In Season 2, “The Leftovers” still couldn’t care less about the rules and obligations of commercial TV, or even most noncommercial TV. Perrotta, was pilloried by some fans of his saga “Lost” for leaving questions hanging, and “The Leftovers” seemed to be probing that wound as much as its characters’ pain. The series began as a gorgeous tease, a haunting exploration of loss that set up a mystery it openly had no intention of answering. Welcome to “The Leftovers” please check your expectations at the border. And most of the episode passes before we encounter a single character from the first season. Throngs of pilgrims and would-be migrants camp at the city limits, seeking catharsis or protection, as if Miracle were a combination 9/11 memorial and Lourdes. The second season, which has its premiere Sunday, begins with another sort of departure: We’re not in Mapleton anymore, but in Jarden, Tex., a small town nicknamed Miracle because it supposedly lost not a single resident to the mass disappearance. The first season of the series, based on a novel by Tom Perrotta, probed the effects of the never-explained catastrophe on those left behind - mourning, denied closure, turning to nihilism or to cults - especially on the police chief Kevin Garvey (Justin Theroux) and his family, in suburban Mapleton, N.Y. 14, of 2 percent of the Earth’s population. HBO’s “The Leftovers” began with the Sudden Departure, the random, instant disappearance, one Oct.
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