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EPISODE
SEASON
The Leftovers - Season 2 Episode 6: Lens
Based on the bestselling 2011 novel by Tom Perrotta, the series focuses on denizens of the fictional town of Mapleton, three years after the fateful October 14 day when 140 million people – 2% of the world’s population – disappeared without a trace. They must begin to rebuild their lives after the loss of more than 100 people.
23 September 1967, Los Angeles, California, USA
18 July 1971, Houston, Texas, USA
18 March 1961, Brooklyn, New York, USA
30 May 1979, Sterling, Illinois, USA
3 October 1969, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 June 1979, Kearney, Nebraska, USA
10 April 1979, Orange, California, USA
November 09, 2015
"Lens" may be the most perfectly balanced episode of "The Leftovers" yet, not surprising given how much time the episode gives over to a drawn-out battle of the wills between Erika and Nora.
November 09, 2015
Change is an illusion because of ego and trauma and tragedy. Or, it is on The Leftovers, anyway.
November 09, 2015
There is hope within the world of The Leftovers that one's beliefs can be shaken up. And it seems right that that person would be Nora.
November 09, 2015
I hate to be hysterical about it, but The Leftovers is absolutely clowning the rest of television in this quantum leap of a second season.
November 09, 2015
The episode's power rests on attempts by the hour's two POV characters, Erika and Nora, to figure out how much they're to blame for their loved ones' Departures.
November 09, 2015
Damon Lindelof, co-creator of The Leftovers, likes the clash between science and religion, as evidenced by the direction his past show, Lost, took towards the end of its run. "Lens" packs the two sides into a gripping, gut-punching 60-minute episode.
November 09, 2015
"Terrible things happen in this world, and the only comfort we get is that we didn't cause them," Nora maintains, though she's trying to convince herself more than Erika.
November 09, 2015
The Leftovers continued its hot streak this week with "Lens," further spotlighting how much the changes in cast, location, and method of storytelling have helped make Season 2 such a moving, invigorating experience.
November 09, 2015
In the final moments, everyone was seen through the lens at very close range, baring their very souls. Ahhh. Lens.
November 09, 2015
Nora (Carrie Coon) and Erika (Regina King) came head to head over the most sensitive of subjects: their dead - or departed - kids.
