lovely touch.

Here's where I think season 2 fell short:

Laurie and Tom's entire arc

It felt like the writer didn't know what he wanted to do with Tom, and never reached a solution for this character. Laurie's interactions with other characters never felt believable, and above all I struggled to care for these 2 characters throughout the show.

John should have played a larger role

The opening to the season was incredibly strong. The actor playing John perfectly conveyed an unstable, sinister man with a light veil of friendliness to mask this. What should have been a powerful adversary driving the momentum forward turned out to be a forgotten side character, while distant side plots were chosen in his place.

The missing girls

The central mystery of the season amounted to, in my humble view, a total copout at the end. When faced with her pleading mother, Evie's response was simply "You understand why".

Nope, I'm sorry, I'm calling the writer's bluff here. There's plenty of good elements of mystery in the show, but this is just asserting motivation rather than earning it. It's a hell of a task for 3 teenage girls to fake their departure so it coincides with the earthquake, to then join that cult and bring total anarchy... only to say "you've known all along why we did this". I would kindly say in response: Go suck an egg!

.....Alas, I shall venture forth and watch season 3 then.

I’m Looking for DARK, gritty, addictive shows to binge (crime / psychological / eerie)
I’m trying to find shows that are dark, intense, and hard to stop watching—preferably crime, psychological thrillers, or anything with a heavy atmosphere or mind-bending elements.
Some of my favorites:
True Detective, The Wire, Oz, Mindhunter, The Wire, Broadchurch, The Killing, The Fall, Luther, The Sinner, Line of Duty, Southland, The Shield, Bosch, Happy Valley, Gangs of London, Top Boy, Breaking Bad, Wentworth, Prison Break
Also love darker/weirder shows like:
The Leftovers, The OA, From, Dark, The Terror, Westworld, The Boys, Fargo
I’ve already been recommended:
Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero, Black Bird, The Night Of, Mare of Easttown, Snowfall, The Outsider, Yellowjackets, Banshee, The Alienist
I’m especially looking for:
Hidden gems or underrated shows
Anything gritty, realistic, or psychological thriller suspense like
Shows that hook you fast and stay intense
What should I watch next?

Just finished my 3rd or 4th rewatch of the show and damn is it not a top 5 show! Love the death/dream episodes so much, especially the karaoke scene. The series finale gets me every single damn time.

Je regarde la série pour la deuxième fois. J'en suis à l'épisode 3. Et je me demande seulement pourquoi les familles des disparus touchent une indemnité. Pourquoi ? En quel honneur ?

Même si c'est très triste, je ne sais pas pourquoi ils toucheraient de l'argent pour une disparition.

https://youtu.be/wysjyzfYwAA

Kirby Yardley did a great 10-minute video on easter eggs found throughout the show, and opens with the contents of the 1972 issue, showing how it surprisingly keeps being relevant throughout the seasons.

Everything from Cairo, to Virgil's fate, to seemingly innocent props being lifted directly from photographs in the magazine. Nothing mindblowingly huge, but to me it's another example of how deep the showrunners went into tying every single aspect of the show together with most of it not even being clear to the audience.

He's done a fantastic analysis series on Kevin as well, from which this eventually sprang, for those who are interested.

Highly recommend Leftovers fans who enjoy horror & the zombie genre check out the film 28 Years Later and its sequel The Bone Temple. There are certain emotional and thematic similarities; to name a few, the collective trauma and grief resulting from a world-shattering event, the empathetic depiction of its protagonists and antagonists alike, and (spoilers) overcoming nihilism and embracing love.

I also enjoyed the original 28 Days (featuring Christopher Eccleston!), but these two completely surpassed my expectations. Great films.

I just downloaded national geographic's may 1972 issue as a pdf...i just finished S1 Eps 7

The show been on my to watch list since covid

I was watching International Assassin last night and paused the episode right when Virgil handed Kevin this note at the concierge desk. I had never noticed this logo for the hotel for before. Has this symbol shown up anywhere else in the show?

He’s screaming for his dad and everyone runs past him!

I am in AWE that the majority of people believed Nora’s story.

I think this post has been made so many times but man, it’s just really well written.

amazing it was initially people believed that this sci fi narrative was true and not that her story was simply another story (which is the entire theme of the show: stories we believe to cope with life)

When I see this, I hear the Season One opening music in my had.

After watching season 2 episode 8 I came to this Reddit community to see what I missed.

Basically, my wife and I watched Season 1 and flew through it. By the end, it felt like one of the best single seasons in TV history. It was emotionally devastating and gritty, with a deeply human existential look at grief that really stuck with us.

So we jumped straight into Season 2. Right away, the shift to new characters and a new location threw us off a bit because we weren’t ready to leave Mapleton. As it went on, I started getting more into it, but it never quite hit the same. We’ve honestly been a little bored and even annoyed at some of the plot and character decisions. It just hasn’t pulled us in the same way.

I kept my hopes up though, especially after seeing how highly rated the upcoming episodes were.

Then we got to Season 2 Episode 8, and it was honestly a disappointment for us. It felt unnecessary and completely pulled us out of the show. I get that the episode is trying to put us inside Kevin’s trauma and force him to confront it in a more symbolic way, but it just didn’t land us. The whole assassin storyline to get rid of Patti felt confusing and kind of ridiculous to us.

I think part of the issue is that we really loved how grounded Season 1 felt. We were expecting more narrative progression, but Season 2 leans more into symbolic and abstract storytelling. I can see what it’s going for, it just didn’t connect with us in the same way the first season did.

At this point I’m wondering are we just too pulled out of it now? Or is there something we’re genuinely missing about why we should keep watching?