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The fuse is on. Evie and her two friends haven’t left or gone missing – they’re with Meg and her deadlier remnants of evil. Views of the missing explosives and potentially dangerous tractors on the bridge to the garden. Meg is a twisted fanatic who seeks to “destroy [the city's] extraordinary qualities”. Tommy doesn’t seem too bothered by his proximity to evil – there are no perfect girls, amirite?
The season two finale rewinds time to the season premiere, revisiting the awkward birthday barbecue where Garvey first met Murphy. But now we know that Evie and the girls are not young, innocent people who disappeared into the night. Evie gave her beloved father a wrapped birthday present and told her not to open it until she returned. She squeezed into her friend’s car due to radio interference. But as soon as she was out of sight of her parents, the atmosphere in the car became gloomy. We have already seen them flip the switch, tease Dr. Goodhart in the tank, and then silently drive home the same day. Ivy turned off the radio, and the driver burst into tears and hid his sobs. They are approaching the point of no return. Evie wipes the girl’s tears and corrects her with a formal, handwritten GR-ese, “No.”
What kind of person can be so bold and convincing to show two sides – pretend to be a loving family member, sing like an angel in a choir, pretend to be as passionate about softball as dear old dad. disappear one day? The word psychopath comes to mind.
When the girls arrive at the body of water, they discover that they are not alone. Kevin claimed to be playing Marco Polo with cinder blocks. They watch him take risks, then mind their own business, build a crime-free scene, and prepare for their off-road championship.
The timing of their awkward nighttime meeting seems a bit confusing. After all, Kevin and Nora were not at home when the girls left Murphy. Kevin has yet to return home, fall asleep in his brand new home, wake up, dreamwalk to Virgil’s house, deliver the full “Best Rival” speech, pick up cinder blocks and rope, and stumble into the uncharted wilderness to find a body of water. he never was. According to John in the premiere, the earthquake happened sometime after 3am. To be fair, as far as we know, the girls drove from Murphy’s house to a friend’s house and cooled off in the basement for more than six hours.
The bubbling water in the reservoir after the earthquake interrupted Kevin’s resurrection, ripping a path out of the shallow grave where Michael had buried him. He had been dead for eight hours and was very, very thirsty. Patty is indeed gone. Virgil was right, his superstitious machinations had worked. He helped Kevin win and all he had to do was make his atonement. Maybe that’s what he really deserves… at least in this life.
Michael wonders if Kevin saw Evie at the Hell Hotel and his question brings up another memory. After pulling Patty out of his life, he suddenly remembered walking in his sleep and remembered seeing the girls at the reservoir that night.
Returning to Michael, John will depart early on October 14, the fourth anniversary of the trip. His morning coffee was more Irish than coffee – he drank it again. Erica convinces him to finally open Evie’s gift, and when he refuses, she just grabs it and tears it apart… it’s a dead cricket. What a great gift for the dad who has everything – the annoying cricket that drove him crazy at the premiere. But remember, the premiere ended with Erica sitting alone at the dark dinner table, waiting for John and Michael to return with the good news about Evie… The last cricket said.
Erica remembers. She explains why Evie has to find another cricket to put in the box, thus ruining John’s delight in the gift, an offer John doesn’t like. “Why would she do that?” – he said. “Because you won’t let go,” Erica replied.
I would like to tell you what I know about a whole cricket in a box. The only thing I can piece together is how Erica’s comments imply that this isn’t the first time John has hurt him by distracting himself with things he won’t let go. Does this have anything to do with the crime that landed him in jail for more than six years? His feud with Virgil started with something as mundane as a cricket and Evie just wants to reassure him of his demise so he doesn’t get carried away? It doesn’t seem disparaging enough to Evie, so I don’t believe it. Maybe Evie was just ruthless and made her father feel the pain of losing her every time he heard the sound of a cricket for the rest of his life. She’s cute, isn’t she?
But Cricket is known for bringing good luck, and soon after his harsh words with Erica, John opens the car door and learns that the handprint on the car matches the new guy next door. He took the pistol and knocked on Harvey’s door. Laurie replied that Jill had joined her in explaining Kevin’s absence. (Notice how Jill shrugs her shoulders, removes Laurie’s mother’s hand from her back and holds her shoulder as if it would burn from one touch?)
“Open the matches,” Kevin said as he and Michael walked behind John and the park ranger. John was furious, but Kevin was calm and sane. He told the ladies that everything was fine and that they should stay where he was while he left to chat. John can’t believe Michael is with this guy, but Michael convinces his father to listen to what Kevin has to say.
Michael went home without saying a word to Jill. Erica met him at the door, explaining that he was with her father. We know that Virgil is persona non grata and Michael shouldn’t be with him, but it’s not at least clear to me if Virgil is Erica’s or John’s father. And what does this defining attitude really mean, because when Virgil talks about the terrible things he has done, what he does has to do with “dirty machines that violate human laws below the waist”?
Nora is having a bad day. Lily is crying and Mary needs to be fed. Maybe some music would help calm Lily, she thought, so she turned on Matt’s stereo and Bellamy realized that he hadn’t been able to wake Mary up. But that’s not in Nora’s rhythm, so she switches to talk radio, where a preacher-like teacher tells the caller that a newborn baby can’t mend the hole in his wife’s heart after leaving – only Jesus can. Nora seemed to disagree, throwing the speaker on the floor, “Fix it, Jesus.”
And just like that, the ground shook again, and when everything was quiet… Mary said, “Nala, what are you doing here? Where is Matt?”
Turn on pious church music! A miracle within a miracle! And… more importantly, Matt Jamieson is not the sick bastard who raped his comatose wife. Never doubted you, pastor.
Nora pushes Mary into the cuckoo camp to reunite with the incredible Matt. It’s a very sweet scene that makes me wish that Janelle Moloney’s agent didn’t contract her for leftovers based on dialogue lines. Matt’s joy was interrupted by his fear that the baby would be in danger while the baby was out of Jayden, which is how Mary knew what was coming. “Of course I remember [making love],” she told Matt. Yeah, I also think Matt should quickly record her on someone’s smartphone in case she goes back into a vegetative state. just say.
Nora promises to return Mary to Jayden in a few minutes, and while she gives the two lovebirds some personal time, she attracts the attention of three other tent city residents. The strange looking lady hanging on the doll’s lap saw Nora hugging Lily and said, “Hey, where did you steal that from? This is not your child. It’s not your child!”
Tommy saw her too. He can only know Nora, but he must know Lily. Meg approached Tommy, who also recognized Nora: “She was spraying me with a hose.”
It’s funny how Tommy got this far. It is clear that Meg had something to do with him – otherwise why would she keep him with her and take him to the place of her most cunning and complex plot? On last week’s episode, her team threw rocks at an unlucky camper who was roaming the shed where the trailer was stored. Tommy broke into the trailer and saw what was inside, but got a free pass. It’s strange that the cult trusts him anyway, especially after he ruined the entire GR job while he was still working with his mother.
Meg condescendingly asked Tommy if he was worried about his family, and he answered what he thought she wanted to hear: “No family.” down More intimate feeling. “Family is everything,” she said, perhaps reminding him that he and she would be forever bound by the Damian growing in her womb.
But Evil’s Embrace will have to wait, as terrorist attacks must be provoked. Meg drove her trailer to the gate, sweetly told the guard she had 35 pounds of plastic explosive, broke through the poor barrier, and drove halfway across the bridge.
Park security seems very inadequate. Outside the door are literally thousands of desperate people crying into this oasis. If it’s as easy as driving a truck through an unattended gate, I suspect the hordes will try it every other day.
The trailer door opened and Evie and the girls got out. The clock was set to 60 minutes and the crowd began chanting “Blow it up”.
Meanwhile, John and Kevin train one-on-one at the kennel. We already know that John did not believe in miracles. Not only that, he aggressively punishes those who perpetuate the story of a miracle, which does not bode well for the sincere Kevin. “I saw [Evie showing her disappearance],” he said, before explaining that his memory was triggered by Virgil’s death therapy. John didn’t buy it: “Prove it!”
“The old man told me what he did to you,” Kevin said. “Sorry. Nobody should…
“You’re right, Kevin, it can’t be here. But I need you to explain. Evie loves her mother, she loves her brother, and she loves me, so for heaven’s sake, why did she do this to us?” ?”
An interesting mystery: Although Virgil tells Kevin that he will harm John in some way, he insists that the old man “didn’t do anything to me”.
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In the church, Michael interrupted the service and confessed something. The story his mother loved to tell about 5-year-old twins flooding the house with bath water…? Well, it’s not as cute as we thought. “I turned on the water,” Michael told the congregation. “I kept turning it on because Evie was crying so loudly that she didn’t want you to hear it. She was crying because we didn’t know why our dad left or why he was doing this. I turned on the water and heated her until she could pretend that everything was in order. Four years ago on October 14, no one disappeared from here, but they disappeared before… and after. There were 9,261 of us… but we are not immune.”
So when the twins were about 5 years old, John shot his father-in-law Virgil and was jailed for six years for attempted murder. Why? Did Virgil molest one or both of his grandchildren… could it be Evie? Or… could it be Erica? Recall that in the end, Erika was raised by her grandparents, not her father …
Kevin is called to the truth, so when John asks him why Evie loves them so much, he decides his own fate: “Maybe she doesn’t love you…”
bam John shot Kevin in the chest, leaving him for dead. It’s not until he discovers that Evie has been found and that she is now dressed in white and smoking a cigarette that time approaches some kind of disaster. Erica rushed to the bridge and tried to hug her daughter. But Evie refused to participate, not even looking into her mother’s eyes. Erica vows not to leave, promising to blow up the trailer if Ivy doesn’t budge. But the trailer is empty. After all, no explosives. “Why are you doing this?” Erica asked. “I don’t understand,” Evie replied, “you do.”
Did Virgil and Evie break the laws of humanity together? Or Erica? Is it possible that Virgil was the grandfather and father of the twins? If any of this is true, it helps explain Evie and John’s behavior. The celebration of miracles is an insult to their knowledge of the evil that took place there. For Evie, this results in her actively undermining her proclaimed status as a holy place. For John, this makes him suspicious of anyone who insists that the city has magical or supernatural qualities, knowing that a truly magical place will not allow the dark deeds he has to deal with.
As the clock struck zero, the GRs at camp changed into white uniforms and headed for the bridge—even Tommy. A lot of them. Matt may have lived among them for a long time during his initial convalescent exile. However, Matt saw an opportunity and let Mary roll towards the bridge. Nora hesitated a little, and the crazy, child-obsessed lady snatched Lily from her arms and disappeared into the crowd. Panicked, Nora tried to catch up, but couldn’t. But we hear Lily crying and see her abandoned on the sidewalk with a stampede on her side. Nora dives to protect her, but is trampled on. But Tommy saved them both. Once again, he rescued Wayne’s children and hid them in the trailer until the herd had passed.
Kevin woke up again in the hotel bathroom and immediately realized that he had screwed up. The road music of Assassin International is proof of this. There was no televised message from Dad this time, but at least he had a good idea of ​​what he ended up becoming: Police Chief in Mapleton. He put on his old uniform just as he was called into the hall to quell the commotion. But nothing but karaoke, the host is an Aussie on the bridge who attacks and advises Kevin to get rid of Patty once and for all.
At the bar, Kevin begs the man to come home, insisting that he is worth more than the others stuck in this purgatory. “If you want to get out of here, all you have to do is sing,” the man told Kevin, who seemed suspicious of him. – You pushed the girl into the well, don’t you want to sing?
Here’s how Kevin got home, a careful and serious rendition of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound” with direct lyrical references to cigarettes and magazine covers.
When he woke up he was back in pounds. The bullet went through his intestines, but he bled profusely. Outside, the “Welcome to the Garden” sign was lit, and the whole town was in hell. People have sex in the street like dogs. There’s a bloody carnival in the city square. The crowd was holding a cross, not sure if they were going to set it on fire or actually crucified someone. Only the man with the pillar was still standing. GR takes over the visitor center and Meg asks Kevin what he’s doing here. “Now I live here,” he replied.
Meg starts singing the miracle song and Evie intervenes, taunting Kevin and celebrating their success in destroying his perfection.
At this point, Kevin could barely stand upright due to blood loss and could have died if John hadn’t found him at his wife’s clinic. “I killed you,” John said incredulously.
Tears flowed. The Pixies’ songs are getting another round of praise. The men walked home hand in hand. “What if no one is home?” John asked as they stood in front of their house.
A wave of neighbors from the entrance. Another earthquake (which I hope will destroy the visitor center). Kevin enters his house and sees everyone he loves. Kevin is right: if anyone deserves it, it’s him.
I feel like the penultimate episode of the season did a great job of heightening the tension and introducing a number of theories and possibilities. The ending is a little less important, it closes the door softly, without a bang. HBO still hasn’t renewed The Leftovers for a third season, and you can see I’m Living Here Now working as a season finale and series finale.
But there are still questions to be explored in a potential third season, starting with two pregnancies: Meg and Mary. Patty is officially gone for good, and what do two deaths do to a person? What did the Australian bridge whisper to Kevin before pushing Patty down the well that night, and what happened to Kevin’s father in Australia? Is this where the show is heading towards, or could season 3 stay in the Jardin for another year?
Leftovers are a rare treat that got even better in Season 2. Justin Theroux and Christopher Eccleston wowed me with some of the most touching and powerful performances I’ve seen on TV all year, and Patti Ann Dowd must somehow be resurrected – maybe she and Virgil were just hanging out in a cave together in Perth.