The Leftovers aired its season-two finale on Sunday, the conclusion to one of the more masterful television seasons of 2015. The finale delivered death, anguish, and a glimmer of hope while maintaining its mysterious twists for just more than an hour. Where season one was underwhelming and often moved slowly, season two was a dark horse filled with misery and nihilistic guile. In an era in which the Internet makes it possible for fans of a show to pick up its clues, the audience still can’t figure out who the boogeyman is.
Meg Abbott (eerily played by Liv Tyler) and Evie Murphy (Jasmin Savoy Brown) join the Remnants’ coup d’etat. Neither lost someone in the Departure, yet both found solace in the mysterious cult. The women’s motives are lost because they are meaningless at their core. Acts are as random as the people carrying them out, and an explanation of why won’t ever provide any resolution.
