r/TheLeftovers • u/NicholasCajun Pray for us • Oct 05 '15
Discussion The Leftovers - 2x01 "Axis Mundi" - Episode Discussion
Season 2 Episode 1: Axis Mundi
Aired: October 4th, 2015
Jarden, Texas was renamed “Miracle” after it was discovered that no one had departed. The town has since become a magnet for tourists and people who are convinced it is special and can keep them safe. Among the local families is the Murphys: the father, John, the mother, Erika, and their twins, Evie and Michael. While trying to protect his town from frauds and charlatans, John gets an ominous warning from a man who claims to have psychic powers. Soon afterwards, Kevin Garvey, Nora Durst and Jill Garvey show up in Miracle. This newly formed “family” left Mapleton to start over, but Kevin cannot seem to escape his past. The Murphy family and Kevin subsequently experience a mysterious event that will that change their lives forever.
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u/BatCountry9 Oct 05 '15 edited Oct 05 '15
Everyone ready for an all new season of having no idea what the fuck is going on? I am.
Edit: I have no idea what's going on.
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u/pussypoppinpenguins Oct 05 '15
Loved how the cave women was a leftover from a completely different tragedy yet it was just as inexplicable in her mind. Great contrast and I'm pumped for this season
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u/brokerrobtampa Oct 05 '15
I hate the fucking garbage disposal shit. I freak out anytime a show does that
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u/snakeoil-huckster Oct 05 '15
He better start jogging soon. It's the best way to learn the new neighborhood. It's so hot too. Better to go shirtless.
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Oct 05 '15
I think it was very smart to make the first episode mostly about the Murphys. Since these are completely new characters to us, they decided to have us learn as much as possible about them right away so we can understand them better when they interact with the characters we already know. If we had with the Garveys straight away, there would have been less of an importance for the Murphys to be there.
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u/Dirtydirtysouth305 Oct 05 '15
Hey- catch the sign language? I need to watch again but what I caught was Evie signing NEED, then mom responding with YOU DONT NEED TO WORRY. what's the significance of the character being Deaf/hard of hearing?
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u/trogdorsmith Oct 05 '15
John calls Evie Evangeline on the phone, and the newest addition to the Garvey family is Lily.
Evangeline Lilly
That is all.
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u/J2112P Oct 05 '15 edited Oct 05 '15
Has anyone mentioned that woman mowing her lawn in a wedding dress?...
edit:watering her lawn
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u/DannyPricefixer Oct 06 '15
Not a single soul has mentioned the glass enclosed pot hole/pavement crack?
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Oct 05 '15
Damn, I knew they said it was going to be a new setting but I didn't think they were going to change it this much. Those cavemen's minds are gonna fucking blow when people start departing.
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u/trafalger Oct 05 '15
Episode title meaning btw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_mundi
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u/princesskittyglitter Oct 05 '15
I wonder if a reoccurring theme this season will be children that are not biologically yours.
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Oct 05 '15
The best part about this season is that there's no more people on this subreddit announcing that they're done watching the show, as if anyone gave a shit.
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Oct 05 '15
I can't wait til Urkel walks out of the house in a fireman's jacket and says "did i do thaaaat?"
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u/Victory33 Oct 05 '15
Did the water go into a giant crack in the ground from the quake? And if so, did the girls get sucked down there too? Kinda like the garbage disposal of earth?
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u/schafer09 Oct 05 '15
Acts 8:38- And they went down both into the water
Spiders under the water?
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u/EarnSquirm Oct 06 '15
In the first 10 minutes of the show, we are 'introduced' to 2 different Australian doctors.
The scientist taking water samples while Evie and her friends swim, and then the letter that is presented to the son for him to mail.
Something to keep a eye on, no doubt.
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u/billzaw Oct 05 '15
Something about the behaviors of the 3 missing girls stuck with me.. It seemed they 'put on a good show' whenever visible or in public, acting like normal teenage girls. But the only two shots when they were alone resonated, specifically: 1) when they're in the car riding back from swimming in the beginning, dead quiet - no music - still faces. and 2) when they're running through the woods naked... I don't know what any of this means, or if there's any significance. But it did get me thinking about what lies underneath with them, and if it has anything to do with their disappearance.