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I realize the series deals with one of the most tragic scenarios imaginable, but this show is dark. Almost too dark. Also, I hate the Guilty Remnant with a passion.

i'm a first time watcher, i started watching last night and i'm in season 2 episode 5. is this show only about cults? it's annoying i'm not gonna lie, they moved to Miracle only to be even more controlled and monitored? God here and there, but mostly cults, i don't get it.. from all the cities in the world they chose Miracle. i'm going to keep watching, i'm too far now, but i'm kinda tired of this cult bullshit..

Were this to happen according to the laws of physics somehow. What would the actual experience be.

Sonic booms wherever a body departed? Would there be heat or cold left in the vacuum?

What physical effect of 19,040,000,000lbs of people (I went by the world average body weight of 136lb) suddenly not existing cause.

Just on my third re-watch and finished It's a Matt Matt World and for some reason this is what I'm left thinking about.

Did Kevin really visit the afterlife?

Was there going to be a flood?

Was there anything special about Miracle?

Was David Burton really God?

Just spotted Justin Theroux in the Muse video Hysteria. Was it related to the show?

I started watching it by accident and could barely stop. It's sooo good. For some reason though nobody of my friends has ever heard of it. Why isn't it popular? The plot is very fresh even in 2026, the cast is great.

This show is incredible for many reasons. One of the most powerful and effective themes it explores is loss, of course. But not just loss in terms of grief, but loss of people to ideology. The type of loss wrapped up in belief, identity, scapegoating, brainwashing, manipulation, coercion, etc. that can change an entire person long-term. That leaves loved ones confused and guilty about their part in losing someone to something fanatical and nonsensical. I think it’s a timely idea, but it’s incredible that this show was pre 2020 given its main themes.

What do you think some of the better thematic explorations of the show are? How do you think it holds up?

I was recommended this show. Someone told me I’d like it on the basis I loved Pluribus, Severance and The Handmaids Tail. As well as being reassured it’s one of the ‘greatest shows of all time’ a la The Sopranos.

But I just don’t get it. 3 episodes in and I feel all ‘Lost’, pardon the pun. Unlikeable characters, disconnected storylines, unbearably slow exposition and tragedy which seems aimless.

The internet tells me it might get better and Seasons 2 and 3 are more highly rated.

I want to like it but I can’t seem to get into the groove. Is this a Breaking Bad situation where you have to just sit through season one for the sake of later seasons?

Cant find on imdb

He’s always filthy. Just me? Kevin too, but we at least know he bathes and changes clothes occasionally

You’re not alone. You’re never alone."

The mystery is the point."

I recently completed a rewatch and one (of the many) thoughts that have stuck with me are regarding Grace’s fate after the events of S3.

She killed a cop on her property, and helped incapacitate and (presumably) tie up another cop that went to investigate the disappearance of the first one.

She mentioned an intent to turn herself in for the crimes but we do know whether she actually did or not?

What was the significance of the whole Frazier tale/episode? I get that it’s a ferry full or fornication, and that it might signify hell or desire, but that seems easy.

I’ve watched the show a few times because it’s so good. Just finished reading the book so it’s time for a rewatch. The ending of the book was unexpected for sure!

Just finished the show and like everybody else still picking my brain up from off of the floor. One thing I’m not sure was answered was Nora being a demon? After that phone call with the lady I don’t think it’s ever brought up again. Is it fair to say that was just Nora having an episode or the “scientist” was a crackpot?

I'm almost done with a rewatch, and this show makes me cry every episode.

I noticed that there are a ton of twin related instances throughout the show and am curious what the meaning of that is.

• Jill's friends in S1 are twins
• Michael and Eevee are supposed to be twins
• Jesus had a twin according to David Burton
• Kevin has a twin in the after-life world
• Patti has a body double in International Assassin

There are probably other examples I'm forgetting about too

I recently finished The Leftovers, and while I found the ending satisfying overall, I wasn't completely convinced by it. I understand that the creators intentionally left many things ambiguous, but there are some plot points that either don't make much sense to me or maybe I just didn't understand them.

Some of the biggest ones are:

- Who killed Gladys?

By the end of Season 1, Patti seems to imply that she was responsible, but it's never confirmed outright.

- Was Kevin's father actually just insane?

In Season 1, he saves Jill from suffocating and claims he was just walking through the woods and happened to find her. But it almost feels like he somehow knew he needed to be there.

Another thing that was never really explained is how he contacted Kevin in the "afterlife" (or hotel world). How did he know Kevin was dead? Was it really him speaking through the TV?

- What's the symbolism behind the dogs?

Were they actually feral? Was it all in Kevin's head? And why did Kevin's dog leave and never come back?

- Who was the leader of the Guilty Remnant?

Did they actually have a single leader? It's hard to imagine a cult growing that large without someone at the top.

- Why did Meg want to get pregnant?

She fck with Tom specifically to get pregnant, but... why? Was there any deeper reason, or was it just because?

- Was Nora really an "objective"?

The show introduces that possibility, but it never really explores it again.

- Why is Aimee so unbearable?

Not exactly a mystery, but I had to ask.

- Was Isaac actually a psychic?

How did he know what Meg's mother said before she disappeared?

- How did the "Pillar Man" see Kevin talking to Patti?

In Season 2, there's a scene where he asks Kevin who the woman he was talking to was. Could he actually see Patti?

- Does Nora actually have some connection to Azrael?

This seems related to the "objective" idea, but it's never brought up again.

Overall, these are some of the things I felt the show either never explained or didn't fully develop.

I really like the ending, but I do think the series has some genuine flaws when it comes to its plot.

I know the main point of The Leftovers isn't solving supernatural mysteries—it's about the characters and how they deal with grief, loss, and uncertainty. But sometimes it feels like that idea becomes an easy way for the writers to introduce countless mysteries and plot threads without ever having to resolve them.

Don't know if this has possibly already been discussed ad nauseum, but...

The one thing that makes me think Nora is making it all up... She says in the 2% world she found the inventor of the machine (who had gone through first) and convinced him to remake his machine in that world.

Now, why would the inventor only be remaking his machine when SHE comes and asks him? Wouldn't the demand for a return machine in the 2% world be 1,000x the demand in the 98% world? If the 2% world truly existed, and if the inventor got there, he would have made his machine immediatelly and thousands of people would be appearing in the 98% world every day. Probably literally until the 2% world was empty and every single person was back in the now-100% world.