I don't agree that Nora traveling to 2% world would have been tantamount to giving us an answer: aren't we supposed to now question whether Kevin actually went to International Assassin world, because maybe he was just psychotic or hallucinating? So if we saw Nora similarly 'travel,' it could also be taken as…

I can't speak for anybody else, but in my opinion, showing Nora in the 2% world *wouldn't* have been a literal resolution either. Just as we're now meant to question what Kevin was seeing — and why — when he thought he had gone into an alternate reality, why then would we take Nora's point of view as literal? Maybe…

Let's not forget, though, that Nora has been having trouble with mechanical things all season. That's something Lindelof wanted us to notice, and is absolutely a reason why you might think Nora never made it over to two percent world. Maybe the machine simply didn't work when she was the intended passenger.

Yep, that's how I hear "holding a candle." It's not about maintaining feelings of love over a long time; it's about something not comparing to something else. "Carrying a torch" is what I'd use for what Kevin was seemingly describing. I suppose there could be regional linguistics at play here, but I did wonder if we…

Filming a nearly-empty Mapleton is probably a lot cheaper than filming in Australia, just from the perspective of flying over your talent.

Yeah, it's not like this is a show that has previously shied away from showing us alternative realities, so I thought the same thing. In fact — and I don't think I'm alone in this — I spent part of the time thinking older Nora *was* maybe in the land of the Departed.

Completely agree with this. It's not always bad to set up our expectations and then not pay them off — anticipation has its own rewards — but there were so many things not paid off in this finale. I just found it, as I said, a little underwhelming.

Had to look him up — not a sportsy person! (Except for figure skating!) It was a "Sopranos" reference…

"Sure, we'll help you, just sit down and wait for Detective Like I Give A Damn."

Maybe *some* younger humans wouldn't know what to do with a turntable except scratch on it, but vinyl is definitely back in with hipsters.

Yeah, the Sinatras don't really fit in with the other seriously hippie songs. I still have 45s of San Francisco and White Rabbit, and knew Somethin' Stupid mostly from a child's book of songs for beginner piano students.

Can't be the stamp. Didn't Varga have everything (frame, stamp) except the glass removed from the scene while they were cleaning it of Emmit's presence?

Yeah, I loved him as Harold Smith, too. I wonder why Lynch isn't bringing him back? Maybe because Lara Flynn Boyle isn't returning…

Yes, and I'm glad to hear someone else say it, because I didn't trust my memory of it until you said it!

Wasn't it a lake?

No, I think it was just the opposite. She was looking around at everything she has, everything to which she's become so accustomed, and she felt the biting truth of Tuan's nasty little insult ("petty bourgeoisie concerns").

Yeah, Paige in the car was like Meadow in the car. And certainly in 1984, a guy in a Members Only jacket would be wholly appropriate!

I was astonished when we got to the last scene. I lovr this show, but that was really underwhelming. Oh, and I assume I'm not the only one who thought Paige went to that dark, deserted parking lot looking for a bum fight, right? (I do realize that she was parked there, but until that was revealed I was sure she went…

I watched Lost, liked most of it (although nothing later was ever as good as first season), was annoyed by the ending…and never think about it *at all* while watching The Leftovers.

Me too! That music starts, and all I can see is Paxton ice skating with Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Chloë Sevigny!