The Leftovers S03E06 Laurie Nora and Matt - Beach Ball

[@jmack3411]

In a series full of amazing scenes, this may be the most beautiful thing ever committed to film. I come here often when I’m lonely.

[@SpagmanAus]

I don't think I can recall a show that in only 3 short seasons has brought the emotional impact to so many that this show has.

[@beobe99]

Couldn't agree anymore.. This show has scarred us all in a good way!

[@pkrmkn31]

watch carnival. its only 2 seasons but I guarantee you'll feel the emotional impact before season 2

[@travisspazz1624]

I was 100% emotionally invested in the three seasons of Penny Dreadful. Unfortunately it was canceled and we got a rushed, out of character finale!

[@Feck_Boi]

*Watch Six Feet Under. It's the only show better than The Leftovers.*

[@ethidian3444]

@@Feck_Boi Six Feet Under is great. I don't think it's anywhere near as great as The Leftovers. Although... the very last 10 minutes of Six Feet Under is the best 10 minutes of anything. Unbeatable 10 minutes mothafuckas.

[@canoayg]

This was easily one of the best scenes of The Leftovers.

[@partypiano0729]

I think it was a perfect storm. The acting, the scenery; chilly wind, high hill, ocean backdrop, sunshine and the dead end road, mixed with the score!

[@GezbianGaming]

There is something about the land; the road and the ocean and the wind is like the end of the earth. You could sail on forever and not get anywhere. That is how i interoperate it. Its an end, kind of reflecting her decision. I know this sounds very artsy and over blown but that's what i feel i guess.

[@partypiano0729]

It's all just so, Final!

[@connorveach5986]

one of many beautiful and tender scenes in this show. the greatest

[@Travisjoe31]

This is a copy and paste for every leftover scene I think. It all burns like cold steel.

[@matthewbeck4944]

No question that Carrie is great but can someone please give Amy Brenneman some love for her fantastic character arc transformation over the course of the series? So happy the writers gave her this episode to shine. Bravo!

[@gamerguyty4632]

That's what I love about this show, every actor nailed it. They all deserve Emmy awards, as well as best ensemble

[@maorsragovich8870]

She's phenomenal. Though I kinda hate that she ends up being alive at the end after too. I think this episode gave her the perfect closure and they kinda ruined it.

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

She's the worst part of the show though. Sure the actress is great, but ugh that character

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

@@maorsragovich8870 Exactly, she should have died. Would have tied up her character perfectly

[@ravenblack942]

Janice Lecalsi 💜

[@dariomendoza8954]

The "same time next week" line and Laurie's reaction to that...wow.

[@TheKangoutou]

i love that line, it's a great way to hint at the fact that they probably won't ever see each other again without saying it upfront... the writing on this show is beautiful

[@latenightcashews]

Kangoutou B carrie and amy's interactions here just.. so beautiful

[@fredmeyer369]

Absolutely, probably one of the best lines I've heard in a mini-series.

[@b.m1902]

I know right! it's a kodak moment.

[@saunokchakrabarty8384]

Both know that there won't be a next time, but neither says anything. I can't recall seeing something so beautiful and honest on television. I don't think I ever will.

[@TheBoganBucolo]

This show is poetry and everybody is interpreting it differently :)

[@guillaumeglade1857]

interpreting ;)

[@CuFEEL]

poetry yes god :)

[@BipoIarbear]

Yes! Like in this scene even tbo hes not there I think the guy who squeezed the beach ball was Kevin and his ex realised thats what she was talking bout...thats what I think anyway

[@biggiemobhov]

"why would he want to do that job, why would anyone" + Richter bringing in that xylophone. Absolutely stunning. This show has transcended what a TV show is. The Leftovers is one of the most beautiful and affecting artworks I have ever come across and after episode, even if it's not sad, I feel like crying just because the acting is so good, the story is so good, and the messages hit deep.

[@nikitparashar9059]

Can you name that music please ???

[@sarfasmohammed8339]

@@nikitparashar9059 Dona Nobis Pacem 1 by Max Richter

[@DrSonus]

“Death” of the ball, the end of fun. What an allegory

[@MarissaCooperButPoor]

The monologues in this show man... like in NO OTHER. Patti, Matt, Nora, Erica... I can recall so many of the best scenes/performances being monologues, it is where this show shines at its brightest.

[@leonthesleepy]

The entire cast deserves every award in existence

[@cinemageplt]

It's more than a serie, it's an experience

[@MrBurns-fq2xf]

The absolute dread in this show contrasted with the moments of hope yields the most epic emotional scenes in tv history. I don’t think a show has ever made me feel the hopelessness of humanity in such a beautiful way. Best. Show. Ever. Surpassed game of thrones because they stuck the damn Landing

[@mikesmoviemadness24]

"Why would he wanna do that job?" 1:30 That lines makes everything about Nora's character make so much sense. Her job since the departure has basically been to find fraud in those claiming to be effected by the departure. Nora's whole family, husband, children departed. She's never tried to claim sympathy or fame from the suffering she endures, if anything she craves suffering almost as a form of punishment. That's why she is so vindictive of those who try and use the departure for their benefit. They are the ones throwing the beach ball around, having fun. She is the security guard crushing the beach ball, ending their fun. That's why she breaks down when Lori said if the ball got on the field, it would be fucking chaos. She's telling her that the guard wasn't bad for doing what he did, that the fans weren't bad for doing what they did so that means Nora isn't bad for doing what she did, and the people she outed weren't bad either. But if both were to go unchecked, it would be fucking chaos.

[@OvertheHIL524]

I've never thought of it that way. Intriguing explanation.

[@Nikitaboj]

So it wasn't about the "machine" that is right behind her? I thought that was it. Like a nuclear bomb in wrong hands

[@tdrufke]

Quite simply one of the greatest written, acted, directed and scored scenes in TV history. I still watch this scene every few months, years later and it has the same impact on me as it did the first time.

[@sudevsen]

her squeaky "ok" :3

[@AtakanG]

That reminds me when she say "Thanks" to the lady cop at Fargo bar scene, when she is comforted by her.

[@jmack3411]

Breaks me....every damn time.

[@MikeMeehan]

She’s one of a kind - capable of going from super serious to silly to angry to innocent and it’s all sincere

[@basilmorrar]

It's that music. It makes me cry everytime !! Even when Patty was telling her jeopardy story in the well I was crying

[@partypiano0729]

I just came from there to this

[@michaelarc2792]

dona nobis pacem 2, song's name...

[@bloodyhetza]

that scene crushes my heart every time. Also the previous one.

[@DemKatie42]

@@michaelarc2792 Oh my goodness, THANK YOU so much, I've been looking for the track name everywhere! This is my favorite scene from the entire series and a big part of that is the music.

[@snuke37]

Give this show all the awards. Every. Damn. One.

[@MMilar]

This is cool!

[@Celtic505]

When Nora smiles during the story you can almost see her as the young little girl she was in the story. Its weird, but superb acting all around...

[@partypiano0729]

Dude! When she said "Okay", I heard that like it was from a person who reverted to her child self - as though she was still in her childhood as a little girl.

[@sushifreedom]

That's the point. Inside of us, the children at the middle of us, just wants happiness and warmth and love. And it's great when it's there, when the beach ball is bouncing around. But that's not all there is to life. There's a bigger game going on in the stadium and at some point we have to face it. We have to take that child and put it aside so that we can grow and move on.

[@hannahrannah2739]

Watching Nora cry is like watching a little, abandoned girl get crushed.

[@jeffreymarcum9658]

i know, her acting is amazing, like id put it up there with the best of the best.

[@LTProductionsInc]

This made me cry so hard. I love this show so much

[@Sheilaalien]

The fact that they have both loved the same man makes this scene all the more beautiful. Very mature of them

[@partypiano0729]

Yeah, this is how you subvert tropes. No girly drama, they just care for each other as humans

[@bloodyhetza]

The actresses in this series are so damn great. They are so talented. This got me crying and also the last scene when Jill and Laurie talking on the phone, I cried outloud for god's sake. I felt so bad and alive. Damn Laurie, you shouldn't have. I know after hearing my family I wouldn't have the guts to take the happiness from them. God!

[@JelenaDimitrijevicJeCastle47]

Can't shake this scene off. Just brilliant. Carrie and Amy, and this whole damn show deserve all the freaking awards!!! Nora's 'okay' breaks me every time!

[@beobe99]

Couldn't agree anymore. I'm a "dude" and lose my shit during this Show. We just watched a Therapist agree to let someone commit suicide basically - and - possibly join her later. This is the only Show that if I explain it, it makes me personally sound crazy.

[@dannyhernandez2203]

It's haunting for sure. Grief is so hard to shake off. The departure was probably bs, it's the part of what do we humans do next that counts.

[@Gerry0866]

If I could only watch one TV show for the rest of my life, it would be The Leftovers and I would never tire of it. I can't think of any TV show that has gotten into me so deeply as this one. How it didn't win Emmys by the trailerload is a mystery.

[@capri-show-sa588]

Me too❤

[@captainmercy87]

Everything about the scene is perfect. The music, the cinematography, the acting, oh my god the acting. I don't think I had ever seen acting this way, so honest, so genuine on scree and I don't think I have seen it ever since the show. A perfect show through and though.

[@kp6007]

That Max Richter score is perfect!! Gets me every time.

[@jmillz60]

This show is hauntingly beautiful, partly because of the music is sooo perfect

[@Jarvi_]

Someone should have created an Oscar category for the greatest moments on film ever witnessed and gave the leftovers every single nomination. I mean... it’s the most perfect tv ever made

[@saulolimalemos]

serioulsy, there are at least four emmys on this scene

[@NKD2508]

This show is magical. I have seen a ton of dramas; however, The Leftovers evokes so many emotions.

[@CINEMATECO]

2021 still the best show till date.

[@PurposelessRabbitholes]

3:39 probably a weird thing to say but no show does crying like the leftovers

[@patrick4662]

the way nora says 'ok' at 2:44 is so freaking cute.

[@AbdulKalam-be5xg]

We have to blame max richter for that

[@maupillebenoit516]

La plus belle scène de la plus belle série que le monde ait jamais compté...

[@va7210]

I can’t even describe how beautifully this scene was! It’s something special. This show is poetry. Painful how nothing good as it these days..

[@yavuzcelebi]

1:55 The moment that Nora already knew the answer. I never feel empathy this much in any tv show or movie. Max Ritcher you are my musical scream...

[@sophiamilas6259]

What a incredibly, moving scene. I sobbed watching this.

[@jonw9131]

The fact that season 3 of the Leftovers wasn't nominated for a single Emmy this year is all the proof you need that these award shows are biased and in the end real artistry is trampled on to serve other political agendas... Yeah, like, the Handmaid's Tale was a decent series, but a single scene from the Leftovers such as the one you saw above crushes that whole show under its emotionally rich boots!

[@nealfischer623]

Amen. Justin Theroux not winning for every season let alone ever being nominated is a travesty.

[@boongonewild]

This show was poetry with a soundtrack.

[@DanY-gx2dv]

My favourite scene and episode of the series. Absolutely stunning. Such a beautiful journey. These three are my favourite characters.

[@gxvgxv94]

So I've given it years to mull it over, but I keep coming back to the same conclusion. This is the best scene in television history. Period. It makes me weep every time. I will follow anything all of these actors do from here on in, because GOD these performances are breathtaking

[@DemKatie42]

I already miss this show so much. This scene still completely breaks me, even if some of the sadness is mitigated by what we learn in the finale.

[@BIRFILMSES]

I am strangely addicted to this scene. It's been months and months and I keep coming back watching it almost everyday, sometimes more than once. I love the whole series, subtext and everything but I am somehow differently hooked to this scene. I am not really sure if I understand the real meaning of the story Nora told or the explanation Laurie gives.Yet I keep finding myself coming back to this scene over and over and over.

[@AgostinoMaiello]

Same here

[@NathanielLongchallon]

❤️

[@ipadlettercrom7534]

I also like this scene, so i'll share my opinion: It's about the "elite" who make the rules versus "the 99%". The usher is like anybody else (a sheep), he's doing the job no matter what. He wouldn't lose his job so he doesn't care to upset everybody. Laurie's explanation is a reference to the "ordo ab chao", basicaly our rulers are using this as an excuse to govern all of us. From their perspective, without them everything would be chaos so they have to make the rules... But the truth is, it's all the way around, they are bringing the chaos and we should, sooner rather than later, bring the order back. As soon as the majority will stop "booing" and instead start acting like decent adult human beings, it won't take long before we will get rid of "them". That's why there is so much entertainment in this world, they know it's easy to mind control children. Of couse there are some people who are not affected by the Peter Pan's syndrome, and are trying to "wake-up" as many people as they can. I'll end this post, which is already too long i guess, by a quote: "it's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled". Mark Twain. English isn't my native language but hopefully you'll get my point.

[@DannyDoesGuitar]

The beach ball represents belief/faith. The people playing with it represent the people choosing to believe in religion. The usher represents Nora, whose job is to expose fake prophets, religions, etc. She's coming to terms with the fact that she's finally ready to believe, but is at odds with herself about it because of her job.

[@LARRY113Z]

@@ipadlettercrom7534 I don't see your interpretation being anywhere close to what's going on in this scene lol

[@tekiradige]

Each episode of the final season is full and intensive enough to be a final on its own.

[@d100763]

Second best scene after she asks Wayne "will I forget them?"

[@aframs-cctaf-rams-cct6424]

d100763 when Matt talks to the British guy who says is god too

[@bloodyhetza]

That was perfection. And also the time where Nora asks Erika the questionaire. Intense. Intense.

[@jonelliott3295]

might be the best show of all time...no joke

[@kp6007]

No ‘might be’ about it

[@patrickfrenette8673]

Just finished the show last night, “You’re now officially my patient.” I broke down… and the then the “same time next week?” DONE 😭😭😭

[@MichaelDinic]

These three actors blew this scene apart. A masterclass.

[@H1ghflyer90]

Everytime this music hits i'm about to cry

[@Bisturet]

For me, the best scene of the whole series.

[@joeyrozic1100]

"Can you give this to Sr and tell him i'm sorry i didn't put him in my fucking book, and tell Kevin i'm sorry i did."

[@morfy1095]

For Nora was this Beach Ball Memory a Memory where she could have a new beginning after the tragedy of her parents because she saw how her Brother smiled after a long time and then this man take it from her. Also when her children and husband departed …. It was a day where she waiting a message for a new job… new start… but the depature of her children ruined that too. I love this scene because Nora told her memory and she focused how she felt in those days. You can see that she act like the child in those days and then Laurie explain her why this man did his job. 😢

[@beobe99]

Love that analogy! Mine has always been Nora upset that not everyone could go and do what she's about to, that why would those women make it so difficult for people to be happy and reunite with their families (even though it was seemingly a suicide mission)... Laurie, IMO basically said if it was available to EVERYONE, it would be f**king chaos, and it would be!!! Nora then asked Laurie "same time next week" - which IMO was Nora asking Laurie if she was going to do it too - commit suicide (remember Nora telling Laurie how she could fake a scuba diving accident, which she considered, but her kids called when she was about too). Either way, what's so amazing about the show is everyone's interpretation.

[@dangriffin561]

This scene left me a hysterical wreck. Fantastic

[@whitealroker]

Matt should have been holding the best actress Emmy

[@Baptoche]

Please give a fucking awards to the whole cast.

[@jeffreyletourneau299]

This folks, is called great acting.

[@monaalhudaib3475]

cant get over this

[@capri-show-sa588]

Esta escena es la mejor escena de cualquier serie en toda la historia...❤❤❤❤❤

[@ronreitan1632]

I love how Nora and Laurie connected here. And I love they never resented each other over Kevin. Pretty femminist stuff.

[@partypiano0729]

Right! I think it's because I'm conditioned to think that two women have to automatically fight over a man.

[@NKD2508]

An amazing monologue!!!

[@partypiano0729]

I didn't get this scene at first, then it sunk in - They say it takes one to build the aeroplane and another to build the parachute. I have always been the parachute builder - "but what if, but what happens when". I kill the fun!

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@partypiano0729 Hey, have you learned to let go and have fun?)

[@partypiano0729]

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 Nope. Maybe when there is no need for my proclivity anymore.

[@daleravic]

If this doesn't win best drama it will be a crime. I thought no show could top the emotion in Lost. I was wrong.

[@ffederel]

Everything is sadder with The Leftovers music.

[@egemenyldrm2587]

Nora's "Okay" to Matt's saying was just hurt my heart. I dont know why but it was so sad. She is so unlucky. She lost her family with Kevin gone she became all alone again but Matt is Matt. Matt was great character too. Is there any bad writing character in this show? series.

[@zzyzzy5466]

I love the relationship between laurie and nora. Mutual respect

[@Paula2128]

This show is a fucking masterpiece

[@1314-q4c]

the best series in the world

[@frodododo880]

Right up there with The Wire, The Expanse, Halt and Catch Fire and Breaking Bad as the greatest things ever made for tv...

[@rezaakbari1773]

When will be another show this great again ? Like leftovers. I come back to this Serie every couple weeks to rewatch all the best senses

[@unsinnkim3690]

2:44 God, I love her... the sweetest woman on TV so far.

[@supertyty93]

The strong wind, the constant waves of the ocean, the all faithful brother finally understanding his sister after his encounter with "god" and Laurie seeing that Nora is ok with whatever happens and that being actually going to the other side or dying, either way, she'll get to see her kids. Laurie knows that struggle and I'm glad she was "sending off" Nora and not anyone else.

[@aframs-cctaf-rams-cct6424]

Dammit, I love this show! I remember id wait for this music (or any variation) to start a cry like a little woman.

[@msxmurda2385]

“Chaos is a ladder”

[@darkphoenix2]

why am I making myself cry again I know everything has a happy ending and it's still fucking me up

[@Seanlivingstone1984]

Time index 1:39 "Because if he doesnt, that ball is gonna go on to the field...and it'll be fucking chaos." My favourite line of all the 3 amazing seasons!

[@saunokchakrabarty8384]

I haven't been able to watch anything since Leftovers. Everything seems contrived. This is the most incredibly honest and vulnerable thing I've seen on television and so beautiful it's fucking painful. This transcends categorization and in a way I'm glad it didn't win any Emmys.

[@alancastillo7932]

I just noticed that Laurie understands Nora. She was a therapist, helping people to overcome their destructive impulses and feelings, and after leaving the GR she tried to make people leave it too. Like Nora doing the questionnaire and proving people's wild beliefs about the Departure are wrong, she's always squeezing the air out of other's delusions. But in this episode, Laurie realizes that Nora and Kevin need to have their close calls to death to overcome what's eating them inside, and she lets them go into their chaos. The reason she's so heartbroken by the end of the episode is she still feels that she can't help people heal. But thank god Jill's call saved her. Love her character so much.

[@EpicBeard815]

This is the kind of art that gives you the freedom to feel. There's no greater experience.

[@BananaMan311]

This deserves all the awards

[@natasnatin2790]

Mi corazon se rompio en mil pedazos con este capitulo y mas con esa escena

[@JfnDWatchesVids]

The way Laurie is looking at Nora at 0:55. That's pretty intense.

[@crazyclemsonfan8305]

The usher is her. She's asking herself why she has to keep everybody in check and destroy their delusions that they need to tell themselves to make them feel ok. And then in the last episode she creates her own.

[@Vulkariad]

Masterpiece.

[@andygomez1805]

I'm kind of a wannabe tough guy but this scene makes me feel some type of way

[@faraazaleem3047]

Best fucking show.

[@Stylo00o]

laurie is the best, i wish i had a friend like her, instead im trying to be a friend like her

[@dionisoss1846]

Laurie is the one that has to squeeze out the ball

[@hassanking4275]

Nora is so beautiful

[@workoutfanatic7873]

1) Deadwood 2) The Leftovers 3) The Sopranos HBO always kills it!

[@Starbuck8008]

I only just realized she's talking about herself...she's the person now popping people's beach balls...

[@aframs-cctaf-rams-cct6424]

This fucking show would make the room dusty each time the piano music would start. I felt my manhood leaving me momentarily lol

[@jessetoland]

2:40 another masterpiece with Matt and Nora.

[@shorty1103]

this was so painful to watch 😢😢😭😭😭😭

[@indianerjonesmaster]

how did you guys read laurie's answer to the beach ball story? i feel like it's a way of telling nora that the world isn't against her but sometimes people have their own motives, but i'm not quite sure with that interpretation

[@tekiradige]

Now i can see the confession here. The ball is Nora. She is out of the field since the departure. She can't go back there. The scientists will squeeze her in a few hours. She thinks it's the only way to prevent chaos for her, Kevin and the ones she loves. She choosed to be squeezed whatever it would cost.

[@AhmedAhmed-xg6iw]

1:12 this always hits hard ❤️

[@pistolpete3307]

It simply gets no better.

[@erwang4093]

did i cry again

[@ronmo671]

Well there goes my day lol

[@ds9126]

“Same time next week”……..idk

[@prakhar9998]

I love this scene. This is much more meaningful if you believe that she was lying to Kevin in the end.

[@calebwoods7816]

Why is that?

[@vincenzapaladino985]

I'm no psychoanalyst. But is this a real portrayal of transference? God The Leftovers was good!

[@krish224488]

I tell you its the music..