Did ‘The Leftovers’ Stick the Landing?

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4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Andy Greenwald is joined by Mina Kimes to discuss “The Book of Nora,” the series finale of ‘The Leftovers.’ They explain what attracted them to the HBO drama in the first place and their subsequent desire to convince others to watch it (2:32). Next, they unpack the central theme of the series, how it’s deftly revealed over the course of just 28 episodes, and the show's unique ability to reinvent itself for the better season after season (23:07). Later, they talk about the final episode’s tone, which was dramatically different from the rest of the show; Justin Theroux's and Carrie Coon’s Hall of Fame performances; and why in the end ‘The Leftovers’ is a story about love (40:36). Finally, they answer the titular question: “Did it stick the landing?” (79:40). Host: Andy Greenwald Guest: Mina Kimes Producers: Kaya McMullen and Kai Grady Theme Song and Other Music Credits: Giancarlo Vulcano Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, guys, it's your boy Johnny Bananas, and I'll be covering all the treachery, deceit, backstabbing, and murder from season two of the Traders U.S. on my podcast, death taxes, and bananas.
0:12.7	I'll be joined all season by my fellow castmates to swap stories, provide all the behind-the-scenes antics, and sorted details from filming.
0:21.0	So, Sally Forth, and join me for Season 2 of the Traders every Saturday on the Ringer
0:26.1	Reality TV podcast feed.
0:34.2	From the sudden departure to returning doves, from Justin Froe taking a shirt off, to Justin
0:39.6	Thoreau crying, to Justin Thoreau taking a shirt off and crying, time to light a smoke and
0:44.2	wake up in a bathtub, hey, that's the show I was telling you about.
0:48.0	This is Stick the Landing, The Leftovers. Everybody is wondering what and where they all came round.
0:56.0	Everybody is the worrying about where they're going to go in the whole thing's done.
1:03.0	No one knows is certainly so tall.
1:07.0	Same to me.
1:09.0	Think I'll just let the mystery be.
1:13.6	Think out just that the mystery be.
1:16.6	Think out just that the mystery be.
1:25.6	Welcome to another edition of Stick the Landing. My name is Andy Greenwald, and I am so thrilled to be joined in studio by ESPN's own, a podcast legend in her own right, Mina Kimes. Welcome to the show.
1:38.6	Thank you so much for having me. I am so excited to talk about this show, not just because it's one of my five favorite
1:46.3	shows of all time. I was thinking about the top five on the way here, but also because the show
1:51.2	has a relatively small audience. So when you meet someone who watched it, all you want to do
1:57.0	is talk about the leftovers. So you are fulfilling a dream of mine. This is more than a
2:01.2	dream. This is the first user generator, listener generated episode of the show. I feel like we need to
2:05.8	give the backstory here. The show, Sick the Landing, premiered two weeks ago. Within moments of
2:12.1	the first episode premiering, you reached out and said, can I do the leftovers? Because the finale of the left, I'm so passionate about it.
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