The high-concept drama, Lindelof’s follow-up series to Lost, will shut down production for a brief hiatus after it wraps production on the current sixth episode. “We put ourselves on a tight schedule, and we decided to give our production a short hiatus to prep our final episodes,” HBO said in a statement.
Why We're Excited: Well, considering how dark and grueling the first hour was to watch, "excited" might not be the best word. But the first hour of "The Leftovers" is just weird, sad, nihilistic and mysterious enough to earn a little more rope from this writer. Beneath the despair in that opening episode, one can see something else is sparkling. Is it brilliance? Is it worthless flashiness? We'll only know after viewing a few more episodes.
