List of The Leftovers episodes
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The Leftovers is an American supernatural mystery drama television series created and produced by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta, based on Perrotta's novel of the same name. It premiered on HBO on June 29, 2014, and ran for three seasons, ending on June 4, 2017. The series features an ensemble cast that includes Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler, Chris Zylka, Margaret Qualley, Carrie Coon, Ann Dowd, Regina King, Kevin Carroll and Jovan Adepo. The series takes place in a variety of locations, including New York (seasons 1–2), Texas (seasons 2–3) and Victoria, Australia (season 3). It begins three years after the "Sudden Departure", a global event that resulted in 2% of the world's population disappearing, and follows the lives of those who were left behind. During the course of the series, 28 episodes of The Leftovers aired over three seasons.
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| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 10 | June 29, 2014 (2014-06-29) | September 7, 2014 (2014-09-07) | |
| 2 | 10 | October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) | December 6, 2015 (2015-12-06) | |
| 3 | 8 | April 16, 2017 (2017-04-16) | June 4, 2017 (2017-06-04) | |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U . viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Peter Berg | Damon Lindelof & Tom Perrotta | June 29, 2014 (2014-06-29) | 276070 | 1 |
| On October 14, 2011, 2% of the world's population disappears. Three years later in Mapleton, New York, police chief Kevin Garvey witnesses a man, Dean, shooting a dog. Kevin's wife, Laurie, has left him to join the Guilty Remnant (GR), a cult-like organization. His son, Tom, has left to become a follower of messianic figure Holy Wayne. His delinque | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Penguin One, Us Zero" | Peter Berg | Damon Lindelof & Kath Lingenfelter | July 6, 2014 (2014-07-06) | 4X5702 | 1 |
| Two weeks later, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, and Cults (ATFEC) assault Holy Wayne's compound after suspecting that Wayne is a sex offender. (Wayne claims to need to have sex with teenage Asian girls to "recharge" his ability to supposedly hug people's pain away.) Tom manages to escape with Wayne and Christine, one of Wayne | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Two Boats and a Helicopter" | Keith Gordon | Damon Lindelof & Jacqueline Hoyt | July 13, 2014 (2014-07-13) | 4X5703 | 1 |
| Matt faces dwindling church attendance and abuse from the townspeople as he continues to preach his belief that the Departure was not the Rapture and that those who departed were often sinners. He faces foreclosure from his bank and is told that a buyer made an offer of $135,000 on the church. The bank gives Matt an ultimatum: if he can raise $135, | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "B . and the A ." | Lesli Linka Glatter & Carl Franklin | Damon Lindelof & Elizabeth Peterson | July 20, 2014 (2014-07-20) | 4X5704 | 1 |
| As Christmas approaches, the baby Jesus from Mapleton's nativity display goes missing. The mayor, Lucy Warburton, announces that Kevin will find it, while she secretly tasks him with buying a new one and roughing it up to appear lost. Kevin thinks Jill and Aimee (along with their friends Adam and Scott Frost) stole the baby Jesus, which later appea | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Gladys" | Mimi Leder | Damon Lindelof & Tom Perrotta | July 27, 2014 (2014-07-27) | 4X5705 | 1 |
| Public outrage against the GR is amplified upon discovery of the stolen photos. Gladys, one of the GR's most loyal members, is brutally stoned to death by a group of unseen assailants. Kevin visits the GR's houses to remind them of his warning to not provoke the town. Patti Levin, the leader of the GR, takes Laurie to a diner, gives her regular clo | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Guest" | Carl Franklin | Damon Lindelof & Kath Lingenfelter | August 3, 2014 (2014-08-03) | 4X5706 | 1 |
| While wearing a ballistic vest, Nora instructs an escort to shoot her. After discovering that her departed husband was having an affair, she decides to file for divorce. At the courthouse, she encounters Kevin, who is also filing for divorce. Nora, working for the Department of the Sudden Departure (DSD) as a fraud investigator, attends a Departure | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Solace for Tired Feet" | Mimi Leder | Damon Lindelof & Jacqueline Hoyt | August 10, 2014 (2014-08-10) | 4X5707 | 1 |
| Jill is locked in a refrigerator by Aimee and the Frost twins as a part of a dare. Jill wins the dare but panics when the others are unable to open the door until Kevin Sr. suddenly arrives and rescues her. Kevin Sr., apparently having broken out of the psychiatric hospital, asks Jill not to tell Kevin that she saw him and runs off into the forest. | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Cairo" | Michelle MacLaren | Curtis Gwinn & Carlito Rodriguez | August 17, 2014 (2014-08-17) | 4X5708 | 1 |
| The GR receive Departure replicas and dress them at Patti's behest. Kevin invites Nora over for dinner with Jill and Aimee; Jill confronts Nora about her gun, and Nora claims to have gotten rid of it, offering Jill proof by allowing her to look through Nora's purse. Jill later breaks into Nora's house and finds the gun hidden in a box under the bed | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Garveys at Their Best" | Daniel Sackheim | Kath Lingenfelter & Damon Lindelof | August 24, 2014 (2014-08-24) | 4X5709 | 1 |
| Days before the Departure, a surprise party is planned for Kevin Sr., who is still chief of police. Laurie is a psychiatrist and Patti one of her patients, who senses an upcoming apocalyptic event which Laurie dismisses as anxiety caused by spousal abuse. Tom, who is actually Kevin's stepson, has a violent confrontation with his biological father, | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Prodigal Son Returns" | Mimi Leder | Damon Lindelof & Tom Perrotta | September 7, 2014 (2014-09-07) | 4X5710 | 1 |
| Matt, who Kevin called for help following Patti's suicide, helps bury the body. The GR are revealed to have made life-like replicas of the departed townspeople and placed them in the locations where they disappeared. Laurie worries that their latest protest will anger Mapleton and asks Jill to go home. Tom is horrified when Christine abandons her n | |||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U . viewers (millions) |
| 11 | 1 | "Axis Mundi" | Mimi Leder | Damon Lindelof & Jacqueline Hoyt | October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) | 4X6051 | 0 |
| In prehistoric times, the sole survivor of an earthquake gives birth. The next day, she dies while saving her baby from a rattlesnake. A cavewoman from another tribe finds the baby and takes it. In the present, the fourth anniversary of the Departure approaches. Jarden, Texas, now inside a national park known as "Miracle," has become a tourist dest | |||||||
| 12 | 2 | "A Matter of Geography" | Mimi Leder | Damon Lindelof & Tom Perrotta | October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11) | 4X6052 | 0 |
| Weeks after the attack on the GR's houses, Kevin exhumes Patti's body at Cairo. Troubled over his role in Patti's death, he purposely speeds past a police car. When pulled over, he informs the trooper of the body in his truck. Despite being questioned, he is released after the investigating ATFEC officer learns that Kevin is Mapleton's chief of pol | |||||||
| 13 | 3 | "Off Ramp" | Carl Franklin | Damon Lindelof & Patrick Somerville | October 18, 2015 (2015-10-18) | 4X6053 | 0 |
| After giving up Lily, Tom reunited with Laurie. The pair now travel across the country deprograming GR members. Laurie, having resumed her role as therapist, runs a support group for former GR members. Tom infiltrates GR factions to identify disillusioned members and help them escape into Laurie's support group. Laurie has been suppressing many of | |||||||
| 14 | 4 | "Orange Sticker" | Tom Shankland | Damon Lindelof & Tom Spezialy | October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25) | 4X6054 | 0 |
| On the night of the earthquake, Kevin explains to Nora that he woke up at the bottom of the lake but cannot remember how he got there. They agree that Kevin should remain silent concerning his proximity to the girls. He joins the search party, with the ulterior motive of finding his missing phone. A handprint is eventually found on the girls' car, | |||||||
| 15 | 5 | "No Room at the Inn" | Nicole Kassell | Damon Lindelof & Jacqueline Hoyt | November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01) | 4X6055 | 0 |
| Since Mary's temporary recovery, Matt has been duplicating the circumstances of that day to no avail. Frustrated, he takes Mary to Austin, Texas to get an MRI and discovers she is pregnant. Returning to Miracle, they come upon a man and his young son with car trouble. Matt stops to assist, and the man assaults him and steals both of their wristband | |||||||
| 16 | 6 | "Lens" | Craig Zobel | Damon Lindelof & Tom Perrotta | November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08) | 4X6056 | 0 |
| In the four years since the Departure, the DSD has developed a theory relating to "Lenses": a "Lens" is someone who was in close proximity to a large number of people who departed at the moment of the Departure and is classified as being a risk for those around them departing if there were to be another Departure. A scientist comes to Miracle, beli | |||||||
| 17 | 7 | "A Most Powerful Adversary" | Mimi Leder | Damon Lindelof & Patrick Somerville | November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15) | 4X6057 | 0 |
| After revealing to Nora that he speaks to Patti, Kevin awakens to find Nora has left with Mary and Lily. This upsets Jill, who assumes that Kevin has ruined his relationship with Nora just as he did his marriage to Laurie. Michael witnesses Kevin talking to Patti and says his grandfather Virgil can help him with his problem. Kevin met Virgil before | |||||||
| 18 | 8 | "International Assassin" | Craig Zobel | Damon Lindelof & Nick Cuse | November 22, 2015 (2015-11-22) | 4X6058 | 0 |
| Kevin awakens into the realm of the undead: a hotel full of people who either believe it is real and are unaware that they are dead or are on a mission to vanquish their adversaries. Kevin is an assassin tasked with killing presidential nominee Patti Levin. Kevin saves a girl from drowning in the pool. He speaks with Kevin Sr. through his televisio | |||||||
| 19 | 9 | "Ten Thirteen" | Keith Gordon | Damon Lindelof & Monica Beletsky | November 29, 2015 (2015-11-29) | 4X6059 | 0 |
| On the day before the Departure, Meg's mother dies, leading her to feel that her ability to grieve was robbed from her. Two years later, Meg and her fiancé journey to Miracle and visit Isaac because of his supposed psychic abilities. Meg asks Isaac what her mother was about to tell her just before she died. Meg then meets Evie. In the present, Meg | |||||||
| 20 | 10 | "I Live Here Now" | Mimi Leder | Damon Lindelof & Tom Perrotta | December 6, 2015 (2015-12-06) | 4X6060 | 0 |
| On the night the girls faked their disappearance, Kevin jumps into the lake with a cinderblock tied to his ankle. In the present, Kevin unearths himself from the ground where Michael buried him after his death. He returns home and encounters a furious John, who has discovered that the handprint on the girls' car belongs to Kevin. Kevin, having reca | |||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U . viewers (millions) |
| 21 | 1 | "The Book of Kevin" | Mimi Leder | Damon Lindelof & Patrick Somerville | April 16, 2017 (2017-04-16) | T13 | 0 |
| In 1844, a professed prophet teaches his congregation various failed predictions of a pending celestial event. In the present day, a military drone kills the GR members who invaded Miracle, including Meg and Evie. Three years later, the National Park jurisdiction over "Miracle" has ended, and Jarden is open to the public. Kevin is the police chief | |||||||
| 22 | 2 | "Don't Be Ridiculous" | Keith Gordon | Tom Perrotta & Damon Lindelof | April 23, 2017 (2017-04-23) | T13 | 0 |
| A man in Jarden dies and Matt helps his widow make it seem as though it was a departure. Nora is contacted by actor Mark Linn-Baker, who claims he represents people who can reunite her with her children if she meets him in St. Louis. Nora meets with Linn-Baker but is convinced he is suicidal after he explains the group he represents have built a ra | |||||||
| 23 | 3 | "Crazy Whitefella Thinking" | Mimi Leder | Damon Lindelof & Tom Spezialy | April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30) | T13 | 0 |
| After traveling to Australia on the advice of the voices in his head, Kevin Sr. learns from a prophetic chicken that a flood will come on the seventh anniversary of the Departure, leading him to believe it is his destiny to stop the flood. He travels to various Indigenous communities to learn chants from native tribes (which he believes can stop th | |||||||
| 24 | 4 | "G'Day Melbourne" | Daniel Sackheim | Story by : Damon Lindelof Teleplay by : Tamara P. Carter & Haley Harris | May 7, 2017 (2017-05-07) | T13 | 0 |
| At Melbourne, Nora is instructed to catch a bus to an abandoned warehouse in Kensington. There, physicists Drs. Eden and Bekker ask Nora if she would allow a child to die if it meant that a cure for cancer could be invented. Nora answers that she would, rationalizing that children die every day, but this leads Eden and Bekker to reject her and leav | |||||||
| 25 | 5 | "It's a Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt World" | Nicole Kassell | Lila Byock & Damon Lindelof | May 14, 2017 (2017-05-14) | T13 | 0 |
| A Marine Nationale submariner launches a nuclear weapon at an island in the South Pacific Ocean, leading to all air traffic being grounded. Matt disagrees with Kevin Sr.'s interpretation of the impending apocalypse and believes that Kevin must return to Jarden. Matt charters an airplane to Melbourne to bring Kevin home and Laurie, John, and Michael | |||||||
| 26 | 6 | "Certified" | Carl Franklin | Patrick Somerville & Carly Wray | May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21) | T13 | 0 |
| Shortly after the Departure, Laurie attempts suicide before changing her mind and joining the GR. In the present, Matt and Laurie meet with Nora while John and Michael go to find Kevin. Nora spies on Eden and Bekker, having decided that she wants to go through the machine now that her relationship with Kevin has crumbled. The trio track down the ma | |||||||
| 27 | 7 | "The Most Powerful Man in the World (and His Identical Twin Brother)" | Craig Zobel | Nick Cuse & Damon Lindelof | May 28, 2017 (2017-05-28) | T13 | 0 |
| The rain begins in Australia. Kevin is drowned and returns to the realm of the undead, where he is again an assassin and must assassinate the President: his identical twin brother. Kevin discovers that, by looking into any reflective surface, he can switch consciousness between the two brothers. As the President, he encounters Grace's children and | |||||||
| 28 | 8 | "The Book of Nora" | Mimi Leder | Story by : Tom Spezialy & Damon Lindelof Teleplay by : Tom Perrotta & Damon Lindelof | June 4, 2017 (2017-06-04) | T13 | 1 |
| After saying goodbye to Matt, Nora enters the machine. Many years later, an older Nora lives alone in a rural Australian town. One day, an older Kevin arrives at her doorstep, seemingly unable to remember anything that happened between the two other than the time they met at the school dance. Kevin asks her to go to a local dance with him. She rebu | |||||||
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | ||
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