Scripted series · HBO
The Leftovers
We're still here.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Justin Theroux
Kevin Garvey
28 eps
Carrie Coon
Nora Durst
28 eps
Amy Brenneman
Laurie Garvey
28 eps
Christopher Eccleston
Matt Jamison
28 eps
Margaret Qualley
Jill Garvey
22 eps
Liv Tyler
Meg Abbott
22 eps
Kevin Carroll
John Murphy
18 eps
Ann Dowd
Patti Levin
21 eps
Regina King
Erika Murphy
11 eps
Emily Meade
Aimee
10 eps
Jovan Adepo
Michael Murphy
18 eps
Chris Zylka
Tom Garvey
28 eps
Amanda Warren
Lucy Warburton
10 eps
Michael Gaston
Dean
12 eps
Janel Moloney
Mary Jamison
16 eps
Charlie Carver
Scott Frost
10 eps
Max Carver
Adam Frost
10 eps
Annie Q. Riegel
Christine
11 eps
Scott Glenn
Kevin Garvey Sr.
11 eps
Dan Bittner
Craig MacNary
3 eps
Paterson Joseph
Wayne Gilchrest
7 eps
Violett Beane
Taylor
5 eps
Frank Harts
Dennis Luckey
7 eps
Wayne Duvall
Det. Louis Vitello
4 eps
Stephanie Kurtzuba
Sabrina
2 eps
Sebastian Arcelus
Doug Durst
2 eps
Patrick Husted
Louis Patterson
3 eps
Darius McCrary
Isaac Rayney
3 eps
Steven Williams
Virgil
6 eps
Timothy Eric
Reverend Massey
2 eps
Lynn Blackburn
Taylor's Mom
2 eps
Holt Boggs
Violet's Father
2 eps
Katherine Willis
Violet's Mom
2 eps
Kitty Harris
Violet
5 eps
Olga Sosnovska
Roxana
2 eps
Marceline Hugot
Gladys
7 eps
Anthony Cieslak
Jeremy Durst
2 eps
Jeremy Burnett
Young Cop
2 eps
Ella Taylor
Erin Durst
2 eps
Noel Wilson
Mr. Johnson
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Leftovers actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Leftovers reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 28 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20144 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201410 episodes
7.9IMDbThis one-hour drama focuses on a suburban town whose preconceptions are shattered after a global event dubbed “The Departure” (which may or may not have been the Biblical “rapture”), in which 140 million people – 2% of the world’s population – disappeared without a trace. Seen primarily through the eyes of a beleaguered police chief, the series shows how ordinary people react to the inexplicable.
Best episode · S01E06 Guest
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201510 episodes
8.4IMDbSeason two begins in Jarden, Texas – renamed “Miracle” after it was discovered no one departed. The town has since become a magnet for tourists and people who are convinced it is special and can keep them safe. It is there we meet the Murphy family: John, Erika, and their twins Evie and Michael. While trying to protect his town from frauds and charlatans, John gets an ominous warning from a man who claims to have psychic powers. Soon afterwards, Kevin Garvey, Nora Durst and Jill Garvey show up in Miracle. This newly formed “family” left Mapleton to start over but Kevin Garvey cannot seem to escape his past. Soon, Kevin, The Murphy family and the town of Miracle experience a mysterious event that will that change their lives forever.
Best episode · S02E06 Lens
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20178 episodes
8.3IMDbSeven years ago, 140 million people inexplicably vanished. In the third season, families come together as they desperately grasp for a system of belief to better explain what defies explanation. The world is crackling with the energy of something big about to happen, a corresponding bookend to the Sudden Departure that sent them all spinning years earlier, bringing their journey Down Under.
Best episode · S03E08 The Book of Nora
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E06
Lens
Some unexpected visitors get under Nora's skin, and she becomes preoccupied with a burning question about herself. Kevin's predicament becomes impossible to ignore. Erika finds an unlikely ally and reveals some haunting secrets.
- Directed by Craig Zobel
- Written by Damon Lindelof, Tom Perrotta
S02E07
A Most Powerful Adversary
Nora gives Kevin and Jill news they weren't expecting. Laurie makes a rash decision that affects the Garveys. Kevin deals with the fallout of Nora's news, and explores his options re: tackling his Patti problem head-on.
- Directed by Mimi Leder
- Written by Patrick Somerville, Damon Lindelof
S03E08
The Book of Nora
Nothing is answered. Everything is answered. And then it ends.
- Directed by Mimi Leder
S03E04
G'Day Melbourne
Kevin and Nora travel to Australia, where she continues to track down the masterminds of an elaborate con, while he catches a glimpse of an unexpected face from the past, forcing him to confront the traumatic events of three years earlier.
- Directed by Daniel Sackheim
S02E05
No Room at the Inn
Rev. Matt Jamison takes his vegetative wife, Mary, outside Miracle to seek answers about her condition, but their lives take a dangerous detour when he is barred from returning to town. Racing to get her back into Miracle, he struggles to keep Mary safe from desperate tourists squatting just outside the town’s gates.
- Directed by Nicole Kassell
- Written by Damon Lindelof, Jacqueline Hoyt
S02E08
International Assassin
In the wake of Kevin's desperate decision to vanquish Patti, questions and answers emerge as the world adjusts to the repercussions of what comes next.
- Directed by Craig Zobel
- Written by Nick Cuse, Damon Lindelof
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S03E07
The Most Powerful Man in the World (and His Identical Twin Brother)
- Directed by Craig Zobel
- Written by Nick Cuse, Damon Lindelof
S03E06
Certified
- Directed by Carl Franklin
- Written by Patrick Somerville, Carly Wray
S03E05
It's a Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt World
- Directed by Nicole Kassell
- Written by Damon Lindelof, Lila Byock
S03E03
Crazy Whitefella Thinking
- Directed by Mimi Leder
- Written by Damon Lindelof, Tom Spezialy
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Damon Lindelof
Showrunner
Tom Perrotta
Creator
Peter Berg
Executive producer
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Eugene Kelly
Executive producer
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Sarah Aubrey
Executive producer
Mimi Leder
Executive producer
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Tom Spezialy
Executive producer
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Nick Cuse
Writer
Patrick Somerville
Writer
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Carlito Rodriguez
Writer
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Lila Byock
Writer
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Monica Beletsky
Writer
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Jacqueline Hoyt
Writer
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Elizabeth Peterson
Writer
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Kath Lingenfelter
Writer
Carly Wray
Writer
Curtis Gwinn
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Damon LindelofExecutive Producer
- Peter BergExecutive Producer
- Patrick MarkeyProducer
- Eugene KellyExecutive Producer
- Alma KuttruffProducer
- Tom PerrottaExecutive Producer
Writing
- Nick CuseWriter
- Patrick SomervilleWriter
- Carlito RodriguezWriter
- Damon LindelofWriter
- Lila ByockWriter
- Monica BeletskyWriter
Direction
- Peter BergDirector
- Daniel SackheimDirector
- Tom ShanklandDirector
- Craig ZobelDirector
- Michelle MacLarenDirector
- Carl FranklinDirector
Cinematography
- Michael GradyDirector of Photography
- Robert HumphreysDirector of Photography
- John GrilloDirector of Photography
- Michael SlovisDirector of Photography
- Todd McMullenDirector of Photography
Music
- Max RichterOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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- HBO MaxStreaming
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