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EPISODE
SEASON
The Leftovers - Season 1 Episode 01: Pilot
The series takes place three years after 'Sudden Departure', the inexplicable, simultaneous disappearance of 140 million people on October 14, 2011. It follows a group of people from Mapleton, New York as they struggle to continue their lives while they cope with loss and the tragedy of the unexplained nature of the event.
31 January 1939, Manchester, England, UK
5 June 1951, Hamilton, Texas, USA
23 October 2002, Huntsville, Texas, USA
1957, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
21 November 1983, Galveston, Texas, USA
20 February 1971, Dallas, Texas, USA
12 August 1974, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
October 05, 2015
Despite my trepidation, the noisy glimpse of a fallen world proffered in the series premiere is enough to create a strong desire to see these questions answered.
October 06, 2015
These people have been cracked open, and the cracks are just near enough the surface to show, but just buried enough that they're sort of getting by.
October 05, 2015
It's all a very weird, sad world, and we know it gets only more twisted from there.
October 06, 2015
The Leftovers won't give out answers, but it also takes no prisoners. And as usual, the unknown here works to be more unsettling and terrifying than any hard truths.
October 06, 2015
This is The Twilight Zone by way of J. J. Abrams: a morally provocative, fantastical premise played out through a well-coiffed cast of actors with Gossip Girl-caliber good looks.
October 06, 2015
Theroux's simmering-souled Garvey hooked me. I don't mind living with miserable characters, as long as they're interestingly miserable. There's some glory in the gloom.
October 05, 2015
Destined to become a hot topic where people will argue over the meaning, the intent, the conclusions.
October 05, 2015
This is some soul-crushing s- right here.
October 06, 2015
Too many high-concept shows are afraid to be about what they're actually about, for fear of scaring off potential viewers; The Leftovers is exactly about what it's about.
January 27, 2015
Peter Berg's direction holds this question-packed hour of television together, introducing an addictive central conceit with proper patience.
