The Leftovers Season 1

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

This one-hour drama focuses on a suburban town whose preconceptions are shattered after a global event dubbed “The Departure” (which may or may not have been the Biblical “rapture”), in which 140 million people – 2% of the world’s population – disappeared without a trace. Seen primarily through the eyes of a beleaguered police chief, the series shows how ordinary people react to the inexplicable.

So, for about three seasons of this show (yes, I realize the reference) I was wondering “what in the heck is going on?”, and thinking “I don’t know why but I love this!” With a can’t-go-wrong soundtrack and really stellar acting, I just couldn’t get enough of it. It’s a bit of a what I would call a mind-f but it remains engaging from the first episode to the last. It’s not for the type of viewer who wants all their questions from ep 1 answered by ep 3, but more of a long-haul thinker that likes to enjoy the strands of each web the producers/storytellers/actors weave along the way.

– Kraig Solomon

I can’t separate out the seasons. This is for all three.

My sister recommended The Leftovers to me. After the second or third episode I confessed to her I didn’t like any of these people. They acted crazy and I said I didn’t know if I cared to see more of their lives. She reminded me they had all been traumatized and their craziness was their response to trauma.

That thought held my interest and slowly I began to get involved in their search to make some sense of what had happened to them. At first I was most puzzled by Laurie because she seemed like she had lost nothing and had one of most extreme reactions. Later her loss is revealed.

I so much liked Nora as she struggled to believe she had come to terms with her loss even as it became more obvious that was not the case. And Kevin who wound up discovering his bizarre gift to enter the world of the dead.

I began to realize that our lives are not that different. We all struggle to make sense of a perplexing world. Many of us – maybe most of us – are traumatized by life at some point. The Guilty Remnant is not that different from Westboro Baptist Church that pickets against homosexuality at military funerals. Nora’s struggle is not unlike the aftermath some people experience after a family member commits suicide.

To some degree we all feel that we were left in a place that never makes complete sense, that confounds us, disappoints us and leaves us lost. Maybe the only hedge against an uncertain world is companionship and it’s fragile at best.

I began the last episode with such hope for Kevin and Nora. They had persevered on a cobbled-together faith that did little more than protect them from the chaos that stalked them relentlessly. After going though so much, it seemed their remaining lives would have been so empty apart and alone.

As they each told their stories, tears streamed down my – tears of empathy for their suffering and sorry. When Kevin held out his hard and Nora placed hers in his, I felt at peace.

– Robert L. Bamberg

Season 1 is better than Season 2 because it’s more straight forward. Still if you like off beat science fiction type moves, this isn’t bad. It has lots of flashbacks and the organization of events isn’t linear, so this may be perplexing to younger viewers. It would be hard to imagine a Season 3 since the first two are pretty complete, though there are certainly unanswered questions, and incomplete story lines. Still, that’s really what this movie is about: the big mystery of existence.

-Judy

DVD Wholesale Main Features :   

Actors: Liv Tyler, Margaret Qualley, Justin Theroux
Directors: Mimi Leder
Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 3
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
DVD Release Date: October 6, 2015
Run Time: 600 minutes