Edited to add: There will be no spoilers here.
I’m very late to the party, obviously. Having just finished the series finale, I’m keenly aware of how far behind I am, so please be gentle with me.
This show, man, this show. These characters. The finale.
The finale cements Nora as one of the most memorable characters (in a show full of memorable characters) to ever grace our screens, and I’m kind of in awe of Carrie Coon’s performance throughout the whole series.
This is where I admit I had never seen her in anything prior to this show, or if I did she never made an impression on me. Which kind of makes my experience with The Leftovers that much better. I was able to meet Nora as a stranger, with no prior baggage that a viewer can sometimes bring into the relationship with a character. And she blew me away with her perfectly messy mixture of strength, sass, and utter vulnerability.
I’m not the type of viewer to pore over fan theories and take deep dives into plot developments, but without spoiling anything about the finale, I am a little obsessed with the possibility that Nora was lying. A conversation earlier in the episode leaves it open to interpretation. But ultimately, it doesn’t matter. Because of the indelible performance, I’m satisfied either way, and the same could be said for the show as a whole. The writing and cast was outstanding.
My favorite finale ever has been the infamous cut to black of The Sopranos, but it might have just been replaced by the exquisitely tender finale of The Leftovers, anchored by Coon’s Nora.
Like Iris DeMent sings, just let the mystery be.
Submitted May 23, 2021 at 04:25AM by Sleepy_Chaos https://ift.tt/3vf7AKG
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