Can anyone explain the Leftovers ?

I watched the entire first episode and have no idea what the hell is going on. Did it take 3 years for the neighborhood dogs to become vicious ?

Who are those chain smoking fools?

I watched it..Seems like something Stephen King woulda wrote.

I would have liked to seen more of the aftermath and not 3 yrs later.

They made it sound like the chain smokers were trying to be a constant reminder that something totally fuking crazy happened and that no one should forget.

 

one of the better pilots i've seen in a long time.

Imho this has "HBO likes to cancel many, many shows without warning and no answers are given" written all over it.

Add in the fact that this is made by the same folks that made 'Lost', they'll say it was a character study and you shouldn't have expected to find out what happened to every body.

Besides, it's either God or Aliens..What else could it be?

this could be a series you never find out shiat about. in the book i you dont and it jsut focuses on how people cope with life after "the rapture" type event. i did hear that the show would differ from the book by someone though

A commune wearing white and not speaking is acceptable I guess. The constant smoking, to me, makes no sense at all. I can't imagine not ever finding out what the rapture was all about. Dutch, I wish HBO would have cancelled True Blood about 3 seasons ago. Talk about " Jumped the shark "

I want to like it, but it could be another John from Cincinnati

what's wrong with john from cincinnati?

nothing, nothing at all. I got my eye on you.

I like it, really different.

well Chris Eccleston is 2nd billed I think, so I figured his part would get bigger. I will watch it, but I hope it gets better or it won't hold my interest.

This show really sucks.  Really sucks.

Yes this show is boring as darn

For some odd reason when I watch this show, the hour seems like 20 minutes.

I will give it 1 season. The fact that Lindelof is involved, I will give it that much.

I'm done. This crap is boring

I went to a website cause I've never seen it but might follow online and they said to not expect answers and revel in character study.

Walking Dead starts in Oct. and Mad Men can't get any g@yer in the last year.

Ray Donovan is outstanding

 I'm definitely into this.

 Fire was the underlying theme of tonight's episode 5. "Doubt turns to fire and fire will turn you into ash", and then the GR lady that was stoned to death had her remains burned to ash to end the show. Did she receive the final deadly blows because she begged for mercy, thereby doubting her faith by speaking?

 

 Are the GRs (white clad smokers) saving people or are they something that people need to be saved from?

That death scene was brutal. I do kind of wonder if the GR's had something to do with it. I am still in at least till the end of the 1st season.

Ya I'll give it another show or 2

getting pretty interesting. Finale is next Sunday (7th) Some have been floating the notion that the people were wished away. It was pretty interesting to see how the people were before the event. I am still in.

I just got caught up, marathon style..I dig this show.

 

 Very intriguing, that theory makes a lot of sense.    

I am looking forward to the finale, I just hope that the Colts/Broncos game is not a thriller or I'll have to catch the encore of The Leftovers after midnight.