Damon Lindelof Explains The Leftovers Finale

[@SuperBlahmaster]

I have a lot of respect for Lindelof after watching The Leftovers, because it shows his growth as a writer. Rather than surrendering his love for ambiguity, he bakes it directly into the narrative. Ambiguity no longer becomes a convenient crutch, but the central theme of the show. I think it's much easier to accept ambiguity when the story wears it on its sleeve from the get-go. Instead of focusing on the tiny details of the plot and getting logical explanations for everything, you can accept the show for what it is and pay closer attention to the themes, characters, emotional arcs, etc.

[@josevalentin3990]

Nevertheless, of what other people think, I found this series to be equivalent to seeing an artist paint a masterpiece. This series gripped me on all levels. Never have any story on cinema or television have ever touched me on an emotional level that this show has done. Bravo to all involved, the writers, the performers, HBO for putting it on, all the way to the set designers and all union workers who put that show together. Bravo! Now the bar has been set so high. I hope that when award season comes, The Leftovers will get their due in a big way.

[@hnrbdrh]

Same here. I was preparing myself emotionally for the third season for months, and yesterday I finally allowed myself to go there. I compared season 2 to 10 years of therapy and season 3 didn't disappoint me. One of the greatest things I've ever seen. Great way of starting my year.

[@hnrbdrh]

@Ar Ar absolutely! What an experience. I'm so grateful!

[@alexcoyg3281]

Its everything id ever want from a show, writing, acting, music, atmosphere, its 100% perfect.

[@SH19922x]

7 years later and you're still a pretentious dork lmao, holy fuck this show is garbage.

[@starsourcer]

"I knew that if i told you what happened, you would never believe me" "I believe you" "you do?" "Why wouldn't i believe you... You're here" "I'm here" ♥

[@miked5562]

*max richter piano devastates the audience, as usual*

[@xzyby26]

"I'm here" the new "You're home"

[@miked5562]

Best show ever made #leftoversforemmys

[@starsourcer]

Yes!! #leftroversforemmys

[@trewsdetroit5]

I'm not sure Nora actually went to the land of the Departed.

[@jmcc6104]

"what?" - president Kevin garvey

[@AllieMoonSailor]

I don't think I've ever had more emotionally profound feelings like I had while watching the leftovers.

[@migueltaranto9679]

I cried while watching every single episode. I do not honestly care about meanings. For me, this show was about coping with loss, being able to rise above difficult situations, and so on.

[@JoeyMartz]

Omg same here. 😢 Every episode.

[@funghouls5498]

The writing , the acting, the Music! Thank you Damon Lindelof for bringing us The Leftovers. One of the finest shows on TV

[@SalingerSays]

Leftovers is my favorite show ever.

[@joeltunnah]

Low bar.

[@starlord6433]

Joel Tunnah no

[@Dark_Jay7991]

Agreed

[@meenjogreen]

@@joeltunnah I agree wow he must of never seen anything else

[@Wolftheorphan]

@@meenjogreen which is your favourite show.? Any suggestions

[@freddiecole8327]

I loved how open ended the show was after the finale. Just like in real life, nobody knows what is true or real. It was never shown that Nora really went where he said she went or why Kevin can't seem to die. The show was always about people trying to explain the unexplainable and in the end nobody really figured anything out, but they still kept on going. It was the perfect ending to the story for me.

[@JuanSSRi]

When this series ended, I felt as if a piece of my soul had gone with it, I do not know, it was weird, I just felt very sad.

[@jjayguy23]

Jesus Christ can help you.

[@dreamer2260]

Great stories can do that to you.

[@gaylord_focker]

@@jjayguy23 So Kevin Garvey can help you.

[@Mokmaster]

​@@jjayguy23He helped me for two minutes. Then he told me that no one really believes 100 percent in Christian scripture, and the same goes for every religion. He did understand that many people have to be a part of some things along with other people. He didn't understand why people would lie and deny their true beliefs because it wasn't a true Christian or other Monotheistic religions. People believe in God, but not the same one, though they keep claiming it. They believe in their own version of God, and it doesn't matter because it's about being a good person for others, the planet and our future. The unrepairable damage men have caused, by forcing different made-up Gods and rules upon us, have held our ugly human behaviour in stagnation, instead of being open, looking inwards and work together for a god future for all men. Then we cried for the narcissistic, self-preserving and prideful ways of the homo sapien species. A species who actually could prevail, if we just had the strength to change our behavior through reality and facts, instead of doing the same things over and over again ( the same ideologies, religions, politics, ) and then expect different results. It was a day of great shame for me, and the shame just keeps on getting worse every day, looking at a world in 🙈 🙉 🙊

[@bridge4]

well done Damon and co. season 3 was spectacular. and so was the finale :)

[@joshualarue1624]

DuuuuuuDe!! I know this comment is a year old but I wanted to tell you how big of a fan I am of your channel. And I Love that you appreciate The Leftovers as much as I do. It deserves far more credit. Acting/writing/direction/music, all top teir. Season 2 particularly is some of the best storytellying I've ever seen. Be it movie, tv, book, not much else compares. Damon Lindelof is easily my favourite writer working today. He deserves more credit as well. But I digress...next to NewRockstars you have the Best channel for Game of Thrones dissection/theory videos. Your most recent videos on GoT, from the past couple months, were particularly well done (on the Azor Ahi prophecy?) Did you do a couple for The Leftovers as well...right? Either way, somebody Needs to do an episode×episode breakdown of the series. Similar to how NewRockstars do their GoT breakdowns. Which are so incredibly detailed and well written. And you're right there next to them in my mind. Your breakdown of story points and interpretations there of are Great. As an amateur filmmaker trying to make a career of it, I admire the work you do very much.

[@charlied.7528]

I love how the majority of the comments are about how this show has impacted their lives. For me is really hard to put into words why do I love the leftovers so much, I was 19 years old when I saw it for the first time and to this day is my favorite show of all time.

[@ojoscafe4040]

I just watched this show and it's 2019 and I stumbled upon this one night and I was hooked. It's one of the most amazing thought out show ever.

[@zzz-tu8ft]

Me but in 2022

[@ethidian3444]

If I could ask Damon a reasonable question of the writers intent behind the show, it would be "did Jill's phone call to Laurie at the end of "Certified" save Laurie's life?" I thought she committed suicide after watching that brilliant episode 4 times, but then she's alive in the finale. In retrospect, I perceive Laurie's reflective moments before she goes in the water as a change of heart and a change of mind, after the phone call.

[@soccerguy325]

Lindelof said in an interview that when the scene was written, and even right before the scene was shot, they were almost totally convinced that she had killed herself. I think that was the intent. But it just didn't "feel" right to them, and that in retrospect it just wouldn't make much sense. So they made it clear in the finale that she hadn't done it. Here's the interview if you want to read it (very enlightening): www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/leftovers-series-finale-explained-1010052

[@ethidian3444]

Thank you!

[@FirezAper46]

Both suicide scenes were so bad cuz they were so pointless, S3 wasnt even about Laurie, but mostly Kevin and some Nora.

[@TheSanctionextremis]

@@FirezAper46 Laurie had her moment. Season 2 was Kevin's recovery. Season 3 was Nora. They're the focal points.

[@thewhatness]

Much like Kevin being baptized (read:drowned) and emerging anew in another world, Laurie got that phone call, submerged herself in that water, and came back with the same sensation. Hearing her children laughing and happy made her realize how much she still has left to live.

[@futuropasado]

Its a poetic finale, just out of reach for the mind, but its the spirit who understands. A pure masterpiece...

[@girlbossincel]

very well put !!

[@markdorsey5150]

Just finished it... it's special to get such a satisfying finale for a show.

[@TheSanctionextremis]

Just finished this show yesterday. I would say this is the first finale I've seen that ended up feeling like perfection. Everything was wrapped up effectively and beautifully.

[@george5954]

Damon is so right that those shows are never judged by their finales, and LOST's reputation is unbelievably unfair. I don't think there's a writer that gets a worse rep than Lindelof, and I don't think there's one that deserves praises any more than him either. As someone who adored the LOST finale, I think he nailed it again. It was all it needed to be, simple yet effective. Episode 7 was fucking fantastic at tying up the stories of Michael, John, Kevin Sr, and Grace,as well as honouring past characters like Patti and Meg. But episode 8 was an amazing resolution of Nora and Kevin's life and romance, as well as having a beautiful final scene with Matt at the beginning. Its so hard to describe to people why I love LOST and The Leftovers other than just saying they make me *feel* like no other show is able to. I love Lindelof's writing. There's something about it that just agrees with my brain. I don't know what it is but I'm always on the same page with any of his ideas. I was hooked from the first episode of The Leftovers, and Lindelof has a brilliant way of just continuing to do shit on TV that I love to see. Like everything with the hotel just made sense to me, from a creative angle. Thank you HBO for allowing this show to happen, thank you Tom Perrotta for writing an amazing book and co-writing the show, thank you to Mimi Leder and all the other fabulous directors of this series for creating such a memorable and visually striking series, and thank you to Max Richter for giving this show an absolutely emotional and powerful soundtrack that just makes me emotional every time. And Bravo, Damon, for all of your work. And I will continue to support all your future projects.

[@george5954]

That conversation at the end was everything it needed to be. I love how Lindelof can carry mystery and new ideas in his shows even to the final episode. Like with LOST, everything with the core of the Island was still kept secret until the very end, and that's a fairly important piece of lore to introduce at the last second. And that's a gamble, but it pays off. Same here with Nora's conversation, which was just mind boggling in suggesting/introducing this whole concept of the 'departed' having gone through their own departure, with 98% of the world disappearing instead. It pays off amazingly. Though what I thought was truly beautiful was how it wasn't even shown to us visually, just told. We're living through most of the episode confused as to what happened to Nora on that day, and if she went through, and if what we're watching is real. Since Kevin's final monologue and we're caught up on his side and realise it's all real, it's like we're also having that cup of tea listening to Nora explain what happened. Cause we are just as clueless as Kevin there. Now, Kevin believes her, and so do I, but the fact that people can leave it be open ended is perfect, and I think it's a great summarization/explanation of what happened on the departure day. I think ambiguity is Lindelof's superpower. And the depth to his shows and the way we can all analyse them like this is wonderful.

[@ritapacheco8059]

Spot on! I agree with you completely!

[@jblaze5194]

I feel the opposite of you but i agree with you on some level

[@jblaze5194]

I think he's a good writer, but he doesn't know how to finish shit. It's kind of annoying. He gave us 2 really large questions that needed answering by the series finale. 1. why is Kevin so got damn special and 2. why did those specific individuals get transported to the other universe or earth or whatever the fuck? that's it! just answer those 2 fucking questions! Instead he copped out and did the same bullshit every other writer does when they can't figure out a decent end. Leave it open ended, and i would have been all for that if he just answered those 2 questions, then leave it as open ended as you want, because then the audience would be able to come up with their own theories, and although we can still do that, it isn't the same, nothing feels right because nothing has really been answered. Oh hey this crazy bullshit happened, look at this guy he's kind of important let's follow him, around for awhile then flip way into the future where we will give you another mystery. everyone that departed isn't in heaven, they just went to another universe. Why you ask? because fuck you that's why! Don't get me wrong i absolutely adore this ans writing, he keeps me on the edge of my seat, he's talented at getting me to care about every character on screen and he brings suspense to simple conversation during the story, and is excellent at providing exposition without giving away anything. he makes me think for it., and this has provided me with the passion to rant like this, i hope he makes more. But learns to finish what he started got Damn it!

[@Anthonycheesman2024]

I think you just have to go into his shows knowing you will never get answers or you will get answers but have 10 more questions

[@Strangeluv4075]

This show is so powerful my wife couldn't be in the room when I was watching. She has always wanted to watch it, but for 3 years she never had the emotional strength to get through an episode. That is how masterful Lindelof and this cast has been to the very end. Lindelof if you read this, thanks for enriching our lives and expanding our minds. Truly incredible.

[@Strangeluv4075]

Also never has there been a more gut wrenching soundtrack than the one written by Max Richter for this show. I think it really elevated the emotional power of many scenes in a subtle and amazing way. Cheers good show!

[@adamarens3520]

No doubt it’s hard to watch. The pain is palpable, everyone’s grief runs so deep. Some episodes I don’t rewatch, it’s too much.

[@imranrabbani3685]

Just a tv show guys calm down

[@karma_issabech]

@@imranrabbani3685 it touches on the base of religion, people's beliefs, grief, loss, there's even a scene where someone slits their own throat so it may be just to show to you but to many other people it's so much more. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@TheAtl198]

Kind of shit-talking your wife in this comment. Yes I know it was from 5 years ago, but that makes me wonder if you are still together. She "didn't have the emotional strength"?? Shitty thing to say about someone. And then you thank the guy who made the show for "enriching our lives" - who is "our", since you said your wife was never able to watch an episode? Don't you mean "thanks for enriching MY life while I exclude her by watching a show that is traumatic for her, then saying she is weak"? You give me real control freak bordering on incel vibes.

[@jamyzozo4459]

It’s 2020 and this is one of the best shows ever

[@thestormlscoming]

Damon, the leftovers is a masterpiece. I can’t stop thinking about it and I’ve watched it years ago and have continued to watch it. It’s brilliant and beautiful and poignant. Makes me feel so much. Provides so much catharsis. Thank you for making something so profound many of us can connect to

[@Xervello]

I love this man's imagination. Lost was and is my fave show and The Leftovers easily is a top 10, maybe a top 5. Since watching the finale (which I really liked initially) I've grown to love it more and more. Excellent job, sir!

[@VperVendetta1992]

Why would you say he isn't immortal? He never died even though he tried to kill himself several times. I mean, he will probably age and die of some sickness associated with age, but I don't see any evidence that he can be killed by suffocation, drowning, shooting or similar manners.

[@kdizzle901]

The leftovers is better than Lost in my opinion…..they’re both great

[@dsdontsurf]

Damon I loved LOST !! Your ending was phenomenal. Loved the Leftovers as well, beautiful endings on both shows. Thank you sir.

[@drej1015]

c3-8ate he's gonna personally respond to you any minute now

[@dsdontsurf]

Oh a keyboard warrior eh?..... lowest of the low.

[@roadguide123]

Lost was the greatest show ever... It has changed the way i watch tv... I compare every show to it and nothing comes close... Even the things that were never explained became trivia when looking at the big picture

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Exactly. Best series ever. Try Westworld, it's different but also brilliant, on the same level, I guess

[@SallyAnneW]

Thank you for the show. Thank you for the journey, for the confusion of meaning and meaninglessness. Thank you for somehow finding words for the unutterable, and for the music when words would have been inadequate.... Dear lord, the music! Thank you for the rawness of the truths and depth of the lies. Thank you for the love stories and the stories of loss. As others have said before "it's so much more than just a TV show". You really nailed this one, and I thank you for it.

[@originalsnikrot]

Thank you Damon for such a powerful show, an absolute masterpiece and the greatest show that I have ever watched.

[@123123roo]

Man this show was so confusing that it actually kept me wanting to watch just to make sense of all it. I still dont know how i feel about it and if someone ever asked me what the show was about I can only say it was very very very very "STRANGE"

[@Elfangel85]

It's the weirdest show I've ever seen. Overall I'd say it's about crazy people and how dangerous crazy people can be.

[@Kiluei]

Isn't it pretty obvious what it's about? Life, death, religion, meaning of life, making sense of it all, depression, forgiveness and most importantly love.

[@burhanmushtaq7597]

The leftovers is that rare show where you get a perfect ending. that is it

[@360Fov]

I'm stunned that not only had I not seen The Leftovers, I'd never even heard of it. I just happened upon it mentioned on a KZbin comment last week, and now I've watched it all.

[@mohitoBhau5499]

Damon Lindelof redeemed himself for lost, look what happened with all that hype and expectations for the game of thrones series finale. Looking forward to Watchmen.

[@rayspencer6653]

This is such a beautiful painful masterpiece......

[@ZepplinOnFire]

Love this man's storytelling sensibilities. Truly loved the finale of The Leftovers.

[@veerchasm1]

Between the Leftovers and Watchmen I am eternally grateful to this dude

[@factualopinion6947]

it makes sense that Nora told the truth. since everyone thru out the whole episode lied, but in the end Kevin told the truth, then Nora. plis, each season ended on a happy note

[@Niatwo]

I still dont understand why people get mad if theres no explanation for everything. Thats just what happened, and the proper characters cant understand it either.. if the person who is living something doesnt even know what is happening or why, even having all the scientist of the world... then why would US, the expectators, know it? it would be unfair for them. Why did people dissappear, why didnt Kevin die... whatever! just enjoy what youre given. Every little detail was amazing from the very beginning till the last second.

[@thyrassword9698]

'ENJOY WHAT YOUR GIVEN' the suckers creed..

[@ChristinaMaria]

Is the place Kevin would visit the same parallel universe that Nora visited? How come the people in white like Patty were in his one, yet they had actually "died" in reality? Was the world he would visit the after life, and the world Nora visited a parallel universe? Did Evie depart or die? Were Kevin and Nora really just a romance story? It never felt that way in the first 2 series. It always felt like they just found each other out of convenience because of the departed, they never seemed to belong together at all. So many questions gaddd damn you Lindelof!

[@thyrassword9698]

Christina Maria+ you got Lindeloft!

[@dk2853]

No, the world Kevin went to was the afterlife. People who departed didn't die, they just went somewhere else. That's why you don't see people who departed in the world Kevin went to.

[@liammcnulty1987]

The ending of Lost is one of my favourite endings.

[@michaelpalmer5351]

Couldn't agree more. It changed my life. The Leftovers finale on the other hand was a travesty, as far as I believe anyway.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Mine too! Best finale ever(I mean, Lost)!

[@chevon1920]

Really?? I was sooooo pissed as the lost finale I couldn’t even put my rage and disappointment into words. I need some answers. It just felt like a complete cop out.

[@liammcnulty1987]

@@chevon1920 the answers were there lol. Fantastic and emotionally satisfying ending

[@chevon1920]

oldyyy the answers to what exactly. There were no explanations to the mysteries of the island or who the brothers and their mother were. Everyone just went to heaven and that was the end. Complete trash ending.

[@snilrach]

The finale was perfect. I'm still thinking about it.

[@willow.1392]

Loved Every Minute. Beautiful Ending 💖🕊💔

[@sullysnq5430]

The writing was amazing, the story was amazing. I was left hanging with alot of questions unanswered, but that's what gives The Leftovers it's impact.

[@infamousacidrain]

This show was criminally underrated. It’s only become more relevant after we entered a pandemic.

[@dougiejr61]

Work of art

[@DieterKrauss]

I loved the show. Kept me interested the whole time But I honestly didn't understand shit lol. Like what the show meant...

[@catsadilla324]

the point of the show is entirely in what Lindelof said: "what do we do now?" The entire show is all about people interpreting the sudden departure, falsely, truly, to cope, to create meaning where there is none, or where there is. One example of this is with the stolen plastic baby jesus in the beginning of BJ and the AC in season 1. We start with a montage of a carefully hand crafted Baby Jesus. So much is poured into it, but then it's stolen. Then it shows up later at Kevin Garvey's doorstep. It foreshadows later when Holy Wayne's baby, considered by some to be the next messiah, shows up on his doorstep. Kevin and Nora see this as some sort of miracle. But at the end of the day the plastic baby jesus is just a store-brought proxy and not the real Jesus, and Holy Wayne was just a cult-leader con man and his child is not meant to elicit any upcoming salvation. Later in season 2 the baby is stolen from Nora, and it elicits a panic. Sometimes, we just create our own meaning and, sometimes, we just get carried away in our own self-righteousness, often at the expense of ourselves and others...

[@imranrabbani3685]

Great show but overrated by many

[@JGunit]

Different dimensions.

Terrific ending for a brilliant and beautiful television show.

[@marwanmohammedsalih6980]

3:56 if you only came here for the leftovers

[@Swarnted158]

This series it's gonna be following the same path as TV series like "The Wire", unnoticed during its running time, but years after its finale aired, considered one of the best TV shows of the 2010s, and in the history of TV. So let's get prepared to see this gem, that nobody watched, be considered better than Breaking Bad, Mad Men and Game of Thrones in the coming years.

[@0neforthemoney]

By the end I thought Nora, Kevin and a few others were just crazy and Laurie was their therapist. Most of what we saw was just their delusion.

[@coreywinters8939]

Emotionally powerful. Thank you.

[@JaayCeez]

Loved the Lost finale, Loved The Leftovers finale. I'm one that those judge a show by its finale and it soes play a role in my pantheon of shows. My top shows all had great finales in my eyes. Which is why both Lost and Leftovers are in my top5 All-Time Greatest shows I've watches. Game of thrones sits wayyy in number 10 soon to be out of my top10 just purely because of the finale and how they decides to end it. Endings on shows are so important to me personally, and also for many others as well, but to me its all about how the journey ends. If its not satisfying and more importantly right to the story. For example Supernatural is about to end, they are on their final season and I'm very hesitant how the hell they are going to end the show. So far I find the story sort of forced, and I just hope it makes sense at the end and we get a nice send off to our characters.

[@ChrisUAnimation]

I kind of wanted an explanation for why Kevin was superman. I believed he went beyond, it happened. But why? and why did the voices choose him? what was his purpose in the grand plan?

[@dirtydinner2432]

ChrisUAnimation These were just dreams. There was no purpose to Kevin's trips to the "underworld" That's the point of the whole show. There is no point to anything that happens in this world

[@Elfangel85]

After binge-watching 2.5 seasons I finally realized that there's nothing supernatural on the show (except for departure), it's just characters looking for hidden meaning where there's none and characters with mental issues.

[@carolinarota]

Bravo, bravo, bravissimo. After this experience, I think i'll never be the same. My gratitude for that.

[@raymarkjenkins3872]

The Best series Ever!!..I am completely Taken By the Leftovers..

[@ChrisUAnimation]

I want to know why kevin could survive death and here voices. I think the reason we never get an explanation is because kevin defeated patty in the well. Clearly the higher forces wanted those two as a team for something, hence why kevin was saved when he tried to drown himself but then that earth quake happened; plus when he finally does kick the bucket, patty screams "No". And later on Kevin sings that song, i just want to go home so there's that too. But i just want to know, what was his purpose in that grand plan? To lead another departure? Or, to rule the world, and lunch nukes at everyone?

[@sumanmahesh85]

He jesus 2.0 duh

[@girlbossincel]

how do you feel about it now? it has been a while

[@ChrisUAnimation]

@@girlbossincel Now i feel like it was all aliens.

[@girlbossincel]

@@ChrisUAnimation listening to “let the mystery be” rn and thinking this might be really it ha! we’ll never know, thanks for the answer

[@abelign1991]

I don't care if I'm labelled "simple-minded", but this finale was the most unsatisfying shit ever. I wasted my time watching this show just to be left with way too many unanswered questions. I appreciate artistry and deviating from the norm so that we don't always learn to expect what'll happen in movies/shows. But this level of ambiguity was just straight up fucking frustrating, right to the very end of this show.

[@selefa3787]

As many series give us episodes after episodes and stories aka ideas that went wrong and left behide leaving plot holes. My problem is not why the departure happen... it happens because it happens... but we never learned why Christine's child (and the rest of Wayne children) was important... we never learned why Kevin was important we never learned about National Geographic magazine the afterlife world... was what? episodes to fill the seasons? Form the finale I liked only the last 20 minutes...

[@user-wj6eq1cx7x]

@Ar Ar I'd say you're right for the most part though I think you're being a wee bit harsh. We don't know things like whether it was meant to be Kevin's subconscious (the side I'd err on tbh) or the actual afterlife for example, I think that's probably that's the point (you said something similar too). There's no explanation for anything and no proof to speak of. It can be as meaningful or meaningless as you imagine but you'll never truly know the answers.

[@knight.99]

My point exactly... But these retards are behaving like this show was one of a kind. Perhaps the show was meant for the retards written by possible retards.

[@byghostlight0]

the hate over the Lost ending, like the ending of BSG, was frankly ridiculous. Its like people had already decided their ending and refuse to allow themselves to experience the real ending. I know with Leftovers I really tried to stop that feeling, because I know what I wanted to happen, however through out the last three years the show didnt give a hoot what anyone thought. it told the tale it wanted, it was my choice whether I liked it or not. The same with Lost people wanted some sort of answers for something that wasnt interested in answers, It was NEVER interesting in giving answers. why would you expect them in the last episode.

[@BatmanHQYT]

This guy is a visionary.

[@AllieMoonSailor]

He's totally going to write a series for Netflix, everyone is making amazing stuff there, close to rivaling HBO.

[@dangeroso121]

Lindelof will forever be known as a writer that leads the audience down a path fully intending to never reveal the end of it. I feel foolish for falling for it twice.

[@FormByFirelight]

Happy that people like you don't understand it. Your hatred won't be missed in his next show.

[@kuhpunkt]

What's to reveal?

[@kevinmorte3959]

I was about to give a thumps down to the video for such a mischievous title. But i think he did explain the finale. I believe he did at least.

[@StuartHeading]

Hand down, greatest show ever made. And personally, I believe she did go through.

[@Thekooks44]

At first I did also but the more I think the more I realise there is no way.

[@hellohogo]

What a cop out ending. Absolutely indescribably inadequate. Coward.

[@prattlyponsarello7209]

The fact of the matter, just like Lost, it started with an interesting idea and not much more than that. There are so many strands left unresolved it's almost as if the storyline was forgotten. It's a Lindelof trademark, big set up and no payoff.

[@TheGeorgeD13]

Personally, I would disagree entirely. It's fine if you don't think the resolution was good or satisfying, but there WAS a resolution and answers. To say that there was no payoff is ludicrous and delusional. The Leftovers and Lost had very satisfying payoffs, in my opinion.

[@mgeek1]

Prattly Ponsarello - Why must everything be resolved? In life, there are loose ends, are there not?

[@dalmaximus]

I found the show amazing but found the ending quite underwhelming. Loved the lost ending, still my favourite. Just wish leftovers ender a bit more beautiful/profound. We should have at least had a glimpse of the where they went, why not show them?? Pretty disappointed

[@alexcoyg3281]

The leftovers was an amazing show, Watchmen is also great.

[@John_McClane_had_plans]

People can say whatever they want but LOST changed tv story-telling... a lot of shows copied the format after... flashing forward and back and making people wonder how characters reached where they did...the finale was decent for the people who understood "Oh they WEREN'T dead the entire time." The made it clear in the final season that the weren't dead but they all died EVENTUALLY...

[@limitedhangoutlive]

Controversy? That finale was one of the best finales of all time.

[@MGokce-oy8ij]

All the viewers trying to understand the departure. That is the exaxt point of the show. We see all kinds of people in the show trying to make sense of things that they don't understand, just like in you do in your comments. The point of the show is "things just happen. and people are always trying to make an explanation of that thing, no matter how ridicilous that explanation is.". What I understand is, none of the explanations at the show was real. Not miracles, not Messiahs, not parallel universes, not holy magazines none of them. Only real thing was the departure. The series wasn't trying to tell why the departure happened. It was telling how people can come up with crazy explanations and how people can get desperate when they try to make sense of things.

[@wackousersden4726]

i just didnt get the point of the heavy handed religious symbolism and refrences if it was just about emotional realization.

[@mattgilbert7347]

Agreed.

[@antonellaleiva3607]

Maybe because religion is related to spirituality

[@jessesmyser5931]

Breaking Bad nailed the finale!

[@thekillers1stfan]

Breaking Bad has one of the worst finales of any major show, the entire 5th season was a blatant cash grab fueled by misplaced cliffhangers and cheesy lines used for free internet marketin

[@brentblayoneblayone3948]

^WTF are you talking about? The entire 5th Season was the monumental climax of the shows growing themes and character arcs and leads to inarguably the 2 best episodes in the entire show ("To'hajiilee" and "Ozymandias") followed by two smart, and satisfying epilogue episodes that wrapped up the remaining threads. The show is clearly meant to be watched in long stretches and really developed the majority of it's current fan base after it finished airing and was released on streaming platforms, rendering the "cliffhanger" argument pointless. I'm also curious to hear why you felt it had "one of the worst finales of any major show". I found the Breaking Bad finale to be totally appropriate. Walter White is dead in Ozymandias and has already lost his family, his money and everything he did this for in the first place, already lost everything, yet Heisenberg creates one final scheme to achieve some sort of redemption in his own mind. It fits the character and it fits the story, giving us the anti-hero revenge climax we're craving while also critiquing us for wanting it, and clearly implying that Walt is beyond true redemption, finding peace in the cold, calculated steel of meth lab equipment as he lays down and dies. I also liked the BB finale's return to the dark humour that was very present throughout the first couple seasons.

[@SolidSnake240]

@@thekillers1stfanlmao sure

[@mwilsonUT]

@@thekillers1stfan Agreed. The flash-forward was a huge mistake. Walt dying to a pop song is a lot less effective than him spinning the gun at the end of season four. Bottom line is, they chickened out when it came to turning Mr. Chips into Scarface.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@TheMohan1986 Calm down

[@apb672]

Leftovers actually MIGHT have been the GOAT.

[@jacquesb5318]

Outstanding show 👏👏👏👏👏

[@shotx333]

Damon you are fucking amazing human!

[@Brokendreammaker766]

For me concept 2 ℅ vanishing was always contradictory and i never even accepted that we will get logical answers. However , story unfold it becomes discern that they are trying to lead the story toward a conclusion where why? & how? Is not important because it have tendency to create perpetual purgatory. So, if we can't get reasonable answer then why not accept the possibility which nora said she understand in the final scene. Thus, through the story of these character, especially Kevin and nora, show try convey its conclusion or massage .And by the ambiguity of their faces in that final scene and their well known their past chemistry we understand that , the killing of their inner contradiction is much more important for them then finding what is real in this uncertain world. Eventually they accept themselves and believe in each other, that is utterly satisfying according to overall theme of the show.

[@n0r3mac]

it’s time to forgive lindelof, he’s more than proven himself to be a capable writer and showrunner

[@migueltaranto9679]

I would ask him: Why did you build a whole story about Kevin being Jesus, and spent several episodes around that topic, when finally you don't talk about it anymore and just focus on Nora meeting him again several years, after her experience on the other side?

[@belhassenleger7371]

This is where the whole story makes sense he never claimed that he is Jesus, it is the people around him who believed that he was Jesus because they could not explain events that they perceive as paranormal of which Kevin is a part. but in fact it is the disappearance of the 2% that created this distorted reality in the way they analyze and see things and thus designated Kevin as Jesus to make sense of their questions without answers

[@ErwinSchrodinger64]

Well, Prometheus for me was a disaster. Everyone complained about Lost not having closure. However, I wasn't expecting The Leftovers to answer any profound questions. I was quite surprised on how much was revealed and answered. What really blow me away is that you found out what happened to the departed. Of course, not all the questions were answered. So much was ambiguous and I can understand that's inherent with his style of story telling. So overall, I was expecting... no, I knew... only minuscule tidbits of the story to be answered and not any of the major plot points to be answered. What I got was the opposite. Where the departed went... well, that was really ingenious... kind of aligns with quantum field theory sums over history approach to reality. Glad to say I'm Damon Lindelof fan now.

[@TheKillaShow]

ErwinSchrodinger64 did we truly find out what happened to the departed tho?

[@ErwinSchrodinger64]

As in what the mechanism was? Well, I don't think you have to fully explain that aspect. You know, to a large degree, it wasn't something supernatural because they detected a particle emission with those that departed. What caused it? Just to know that it was something to deal with physics was enough for me.

[@BardicInspiration]

Or there's also the possibility that Nora lied about what happened in the end as well. Perhaps she didn't "go over" to the other side.

[@plasticbutler]

So... did the naked French guy kill Godzilla or did he miss?

[@bluecollarmenproductions]

He made lost makes sense

[@TheNinjaMarmot]

5mins and didn't really explain squat. Only that this show will take a tremendous amount of emotional toll and patience

[@Aupixa]

THE SHOW IS OVER IM CRYING😭

[@AveryB.0]

OMG this is the same guy behind the show Lost?! Wow no wonder it ended similarly. Fantastic premise and idea, but poor execution. It was entertaining throughout and a good watch, but the lack of answers and clarity even at the end drops the show dramatically in my eyes. Had I known he wrote Lost also, I could have saved myself some time

[@kuhpunkt]

Lack of answers? Are you owed any?

[@AveryB.0]

@kuhpunkt no we aren't owed any but there is a reason lots and lots of people were disappointed in the way Lost ended. Could have been an all time great show

[@kuhpunkt]

@@AveryB.0 But how exactly did Lost and The Leftovers even end similarly? There's hardly anything unanswered in Lost, only a few things kinda kept vague. And how is it poorly executed?

[@AveryB.0]

@kuhpunkt mad things were unanswered in lost. So much so they just had to end it by saying everyone died. They couldn't neatly wrap up all the storylines and questions so they came up with one of the worst and most controversial endings in TV history. Lots of people have a similar sentiment.

[@AveryB.0]

​@kuhpunkt in this video here he mentions that there was "purposeful ambiguity" that's the same as unanswered questions. Come on now

[@Lfodc]

I never once believed in Kevin and Noras' romance it always just seemed like one of those sad and awkward stay married for the kids relationships so the ending just made me suck my teeth for about 30 min straight

[@chrishippy1204]

I thought the show was more of a love story that made you think it was something more

[@slsleepydude987]

Love this man

[@thyrassword9698]

1: why was kevin immortal? 2: why did kevin stop being immortal? 3' how is it possible to destroy the land of the dead through nuclear holocaust? 4 why was the main story arc 'messiah' redundant? 5 why were trans dimensional gates not built for visitng purposes? 6 why does Patty die so much? Not as bad as abandoning the entire plot, which Damon did on Lost but he still abandoned a major story arc and struggles with the loose ends, its a good job Justin Theroux is awesome.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

NOTHING was abandoned on Lost

[@Sandervideoclipsegames-or7ui]

Damon Lindelof, you made the greatest series in history, LOST. And the ending was perfect. There will never be anything better than LOST.

[@Nesterou]

HOLY SHIT he's the guy who did Lost??? Now I fucking get why I loved Leftovers so much 😂😂😂 I'm completely oblivious to who does what in movies and shows 😅

[@DonJivine]

This MFer has written two of the most horrendous endings to otherwise fantastic shows in the history of film. Because so much of Lost and The Leftovers is constantly raising questions, there’s nothing artistic about leaving 95% of them unanswered - that is lazy and bad writing. Checking his IMDB to avoid any future projects he works on, just abjectly terrible from a writing perspective.

[@robertgowdey]

This guy is AMAZING!!!

[@Eli-pf4qb]

This is the best show of all time.

[@wrimore]

I absolutely love how Breaking Bad ended.

[@veerchasm1]

Thank you for putting Perfect Strangers and Gary Busey back on people’s radar 😂

[@adrianalpino2282]

I get it, we can't have all the answers, just that's how life works in real world..but you are telling a story here, we journey with you in finding the purpose and meaning of this story even if it doesn't make sense anymore because we believe in you that in the end we will find out what it is really all about..but sadly you end it just like that..ending is just as important as the beginning and middle of the story..but I still love this show i still think this is a masterpiece a work of art..thnx

[@seaque.]

there are no answers, that's the point. You want to fool yourself.

[@pyrolopez854]

I hope he does justice for watchmen and not ruin it

[@Kangaroo-Flavored-Shoelaces]

The show leaves too many unanswered questions. It’s a silly concept that makes you laugh at how absurd it is . There’s a reason why it wasn’t noticed by a wider audience. It’s a 5 out 10

[@BCbear551]

this was such a good show

[@orlandovendetta685]

I just caught up and finished the leftovers yesterday. And it left me with one question on the 14th Lori's baby disappears but from the babys point of view lori is gone but loris still in her 1st or 2nd trimester . The fuck happened to that baby.

[@josephmorales652]

Such an odd but fun show. That being said, I really don't want him directing the watchmen. I'm tired of channels producing these solve the puzzle narratives

[@buhdas56]

Loved The Leftovers series and finale, but the greatest series finale of all time was Six Feet Under.

[@FireinTheBowl]

One of the best show endings ever