'If we get to do more, I'm going to try not to f**k it up,' showrunner Damon Lindelof promises as HBO has not delivered a verdict on the show's fate.
- Dec 7, 2015
AceShowbiz - "The Leftovers" gave Kevin (Justin Theroux) a happy ending after taking him to the other side in the season 2 finale. In flashback, [SPOILER ALERT!] viewers got to learn that Evie (Jasmin Savoy Brown) and her friends faked their "departure" the night they disappeared.
Kevin told Evie's father John (Kevin Carroll) about this, but it's too late as Kevin's handprint was found on the girls' car and John thought Kevin was lying all along. When Kevin tried to prove it, John was enraged by the fact that his daughter didn't love her family that much, and shot Kevin.
Kevin woke up in the purgatory hotel but managed to return home. He was welcomed by Jill (Margaret Qualley) and Nora (Carrie Coon) as well as ex-wife Laurie (Amy Brenneman), his son Tommy (Chris Zylka) and Matt (Christopher Eccleston) and Mary (Janel Moloney). "You're home!" Nora said.
As the season finale sort of gave the show a conclusion, fans are wondering if there will be a third season. "I want there to be more 'Leftovers', don't get me wrong - but I want each season to feel like the seasons of 'The Wire', which felt complete," showrunner Damon Lindelof says of why the second season ended without a cliffhanger.
He adds, "I think that that's the way seasons of 'The Leftovers' are always going to feel. They're never going to end on cliffhangers; they're always going to end on some feeling like, 'Yeah, I'm curious as to what happens next in Miracle or what happens next to the Garveys,' but it does feel like we finished that story."
HBO has not greenlit a third season for "The Leftovers" and Lindelof realizes that it was because the show's ratings are not that high despite critical acclaims that the show received. "If the show had been on par with season one, I think we would definitely be proceeding," he tells The Hollywood Reporter, acknowledging there have been conversations with the network about the show's future.
Asked about his plans to draw more viewers should it get a third season, Lindelof admits it's a hard thing to figure out. "The show does ask for an intense emotional investment, and I have to acknowledge that. And I want to keep writing that show. To HBO's and Warner Bros.'s credit, no one is asking me how can we make the show more accessible to people. I don't know how you would even do that," he says.
He continues sharing, "I guess one way would be, like, to cast Matthew McConaughey in the show. 'McConaughey joins Leftovers season three!' But then there's the people who love 'The Leftovers' and have been watching it for two seasons who would probably go, 'I don't know, man. I love Matthew McConaughey, but I don't know. That feels exploitative. It feels like a ratings grab.' So, I wouldn't know how to begin to make the show more accessible. If you have any ideas, I'm open to good ones. I'm whorish that way."
Lindelof, however, has an idea about what season 3 will be about. "The one thing that I would say to you is that Scott Glenn is a starting pitcher that we have used as a relieving pitcher. I would really like to see some more of Kevin Senior. And not just in the present, but in the past," he says to TVLine.
