The opening tag, featuring the very sad and soggy story of a devout woman woman in past times determined to be in the right place when the world ends (complete with "I Wish We'd All Been Ready" AND a smidgen of somber Leftovers score!), was a terrific thematic lead in for a saga all about trying to be ready and prepared for. It's all about signs and salvation and how we choose to interpret things. We're kicking off the endgame and we're already being shown pieces of where the story's headed. Was that a future Nora in Australia? Did the world end or did more people just get taken, making the planet even more barren than usual? As predicted, there's a benefit to this being the final season - to knowing that the story's wrapping up for good, and in a timely manner. Because, coming out of this premiere, not only do we still need to find out what happened to baby Lily and Regina King's Erika, but that gripping and scary final jump, right at the end, has to explain a hell of a lot. Similar to the Season 2 premiere, "The Book of Kevin" superbly shuffled us sideways a little bit, moving us ahead with the intent of filling in the gaps later. So it's the end of the world as we know it, huh? Do we feel fine? The Leftovers is back for its final run - only eight episodes in this last hurrah - and it's setting the table for an apocalypse or two as a big time jump has now taken us up to the doorstep of the 7th anniversary of the Departure.
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