Quote Originally Posted by synsei View Post
I did have concerns early on that it was going to turn out to be another 'LOST' (I gave up on that show half way through series two), but having stuck with it I now realise there was a lot of 'setting up' of the plot to take care of. Your choice of course but The Leftovers is set to be a bit of an epic. Quite often I am able to second guess where a plot line is going, so far with TL this has not been the case. Initially I thought it was going to be that old chestnut, alien abduction. This has been done to death with shows such as Taken and The 4400 and so my heart sank a little initially despite the high production values and excellent acting. Now though it would appear that there are religious overtones sneaking into the storyline, and not just through Christopher Ecclestone's character.
It all sounds too much like hard word to me. Enjoy it, mate, but I’m with Neil on this one. I’m not into programmes with a ‘slow burn’; I like to be hooked instantly, and for stuff to hold my attention from start to finish, with no boring ‘lulls’ in between.

So for me, it's an epic fail.

Marco.