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The Leftovers is just nuts. Scott Glenn got to flex his acting muscles this week (and Grace stole it at the end at that), after Carrie Coon's tour de force last episode. I'm really going to miss this show.

You are right Santi, Scott Glen made me wholly uncomfortable in his performance this week. But the parallels between his character Kevin Sr. an Job (the bible guy) were a little too telling (the picture hanging in Matt?s bedroom and the image of Kevin Sr. with the crutches wandering through the desert) coupled with the fact Job ?spoke? to Matt in season one that prompted the casino trip/murder. This makes me believe that he and Kevin Sr. have a symbiotic relationship that will probably lead to disastrous results.

Whoohooo! I love the Leftovers
 
Holy crap. The Leftovers episode this week absolutely hit it out of the park. I had to watch the last ten minutes twice.

 
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Are we just watching a two mentally ill people unravel at this point? Christ. Now that I think about it, there may not be a sane character in season three. My brain wants to connect the story dots but after watching last night I am self-diagnosing that i have a laconic brain disorder. WTF?
 
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Santi: Is this supposed to reference Mary Magdelene crying before her man was sacrificed?

I'm not a religious person, so only familiar with the broad strokes of Christianity.

Anyway, that's the gist I got.
 
Santi: Is this supposed to reference Mary Magdelene crying before her man was sacrificed?

I'm not a religious person, so only familiar with the broad strokes of Christianity.

Anyway, that's the gist I got.
I think it's supposed to represent a weeping statue/weeping Madonna. But I'm probably less educated on the subject than you are; I bet I've missing 90% of the religious references on the show. I just thought it was an amazing final shot and a great cinemagraph.
 
I think it's supposed to represent a weeping statue/weeping Madonna. But I'm probably less educated on the subject than you are; I bet I've missing 90% of the religious references on the show. I just thought it was an amazing final shot and a great cinemagraph.

Ha! Not true at all, Santi. We are on the same level of religious knowledge. I am cheating by asking a Catholic person about said references. I thought it was the Madonna crying as well but my buddy said it was actually jesus' girl friend/best friend/prostitute that was always crying in the bible. Huh? Neat. Which makes sense in the show.

So if kevin is jesus 2.0 then nora is definitely the prostitute/manic depressive that sleeps with him. Anyway, that's how I am connecting the dots.

But you are spot-on about the imagery, can't wait for Sunday!!!
 
I knew the episode was gonna be full on crazy when I saw flopping dong running around in a submarine.
 
I knew the episode was gonna be full on crazy when I saw flopping dong running around in a submarine.

The dong count was pretty high last night on the leftovers, or I was high and just watching leftover dongs. As of 9 am this morning, not too sure. Uh, may have to re-watch this episode for a little clarity.
 
Leftovers episode 5 redux:

Matt meets god then confronts him on his failings, almost gets gang raped and is dying of cancer. Kind of a mixed day for a lion themed sex orgy boat. Not sure how to interpret the ending either Matt becomes an atheist or digs in deeper. God is dead and no one cares?

Side note: Do you think the reason for all the french songs, books and first strike nuclear disasters this week is because they are famous for being existentialist ?
 
Jordan Peele and Bad Robot Are Teaming for an HBO Series
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Here’s the synopsis for Lovecraft Country, via Amazon:

The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy. Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, 22-year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George—publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide—and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite—heir to the estate that owned one of Atticus’s ancestors—they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours. At the manor, Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner by a secret cabal named the Order of the Ancient Dawn—led by Samuel Braithwhite and his son Caleb—which has gathered to orchestrate a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of his—and the whole Turner clan’s—destruction. A chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of two black families, Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism—the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.
 
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