The Leftovers
The Leftovers
Three years after the disappearance of 2% of the global human population, a group of people in a small New York community try to continue their lives while coping with the tragedy of the unexplained nature of the event.
Ghas reviewedOctober 23, 2025
The Leftovers is not a show about what happened; it’s about what happens next. It begins with an event no one can understand and never tries to give you a definitive answer. Instead, it asks how we, as people, continue living when our reality is shattered. Every character in this story is trying to cope with the same inexplicable loss, but each in completely different ways, through faith, denial, obsession, community, isolation, or ritual. What makes the show powerful is that it never declares any of these reactions as right or wrong. It simply reveals that what we choose to believe becomes our reality, and that’s exactly how we all navigate life: by telling ourselves stories we can live with.
Beneath the supernatural questions, what emerges slowly and profoundly is a story about connection. When things fall apart, when logic fails and answers don’t come, what truly matters are the people we love and the lengths we will go to for them. The show strips everything back: religion, science, reason, even sanity, and what remains is the truth that family, friends, neighbours, and community are what keep us alive. It reminded me that in times of deep sorrow or disconnection, our instinct is to retreat like a wounded animal and wait to die. But that isolation doesn’t heal us. What heals us is living alongside others, sharing our pain, having new experiences, and remembering that we’re not alone in our grief.
The Leftovers is dark, strange, and deeply emotional. At times it’s spiritual without being religious, supernatural without committing to the supernatural. It could all be real, or it could all be in someone’s mind, but that ambiguity is the point. The show never tells you what to think; it invites you to decide for yourself. Whatever you choose to believe isn’t wrong, because it becomes real to you, just as each character lives within their own version of reality. The beauty of the show lies in that honesty: it understands that humans don’t need definitive answers to move on; we just need something, or someone, to hold on to.
It’s a show that made me laugh in its strangest moments, reflect deeply in its quiet ones, and cry through the final stretch because it felt like watching the truth of what it means to lose and still choose to love. It’s tragic and hopeful at the same time, reminding us that while the world can fall apart without warning, we find meaning again through connection, sacrifice, and the simple, profound act of choosing each other.