The Leftovers

Thomas Cole-Pilgrim of the World

Apocalyptabuse, or How to Survive “The End”

By S. Brent Plate | May 6, 2020

Call this fantasized thinking apocalyptabuse: the demoralizing mythic-psychic warfare that deprives people of hope, makes us fear that The End is near, and thereby cuts off our aspirations of any earthly life to come.

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We Are Living Reminders

By Kelly J. Baker | September 3, 2014

HBO’s The Leftovers and grief

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Jesus’s Pinch Hitter: The Leftovers Episode 4

By S. Brent Plate | July 22, 2014

The opening sequence of this week’s The Leftovers (episode 4) was the best scene yet in a series that still seems unsure of what it wants. Opening shots show mysterious…