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The Leftovers

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Generally favorable reviews based on 81 Critic Reviews

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Universal acclaim based on 139 Ratings

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The Leftovers

Series Details & Credits

HBO | Release Date: June 29, 2014

Summary: The drama series based on Tom Perrotta's novel of the same name finds the town of Mapleton three years after "The Sudden Departure," where two percent of the world's population disappeared in a thin air.

Creator: Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta

Genre(s): Drama

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9.1
S3:E8. The Book of Nora
Air Date: June 4, 2017
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S3:E7. The Most Powerful Man in the World (and His Identical Twin Brother)
Air Date: May 28, 2017
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S3:E6. Certified
Air Date: May 21, 2017

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Metascore

76

Positive:

63

Mixed:

16

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2

Critic Reviews

100

Salon

Melanie McFarland

Apr 17, 2017

Season 3 Review: All the hype leading up to the final approach of The Leftovers has merit. The seven episodes HBO provided are consistently brilliant, sure and mindful about tying up loose ends. Read full review

100

Variety

Maureen Ryan

Apr 12, 2017

Season 3 Review: The new season of The Leftovers is spectacular, in every sense of that word. Read full review

91

The A.V. Club

Erik Adams

Oct 2, 2015

Season 2 Review: The Leftovers staff digs at complex emotions with surgical precision and intimate storytelling. Read full review

80

The New York Times

Alessandra Stanley

Jun 26, 2014

Season 1 Review: Once the show gets going, and it takes more than one episode to do so, The Leftovers bores into the characters and the fissures that crack their community so astutely that the cause is almost secondary. Read full review

75

Newsday

Verne Gay

Jun 26, 2014

Season 1 Review: A baffling, beautiful, maddening, provocative puzzle. Read full review

70

Kansas City Star

Sara Smith

Jun 27, 2014

Season 1 Review: It’s not that The Leftovers isn’t great storytelling, because it is. It’s just befuddling, violent and sad--more and more all the time, with no satisfaction in sight. Theroux is flat-out fantastic and Emmy-worthy in this role. Read full review

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Boston Herald

Mark A. Perigard

Jun 25, 2014

Season 1 Review: Almost every moment here is staged to scream, “Look at me! I’m arty!” Lindelof, burned mightily by the backlash over “Lost’s” ridiculous finale, has all but told reporters that the mystery central to The Leftovers will never be explained. That leaves you with a show wallowing in smug self-importance, melancholy and drear week after week. Read full review

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User Reviews

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Cayenne

Mar 8, 2020

I am on my third viewing of this totally captivating series. The first two times I watched it in the series' intended order, this third time is simply though random episode selection: each viewing has revealed something new to me in the plot, characters and/or theme. So far the big answerI am on my third viewing of this totally captivating series. The first two times I watched it in the series' intended order, this third time is simply though random episode selection: each viewing has revealed something new to me in the plot, characters and/or theme. So far the big answer has not been revealed to me; what has been revealed is that the big answer may not be so big or so important after all, and that it may not, in fact, be reveal-able at all. Far more important are the perspectives and interactions between the characters and their response to the chaos of existence, and to the artificial order we as human beings try to impose on it. Written, directed, visually and acoustically composed and interpreted in the series with flashes of empathy, horror, humour, drama and almost always brilliance, it is a mesmerizing series to watch unfold, and to twist and turn its way to a truly surprising but satisfying conclusion. A conclusion that gave me an unexpected jolt by re-aligning my own perspectives to the series' storyline.… Expand

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Charlescarter

Oct 24, 2022

The slow start is WORTH IT!!!! HOOOOOOOO this show is a freaking FORCE. I’m a Christian and I’m not looking for “answers” or insight, I just want a well written show I can binge and it is giving me that. Don’t listen to the naysayers. This IS one of the best shows ever

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10

aref1999

Aug 15, 2020

i think its one of the best series ever made but unfortunately its not known as breaking bad or some other movies that is truly shame. there is so much feeling so much passion in series that breaks you. please just watch it

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10

leafhopper77

Apr 14, 2023

I can't get over this series and will undoubtedly return to watch it a third time. So poignant. So well-crafted and acted (Kevin, Nora, Matt!!!). And the ending! I could watch that final episode on constant repeat, and never tire of it.

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dr_Tre

Apr 12, 2020

Starts kind of slow, a bit boring and frustrating but it evolves into something beautiful. Quality of actors and overall production is there from the start and once story finds its footing it overwhelms you. Carrie Coon and Justin Theroux lead a brilliant cast in roles of their lifetimes.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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SWEEPtheLEG175

May 6, 2019

One of the my favorite series ever. The writing, acting, and score are fantastic.

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

2

teatom

May 1, 2022

I find so many positive reviews a bit baffling. A show like this lives and dies, for me, on how well it resolves all of the intrigue it drums up in the many plot lines, by the time the final credits role.
The Leftovers failed to do that, in all but one plot thread. The rest are leftI find so many positive reviews a bit baffling. A show like this lives and dies, for me, on how well it resolves all of the intrigue it drums up in the many plot lines, by the time the final credits role.
The Leftovers failed to do that, in all but one plot thread. The rest are left unresolved or, perhaps worse, we are given vague to the point of pointless, allusions. Some people might find that enjoyable, I just feel like I wasted my time with another Damon Lindelof show that went nowhere because he can't finish what he started, again.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

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Seasons & Episodes

76

Series Overview
Season 3

98
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: April 16, 2017
- 9.1
  S3:E8. The Book of Nora
  Air Date: June 4, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E7. The Most Powerful Man in the World (and His Identical Twi...
  Air Date: May 28, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E6. Certified
  Air Date: May 21, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E5. It's a Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt World
  Air Date: May 14, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E4. G'Day Melbourne
  Air Date: May 7, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E3. Crazy Whitefella Thinking
  Air Date: April 30, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E2. Don't Be Ridiculous
  Air Date: April 23, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E1. The Book of Kevin
  Air Date: April 16, 2017
Season 2

80
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 4, 2015
Season 1

65
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 29, 2014