This show is so deeply underrated. I genuinely believe that in a few years, people will recognize it for the brilliant masterpiece it was. At least, I hope so.
It just needs to be put on a bigger worldwide platform - I live in the UK and recommend it to people but its only on the least popular streaming services and you have to specifically seek it out.
I really enjoyed the series; I have liked every feature or TV series/show that Justin Theroux has worked on or appeared in. The rest of the cast are well worth the watch, also. Excellent acting and well-chosen for their roles.
@@RealAndyOriginal There is one level above Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Rectify, The Wire or other great series because it's focusing on a bigger picture (life) and it's able to somehow provide answers and the same time to let everyone decide what they think.
@@nebunudesalam8191 WOAH! Relax😂😂😂are you out of your mind lad? I like the leftovers I truly do but it wouldn’t make my top ten best shows. And it may squeeze into my top fifteen(big maybe) so it’s definitely one of my all time favorites. But calling it “best show ever” is rubbish! I don’t even think it’s close to that. Like breaking bad and sopranos are firmly in my top ten and I would say they’re way better than the leftovers. The wire is the best show ever made hands down. The leftovers shouldn’t really be in the same sentence as the wire. Again one of my all time favorites and is definitely a good show but pump the brakes
@@raymondsims7042 Leftovers, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Americans, Rectify. Putting the boys and dark in the top 5 of all time shows how much you know about TV series :))
@@fathergabrielstokes4706 is it really? I haven’t seen it yet. What would be your top ten shows ever? My list so far in order would go… The wire Got Mr robot Dark The boys Breaking bad Stranger things Sopranos Succession Dexter
@@raymondsims7042 My top 10 ((recent shows I've seen are higher, so maybe I'm being biased to them)) are (1) Boardwalk Empire (2) Oz (3) The Leftovers (4) Breaking Bad (5) The Sopranos (6) 24 (7) Lost (8) Westworld (9) Better Call Saul (10) The X-Files And yes, Boardwalk Empire is very good!!
@@raymondsims7042 Sopranos Game of Thrones/HOTD Spartacus Black Mirror Lost Peaky Blinders Penny Dreadful Boardwalk Empire Dark The Last of Us Rome Good Omens Outlander Vikings The Killing The Fall Single Seasons Queens Gambit Chernobyl Mare of Eastown Maid Haunting on Hill House The Returned Band of Brothers Underappreciated The Son Hell on Wheels Anne with an E Best Irish Show Love Hate
@@stephenbyrneireland ok nice nice I like your list! Based on the wire not being on it you must haven’t seen the best show ever made. Which for me is clear cut the wire. Go check it out!!! My top ten in order would be The wire Game of thrones Mr robot Dark The boys Breaking bad Stranger things Sopranos Succession Dexter (Shows that didn’t make my top the but that I still love) power, you, euphoria, twd, leftovers, peaky blinders, westworld, cobra Kai, umbrella academy
I've watched this show start to finish four times, with the first time, I believe, being in either '17 or '18. It gets better with every single watching. An actual masterpiece.
It was a show that required some serious attention to the dialogue as well as the action of the characters. People have less patience for this in the "instant gratification" of the twenty-first century and the new millennium.
In my humble opinion, the best tv show ever produced. Perfect cast, incredible soundtrack, some of the scenes are near perfect ( special mention to Matt confronting Burton/God).. it's an amazing emotionnal rollercoaster that will let you puzzled and wonder many years later.
Unfortunately, most people give up exactly because they compare it to Lost in some way. The "big mystery" is not the focus of show and the pace is VERY slow if you are expecting something big happening (it wont). When you understand that the show is not your casual end of the world show, you will a masterpiece instead.
@@fabiorodrigo3638 I think he fixed a lot of the issues that lost had. Instead of focusing on the mystery he just let the mystery be (intended) and instead focused on how it affects the characters and their relationships.
I was intrigued when my partner and I watched the pilot episode and the interview with Justin Theroux, Scott Glenn and Liv Tyler. All actors I admire. 24-02-24 1:17
I know at the time it aired at lot of people were mad that it wasn’t a religious show about “the rapture” and didn’t immediately explain what happened. But I always saw that as a fundamental misunderstanding of the story that was even set up to tell. It’s a show watching people cope with grief in every imaginable way. It’s painful to watch but it’s well worth doing so.
Its incredibly funny during some very serious moments, it's because some scenes feels so deranged and out of touch. For example, *minor spoiler incoming* (or reminder if u watched it): A main character is found choking himself with a plastic bag, a few seconds later he says "lets a have a baby" to his significant other, and she starts to laugh uncontrollably while he looks really uncomfortable and distressed. Its one of my favourite scenes due to it being so weird, funny and serious at the same time.
The "bleakest" show i have ever watched, but touched on things as a human being that i doubt we will ever experience again! I do recommend a pallet cleanser for after, I used to watch "the last man on earth" to balance it out!😎
Trying not to include spoilers but I wish they'd consider what the "other side" looked like. The ending was very emotionally charged and quite satisfactory. Much better than Lost.
Apparently, the people on "the other side" have to continue their lives and deal with a much greater number of losses, if you understand they represent the nineteen /snr “Departed", and that, for them- eighty-one per cent of the Earth’s human population has disappeared and they have no explanation for that. I tried to imagine what that would be like if it really happened, and how my brain would attempt to logically comprehend it. 1:17, 24-02-24
I must agree with you on that; Max [Richter] is a very gifted composer and musician, and I’ve been wondering how they managed to secure his contract for the original soundtrack and score that’s very distinct to the first season of the series. It sets the mood and tone to "The Departure" and its aftermath on the various characters in "The Leftovers". It's also the musical theme people have come to associate with the show. I got the original soundtrack from Apple Music - no charge, and the music for the other seasons can be found (though I didn’t really like the music featured for the opening credits in the following years). ☮︎︎✌︎︎
@@CouncilofZoom thanks fam, looking forward to it, cause it really has the same energy with what Max Richter also composed for the show, but I never heard it before on the show
I feel like this needs to be on a streaming platform like Netflix or Prime, to fully capture the audience it deserves. Although, part of me is glad that I’m one of the 2% of the population who have watched it. 😜
I never even heard about this show - until yesterday ...- when I noticed one of the psychological analysis vids (on the character Kevin). I've no doubt - had they went more aggressive in marketing/promos - there would have been MASSIVE viewership. What a great show/story!
The Leftovers is excellent, it's not underrated. It won several awards, appeared in 50+ critic's top ten lists, and got universal acclaim on Metacritic.
Don't listen to the reviews for this show. It is a massive piece of crap. The show's writer Damon Lindelof has ONE trick. The same trick he used on Lost and Prometheus. He writes a bunch of weird random stuff and then strings you along, episode after episode, NEVER explaining any of it. The poor viewer keeps watching hoping the next episode will explain something, but no it never does. In the Leftovers there are a thousand questions that you will never know the answer to. Slight Spoilers Below. But how can you spoil something that is never revealed? Where did the Departed go? We never find out. One person says they know but all the clues say they are lying. Why does the Cult wear white, not talk, and chain smoke? Damn if I know. Is Kevin really immortal? Your guess is as good as mine. Was Patti real? Was the Hotel real? Could Wayne really take away pain? Was he really a "magical" being? Wayne kept saying that the baby was special, yet nothing happens with the baby. In fact they just write it out of the show by season three. On and on. A million plot points introduced with ZERO resolution and enough loose ends to weave a sweater.
If you’re still questioning what happened to the departed, then you missed the whole f’n point. I’ll be honest, I was very curious about where they went and became a little frustrated as season 1 went along. By the end of S1 and definitely during S2, I became way more intrigued about the chaos and depravity of those left behind. I stopped questioning it and just enjoyed the story.
@@kp6007 I've always said... as an artist, if you have to explain your artwork in length, then you have failed. You have failed to convey the emotions, meaning and purpose of your art. Art is a way of sending a message across time, whether through a painting, sculpture, music, play or film. That message should be loud and clear. Look at Shakespeare, his plays are hundreds of years old and still to this day we can enjoy them. In 50 years, will people like or understand The Leftovers? Probably not, they will have no point of reference, but in 50 will people still enjoy The Wizard of Oz, The Matrix, Star Wars? Yes, because they are self contained stories with a clear explanation and a straightforward message that transcends time. The Leftovers is an unsolved mystery box with no explanation that focuses more on how the characters react to the mystery rather than solving it.
@ So something had to be clearly defined on order for it to be considered ‘good’? Do me a favour. There are numerous examples of art (in all forms) where the subject matter is subjective and open to interpretation. It’s what the individual gets from it that matters. From the off, The Leftovers never set out to give definitive answers (it’s based on a book with the same principle for heavens sake). Life itself, the greatest work of art there is, is the greatest mystery of all. I get that some people like things wrapped up in a nice little bow, but that’s not how life works. Whether people enjoyed the show or not is up to them, but to say it’s bad because you didn’t get the answers you wanted means you missed the point.
@kp6007 I understand your point, but I challenge you to show me a classic book where things are NOT explained. Look at the Charles Dickens book A Christmas Carol. Supernatural story, yes, complex plot, yes. Everything explained...YES. There are no dangling strings. Written in 1843. 181 years later we still understand the book and can still relate to it. Jackson Pollock artist known and admired today for his splatter paintings. In 200 years will people understand his art? Will they be confused or admire him?
@@LeisureEnthusiast22I'd rather watch the entire series of Barney & Friends before watching The Leftovers again, tbh. It'd be more intellectually stimulating, at least.
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This show is so deeply underrated. I genuinely believe that in a few years, people will recognize it for the brilliant masterpiece it was. At least, I hope so.
1 year has passed. Still nothing bro but yeah, I got to watch it because of people like you. Thanks for this gift to Damon, Tom & all of you.
The show won several awards, appeared 50+ critic's top ten lists, and got universal acclaim on Metacritic. It's not underrated, it's *outstanding.*
@@Brainbuster But it's still very unpopular.
It just needs to be put on a bigger worldwide platform - I live in the UK and recommend it to people but its only on the least popular streaming services and you have to specifically seek it out.
I wouldn’t say it’s underrated. Those of us who are lucky enough to have seen it, rate it very highly.
I would say it’s under appreciated.
Laughed, cried, loved it! It is the most heart breaking, baffling, achingly beautiful shows I have ever seen.
There is nothing, NOTHING, like Leftovers
I really enjoyed the series; I have liked every feature or TV series/show that Justin Theroux has worked on or appeared in. The rest of the cast are well worth the watch, also.
Excellent acting and well-chosen for their roles.
@@SEPP_33 no other show had such a perfect cast like this one. Everyone is superbly good in its role
I just binged this show this week, the music was amazing, especially the use of "Where is my mind" and "You're the one that I want"
This is by far the best series of all time.
Best idk but amazing !!!
@@RealAndyOriginal There is one level above Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Rectify, The Wire or other great series because it's focusing on a bigger picture (life) and it's able to somehow provide answers and the same time to let everyone decide what they think.
@@nebunudesalam8191 WOAH! Relax😂😂😂are you out of your mind lad? I like the leftovers I truly do but it wouldn’t make my top ten best shows. And it may squeeze into my top fifteen(big maybe) so it’s definitely one of my all time favorites. But calling it “best show ever” is rubbish! I don’t even think it’s close to that. Like breaking bad and sopranos are firmly in my top ten and I would say they’re way better than the leftovers. The wire is the best show ever made hands down. The leftovers shouldn’t really be in the same sentence as the wire. Again one of my all time favorites and is definitely a good show but pump the brakes
@@nebunudesalam8191 because you’re crazy🤷♂️😂what’s your top five then? Mine is
The wire
Game of thrones
Mr robot
Dark
The boys
@@raymondsims7042 Leftovers, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Americans, Rectify. Putting the boys and dark in the top 5 of all time shows how much you know about TV series :))
The Leftovers is a masterpiece
A “masterpiece” maybe a stretch but it is a very good show
@@raymondsims7042 I recently finished Boardwalk Empire, which is a true masterpiece
@@fathergabrielstokes4706 is it really? I haven’t seen it yet. What would be your top ten shows ever? My list so far in order would go…
The wire
Got
Mr robot
Dark
The boys
Breaking bad
Stranger things
Sopranos
Succession
Dexter
@@raymondsims7042 My top 10 ((recent shows I've seen are higher, so maybe I'm being biased to them)) are (1) Boardwalk Empire (2) Oz (3) The Leftovers (4) Breaking Bad (5) The Sopranos (6) 24 (7) Lost (8) Westworld (9) Better Call Saul (10) The X-Files
And yes, Boardwalk Empire is very good!!
@@raymondsims7042 Did you get my reply??
Greatest show I've ever watched.
What are some of your other favorite shows?
@@raymondsims7042
Sopranos
Game of Thrones/HOTD
Spartacus
Black Mirror
Lost
Peaky Blinders
Penny Dreadful
Boardwalk Empire
Dark
The Last of Us
Rome
Good Omens
Outlander
Vikings
The Killing
The Fall
Single Seasons
Queens Gambit
Chernobyl
Mare of Eastown
Maid
Haunting on Hill House
The Returned
Band of Brothers
Underappreciated
The Son
Hell on Wheels
Anne with an E
Best Irish Show
Love Hate
@@stephenbyrneireland ok nice nice I like your list! Based on the wire not being on it you must haven’t seen the best show ever made. Which for me is clear cut the wire. Go check it out!!! My top ten in order would be
The wire
Game of thrones
Mr robot
Dark
The boys
Breaking bad
Stranger things
Sopranos
Succession
Dexter
(Shows that didn’t make my top the but that I still love) power, you, euphoria, twd, leftovers, peaky blinders, westworld, cobra Kai, umbrella academy
This show deserves so much more than what's it has gotten so far, it's sad.
I've watched this show start to finish four times, with the first time, I believe, being in either '17 or '18. It gets better with every single watching.
An actual masterpiece.
I’ll never understand how it didn’t have better views. I loved it. So much.
It was a show that required some serious attention to the dialogue as well as the action of the characters. People have less patience for this in the "instant gratification" of the twenty-first century and the new millennium.
In my humble opinion, the best tv show ever produced. Perfect cast, incredible soundtrack, some of the scenes are near perfect ( special mention to Matt confronting Burton/God).. it's an amazing emotionnal rollercoaster that will let you puzzled and wonder many years later.
Max ritcher's music was something beyond words. A complete show for me in every possible way❤
Regina King is great in this and Watchmen!
As a fan of lost. I feel I’ve done this show a disservice by not watching it yet. Can’t wait after this video. Well done team.
Hope you did, it's truly the greatest television show I have ever seen, and I don't think I'll ever watch anything better.
Unfortunately, most people give up exactly because they compare it to Lost in some way. The "big mystery" is not the focus of show and the pace is VERY slow if you are expecting something big happening (it wont). When you understand that the show is not your casual end of the world show, you will a masterpiece instead.
@@fabiorodrigo3638 I think he fixed a lot of the issues that lost had. Instead of focusing on the mystery he just let the mystery be (intended) and instead focused on how it affects the characters and their relationships.
@@evangelionl0vr857 what’s some of your other top shows that you’ve seen?
Its better than lost
Loved that show. Watched it after I watched Watcmen.
I was intrigued when my partner and I watched the pilot episode and the interview with Justin Theroux, Scott Glenn and Liv Tyler. All actors I admire. 24-02-24 1:17
I know at the time it aired at lot of people were mad that it wasn’t a religious show about “the rapture” and didn’t immediately explain what happened. But I always saw that as a fundamental misunderstanding of the story that was even set up to tell. It’s a show watching people cope with grief in every imaginable way. It’s painful to watch but it’s well worth doing so.
Perfect Strangers? Wow, this show sound crazy! I always thought it was just drama, but some of the stuff in this video looks wild.
Its incredibly funny during some very serious moments, it's because some scenes feels so deranged and out of touch. For example, *minor spoiler incoming* (or reminder if u watched it): A main character is found choking himself with a plastic bag, a few seconds later he says "lets a have a baby" to his significant other, and she starts to laugh uncontrollably while he looks really uncomfortable and distressed. Its one of my favourite scenes due to it being so weird, funny and serious at the same time.
The amount of story and character development they jammed into three seasons, is absolutely commendable
The LEFTOVERS rules!!!! 21 Jump Street Captain Fuller - Dont forget him!
Awesome video here. I need to watch this show.
The "bleakest" show i have ever watched, but touched on things as a human being that i doubt we will ever experience again! I do recommend a pallet cleanser for after, I used to watch "the last man on earth" to balance it out!😎
If you have lost someone you will see that this is easily the best show ever made
Trying not to include spoilers but I wish they'd consider what the "other side" looked like.
The ending was very emotionally charged and quite satisfactory. Much better than Lost.
Apparently, the people on "the other side" have to continue their lives and deal with a much greater number of losses, if you understand they represent the nineteen /snr “Departed", and that, for them- eighty-one per cent of the Earth’s human population has disappeared and they have no explanation for that. I tried to imagine what that would be like if it really happened, and how my brain would attempt to logically comprehend it. 1:17, 24-02-24
Let the mystery be!!
YT must know I'm doing a rewatch.
This was the only show that ever brought tears to my eyes.
the best musical choice in the show was Max Richter, to be fair
I must agree with you on that; Max [Richter] is a very gifted composer and musician, and I’ve been wondering how they managed to secure his contract for the original soundtrack and score that’s very distinct to the first season of the series.
It sets the mood and tone to "The Departure" and its aftermath on the various characters in "The Leftovers". It's also the musical theme people have come to associate with the show. I got the original soundtrack from Apple Music - no charge, and the music for the other seasons can be found (though I didn’t really like the music featured for the opening credits in the following years). ☮︎︎✌︎︎
Here's another unknown fact, the main character in The Leftovers, Justin Theroux, was a cowriter of the movie Tropic Thunder
He mentions that on the video 😂
Welp.. Time to rewatch for the 6th time,
Hi, great Leftover essay! What's the song playing up until 1:00 until point number 3?
You know what I have no idea! Ill find out and reply again when i do.
@@CouncilofZoom thanks fam, looking forward to it, cause it really has the same energy with what Max Richter also composed for the show, but I never heard it before on the show
I feel like this needs to be on a streaming platform like Netflix or Prime, to fully capture the audience it deserves.
Although, part of me is glad that I’m one of the 2% of the population who have watched it. 😜
I dind't like the end of Lost, but I liked this show. Watchmen was confusing, too.
Same
number 1 the 9th Doctor is in it. It`s an amzing show that was way too short
I completely forgot Matt was Dr Who lol. I liked him better as Matt than as Dr. Who. Prefer Tenant and Capaldi as Who.
@@chewyjello1 me too. I'm just not that into all that happiness 😂clownness. I prefer my grumpy Rockstar doctor
@@stephjovi Yes! Lol!
I never even heard about this show - until yesterday ...- when I noticed one of the psychological analysis vids (on the character Kevin).
I've no doubt - had they went more aggressive in marketing/promos - there would have been MASSIVE viewership.
What a great show/story!
+ Scott Glenn and Christopher Eccleston; what a cast.
The shows creator wanted the show to end rather than flushing out a captivating world, such a shame
Would love to see another show set in the world where the 2% live. If they live at all.
Excellent video. Be careful with the volume of the background volume though !
I know it's predominantly a drama, but I liked it's black comedy elements the most.
It would be way too depressing without them.
Background music too loud!
I know lost dropped in quality quite a bit but I’m just glad Lindelof was able to learn from his mistakes so he could create this masterpiece.
Listen…I’ll be the guy who says what we’re all thinking: I’d let Liv Tyler do ANYTHING to me 😂 if you know then you know.
banshee is more underrated jsut liek this show and jsut as good with banshee having a slight tad few strengths makign it better
The Leftovers is excellent, it's not underrated. It won several awards, appeared in 50+ critic's top ten lists, and got universal acclaim on Metacritic.
I’ll agree that Banshee is a good show. But it’s not even on the same tier as the leftovers.
😮💨
Don't listen to the reviews for this show. It is a massive piece of crap. The show's writer Damon Lindelof has ONE trick. The same trick he used on Lost and Prometheus. He writes a bunch of weird random stuff and then strings you along, episode after episode, NEVER explaining any of it. The poor viewer keeps watching hoping the next episode will explain something, but no it never does.
In the Leftovers there are a thousand questions that you will never know the answer to.
Slight Spoilers Below. But how can you spoil something that is never revealed?
Where did the Departed go? We never find out. One person says they know but all the clues say they are lying.
Why does the Cult wear white, not talk, and chain smoke? Damn if I know.
Is Kevin really immortal? Your guess is as good as mine.
Was Patti real?
Was the Hotel real?
Could Wayne really take away pain? Was he really a "magical" being?
Wayne kept saying that the baby was special, yet nothing happens with the baby. In fact they just write it out of the show by season three.
On and on. A million plot points introduced with ZERO resolution and enough loose ends to weave a sweater.
If you’re still questioning what happened to the departed, then you missed the whole f’n point. I’ll be honest, I was very curious about where they went and became a little frustrated as season 1 went along. By the end of S1 and definitely during S2, I became way more intrigued about the chaos and depravity of those left behind. I stopped questioning it and just enjoyed the story.
You’ve missed the entire point of the show!!
@@kp6007 I've always said... as an artist, if you have to explain your artwork in length, then you have failed. You have failed to convey the emotions, meaning and purpose of your art. Art is a way of sending a message across time, whether through a painting, sculpture, music, play or film. That message should be loud and clear. Look at Shakespeare, his plays are hundreds of years old and still to this day we can enjoy them. In 50 years, will people like or understand The Leftovers? Probably not, they will have no point of reference, but in 50 will people still enjoy The Wizard of Oz, The Matrix, Star Wars? Yes, because they are self contained stories with a clear explanation and a straightforward message that transcends time.
The Leftovers is an unsolved mystery box with no explanation that focuses more on how the characters react to the mystery rather than solving it.
@ So something had to be clearly defined on order for it to be considered ‘good’? Do me a favour.
There are numerous examples of art (in all forms) where the subject matter is subjective and open to interpretation. It’s what the individual gets from it that matters. From the off, The Leftovers never set out to give definitive answers (it’s based on a book with the same principle for heavens sake). Life itself, the greatest work of art there is, is the greatest mystery of all.
I get that some people like things wrapped up in a nice little bow, but that’s not how life works.
Whether people enjoyed the show or not is up to them, but to say it’s bad because you didn’t get the answers you wanted means you missed the point.
@kp6007 I understand your point, but I challenge you to show me a classic book where things are NOT explained. Look at the Charles Dickens book A Christmas Carol. Supernatural story, yes, complex plot, yes. Everything explained...YES. There are no dangling strings. Written in 1843. 181 years later we still understand the book and can still relate to it.
Jackson Pollock artist known and admired today for his splatter paintings. In 200 years will people understand his art? Will they be confused or admire him?
This is the absolute worst show I've ever seen.
LMAO!!! 😂😂what makes you say that? What was so bad about it?
Worse than 'Two Broke Girls'?
@@LeisureEnthusiast22I'd rather watch the entire series of Barney & Friends before watching The Leftovers again, tbh. It'd be more intellectually stimulating, at least.