Nora had to work as a small town Minnesota cop in the other world

Varga really doesn't care which Stussy is the front for the business. Emmitt, sans wife and without Sy, has no personal hold on the business. Ray-as-Emmitt might be more malleable for Varga's needs. The truth of who sits in the chair doesn't matter.

Gold star for "putter inner"

Darius McCrary played Eddie on Family Matters and he plays Isaac, a fortune teller, on The Leftovers

Attributed to Edwin Lahey of the Chicago Daily News, a copy of the supposed article has never been produced. It may be apocryphal, but it is masterful and wickedly funny.

“Humor being” is pretty awesome

I loved the Battle Hymn of the Republic musical cue as he's sorting/accounting for the cash. Hyper-patriotic. America at its core. This guy seems like the sort of fellow who might paper his office walls with the US Constitution .
Also, Brubeck's Unsquare Dance is having a bit of a Renaissance, but the frenetic vibe…