SummaryThe drama series based on Tom Perrotta's novel of the same name finds the town of Mapleton three years after "The Sudden Departure," where two percent of the world's population disappeared in a thin air.
Created By:Damon Lindelof
The Leftovers
Season 1 Premiere:
Jun 29, 2014
Metascore
Generally Favorable
76
User score
Universal Acclaim
8.4
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
76
78% Positive
63 Reviews
63 Reviews
20% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
2% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Apr 17, 2017
100
All the hype leading up to the final approach of The Leftovers has merit. The seven episodes HBO provided are consistently brilliant, sure and mindful about tying up loose ends.
Apr 5, 2017
100
Season 3 is no less than a coup, wrapping up a wild narrative with ambitious new threads and honing in on each character’s fundamental spiritual and psychological beliefs.
User score
Universal Acclaim
8.4
86% Positive
1534 Ratings
1534 Ratings
6% Mixed
104 Ratings
104 Ratings
8% Negative
142 Ratings
142 Ratings
Jun 30, 2025
10
LA série la plus bouleversante et dépressive qu'il vous sera donnée de voir, adaptée du roman éponyme pour la première saison sans toutefois la copier totalement. Les 2e et 3e saisons sont des œuvres originales qui s'en détache et la dépasse. Comment accepter ou non le deuil, la perte d’êtres chers, mais surtout comment continuer a vivre et le surmonter. On a tous un personnage envers qui s’identifier, un casting et un jeu d'acteurs EXCEPTIONNEL. Mentions a Justin Theroux, Carrie Coon, Anne Dowd.. l'exemple parfait d'une série qui réussie son introduction, ses saisons et transitions et SURTOUT sa fin magnifique et cohérente. Foncez, cette série est et restera culte.
Jul 29, 2024
10
Absolute master piece in my opinion. The story, the acting, the music... Everything about this. Top 3 TV show of all time.
Oct 5, 2015
88
What continues to impress is the show’s consistently striking attention to detail. The various storylines are elegantly structured, layered over one another to create the sensation of an image slowly coming into focus.
Jun 26, 2014
80
Once the show gets going, and it takes more than one episode to do so, The Leftovers bores into the characters and the fissures that crack their community so astutely that the cause is almost secondary.
Sep 29, 2015
70
It still gets a bit muddy sometimes--you can’t use a violin version of “Hallelujah” in this show--and episode three hints at that lack of focus from season one, but I’m more willing to go along for the complete journey than last year. The Leftovers has matured, becoming more about how good can come from awful, how we cannot linger in pain, and not just wallowing in grief and regret but identifying it and moving forward.
Jun 27, 2014
50
An uneven yet at times emotionally engrossing series that hasn't quite figured out an appropriate or clear tone to dramatize this mystifying meditation on loss, sustained grief and tested, twisted faith.
Jun 25, 2014
25
Almost every moment here is staged to scream, “Look at me! I’m arty!” Lindelof, burned mightily by the backlash over “Lost’s” ridiculous finale, has all but told reporters that the mystery central to The Leftovers will never be explained. That leaves you with a show wallowing in smug self-importance, melancholy and drear week after week.
Apr 14, 2023
10
I can't get over this series and will undoubtedly return to watch it a third time. So poignant. So well-crafted and acted (Kevin, Nora, Matt!!!). And the ending! I could watch that final episode on constant repeat, and never tire of it.
Oct 24, 2022
10
The slow start is WORTH IT!!!! HOOOOOOOO this show is a freaking FORCE. I’m a Christian and I’m not looking for “answers” or insight, I just want a well written show I can binge and it is giving me that. Don’t listen to the naysayers. This IS one of the best shows ever
Jan 4, 2022
10
Best TV show I have even seen. I've watched it many times and each time I get something new. Best TV show ending ever.
Apr 29, 2021
10
There’s never been a television show that has shown how differently people deal with loss, grief and regret in such a profoundly beautiful way. This show deserves your attention.
May 1, 2022
2
I find so many positive reviews a bit baffling. A show like this lives and dies, for me, on how well it resolves all of the intrigue it drums up in the many plot lines, by the time the final credits role.
The Leftovers failed to do that, in all but one plot thread. The rest are left unresolved or, perhaps worse, we are given vague to the point of pointless, allusions. Some people might find that enjoyable, I just feel like I wasted my time with another Damon Lindelof show that went nowhere because he can't finish what he started, again.
Production Company:
- Film 44
- Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date:Jun 29, 2014
Number of seasons:3 Seasons
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 13 Wins & 26 Nominations
Gold Derby Awards
• 2 Wins & 20 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 13 Nominations
