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EPISODE
SEASON
The Leftovers - Season 1 Episode 09: The Garveys at Their Best
This film begins three years after the sudden disappearance of 140 million people on October 14, 2011. Soon, the people of Mapleton, New York have to go on with their lives while trying to cope with the tragedy and mystery behind the disaster.
21 February 1964, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
21 May 1972, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
30 May 1979, Sterling, Illinois, USA
10 February 1973, Palestine, Texas, USA
6 May 1952, Horsham, Australia
19 February 1953, Salzburg, Austria
14 August 1963, Durham, North Carolina, USA
October 06, 2015
"The Garveys at Their Best" is, principally, a reconsideration of characters we believe we've come to know, and the hour's string of surprises nimbly steers between continuity and change.
January 27, 2015
"The Garveys at Their Best" answered many of the questions we've been itching to uncover since the pilot, while still introducing new, unexpected elements for development.
October 08, 2015
Using frightening supernatural imagery to coax realistic emotional pain out of a cast of multifaceted characters, 'The Garveys at Their Best' took the series' concept and lived up to that promise. That terrible promise.
October 05, 2015
Even though we know that the world is about to come crashing down and ruin all their lives, it's actually great to see that all of the miserable characters were somewhat functional at one point.
October 06, 2015
Many a time, I've accused this show of holding back, but this episode was a great big gift wrapped in sadness. This is the episode we've been waiting for.
October 06, 2015
"Cairo" and "The Garveys at Their Best" have connected a lot of dots. The slow build of the series to this point has picked up speed, nicely setting up what looks to be an engrossing season finale.
October 06, 2015
Great episode, and another example of how well the show excels when it deviates from whatever formula it's established for itself within these first 9 hours of television.
October 06, 2015
But Sunday's episode, as difficult as it was to watch, also struck me as our best insight yet into the inner lives of characters who have been frustratingly opaque for an entire season.
October 05, 2015
Although the hour shows us exactly what its title promises - "The Garveys at Their Best" - it also reveals the cracks in the foundation of the family that probably would've broken it up even if the world hadn't been turned upside-down.
October 06, 2015
The Leftovers took a wise leap backward this week. Initially, when I read the title of the episode, "The Garveys at Their Best," I assumed it was ironic, as our headlining family is at anything but their best these days.