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EPISODE
SEASON
The Leftovers - Season 1 Episode 10: The Prodigal Son Returns
The series takes place three years after 'Sudden Departure', the inexplicable, simultaneous disappearance of 140 million people on October 14, 2011. It follows a group of people from Mapleton, New York as they struggle to continue their lives while they cope with loss and the tragedy of the unexplained nature of the event.
18 September 1961, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, USA
10 January 1989, New York City, New York, USA
11 November 1983, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
6 August 1978, North Bay, Ontario, Canada
1965, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
October 05, 2015
Season 1 ends on a hopeful, yet incredibly confusing and depressing and emotional note.
October 08, 2015
The Leftovers stays true to co-creator Damon Lindelof's promise that there will be no Answers.
October 06, 2015
"The Prodigal Son Returns" was chilling and cathartic, with many tears shed throughout.
October 06, 2015
The message has an incantatory quality to it, the declarative repetitions striving to magic away the darkness that descends upon realizing that there's no going back.
October 06, 2015
In the end, the finale delivered what was promised... It's not a bad place to start season 2.
October 05, 2015
I'm not totally sold on whatever The Leftovers is trying to get me to buy, but the last chunk of this episode is magical.
October 06, 2015
After nearly 10 hours of pain, the series left us with the suggestion that hope and humanity can persevere, even in the cruelest of circumstances.
October 05, 2015
After a torturous week of suspense, The Leftovers concludes its freshman season with a gloriously horrifying finale.
January 27, 2015
It was an overwhelming hour of television, leaving much to discuss before Season 2. Let's get started.
October 06, 2015
Love it or hate it - and 50-odd savage minutes of "The Prodigal Son" absolutely affirmed my love for it - The Leftovers isn't really like anything else on television, past or present.