The Leftovers

Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama2014TV-MA28 episodes3 seasonsScripted

Tagline: We're still here.

First aired: 2014-06-29

Synopsis

When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. The drama series 'The Leftovers' is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.

Creators

Tom PerrottaDamon Lindelof

Casting

  • Carrie Coon
    Nora Durst
  • Justin Theroux
    Kevin Garvey
  • Amy Brenneman
    Laurie Garvey
  • Chris Zylka
    Tom Garvey
  • Christopher Eccleston
    Matt Jamison
  • Jovan Adepo
    Michael Murphy
  • Kevin Carroll
    John Murphy
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Season 1

This one-hour drama focuses on a suburban town whose preconceptions are shattered after a global event dubbed “The Departure” (which may or may not have been the Biblical “rapture”), in which 140 million people – 2% of the world’s population – disappeared without a trace. Seen primarily through the eyes of a beleaguered police chief, the series shows how ordinary people react to the inexplicable.

Number of episodes 10

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Season 2

Season two begins in Jarden, Texas – renamed “Miracle” after it was discovered no one departed. The town has since become a magnet for tourists and people who are convinced it is special and can keep them safe. It is there we meet the Murphy family: John, Erika, and their twins Evie and Michael. While trying to protect his town from frauds and charlatans, John gets an ominous warning from a man who claims to have psychic powers. Soon afterwards, Kevin Garvey, Nora Durst and Jill Garvey show up in Miracle. This newly formed “family” left Mapleton to start over but Kevin Garvey cannot seem to escape his past. Soon, Kevin, The Murphy family and the town of Miracle experience a mysterious event that will that change their lives forever.

Number of episodes 10

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Season 3

Seven years ago, 140 million people inexplicably vanished. In the third season, families come together as they desperately grasp for a system of belief to better explain what defies explanation. The world is crackling with the energy of something big about to happen, a corresponding bookend to the Sudden Departure that sent them all spinning years earlier, bringing their journey Down Under

Number of episodes 8