The Leftovers

TV Show • 2014 • Drama  

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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. The drama series 'The Leftovers' is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.Based on the bestselling novel by Tom Perrotta, 'The Leftovers' follows Kevin Garvey, a father of two and the chief of police in a small New York suburb, as he tries to maintain some semblance of normalcy when the notion no longer applies.
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Does the dog die?
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Sass Master
A dog is shot in the head in the first 5 minutes of the pilot as the main character reaches out to pet him, along with several others throughout the course of the first season.
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there audio gore?
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Are there abusive parents?
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alicoop2992
S2
 E3
Not a joke — but a male character is raped onscreen.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Abandonment
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ijustsettheworldonfire
Laurie effectively abadons Tommy and Jill when she joins the GR
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TheCassandraComplex
S2
 E2
Not abandonment, but a family has to put their dog in quarantine at the pound for two months. There’s a hard scene where the owner says goodbye to him through the cage. As far as I know, we never see the dog again? But there’s no scene about him dying or running away either.
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
The GR consistently follow people
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Is there domestic violence?
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BitsyPoet
Their are numerous cults who gaslight their members
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Is a child abused?
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TheCassandraComplex
S2
Past child SA (father to son) mentioned a few times throughout the season. It’s in the past though, not shown or discussed in detail.
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Addiction
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E2
No, but one of the departed sold drugs to college kids and it's connected to the work that the priest is doing
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Is there addiction?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
Kevin is frequently seen buying alcohol and drinking to cope
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Anonymous
When the woman opens the box she buried you will see a bird that has died
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Are animals abused?
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Season 2 episode 1, last couple mins of the episode you see a newly emptied lake with the fish left behind flopping around, struggling to breathe.
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Is an animal sad?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E3
Is the outback after the car burns. It bites Kevin, Sr.
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is rape mentioned?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E2
When discussing Wayne at the beginning of the ep, it's mentioned that he has several priors for staturory. Also, mention of a departed person, while in the casino, who raped and killed a child
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TheCassandraComplex
S1
 E1
Very brief flashback of a character getting beat up as a kid by a gang of other kids.
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ijustsettheworldonfire
Kevin arrests a handful of people. Mostly GR
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BitsyPoet
A main plot point in the first season is a cult leader keeping a large group of underage girls around around him to have sex with at his command

Another character is later beaten and raped while trying to infiltrate a different cult in the second season
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S2
 E3
Spoiler: Tommy by Meg
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Bodily Harm
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lilpig
Skin is cut open, and a character shoves their hand into the opening.
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TheCassandraComplex
S1
 E8
Around 55 minutes into S1E8… ( SPOILERS) A character sticks a shard of glass into her throat. Skip to next episode when she picks up the shard of glass, you won’t miss much. She just tells Kevin, “You do understand” as she dies.

They also show it in the recap for the next episode.
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E2
Kevin suffocates himself again
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone choked?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E1
Yes, in a sexual manor
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andyyy
A character commits suicide by setting themself on fire after dousing themself with gasoline
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S2
 E8
At the end when the well collapses
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E2
At Erika's Nora reveals why she broke her arm
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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DanniHarper
Someone is very brutally and graphically stoned to death
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MingaLei
In the pilot, two people jump off a building
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ravid
A character is shown brutally stoned to death. One of the rocks hits their eye and it's visible.
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andyyy
One scene near the end of the show has a character cut another character open and remove something from their body
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Children
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TheCassandraComplex
S2
 E9
Season 2, Episode 9. A baby is snatched from her adopted mother’s arms. A woman assumes the baby doesn’t belong to the mom, presumably because of the difference in skin color. Mom gets her back pretty quick though.
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Does a kid die?
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TheCassandraComplex
S2
 E9
A woman appears to throw a grenade into a school bus full of children. (SPOILERS) It’s a fake.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does someone die?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E5
By lion
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Family
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E8
Patti
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Does a parent die?
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TheCassandraComplex
S1
 E1
In the first five minutes, a little kid’s father is one of those who disappears when the departure event happens. He yells “where’s my daddy?” repeatedly. It’s very sad.
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Does someone cheat?
15 supporters
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TheCassandraComplex
S1
 E1
Not really cheating in the traditional sense, but a main character’s best friend knowingly sleeps with her crush.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Fear
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lilpig
There are some abrupt moments of violence that are loud and shocking, mainlythe dog that's shot while the protagonist is on a jog. There are flashbacks to this moment that are also meant to make you jump.
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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KayVenedam
Kind of, main character sees people who have died but it's in their mind so not really a ghost
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Are there clowns?
9 supporters
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TheCassandraComplex
S1
 E1
Low effort clown seen briefly.
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Is there a shower scene?
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gayle
The likenesses of the departed are like mannequins
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Sharky13
S3
 E6
5:20
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Does someone spit?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
21 supporters
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ijustsettheworldonfire
Kevin continually is shown to be abusing his power as chief of police for both personal gain and spite/revenge
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E5
Laurie goes for a panic attack
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E9
No, but the priest is seen going for a screening
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Mental Health
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lilpig
The story is largely about a collective traumatic response to so many people vanishing. Some characters are impacted very strongly, and have PTSD relating to losing family, friends, coworkers, etc
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Does someone self harm?
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TheCassandraComplex
Many times, characters who are shown to be mentally ill (mostly hallcucinations) are shown to be violent (as a result of their hallucinations).
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E6
Laurie after her session
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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In the pilot, two high schoolers mimic suicide to express their boredom in class (by gunshot and hanging)
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E5
Laurie after they find the body
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andyyy
A character gets in an enclosed space that fills up with a liquid that will kill them if they breathe it in
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E8
Major spoiler: Shortly after Patti picks up the glass, she slits her throat. Patti also admits beforehand that the woman who was stoned to death willingly did so, but it's unclear the exact motivation for the cult killimg themselves
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
16 supporters
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TheCassandraComplex
S2
Baby Lily cries sometimes throughout this season.
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Is there shakey cam?
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Is there screaming?
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TheCassandraComplex
S1
 E1
In the first 5 minutes, a woman repeatedly screams when her baby disappears.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S2
 E1
After the cave-in
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Are there abortions?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E9
Spoiler: Not how one would imagine, but Laurie loses her pregancy due to the departure
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E4
There're babydolls
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E6
They talk about them in therapy
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Is there hate speech?
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Are there n-words?
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Sex
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S1
 E1
Briefly while in the bar when a woman asks Kevin where he was on the day. He flaahes back to having sex with his wife
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andyyy
There are too many to count. Very few are sexual but nudity happens a lot.
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Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E1
Car crashes bc it's being shot
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
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SabelaEiriz
(3rd season)
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Is there blood/gore?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S2
 E10
Kevin bleeds a ton from his wound
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Does someone drown?
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ijustsettheworldonfire
S3
 E2
Four women drown a man believing that he can resurrect
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DogLover85
At the beginning of the second episode, there is a raid with many people being shot.
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