Nora's Story would have made for a fantastic forth season. Hats off to the Music Coordinator! The music scores were spot on.
A great finale to a great series. You will forever have a place in my heart TL.
That final shot, bathed in yellow, love birds returning home, is literally the best possible final shot for this series.
And those final spoken words, "I'm here", are also literally the best possible final words for this series.
"Rectify" and "Fargo" both have their moments, but this has to be my favorite season of television since "Breaking Bad"'s season 6.
So I suppose the final Answer is that the world split into two identical worlds, most of the people continuing on in only one of the worlds and a small fraction of the people continuing on in only the other, those in each world baffled at where everyone else "departed" off to. That's the what Answer, anyway. The why is left as an open mystery that may never be solved in either world...
But the story never was about what happened that day or why, was it? It was about what happened in and to the lives of those who continued on in the more populated world from which 2% had apparently "departed", and especially the lives of the Garveys and those around them, most especially Kevin and Nora. And in that it did deliver. Wow. And given all of that, what an ending. It would probably have taken too much and too long to depict all of what happened to Nora, so I appreciate how the story-telling summary approach fit in more easily. And how these two people, terribly broken by the massively complex fallout of the "departure", finally rejoined, each (mostly) free of the baggage that'd been haunting them for so long...
Oh, yeah. And: Yay! Laurie lived! :-)
Thank you White Rabbit Productions, Film 44, Warner Bros. Television, and HBO Entertainment for this wildly imaginative and richly illustrated ride, and for not giving up on it before giving it a true and fair conclusion.
Welp, that was a fun show, I enjoyed it.
I feel like there was a lot of symbolism in it trying to fill the gaps of the storyline.
I was satisfied with the ending, even tho they didn't really answer why that happened.
Would not mind a mini-series spin-off to see the perspective of the 2% world.
Definitely going to miss this show, some of the best television I've ever seen. That intentional ambiguity by the writing team was brilliant.
Nope. I can't talk about it, I'm still crying.
Loved it. Loved the finale, loved the season, loved the whole show.
AAAAHHHHH!
"How did you find me, Kevin?"
"I went through the machine"
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW EPIC THAT WOULD'VE BEEN?? And it was like the perfect setting, it looked very heavenly, and everyone was at peace and happy, there was a wedding and everyone seemed to have a good time, I was sure that was the afterlife/heaven/the beyond the machine.
I would give every cent I have (which it's not much but it's very worthy to me) to watch Nora's odyssey instead of those 35 minutes of pigeon madness, don't get me wrong, Nora's narration was beautiful and mesmerizing and I do believe her, but still I WANT TO WATCH IT, I'll never known satisfation in life until I get to see it, and I think 35 minutes would've been great to fit that. And it makes sense cause we know Nora went through, how else would we explain she being here? and also if the scientist is there he would be able to build the machine and probably he never thought about building/using it cause being reunited with the person you are missing you don't have that need, but I wonder if those in the 2% can also use the machine to pass through dimensions?
I went in not expecting an explanation of what happened, cause I thought it was a fact that we were never gonna get one, and I was ok w it cause I thought no explanation would be good enough until Nora said "FOR US A FEW OF THEM ARE MISSING, FOR THEM ALL OF US ARE MISSING" WHAT... that was so perfect! better than anything I could've dreamed about, it makes sense and it doesn't use a religious non-sense and I think that also gives a lot of answers to other supernatural stuff that happened, like if science allows for interdimensional travel, it can be that a man has a round ticket to the afterlife, so it was just so satisfying.
And reading all the comments, you guys are right, IT IS A LOVE STORY, it was all about Nora and Kevin letting go of everything other than life and to find each other over and over again, so this is a love story for the ages, but Kevin was so wrong for pretending not to know Nora, it was so trippy!
I'm so glad Laurie is still alive and most importantly LIVING HER LIFE!
I still have a lot of questions and I think this show needed a couple more seasons, it's just amazing, I'm gonna check out the books and blogs to see if any of those can answer my questions. I think my main question is what did maggie's mom was supposed to tell her? was Wayne for real? is Lily a magic baby? What was Kevin's wish? what the fck was going on w Evie? what happened to the kids' shoes? and that's just on the top of my head.
SAME TIME NEXT WEEK?!
A very satisfying finale. One of the better ones. It feels like a complete story was told, but the writers still left things open to the viewer's imagination. Thought provoking and emotionally fulfilling. Sad to see it end.
Es la primera vez que veo dos veces seguidas un episodio de una serie de TV; en concreto los 15m finales. Gloriosos.#theLeftovers
Nope. I can't talk about it, I'm still crying.
That despriction is so goddamn fitting and amazing.
Wow. What an ending. I didn't expect an explanation, it's not Lindelof's way but I appreciate it just the same.
All the answers I wanted were here...and they weren't. Very satisfying finale and also an emotional roller coaster the entire season.
So basically, in the future, Carrie Coon turns into an old Kate McKinnon?
I wish I could rate it higher than 10. Best show in the recent years, amazing from start to finish.
This is by far my favorite show finale. I never expected to feel all that satisfaction at the end of a show and I was skeptical about this one too but I am glad I was so wrong
I'm gonna miss this show...
Well, that was a surprisingly satisfying ending. A bittersweet love story but still a love story.
- But so much time had passed. It was too late.
- (mental retcon) It wasn't over. It still isn't over!"
I'm glad for most characters. Matt at least went back to his family. Laurie, as expected, is still alive and well, and a happy grandma. Jill is happy. The GR appears to have faded away.
All is right with the world.
The Leftovers proposed that the afterlife was a dream like state. Nora died during her attempt to enter the 'other side'. This final episode showed that Nora was in a dream like state (the cottage, the town, her job) and Kevin had finally died from a heart attack and reunited with her in the afterlife.
So was it an alternate universe?
I really hope in a great ending.. I will miss this Amazing show..
We've come such a long way from people smoking in white clothes. "I believe you." What a journey!
Yep, I maintain that this series, (just like LOST) is an allegory about purgatory, the "real" place written about in religious texts merged with the psychological limbo some experience in life. It was interesting enough but intentionally chaotic so as to be open for multiple interpretations, which is a cheat. Anyway, the acting was great and the deep introspections on grief and loss were the highlights, but in the end 'twas a right laugh at us suckered into watching the whole thing. Haha.
This series would have been better without that animal suffering.
Finished watching Yesterday , lo and behold there is Floods in Australia .
I'm sorry but like Lost. This show was a waste of my time. I stayed around because I like a good mystery but come on. To each his own.
well,I think this is going to be my favorite finale of a tv show after my beloved six feet under's finale .
P.S : I don't believe Nora although I'd like to.a lot of signs in the episode proves her lying .
Enjoyable final episode. Thank you !
But how did it work for Laurie's baby that was still in her body ? Did it just fall flat on the ground and die?
Poor goat :(
So I guess the other side was an alternate universe, if you believe Nora.
So is there like three parallel universes? One where the show took place, one where everyone departed to, and one where all the dead from universe 1 goes to?
So many questions unanswered! I was disappointed.
The most unnecessary dumb show ever to exist. It was terrible. Watch current The Americans, Fargo to get real writing/acting/premise. Answers do matter or what's the point.
Review by Neal MahoneyVIP 8BlockedParentSpoilers2017-06-05T03:15:55Z
I don't really know how to put in words my love for this show. This was a very satisfying finale and the description could not be more perfect.
We got the answers we needed but its up to us whether we want to believe them. I believe Nora but it doesn't matter. This has always been a love story between two very broken people. Kevin realizing he has been just running from his life and just keeps coming back (see the end of every season). He becomes obsessed about finding Nora and him coming up short for all those years is truly heartbreaking. Nora finding her children and realizing that she is not needed. Spending all that time to just look at them from a distance and see them one last time. They fixed their problems the best the could. In the end, when they finally get back together, they are honest with each other and can be happy together, no more bullet proof vests and bags over the head. The last shot was beautiful with the two of them in a house and the messages of love coming back home. This was a surprisingly happy ending to an overall very depressing show and I'm ok with that.
This is one of, if not, the greatest TV shows ever.