Well summer is officially here when HBO often rolls out their one off series' that rarely have a chance of
sticking past one season but can be interesting at times. I don't have a whole lot of long term hope in
this one but I will give it a few hours of my time and see whether it is worth sticking out until the end.
Here is the review from the Sun-Times :

“THE LEFTOVERS” (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO): “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof returns to series television with this unsettling, atmospheric drama based on Tom Perrotta’s novel by the same name. Three years after 2 percent of the world’s population abruptly disappears in an event labeled the “Sudden Departure,” residents of a fictional New York town try to make sense of what happened and learn to live in the aftermath. Justin Theroux (“Wanderlust,” “Parks and Recreation”) ably anchors the series as a troubled police chief and father struggling to hold it together personally and professionally. An intriguing study in how regular Joes react to inexplicable events, the show demands a level of patience bound to result in its own “Sudden Departure” of at least some viewers. Rating: ★★★

Starts this coming Sunday.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

I'd probably cheer if 2 percent disappeared and be pissed it wasn't more

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

because we need another post apocalyptic show about survivalists.

Saw the commercial yesterday for PURGE II!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I really enjoyed the first episode. I'm in.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

It doesn't seem like it's really that though. At least not after one episode.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

It was good but that's an emotional slog, right there.

It is interesting, though, so far. I plan to stick with it.

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You know me like that.

Yeah it is pretty depressing. Next week's episode looks great.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Yeah, I found it interesting enough to stick out a few more episodes. The cast is pretty good. Looking
at cuts from the entire season I have no real idea where this is going to lead, if anywhere.

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The daughter is Andie MacDowell's kid.

I used to be a big fan.

Of Andie. Not the teenager.

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You know me like that.

Is that right? Well, after last night I'm a big fan of the daughter.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

so what it's really about the king in yellow?

JORR's right though. It's not really a post apocalyptic show.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

judging from the premise (from the novel) it is about a "rapture" using it like a device, or a motif or an idea...like "in the flesh" is a zombie show but it's not really about zombies. it's not "walking dead". i don't have time to give this a chance right now but the book seems interesting to read.

Was I to know what the GR was before the show? or what it stands for?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

You could start by actually knowing what the show is about before commenting?

i can only go by what the promos show and it looked like a survivalist show from what i recall.

I thought the same thing. I had to look it up.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

wasn't it "great rapture"? i think it's supposed to be explained during the duration.

Guilty Remnant. It's a chain smoking cult in the show.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

gotcha. it seems that's a running theme in the spine of the story from what i'm reading about.

That's not good enough!

Do you want her to choke you, while you rub one out?

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Age wise she is definitely in JORRS wheel house.

What was the point of that scene? What were they supposed to be doing? Just get naked and she chokes him?

I assume the rubbing it out portion wasn't part of it since he asked if she minded if he did it? I didn't understand what was going on in that scene, other than the obvious, nudity and masturbation.

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You know me like that.

What's that app they were using and is it available for Android?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Take into account what had happened with everyone disappearing.... The teens are in a very strange place.

Yeah, I guess. It was a tad more hedonistic than my old high school parties.

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You know me like that.

Same here.

It looks like they just don't care.

That was the first thing I thought.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami