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The Leftovers (TV Series)

HBO Classics

The Leftovers

2014

Damon Lindelof (Creator), Tom Perrotta (Creator) ...

Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Carrie Coon ...

7.5

17,378

TV Series. Mystery. Fantasy. Drama TV Series (2014-2017). 3 Seasons. 28 Episodes. When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it... Based on the bestselling novel by Tom Perrotta, 'The Leftovers' follows Kevin Garvey, a father of two and the chief of police in a small New York suburb, as he tries to maintain some semblance of normalcy when the notion no longer applies. ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"[3rd Season Review]: Season 3 pushes the best show on television to evocative new heights"	POS
United States	Willa Paskin Slate	"[3rd Season Review]: Swaggering and strange, unhinged and unpredictable (...) The canvas of 'The Leftovers' has expanded further still"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"[3rd Season Review]: Great visuals, complex themes, incredible performances (...) There’s something almost religious about in the way you just need to see it, feel it, and believe."	POS
United States	Verne Gay Newsday	"[3rd Season Review]: The new season of 'The Leftovers' is Prometheus unbound. Prometheus is showrunner Lindelof, and he’s literally unbound. Everything is on the page, or screen, and I do mean everything"	POS
Australia	The Australian	"[3rd Season Review]: 'The Leftovers' is another show full of complex, dense and often frustrating ideas."	NEU
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"[2nd Season Review]: Season 2 chooses to explore and expand on a world created with painstaking clarity last season (...) 'The Leftovers' continues to forge its own fascinating path."	POS
United States	James Poniewozik The New York Times	"[2nd Season Review]: 'The Leftovers' appears no more interested than before in answering big questions about the Departure. But it goes nowhere beautifully."	POS
United States	Margaret Lyons Vulture	"[2nd Season Review]: The early arc of season two is as interesting as anything on TV in ages--absorbing, complicated, textured. The composition of the show feels more stable, too."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"[2nd Season Review]: There are still worthy elements at work here (...) As with season one, however, the situations don’t progress in a cohesive manner, and the show feels equally disjointed in terms of style."	NEU
United States	Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"If Lindelof and Perrotta can somehow strike a balance of the human, emotional fallout while also delving into an explanation of the oddities involved in 'the sudden departure', then 'The Leftovers' could be one of the more riveting new series."	POS
United States	James Poniewozik Time	"If it proves a complete creative success, will not be a show for everyone. Yet it believes fervently, messily, heartbreakingly, that even two percent of everyone means more than you can imagine."	POS
United States	Lori Rackl Chicago Sun-Times	"[An] unsettling, atmospheric drama (...) Justin Theroux (...) ably anchors the series (...) the show demands a level of patience bound to result in its own 'Sudden Departure'. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"The show delivers on an exceedingly intriguing premise, with some of the most beguilingly morose performances delivered this year. It’s a strange but good wallow."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"Despite a big-name cast (...) at times feels like less than the sum of its parts. At least initially, the series is driven largely by its tone (...), and it’s bound to make people think, which is by itself something of an accomplishment."	NEU

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