I loved how the 140 million people vanishing is somehow the main plot but also not at all! ❤

@borsuk96

Ай бұрын

Till the end I thought it will be explain what did this but the people just dissapeared cause they were useless to others 😛

@danculbert6349

21 күн бұрын

@@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

You just killed a little girl and threw her down the well. Sing the fucking song. Greatest line in the whole show

@golsa6125

3 ай бұрын

Can u explain the meaning behind this quote? I don’t get it

@CommanderLost

3 ай бұрын

@@golsa6125 It's in the second season when he dies and has to sing karaoke

@golsa6125

3 ай бұрын

@@CommanderLost yeah i know but what’s the meaning behind it? Why is it the greatest line in the show?

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

@raymondsims7042

5 ай бұрын

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.

@scottboyd3838

5 ай бұрын

@@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!

@raymondsims7042

5 ай бұрын

@@scottboyd3838 nice🤝

@radagast7200

4 күн бұрын

How do you feel about Lost?

@scottboyd3838

4 күн бұрын

@@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.

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).

The show is not for everyone... But for the few people who actually liked it... Its awesome

@icey984

5 ай бұрын

I loved it !

@OvertheHIL524

5 ай бұрын

More than a few...

@NaturalBornKelli

4 ай бұрын

​@@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.

@user-zn2tm7tc5y

4 ай бұрын

Yes for those who really feels pain.

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.

@kuhpunkt

2 ай бұрын

If her story makes sense... then why didn't other people come back through the machine and tell others? News would spread like wildfire.

@nahuelconstantine

2 ай бұрын

@@kuhpunktthink. She said she didn’t belong there. Maybe the ones DO want to stay and NEVER come back.

@kuhpunkt

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@borsuk96

Ай бұрын

​@@kuhpunktLoved ones? The people dissapeared cause they were useless to others. They mean nothing to them

@kuhpunkt

Ай бұрын

@@borsuk96 That's a ridiculous claim.

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.

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.

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 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.

the sudden departure took away the 2% of the population :) not 3%

@hnnsy

7 ай бұрын

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.

@OvertheHIL524

5 ай бұрын

@@hnnsyyou monster

Yes! Thank you. Finally, someone understands and appreciates what this f-ing fantastic show is about … and what it’s not about. Well done.

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

Let the mystery be

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.

@ShortyBoyd

Ай бұрын

I couldn’t really get into the show, it just never picked up pace for me

@aclarkedesign

Ай бұрын

@@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.

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.

@Anotherandoman93

8 ай бұрын

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.

@PapurryShow

8 ай бұрын

Yeah but the idea is to not reveal if she is saying the true or not, bc at the that doesn't matter.

@kuhpunkt

2 ай бұрын

could HAVE, not could OF

Personally, I liked the second season the least. The finale was one of the best finales of any show.

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%.

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.

Damon Lindelof, not David.

Who were the leftovers? The other side or the reality the main characters know?

@JosephMarchione

2 ай бұрын

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

@kuhpunkt

2 ай бұрын

Who says there's an other side?

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

Tommy killed someone for Wayne in the first episode??

@suzybearheart530

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, he shot the SWAT (or whatever they were) agent that was about to kill Christine.

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.

@raymondsims7042

5 ай бұрын

Interesting you think she was telling the truth? Why do you think so?

@kuhpunkt

2 ай бұрын

The whole finale is about lying.

@kalani2016

28 күн бұрын

@@kuhpunktthe whole finale was about trust and acceptance.

@kuhpunkt

28 күн бұрын

@@kalani2016 And lying and what a better story is.

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

My favorite show of all time but I feel like you are way off on some of your interpretations

Thank you so much. You saved me 30hrs this show is not for me.

@KCohere33

Ай бұрын

That’s too bad because it’s brilliant.

@vicente8705

Ай бұрын

@@KCohere33it really wasn’t, reminded me of LOST

@KCohere33

Ай бұрын

@@vicente8705 Well, imo it was. It’s one of the few shows I always think about rewatching. Lost is one of those too.

@LOSTfan420Locke

11 күн бұрын

@@vicente8705 Lost is the best show ever made

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.

@OvertheHIL524

5 ай бұрын

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.

@user-fb9lz9zg4x

4 ай бұрын

read my mind.. a disappointing show

@ShortyBoyd

Ай бұрын

⁠@@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.

@KCohere33

Ай бұрын

It’s based on a book btw, which is also great.

@hamtoriyakiii

11 сағат бұрын

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

And of course it gets cancelled early.

@JosephMarchione

5 ай бұрын

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

@kuhpunkt

2 ай бұрын

It didn't get cancelled.

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.

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.

@kennymarket2428

9 ай бұрын

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.

@OvertheHIL524

5 ай бұрын

@@kennymarket2428great synopsis

@wilbimcs

4 ай бұрын

You mised the point, mate.

@kuhpunkt

2 ай бұрын

Tom Perrotta came up with the premise, not Lindelof. And why do you say that it's all for nothing?

@samgreen6144

2 ай бұрын

@@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 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

@JosephMarchione

4 ай бұрын

I said a good amount in the first two mintues

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.

@user-fb9lz9zg4x

4 ай бұрын

time i can never get back...

@kuhpunkt

2 ай бұрын

What are you even talking about...

Show was a mess. Loved 1st season.

@kennymarket2428

9 ай бұрын

Show wasn’t a mess. Season 2 was much better. Season 3 was fulfilling.

@chantrvll

8 ай бұрын

@@kennymarket2428surprise people can have a different opinion than you kenny

@kennymarket2428

8 ай бұрын

@@chantrvll I disagreed. Have you never used the internet before?

@ShortyBoyd

Ай бұрын

Would have been easier to follow if the dialogue was more engaging

@KCohere33

Ай бұрын

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.

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.

I tried to like this show, it didn’t happen

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%)

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?

@LeisureEnthusiast22

5 ай бұрын

She joined because of the loss of her unborn child, it was one of the departed

@Dapo.m

5 ай бұрын

@@LeisureEnthusiast22yes but why? to grieve ? Seemed very interesting choice.

@thaatguyy47

5 ай бұрын

@@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.

@kuhpunkt

2 ай бұрын

Tons of people join groups and cults unfortunately...

@Sarnatuile

Ай бұрын

@@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.

I should have stopped when you said 3 % and not 2. You talk too fast and your ranking of seasons is so wrong. Pass.

You missed the main point of the show

@JosephMarchione

7 ай бұрын

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

@TheOdge89

2 ай бұрын

Why didn't you reply user?? What's the point?

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".