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Leftovers: Season 1 [Blu-ray]    Review by Suzanne Lanoue 10/9/15

When I first watched this show last season, I thought it was well written and had good actors, but it had some minuses as well. Watching the DVD, I was right. I didn't keep watching the show on HBO because I didn't like how they had characters that were shooting dogs. It looked like a good scifi show and has actors I like, such as Christopher Eccleston (the first new doctor in "Doctor Who").  The show is from Damon Lindelof, who also did "Lost," which is a really good show.

However, the show is very dark and sad, and really violent, and worst of all, confusing.  There were many shows in the past few years about people returning from the dead, like "Resurrection" and "The Returned," so "Leftovers" is a similar type of show. Call it Mysterious Scifi/Fantasy. The question is, what's behind all of this?  And that's where the show falls apart because they don't really answer that very well, and the story becomes very convoluted. This is similar to what they did with "Lost," but way more effectively. It's a difficult thing to write, I'm sure. You want to have just enough mystery to keep people tuning in, but without making them angry that you never really answer their questions. "The Killing" had that same problem the first two years.

I'm really not much of a fan of any kind of post-apocalyptic TV show or movie, I must admit. Whether it's because of the rapture, or zombies, or nuclear holocaust etc. I just find those type of things very depressing and negative. I prefer my scifi future to be more like "Star Trek." I have hope that mankind is getting better, not worse.

For anyone who likes mysteries and how they are woven together with interesting characters, and doesn't mind the violence or depressing stories, then this would be the show for that type of person. Also, this is based on a series of books, so if you like the book, you'll probably love the show.

There are a lot of great features on the DVD set for the fans. They have commentary on two of the episodes, a "Making of" special, and more. The Blu-ray quality is wonderful as always. I'm sure that if you love this show, you'll enjoy this DVD set. The second season has started on HBO, so obviously some people have faith in ths show.

MORE INFORMATION:

“Broken” TRT – 1:27 “Denied” TRT - :29 
“Light Him Up” TRT - :43 “Still On” TRT - :59 
“Stop Wasting Your Breath” TRT - :47 
“There Is No Family” TRT - :42 

1       Pilot

2       Penguin One, Us Zero

3       Two Boats and a Helicopter

4       B.J. and the A.C

5       Gladys

6       Guest

7       Solace for Tired Feet

8       Cairo

9       The Garveys at Their Best

10    The Prodigal Son Returns

Special Features:

▪       Pilot Audio Commentary

▪       Making The Leftovers

▪       I Remember: A Season One Conversation with Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta Secrets of the Guilty Remnant

▪       Beyond the Book: A Look Ahead at Season 2

▪       Finale Audio Commentary

*Nielsen Galaxy Explorer, Live+7 5/26/14 – 10/26/2014

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