They were the bereavement dolls we heard being advertised in episode 3. They're wax figures that people can buy to have a mock funeral.
Good episode, I really am liking this show even though its on the slow side, I quite like all the characters
Personally I think it would have been better if it had Christopher Eccleston's character as the main character rather than the Sheriff who so far is boring as hell.
I also don't like the people in white. Smoking is a rubbish idea for whatever they are meant to be rebelling against and the no talking thing wears thin.
I also don't like the idea that the people in white are some how on the right track. At best they are just a cult, at worse a bunch of nutters.
If this is really about the Rapture (something has definitely happened) then they need to show something mystical happening or they are just using it to entice us to watch but not really believing it themselves.
All of this worked far better in print than it does in a bloated TV adaptation. It's not that the story wouldn't make good TV; it's that in this version, it doesn't. It's confusing, slow-moving and often excruciating.
Broadcast television is consistently guilty of underestimating audience intelligence by telling us every possible thing about the characters and story in the first episode of a new show. Cable is usually better, and European television, in general, allows events to occur, and characters to evolve, in a more naturalistic way. That's the path the creators of the French zombie series "The Returned" followed, and it worked perfectly. The audience was given some information at the outset, but not everything. Our attention was hooked because we knew just enough to want to know more.
With "The Leftovers," we know very little and care less and less as the story slouches along.
BTW has anyone in the show said that they have actually seen someone disappear? Or did everyone go when they were not being watched? If they were seen did they just blink out of existence or didn't they fly up into the sky or did a white light envelope them?
These are the sorts of questions we should have had answered by now.
Did I miss the ep where they follow the aftermath of all that photo stealing, cos iirc it happened LAST ep but in this ep there was no big :booo: from the rest of the population.
As for this ep, when she ('boss' lady) took her to that dinner for an all day breakfast I thought we were going to find out that boss-lady had arranged the killing cos the glasses-lady had lapsed and now boss-lady was going to do something similar to not-ex-wife unless she gave up the lighter (tie to her family) - guess I was wrong.
btw: is Neil the sheriff ? if not then who got the doggy bag of doo doo ?
Did I miss the ep where they follow the aftermath of all that photo stealing, cos iirc it happened LAST ep but in this ep there was no big :booo: from the rest of the population.
As for this ep, when she ('boss' lady) took her to that dinner for an all day breakfast I thought we were going to find out that boss-lady had arranged the killing cos the glasses-lady had lapsed and now boss-lady was going to do something similar to not-ex-wife unless she gave up the lighter (tie to her family) - guess I was wrong.
btw: is Neil the sheriff ? if not then who got the doggy bag of doo doo ?
The Sheriff did mention the break ins which I assume also included the photo stealing.
^yeah I caught the Sheriff's mention but I was so sure the town would've been in uproar following that prolific pilfering of personal photos.
There was a mention at the town meeting/
There may well have been uproar - the town's folk (and other police) aren't impressed with the Captain so perhaps he did little or nothing about the photos.
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What did surprise me was how quickly he got the money back.
The dream sequence was excellent. Best epsidoe thus far.
That was brutal... I was cheering him on!!
I'm well confused!
They were the bereavement dolls we heard being advertised in episode 3. They're wax figures that people can buy to have a mock funeral.
Good episode, I really am liking this show even though its on the slow side, I quite like all the characters
Personally I think it would have been better if it had Christopher Eccleston's character as the main character rather than the Sheriff who so far is boring as hell.
I also don't like the people in white. Smoking is a rubbish idea for whatever they are meant to be rebelling against and the no talking thing wears thin.
I also don't like the idea that the people in white are some how on the right track. At best they are just a cult, at worse a bunch of nutters.
If this is really about the Rapture (something has definitely happened) then they need to show something mystical happening or they are just using it to entice us to watch but not really believing it themselves.
http://www.sfgate.com/tv/article/The-Leftovers-review-Viewers-may-envy-those-5579684.php
BTW has anyone in the show said that they have actually seen someone disappear? Or did everyone go when they were not being watched? If they were seen did they just blink out of existence or didn't they fly up into the sky or did a white light envelope them?
These are the sorts of questions we should have had answered by now.
Ahhh.... that makes sense
I still feel the show stays too much on the Sheriff. He really is a boring character and his daughter is typical TV teen.
Christopher is always a joy to watch.
As for this ep, when she ('boss' lady) took her to that dinner for an all day breakfast I thought we were going to find out that boss-lady had arranged the killing cos the glasses-lady had lapsed and now boss-lady was going to do something similar to not-ex-wife unless she gave up the lighter (tie to her family) - guess I was wrong.
btw: is Neil the sheriff ? if not then who got the doggy bag of doo doo ?
The Sheriff did mention the break ins which I assume also included the photo stealing.
I also assumed Neil was the lady's Husband.
There was a mention at the town meeting/
There may well have been uproar - the town's folk (and other police) aren't impressed with the Captain so perhaps he did little or nothing about the photos.
Still very much enjoying this.:)
The stoning part genuinely had me in tears of anger and disgust; so I suppose that's a testament to the power of the show.
That was a very brutal scene. She didn't deserve that.
It's on HBO, the channel that gave us OZ, Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, Band of Brothers, Deadwood, Broadwalk Empire, among other graphic shows.
The episodes are better for me when they don't feature the sheriff too much, or the GR too much.
fantastic stuff, wanted to hug nora
sorry getting all soppy here