the opening of season 2 was sooo brutally profound to me. i was stunned by this revelation about the opening. humans have been here on earth for so long and so wide spread that no matter where you are standing, something unbelievably sad and something soul souringly joyous has happened rite there. just imagine it....everywhere!

Southland was so under rated. This episode was crazy but really pays off. And the goat scene

HBO has to be applauded for this first episode of the 2nd season of The Leftovers. It is a risky venture to spend a significant amount of time of an episode painting a picture, through the footage of the cavewoman, that is rich in symbolism, but which is not directly connected with our characters. Few shows would think so highly of their audience's attention span, and their ability to read between the lines, to spend so much time on such a scene.

Knock knock Who's there? Broken pencil Broken pencil who? Never mind it's pointless

Arguably the best episode of the show. And after reading some interviews with the people making the show, it is now clear to me that every single shot in this episode has a specific purpose. Like the daily routines of the people are being repeated because they think if they change anything, then they'll trigger the departure. And the opening was to parallel events in the show, and to show us that these earthquakes have been happening for a very long time and are not a recent phenomenon (and may have nothing to do with the departure events). The townsfolk may just be inventing cause and effect in order to explain the unexplainable. Much like how in Game of Thrones, the prophecies may only be "real" because people want them to be so they do whatever it takes to make them happen.

I'm pretty sure by the end of the run of this show, I'm going to throw a chair through my television.

I was left quite mystified by this. I felt mystified by the first season but I thought the understanding I gained through it would carry me into season 2 but no, it's even more confusing now.

This show is the perfect example to why you cannot just simply watch the first 2-3 episodes of a show and give up. Some shows can take up to 5-6 episodes of context and information before it can get going to showing you the entire world. TV watchers have become too damn impatient lately. They want BOOM BOOM BOOM right away. I'm glad I stuck with The Leftovers.

I recognize a fewTexas landmarks in this first episode. Jarden appears to be mostly Lockhart, Texas; you can see a sign for Black's Barbecue behind John's son as he walks to the town square. The Caldwell County Courthouse is also featured prominently in the background. As for the spring / lake / swimming hole, that is Pedernales Falls State Park, about 65 miles NW of Lockhart.

After they burned down that guys house Steve Urkel came in and said did I do that

I also enjoyed the first season, but I wasn't sold until the end basically. The first episode of the second season has me hooked immediately. I don't think this new family is going to be our main cast, I think this was just to introduce them. Justin Theroux still features prominently in the credits, it would be weird if he was relegated to a recurring role.

I love how every scene has a meaning of some sort and there is no waste of time in this show.

That intro makes sense now. Thank you. I got to this show 8 yrs too late. I was too concerned with grabbing my remote to make sure i was on the right show, and why i was watching cavewomen, and what cavewomen had to do with this show. 😆 But that bird in the sky looked too much like an eagle to me. So i also wondered if this even WAS cavewomen... So many questions running through my mind, that I missed how they were trying to connect things.

Season 2 Episode 1 was excellent. I have rarely seen a good/great show start a new season with totally new characters and be as good as the previous season. By the end of S2E1, I was as into the show as the first season and first season characters only played bit parts. Bravo.

Great show! Thanks for your reviews. :)

It's weird how Alonso has become the nice guy on these reviews. I remember everyone thinking he was curmudgeonly sometime ago. Love watching these guys break down my fav series and movies.

I hated last season up to the last episode and I'm back again this season. I was so confused during the credits and first 10 minutes of the show; I thought I was watching a different show. I love that they completely revamped the show. Last season felt like a daunting task to watch because it was so depressing and they never let up. I am intrigued and looking forward to see where they will take us. Great start so far.

I think it is clear those three girls disappeared BUT I predict she will come back at the end because she has that line after the epilepsy something like, "I go sometimes but come back" I can't remember exactly... Good stuff.

I also loved Season 1. This was a great episode. Very interesting opening scene. Next episode looks just as crazy.

i thought this was one of the best episodes of there series so far.

Great review boys :)

The father is an inquisitor who monitors deviant religious expression that could conflict with the doctrine of Miracle. It's why he was "working" when he invited Kevin and co. over for the barbeque. He was taking notes.

why did they burn down Eddie Winslow's house

In the very first of Season 2 when the native American women dies, do you think (SPOILER ALERT) with the three girls vanishing (supposedly thus far), where the very same car is parked sort of seems to be in the same exact spot as the women died some 10,000 odd years ago

i liked the episode. Im glad they brought back the police cheifs daughter. So much of the first season focused around her. I wonder how her plot line goes this season

I thought the avalanche just killed the cave woman's tribe, and had nothing to do with any raptures.

I think the pre-historic woman couldn't have been more than 12,000 years ago because this takes place in America and dated remains of humans discovered thus far haven't been dated before that.

I'm pretty sure the first peoples to populate the americas were a bit more advanced than what was portrayed in the flashback.

I thought it was interesting that Reza Aslan was a producer...fan of the show.

What about arranging bacon on his breakfast plate a la "Breaking Bad"?

Are they not reviewing The Affair this season?

Good show, lindelohf redeemed himself

That first scene strongly implies that the prehistoric women was in, what is now, Texas. actually 12,000 ears ago is about right if you want to pinpoint human inhabitation of North America.

Where is THE AFFAIR Season 2 Review?

Hmm... can someone give me a TL:DW of season 1 of the leftovers?

i totally missed Regina King being deaf. lol wtf!

2:28 WTF, did you guys completely miss the fact that where that woman died was the exact same place where the girls were swimming?

Ahh, the moment Ben mentioned 'Damon Lindelhoff' I remembered why I didn!t watch this. That guy just ... he can write a great middle to a story, just don't ket him touch the beginning or the end. And I really don't support Ben's interest in 'Ray Donovan,' the first season was interesting if inflated, and the second season became grotesque. (I'm irritated when Ben likes things I don't because he has such a great ability to sell me on things otherwise and find the words that capture some of my own feelings).

Lol this is still on??? Lol

This episode was crap. Bring back the old cast

what in the fuck is the show about? does the writer even know?