Not to mention every scientific theory that the show seems to come up with to explain the departure, gets cold water poured on it too, though it hints that it could possibly be true. It's left ambiguous, the audience gets to decide.heydaralon wrote:Notice how for the most part, the leftovers universe seems to be a spiritual place. People seem to be miraculously healed, brought back to life, some psychic powers seem to happen, but no one can channel that spiritual energy. Everyone who tries is either a false prophet, or just completely takes the wrong message from it. That dude kept going back into the dream world for answers to banal questions about shoes or to get some stupid song that won't make a difference. Its even weirder because Kevin clearly believes in this spiritual stuff, but he doesn't seem to give a shit about it. I guess you could argue that the hotel was all in his head. In my opinion, the leftovers is hinting at a spiritual reason for the departure, while simultaneously pouring cold water on all the religious ideas of those who are left trying to understand it.
Trying to answer that question definitively would have gone quite poorly, just ask Lost, they answer too many questions about the mystery behind the show, and it sabotages the ending because once you solve all the mysteries on a show on who banks on being mysterious, well you can see how that is likely to backfire.
Nora definitely feels responsible for her husband and kids departure to a certain degree, she's unsure if she is any way responsible, because no one can explain why it happened, even with her job, but that doesn't stop the guilt from setting in regardless for having those feelings at the time of their departure. I'm not sure there is a pattern to who was a sudden departure beyond random chance, though maybe there is, lots of the theories on the show seem plausible but remain unconfirmed, and that's the way it should be.heydaralon wrote:Also, have you heard the theory that everyone who lost a family member or loved one experienced that loss because they secretly wished them to disappear at that moment? If you remember when Nora was going to the transporter, she was remembering her kids. It wasn't a good memory of them. They were screaming: We want food and being little shits. Its kind of interesting for the shows writers to use a bad memory like that, and it seems to reinforce the idea that at that moment she wanted them gone, and feels very guilty that they departed. What are your thoughts on that Capps?
Way to learn from past mistakes Lindelof. He used restraint to finish a show with a big mystery surrounding it properly, by not answering all the questions surrounding that mystery, especially when the questions about the mystery are more fun than any answers he would have come up with to the mystery. Because of that formula, he hit the right balance, and nailed the landing, unlike Lost, pun intended.
