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Critic Consensus: Its dour tone and self-seriousness may make for somber viewing, but The Leftovers is an artfully crafted, thought-provoking drama that aims high and often hits its mark.
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Cast
as Kevin Garvey
as Laurie Garvey
as Nora Durst
as Matt Jamison
as Meg
as Patti Levin
as Jill Garvey
as Dean
as Tom Garvey
as Scott Frost
as Aimee
as Adam Frost
as Lucy Warburton
as Christine
as Holy Wayne
as Dennis, Dennis Luckey
as Mary Jamison
as Kevin Garvey Sr.
as Artur Vitello, Louis Vitello
as Gladys
as Evelyn
as Louis Patterson
as Marie Patterson
as Michael
as Doug Durst
as Marcus
as The Woman
as Driver
as Casper
as Dr. Singley
as Truck Passenger
as Purchase Cop
as Anthony
as Ron
as Angel
as Liane
as Darren
as Gus
as Bryan
as Sam's Mother
as Harris Kurtz
as Older Crying Woman
as Jennifer Freschette
as Patrick Johansen
as Charlie Patterson
as Roxanna
as Letts
as Pete
as Weeping GR
as Max
as Celia
as SWAT AFTEC #1
as Kind Man
as Preschooler
as Agent Davidoff
News & Interviews for The Leftovers: Season 1
Critic Reviews for The Leftovers: Season 1
All Critics (67) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (20)
I've watched few TV shows that make you so thoughtful. Lindelof and Perrotta make you think about the universe and whether our sense of daily purpose is too often diverted away from those who matter most.
So with visions of Lost still too recent, here we go yet again. But after reading The Leftovers and being immensely satisfied with it, I'm not inclined at all to embark on what looks to be a very meandering journey towards who knows what or where.
As long as the series can maintain its focus on the psychological truth, The Leftovers will feel fresh.
The Leftovers conveys nicely the difficulty of maintaining order, physical or psychological, in the wake of inexplicable mass trauma.
Perrotta and Lindelof are working with an admirably rich premise.
While The Leftovers is in almost every particular better than the immensely popular The Walking Dead, it also has none of that show's cathartic, zombie-killing release.
Audience Reviews for The Leftovers: Season 1
Super Reviewer
The leftover thrived on an interesting premise with colourful characters, but ultimately failed to build up the tension and the pace was dreadfully slow.
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