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For sure, Nora in the alternate dimension would have been fascinating, much more so than the Laurie & Matt-centric episodes. Their characters are useful foil for other characters story lines but way less engaging as leads.
Back to Kevin, was his faux amnesia an intentional wink and nod to the audience acknowledging the bait-and-switch? As though dying several times, Patty & traversing alternate realities, being the centerpiece of religious literature etc. had no real meaning beyond being interesting backdrops to examine the characters? That perhaps we should just "let the mystery be"?
OK but how incredibly pretentious and intellectually lazy.
I don't give a damn about where the departed went, we didn't know those characters. The entire series had been building on a plot arc, specifically with Kevin, that failed to reach ANY conclusion let alone a satisfying one. Maybe I'm just the fool for expecting the writer to comply with the traditional story format of a beginning, middle and end, but I was, you know, expecting an end. Are we in a post story arc world now, have we moved beyond endings? Is this the vanguard of new wave storytelling? Jokes on me I guess.
Funny you mention Lost, I hadn't even realized the same man was behind it but now it's starting to click. I stopped watching that show after the first season because it had a compulsive case of carrot on a stick syndrome, tantalizing viewers with the next big mystery only to introduce three more once it was solved. It all seemed so haphazard and lacking a cohesive end point that could in any way be satisfying. A belief that turned out to be validated.
If characters are what draw you in, The Leftovers is great television. But the lack of finality to Kevins arc sours, and given this writers track record I'm definitely going to be careful before committing to his next project.
Uninspired, anti-climactic and incredibly disappointing. So much drama and screen time dedicated to Kevins feigned ignorance and Noras emotional isolation, both of which were entirely and unnecessarily fabricated for the episode and had no relevance to the story line thus far. Noras explanation of the departure, although interesting (despite the time scale not adding up), only revealed one of the least intriguing mysteries in the show.
What about Kevin? He was the catalyst for the entire series. All the most interesting mysteries were related to him. Holy Waynes baby, the draining of the lake, the voices and visions he and his dad experienced, the alternate reality, the prophecies many minor characters claimed he was at the center of, his seeming immortality. This season heavily played up the Christ angle too. All implicating divine providence leading to great heroic sacrifice. Or all a tease leading to a massive case of blue balls. Such a disappointment.
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