Postby shmenguin » Fri Mar 01, 2019 7:37 pm
I won’t go into a tirade then, but I will say this.
A) except for Kevin, the resolutions for basically every other character arc were either implied off screen or they simply didn’t happen.
B) Nora didn’t get an ending. She neither moved on, nor accepted anything. She merely ended up with her hot cop BF, who was already established as an incompatible partner. You can’t set us up for 29 episodes with her story and then just bail because Lindeloff.
The ending should have been this...
The finale plays out the same way. But instead of fading to black, Kevin says, “It’s time.” He takes Nora outside, gives her a tiny speech about moving on with the Leftovers song playing. Then he points to a hill in the distance. Standing there are her children. She is first confused and on the verge of breaking down. But then realizes what’s happening. Kevin tells her she has a choice to make. She can come home to him or be with her children. He explains to her that she is in the bubble right now. Her brother is giving her CPR. They didn’t turn off the machine in time. It didn’t vaporize her, but the liquid did fill her lungs. So now. What it your choice Nora? Come back to life? Just like Kevin did so many times. Or accept that your children are gone, and hope to meet them in the afterlife. She thinks. But she knows the answer. She knows she just used Kevin to forget. To pretend that she’s ok. But she isn’t. And she’s tired. She says a tearful goodbye to Kevin. He understands. He’s smiling. She walks to the distant hill. She does not smother her children with hugs. Instead she takes them by the hand and starts walking slowly into the sunset. She turns around. Kevin is gone. A final tear rolls down her face and she walks away, hand in hand with her children. Smiling. Finally at peace.
/fin.
Lindeloff instead decided to say, “lol idk. I guess nobody gets better”. “Or maybe they do, but I don’t know how. Not my job”
And this is not a tirade, considering the specifics I omitted. Sorry Tony. You didn’t sign up for this post.
