Following The Leftovers

The officially unofficial podcast for HBO’s The Leftovers.

111 – Season One Wrap Up

Hey there and welcome to the final podcast for Season One of HBO’s The Leftovers!  Jim and A.Ron talk at length about the differences between the book and the TV show, consider tons of listener feedback, look ahead to the next season, and much more. Interesting article on Vulture discussing with Tom Perrotta (author of…

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110 – The Prodigal Son Returns

Jim and A.Ron are extremely impressed with the season final of HBO’s The Leftovers, “The Prodigal Son Returns!”  We do an in-depth dive of the episode, considering all the great character moments, twists and turns, dream imagery, and general madness of Mapleton.  But that’s not all, we’ll be back next week for more as A.Ron…

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Season One Finale Preview

Special thanks to the folks at HBO’s Digital & Social Media department, who have invited us to do a podcast for their blog, Watching the Leftovers.  In this special episode, previewing the final episode of The Leftovers for season one, “The Prodigal Son Returns”, Jim and A.Ron break down the preview trailer, discuss some popular internet…

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109 – The Garveys At Their Best

Jim and A.Ron talk about the flashback episode 109 of HBO’s The Leftovers, “The Garveys At Their Best”, where we ponder how good were they, really?  Lot’s of extra content this week for your perusal; The story of St. Hubertus Michelle MacLaren talks about 5 scenes from “Cairo” h/t Cynthia B. Information about the mystery of…

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108 – Cairo

Welcome to another discussion of HBO’s The Leftovers, for episode 108, “Cairo”.  Or “Kayrow”, if you prefer.  We talk about Dean and Patti’s relationship, Jill’s chances of success as a GR acolyte, Kevin’s apparent dual nature and if there are other convincing explanations for it, and getting busy on a giant pile of guns.  All…

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107 – Solace for Tired Feet

Jim and A.Ron are flummoxed by the latest episode of The Leftovers, 107 “Solace for Tired Feet”.  On the one hand, we have a lot of really interesting developments and nice character moments, on the other hand, we have questions.  So many questions.  Questions that seem awfully hard to answer in just three remaining episodes….

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106 – Guest

We’re back with another podcast for HBO’s The Leftovers, this time for episode 106, “Guest”.  An episode that is positively upbeat and chipper compared to last week’s.  Or as chipper and carefree as an episode featuring a mom hiring a hooker to shoot her in the chest as a way to deal with the crippling…

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105 – Gladys

Jim and A.Ron discuss another difficult episode of HBO’s The Leftovers, “Gladys”.  Who did the deed?  Why did Laurie have such a freak out? Are Kevin’s shirts real?  Plus, finally some concrete answers regarding dog shooters, deer kitchen rampages, and more!   If you want to give us a shout out, or otherwise give us…

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104 – B.J. and the A.C.

This week on the podcast, Jim and A.Ron talk about the importance of tube grabbing, the instinctive, intense hatred we’re starting to feel towards the G.R., and lie awake at night pondering which of the Prius twins has more of the Todd nature. If you want to give us a shout out, or otherwise give…

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103 – Two Boats and a Helicopter

Jim and A.Ron are very impressed with HBO’s The Leftovers third outing, “Two Boats and a Helicopter”.  We witness nothing less than the physical, emotional, and spiritual beating of former time lord turned reverend Christopher Eccleston.  What does it all mean for our understanding of this world?  Where will it go in the future?  Who knows,…

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