The Leftovers

2014 • HBO
4.6
285 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (14)

1 Pilot
6/29/14
Season-only
The police chief faces struggles in both his personal and professional life, as the third anniversary of the departure approaches.
2 Penguin One, Us Zero
7/6/14
Season-only
Kevin goes to see a therapist, after he has some unsettling encounters. Meg makes a decision about her future. Tom and Christine are left in a dicey situation. Jill and Aimee are interested as to where Carrie is.
3 Two Boats and a Helicopter
7/13/14
Season-only
Reverend Jamison is struggling with people referring to the departed as heroes. He is faced with death threats and a diminishing att endance at his sermons and then finds out he may lose his church due to foreclosure.
4 B.J. and the A.C.
7/20/14
Season-only
A holiday display goes missing, sending Kevin scurrying to find out who is responsible. Tom and Christine run into trouble at a hospital and on the road. Kevin retrieves a surprise detainee from a neighboring police station, and receives unexpected visitors at home. The Guilty Remnant put its stamp on the holiday season.
5 Gladys
7/27/14
Season-only
Laurie's resolve is put to the test in the wake of a brutal hate crime. After his latest initiatives to maintain the peace in Maplet on fall short, Kevin turns down an outside offer to rid the town of its problems. Matt brings his pulpit to the street. Meg takes on a new role.
6 Guest
8/3/14
Season-only
Nora goes to New York for the second annual Departure Related Occupations and Practices conference, but discovers that someone else has her ID badge, so she searches the convention as a "Guest," and has encounters with a salesman, an author and a rogue attendee.
7 Solace for Tired Feet
8/10/14
Season-only
After learning his father has escaped the psychiatric hospital, Kevin orders an APB to track him down. Jill attempts to break an endurance record. Holed up in Indiana, a disillusioned Tom makes an unsettling discovery.
8 Cairo
8/17/14
Season-only
Kevin fears he's losing touch with reality after inexplicably finding himself in a difficult situation involving Patti Levin, a leader of the Guilty Remnant. Meg loses control during another encounter with Matt; Jill confronts Aimee about her relationship with Kevin; Nora stands up to Laurie, and finds her privacy invaded.
9 The Garveys at Their Best
8/24/14
Season-only
Kevin tries to suppress his bad habits while tracking down a marauding deer in Mapleton. Laurie receives not-unexpected news amidst a rising sense of foreboding. Tom connects with his past, against his better judgment. Nora has a job interview; Kevin Senior receives an honor.
10 The Prodigal Son Returns
9/7/14
Season-only
An unexpected ally helps Kevin get out of a jam near the town of Cairo. Meanwhile, an elaborate Memorial Day initiative by the Guilt y Remnant plunges Mapleton into chaos. Holy Wayne grants a final wish; Tom copes with his new reality; Nora makes a life-changing de cision.
101 About The Leftovers
11/3/14
Season-only
The Leftovers revolves around a group of people in the fictional town of Mapleton, New York after a global event caused the unexplainable disappearance of 140 million people world-wide. The Garvey family and their acquaintances wonder if their loved ones are gone for good?
102 Invitation to The Set
11/3/14
Introducing the Garvey family and their acquaintances in the fictional town of Mapleton, New York.
103 Trailer
11/3/14
Follow the Garvey family and their acquaintances in the fictional town of Mapleton, New York after a global event caused the unexplainable disappearance of 140 million people world-wide.
104 Making of The Leftovers
11/2/14
Season-only
An extensive look at what went into making the book-to-TV production, the Garvey family and their acquaintances in the fictional town of Mapleton, New York

About this show

From Damon Lindelof, co-creator of the hit series Lost, this one-hour drama focuses on a suburban town whose preconceptions are shattered in the wake of a global event dubbed “The Departure” (which may or may not have been the Biblical “rapture”), in which 2% of the world’s population were taken and others left behind.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
285 reviews
Early Black
February 6, 2015
I ended up binge watching the entire season and was ignorant of the book did not even know about it until I start watching the series. It definitely mesmerized me and I really enjoyed it. The original score is off the chain and it was finally released recently and I went & copped it immediately. And I've read they're doing the second season of this and I'm really looking forward to it. HBO definitely knows how to produce and put out solid material.
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Cassie B.
August 11, 2017
After watching this show on HBO, I was hooked. Pretty much binge-watched the entire seasons. Loved it from start to end. But, I will say one thing though.. at the beginning it was rather difficult to understand so I had to go back to a couple of episodes to pick up on the main storyline. But, after a while, the storyline became clear. Anyway, great tv show and I wish it would've continued past 3 seasons or been made into a feature film.
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Alex Walser
June 5, 2017
Starts amazing....Ends with the most disappointing, awful shortcut of a conclusion you will ever see. The writers obviously gave up trying to explain what they created. It leaves you wondering if they simply ran out of funding or decided to pursue pure cowardice in writing by their own free will. The acting and score, however, are truly great.
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