The Leftovers - Season 1, Episode 10: The Prodigal Son Returns
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Tragedy struck when a global disaster caused 140 million of the population to vanish in an inexpiable manner. Now, a group of people living in Mapleton, New York deal with the tragic event and wonder what happened three years ago.
The message has an incantatory quality to it, the declarative repetitions striving to magic away the darkness that descends upon realizing that there's no going back.
Love it or hate it - and 50-odd savage minutes of "The Prodigal Son" absolutely affirmed my love for it - The Leftovers isn't really like anything else on television, past or present.