It's hard to write a review about this unique episode. There is so much going on here. It's an unpredictable episode throughout and I'm still a bit confuse,but a few things will remain in my head & heart forever.
The acting is great, just as usual. What is best about the leftovers is they made an entire single episode on a character and even though sometimes story would be new and strange but the directors and writers represented it in dramatic form..Some people would say that it deviated from main storyline or was slow sometimes but it's just ideal for some of us..Concerning the writing... perfect!The character fates were decided the tight writing (without clichéd gimmicks or ridiculous dialog that only happens between fictional people) the phenomenal camera work and editing, the entire package, darn near perfect. But Not everyone will love this episode.
I'll admit to being internally conflicted at the moment of the reveal. When Nora's phone call home found Laurie alive and well — that she didn't commit suicide while scuba diving — my first reaction wasn't relief, but fear.
Perhaps my favorite thing about the finale was how it stayed true to the ambiguous nature of the series. "The Leftovers" has never been about telling people what to think as much as it's focused on expanding viewers' perceptions of what's possible. That the series ended with one more unseen story only further emphasized that you can believe whatever you want — including whether or not Nora really did travel to the other side.
For all the talk about depression, grief, and pain surrounding "The Leftovers" over the past three years, the series was never really about wallowing in those emotions. While addressing them in their many forms and varying states was not only vital to understanding the characters, but humanity in general, Lindelof and Perrotta weren't trying to trap anyone; very much the opposite. "The Leftovers" was about finding a way out. Had "The Book Of Nora" just consisted of the interactions between Kevin and Nora, it would have still been perfect. But the script goes so far as to let Kevin quickly detail Matt's funeral and provide updates on what's happening with the many characters who don't make appearances in the episode. If anything, "The Book Of Nora" might go a little too far with the punctuation. But man, there's so little to complain about in the final episode of a show that takes the biggest, most terrifying questions and turned them into a sweeping love story.
As inevitable as it was improbable, in the end, Nora (Carrie Coon) and Kevin (Justin Theroux) found happiness. They found contentment. They found the mysterious ideal we're all striving for in this complicated life of ours. They've got it. It took years — decades, even — and depending on what you believe, it took a bit of magic.
But they did it, and in doing so, "The Leftovers" provided the most unlikely answer of them all: if not the secret, than a secret to life; Kevin and Nora's secret, which is the only one that matters at the end of this magnificent quest.
The final shot of Season 3 obviously holds great meaning to its premiere episode, "The Book of Kevin," when the standalone introduction tracked a religious community who used doves to determine when the great flood would come (and exemplify the power and mystery of belief). That, on its own, gives the last shot of the series added meaning. It's about coming home and finding peace, but that the doves can also tie, oh so subtly, to the pilot, where this long journey from grief to happiness began, is sheer soul-shattering beauty.
I was very skeptical about this series because i thought all the episodes would be similar but i was dead wrong and what tom Perrotta and Damon Lindelof has done here is just amazing. It answers questions, and is well- written throughout. Even if it is not popular and rated high as other Hbo shows like Got, True detective and The wire,Even if Kevin Harvey or Mr. President doesn't get an emmy I will always remember this show as a great way for Adrenalin rush. "The Leftovers" at its best! The final scene will stay with me for quite a while...
The acting is great, just as usual. What is best about the leftovers is they made an entire single episode on a character and even though sometimes story would be new and strange but the directors and writers represented it in dramatic form..Some people would say that it deviated from main storyline or was slow sometimes but it's just ideal for some of us..Concerning the writing... perfect!The character fates were decided the tight writing (without clichéd gimmicks or ridiculous dialog that only happens between fictional people) the phenomenal camera work and editing, the entire package, darn near perfect. But Not everyone will love this episode.
I'll admit to being internally conflicted at the moment of the reveal. When Nora's phone call home found Laurie alive and well — that she didn't commit suicide while scuba diving — my first reaction wasn't relief, but fear.
Perhaps my favorite thing about the finale was how it stayed true to the ambiguous nature of the series. "The Leftovers" has never been about telling people what to think as much as it's focused on expanding viewers' perceptions of what's possible. That the series ended with one more unseen story only further emphasized that you can believe whatever you want — including whether or not Nora really did travel to the other side.
For all the talk about depression, grief, and pain surrounding "The Leftovers" over the past three years, the series was never really about wallowing in those emotions. While addressing them in their many forms and varying states was not only vital to understanding the characters, but humanity in general, Lindelof and Perrotta weren't trying to trap anyone; very much the opposite. "The Leftovers" was about finding a way out. Had "The Book Of Nora" just consisted of the interactions between Kevin and Nora, it would have still been perfect. But the script goes so far as to let Kevin quickly detail Matt's funeral and provide updates on what's happening with the many characters who don't make appearances in the episode. If anything, "The Book Of Nora" might go a little too far with the punctuation. But man, there's so little to complain about in the final episode of a show that takes the biggest, most terrifying questions and turned them into a sweeping love story.
As inevitable as it was improbable, in the end, Nora (Carrie Coon) and Kevin (Justin Theroux) found happiness. They found contentment. They found the mysterious ideal we're all striving for in this complicated life of ours. They've got it. It took years — decades, even — and depending on what you believe, it took a bit of magic.
But they did it, and in doing so, "The Leftovers" provided the most unlikely answer of them all: if not the secret, than a secret to life; Kevin and Nora's secret, which is the only one that matters at the end of this magnificent quest.
The final shot of Season 3 obviously holds great meaning to its premiere episode, "The Book of Kevin," when the standalone introduction tracked a religious community who used doves to determine when the great flood would come (and exemplify the power and mystery of belief). That, on its own, gives the last shot of the series added meaning. It's about coming home and finding peace, but that the doves can also tie, oh so subtly, to the pilot, where this long journey from grief to happiness began, is sheer soul-shattering beauty.
I was very skeptical about this series because i thought all the episodes would be similar but i was dead wrong and what tom Perrotta and Damon Lindelof has done here is just amazing. It answers questions, and is well- written throughout. Even if it is not popular and rated high as other Hbo shows like Got, True detective and The wire,Even if Kevin Harvey or Mr. President doesn't get an emmy I will always remember this show as a great way for Adrenalin rush. "The Leftovers" at its best! The final scene will stay with me for quite a while...