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I would watch an adventure-of-the-week season of Leftovers where Kevin is just thrust into a different scenario every episode when het gets drowned.
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# ? May 30, 2017 09:39 |
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Leftovers has always been a little egregious with the cuts to older scenes but this was definitely the worst. What an episode, though! drat! Although Kevin's overall arc over the course of the series does seem a little wobbly.
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# ? May 30, 2017 10:11 |
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Willeh posted:I would watch an adventure-of-the-week season of Leftovers where Kevin is just thrust into a different scenario every episode when het gets drowned. It could be called Quantum Leak; he helps people through drowning himself. And just as he's wrapped up this week's problem, he starts coughing up water...
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# ? May 30, 2017 10:17 |
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Escobarbarian posted:What an episode, though! drat! Although Kevin's overall arc over the course of the series does seem a little wobbly. What makes you say that? His central internal conflict in this episode goes right back to the conversation he had with his dad in seasone one's "The Garveys At Their Best", the starting point for his whole story.
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# ? May 30, 2017 10:23 |
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Yeah, my tone was quite insufferable. I guess I shouldn't ragepost immediately after watching the episode.
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# ? May 30, 2017 11:56 |
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Pfff.
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# ? May 30, 2017 11:58 |
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oliwan posted:Yeah, my tone was quite insufferable. I guess I shouldn't
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# ? May 30, 2017 12:51 |
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Escobarbarian posted:Leftovers has always been a little egregious with the cuts to older scenes but this was definitely the worst. They really need to connect this episode to what happened after the Hotel evac/ bombing thing.
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# ? May 30, 2017 13:09 |
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oliwan posted:Yeah, my tone was quite insufferable. I guess I shouldn't ragepost immediately after watching the episode. Why would you ragepost about something that is so clearly and simply above your plebeian mind?
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# ? May 30, 2017 13:15 |
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Lord Krangdar posted:What makes you say that? His central internal conflict in this episode goes right back to the conversation he had with his dad in seasone one's "The Garveys At Their Best", the starting point for his whole story. Fast Luck fucked around with this message at 13:27 on May 30, 2017 |
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You don't think hosed up people in a hosed up relationship can love each other? And I don't really know what "belonging together" has to do with anything, in this show or in real life.
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# ? May 30, 2017 13:28 |
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Hansen85 posted:You don't think hosed up people in a hosed up relationship can love each other? This is more the rule than the exception. Amazing how hosed up people (Alcoholic-enabler, abuser-codependent, etc.) find each other, it's like radar.
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# ? May 30, 2017 13:49 |
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Dr. Tim Whatley posted:Why would you ragepost about something that is so clearly and simply above your plebeian mind? He was sincere, now you guys are being the dicks FYI
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# ? May 30, 2017 13:54 |
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SlipkPIe posted:He was sincere, now you guys are being the dicks FYI Probably so, but when you come into a conversation throwing around your education credentials and slinging conclusory statements as gospel while at the same time demanding everyone else to support their opinions, you get what you get.
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# ? May 30, 2017 14:07 |
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Hansen85 posted:You don't think hosed up people in a hosed up relationship can love each other?
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# ? May 30, 2017 15:09 |
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As someone who really didn't fanboy over the International Assassin episode (also thought s1>s2), I'm surprised I enjoyed the latest episode so much. This last episode has to be my favorite so far. I'm so bummed this show is over in one more week.Canadian Surf Club posted:Felt like that episode could have been the series finale itself. "What do we do now?" as the lingering note the show leaves on literally and thematically Me too!
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# ? May 30, 2017 16:53 |
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It feels like they've set me (us) up with kinda knowing the general vein in which this all turns out (e.g. "What do we do now?" (i.e. "It was all bullshit wasn't it?"))... but knowing this show, and knowing there's one episode left, I'm hoping it's a total fake-out the likes of which we cannot even conceive and every drat thing we ever thought will be utterly turned on its mother loving ear. Hipster_Doofus fucked around with this message at 17:54 on May 30, 2017 |
# ? May 30, 2017 17:12 |
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Aexo posted:(also thought s1>s2) Now THAT is rebellious.
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# ? May 30, 2017 17:59 |
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Fast Luck posted:I'm kind of getting whiplash with the Kevin and Nora story. When the Homeward Bound scene happened I was totally in and thought this relationship is so important, then when they blow up in G'Day Melbourne I figured, hmm, I assumed they belonged together but were they really just codependent and using one another and it was an unhealthy thing all along? Wow, maybe so! But then fastforward and Dead Kevin is having his Homeward Bound 2.0 moment... so it's like oh, uhh, even though their relationship actually is pretty hosed up he really does love Nora and just lost his head in the moment during that fight, or just ran away because he's a coward. Okay... It's not just about him and Nora, since he also sabotaged his marriage to Laurie the same way. But as for his relationship with Nora, I think its not one way or the other; it has the potential to be healthy but both of them have a similar major flaw holding them back. Kevin self-sabotages because he's afraid of vulnerability, and because he feels like he has to act all the time and he resents that (like how he decided to hide his smoking from Laurie and then blame her for it). With Nora he was able to be more honest at first, but then when his problems got too out-there for her that changed and never went back. On the other hand Nora self-sabotages because some part of her secretly likes being "Nora Cursed"; she likes being a perpetual victim and is afraid to ever move on from that. Think back to one of the very first scenes we see of her where she purposely knocks her coffee over in a cafe just to get a bit of sympathy from the waiter. So now Kevin has confronted his flaws and is as ready as he'll ever be to try again with her. Maybe it will take a lot longer for her to do the same (hence Old Nora/Sarah).
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# ? May 30, 2017 19:34 |
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Was this posted? https://twitter.com/LucAltair/status/869353664858775553
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# ? May 30, 2017 20:18 |
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I still prefer the original working title, "A Full Explanation for The Departure That Is Both Physically and Religiously Satisfying".
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# ? May 30, 2017 20:31 |
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Uhh, I don't wanna be that guy, but some of us avoid even episode titles for a reason.
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# ? May 30, 2017 22:55 |
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Hipster_Doofus posted:Uhh, I don't wanna be that guy, but some of us avoid even episode titles for a reason. Keep going, you're living up to your username! For real, though, how is that remotely a spoiler? Did you not catch the ending of 301? It just means the episode focuses on Nora.
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# ? May 30, 2017 23:04 |
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Keep going, you're living up to your username! Yeah, ok... duh me. Feeling stupid now. Of course the finale would be mostly Nora-centric, and yeah nothing was really given away. Sorry. I've been awake for like 29 hours, which would have been nothing to me 20 years ago. But now? Feelin' pretty loopy. Again, sorry, and carry on! :salute:
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# ? May 31, 2017 00:38 |
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Hipster_Doofus posted:Yeah, ok... duh me. Feeling stupid now. Of course the finale would be mostly Nora-centric, and yeah nothing was really given away. Sorry. I've been awake for like 29 hours, which would have been nothing to me 20 years ago. But now? Feelin' pretty loopy. Again, sorry, and carry on! :salute: I feel your pain. I have a newborn, so aside from a few examples, I'm watching all of these shows while rocking a baby, the captions on, sound off, and a white noise machine playing. I'm so tired
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# ? May 31, 2017 00:42 |
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The Ninth Layer posted:Kevin's secret bunker code is 6969. That was my favorite joke of the episode. Was really hoping for some hot Kevin on Kevin action when he finally confronted himself, much like Walter and David from Alien: Covenant.
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# ? May 31, 2017 00:43 |
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Invalid Validation posted:I think the flashbacks have been a little much this season, I don't know why there is so much of it when there wasn't any need for it in season 2. Yeah, I think you're misremembering cause there was a ton of quick-cut flashbacks in Season 2. Escobarbarian posted:but this was definitely the worst. I kind of appreciated it this episode, if I didn't listen to podcasts I would have had no idea that the dude on the bridge was Aussie Jesus.
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# ? May 31, 2017 02:13 |
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Looten Plunder posted:Yeah, I think you're misremembering cause there was a ton of quick-cut flashbacks in Season 2. Any recommendations for podcasts that talk about the Leftovers? I've only listened to Lindelof episodes of the Watch but would love some more stuff. Especially if it's whole episodes about the Leftovers or episodes of the show!
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# ? May 31, 2017 02:17 |
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5 RING SHRIMP posted:Any recommendations for podcasts that talk about the Leftovers? I've only listened to Lindelof episodes of the Watch but would love some more stuff. Especially if it's whole episodes about the Leftovers or episodes of the show! The main one I listen to is on Post Show Recaps by Josh Wigler and Antonio Mazzaro of RHAP/Survivor fame. http://postshowrecaps.com/category/the-leftovers-2/ I also recommend the Better Call Saul Podcast on that channel too if you are sick of the self congratulatory meanderings of the official one. And then I just watch Chirs Hartwells recap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=playlist
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# ? May 31, 2017 02:26 |
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ruddiger posted:That was my favorite joke of the episode. I mean he did put his entire hand inside him...
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# ? May 31, 2017 04:33 |
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To the English prof guy complaining about the two Kevins being a tired device: even though one Kevin was sent to assassinate the other, they didn't actually represent different sides to him or parts of his personality. In fact Kevin basically just had one consciousness throughout and jumped that consciousness from one Kevin to the other. When they came into the same room together they basically were on the same page, agreed on everything, etc
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# ? May 31, 2017 04:43 |
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5 RING SHRIMP posted:Any recommendations for podcasts that talk about the Leftovers? I've only listened to Lindelof episodes of the Watch but would love some more stuff. Especially if it's whole episodes about the Leftovers or episodes of the show! Bald move is the best podcast out of all the ones i tried.
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# ? May 31, 2017 06:39 |
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I didn't really like it as an episode, but I guess I can appreciate it in the greater context of the season. Everyone realized that they are batshit insane and got completely wrapped up in some very dumb nonsense. It's very similar to how Matt got to kidnap and interrogate off-brand God on the boat earlier, with the same cathartic result. Would have accepted this as show finale, if it weren't for Nora's unfinished plot. Also, if this had been the series finale it would have fit in perfectly with the season opening scene. Human nature is to go insane and end up on roofs, waiting for the end of the world. We really, really like to get all worked up about idiotic poo poo.
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# ? May 31, 2017 11:07 |
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Both this episode's opening and the one with the French guy quietly praying made me realize how unsettling Season 2's opening is without the peppy country song.
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# ? May 31, 2017 12:30 |
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Vanderdeath posted:Both this episode's opening and the one with the French guy quietly praying made me realize how unsettling Season 2's opening is without the peppy country song. I hope they bring it back for the finale!!
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# ? May 31, 2017 13:06 |
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Last Chance posted:I hope they bring it back for the finale!!
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# ? May 31, 2017 13:58 |
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Can anyone get me a screenshot of the last page of the romance novel he was reading? I thought it didn't match up with what he actually read. I'm curious if that's a mistake or if he just stopped reading. Also, any significance of URN (Untitled Romance Novel) and with what Nora was saying at the beginning of wanting to be cremated?
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# ? May 31, 2017 16:10 |
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JethroMcB posted:Leftovers has always been a little heavy on the "Quick cut to thing you probably remember" (Most egregious in my book: Matt sees the body of the guy who beat him up, broke his hand, stole his car AND credentials to get into Miracle, and the show gives you a flashback to that very event which happened not half an hour ago. Just in case you didn't remember what drove the entire plot of the episode!) I honestly don't mind them in a show this dense.
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# ? May 31, 2017 16:15 |
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stoops posted:Can anyone get me a screenshot of the last page of the romance novel he was reading? You are correct. The highlighted lines are the ones he didn't read.
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The Dave posted:You are correct. Where is this from?
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