3P Reviews: The Leftovers, Season One, Episode Ten

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 6 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 6 Overall Plot: 6 Subplots: 6 Sum: 31/50   Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: None Season One Episode Ten: The Prodigal Son Returns - ***   Part One: Fire is Pretty Right off the bat, I need to give props to the visuals. This is…

3P Reviews: The Leftovers, Season One, Episode Nine

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 6 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 6 Overall Plot: 6 Subplots: 6 Sum: 31/50   Spoilers: Yes, and also for the first season of Preacher. Audience Assumptions: None Season One Episode Nine: The Garveys at Their Best - **   Part One: Uh Oh, There's a Dog First things first,…

3P Reviews: The Leftovers, Season One, Episode Eight

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 6 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 6 Overall Plot: 6 Subplots: 6 Sum: 31/50   Spoilers: Yes. Also spoilers for Fight Club, I guess. Do we still need spoilers for Fight Club? Did we ever? Audience Assumptions: None Season One Episode Eight: Cairo - ****   Part One: Kevin Pulls…

3P Reviews: The Leftovers, Season One, Episode Seven

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 6 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 6 Overall Plot: 6 Subplots: 6 Sum: 31/50   Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: None Season One Episode Seven: Solace for Tired Feet - ***   Part One: The Goods Compared to the previous few episodes, this one is a little disorganized. It has a…

3P Reviews: The Leftovers, Season One, Episode Six

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 6 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 6 Overall Plot: 6 Subplots: 6 Sum: 31/50   Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: None Season One Episode Six: Guest - ****   Part One: Nora Again, we step away from the main plot to focus on one character -- in this instance, Nora. We've…

3P Reviews: The Leftovers, Season One, Episode Five

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 6 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 6 Overall Plot: 6 Subplots: 6 Sum: 31/50   Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: None Season One Episode Five: Gladys - ****   Part One: We Don’t Need to See Anyone Being Stoned to Death, For Any Reason The plot of this episode is very…

3P Reviews: The Leftovers, Season One, Episode Four

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 6 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 6 Overall Plot: 6 Subplots: 6 Sum: 31/50   Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: None Season One Episode Four: B.J. and the A.C. - *****   Part One: Kevin Chonks the Joshy Boi Where the previous episode seemed to be unaware of its comedic timing,…

3P Reviews: The Leftovers, Season One, Episode Three

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 6 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 6 Overall Plot: 6 Subplots: 6 Sum: 31/50   Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: None Season One Episode Three: Two Boats and a Helicopter - ***   Part One: Plot Pogo Stick This is easily the funniest episode in the series so far. I don't…

3P Reviews: The Leftovers, Season One, Episode Two

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 6 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 6 Overall Plot: 6 Subplots: 6 Sum: 31/50   Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: None Season One Episode Two: Penguin One, Us Zero - ***   Part One: Who is this Lady? We learn a lot in this episode, namely that Wayne, leader of the…

3P Reviews: The Leftovers, Season One, Episode One

Preface: You might be wondering why I’ve chosen this particular series for my next episodic reviews. To be honest, I’m kind of wondering the same. This is my third time trying to start this series, and I think the format of these reviews might help me appreciate it for once. I’ve been hearing about the…