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Rewatch: The Leftovers – Season 1 Episode 1, ‘Pilot’

The Leftovers first aired in 2014. Initial reviews were concerned about the show’s bleakness, and about the preponderance of mysteries, particularly in light of Damon…
Craig Hildebrand-Burke
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeApril 14, 2020
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Review: A Superior Spectre – Angela Meyer

Taken separately, the two narrative threads of Angela Meyer's A Superior Spectre are straightforward. In one, Jeff is dying. Set in a recognisable near-future time, he…
Craig Hildebrand-Burke
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeAugust 6, 2018
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Rewatch: The Leftovers – Season 2 Episode 1, ‘Axis Mundi’

Where to start a second season? Firstly, it's worth acknowledging what happened in the first season: what went well, and what didn't. A whole bunch…
Craig Hildebrand-Burke
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeAugust 6, 2020
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Rewatch: The Leftovers – Season 1 Episode 10, ‘The Prodigal Son Returns’

The Leftovers is a show about trying to go home. It might be Kevin out in the Cairo woods, knowing he must return to Mapleton…
Craig Hildebrand-Burke
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeJuly 28, 2020
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Rewatch: The Leftovers – Season 1 Episode 9, ‘The Garveys at Their Best’

Something which will become apparent as the The Leftovers headed into its final few episodes is that it was increasingly rewarding to view the storytelling…
Craig Hildebrand-Burke
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeJuly 10, 2020
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Rewatch: The Leftovers – Season 1 Episode 8, ‘Cairo’

Content warning: this post discusses suicide in connection with the episode’s story. This episode always left me cold. I was never entirely sure what it…
Craig Hildebrand-Burke
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeJuly 1, 2020
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Rewatch: The Leftovers – Season 1 Episode 7, ‘Solace for Tired Feet’

On the surface, this seems quite a messy episode of The Leftovers, even if it builds to something unified. Nominally, there's two main plot threads…
Craig Hildebrand-Burke
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeJune 17, 2020
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Rewatch: The Leftovers – Season 1 Episode 6, ‘Guest’

Content warning: this post discusses suicide in connection with the episode's story. 'Guest' is the first truly great episode of The Leftovers. It is downright…
Craig Hildebrand-Burke
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeMay 25, 2020
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Rewatch: The Leftovers – Season 1 Episode 5, ‘Gladys’

This is the hardest episode of The Leftovers. It's the least likeable, focusing mostly on the Guilty Remnant and an act of visually awful brutality,…
Craig Hildebrand-Burke
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeMay 15, 2020
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Rewatch: The Leftovers – Season 1 Episode 4, ‘B.J. and the A.C.’

Some production backstory for this episode: In episode four, we did a Tom and Christine story where they encountered this soldier who was returning from…
Craig Hildebrand-Burke
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeMay 7, 2020
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Rewatch: The Leftovers – Season 1 Episode 3, ‘Two Boats and a Helicopter’

This is the story of a little boy. When I was 5, I was taken to be baptised. Uncertain why it hadn't happened earlier, but…
Craig Hildebrand-Burke
Craig Hildebrand-BurkeMay 1, 2020
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Rewatch: The Leftovers – Season 1 Episode 2, ‘Penguin One, Us Zero’

This episode begins with Tom and an atonal injection of action, as the Holy Wayne's compound is stormed, people are shot, and he escapes with…
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Craig Hildebrand-BurkeApril 22, 2020
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