Once deemed ‘too depressing to watch’,in season two The Leftovers doesn’t feel over the top or depressing any more. It feels like being alive in 2015It’s hard to remember now, but not that long ago, and most critics were calling The Leftovers too depressing to watch.The HBO expose,based on Tom Perottas 2011 novel, is set in a world in which 2% of humanity has inexplicably disappeared. The mysterious event – known as “the Departure” – affected nearly everyone in the small town of Mapleton, and yet life continues to go on. Sort of. apart from for the grief,post-traumatic stress disorder, crises of faith, and psychotic breaks,addictions, suicides, and cult formation and terrorism that breaks out among the survivors. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com