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'Leftovers' Producer Says Final Season Is 'About The Stories We Tell Ourselves'

The HBO series is set a few years after 2 percent of the world's population suddenly vanishes. Executive producer Mimi Leder says the show revolves around some of life's biggest questions.
Carrie Coon and Justin Theroux star in season three of <em>The Leftovers.</em>

The HBO series explores grief, loss, religion and even the meaning of life.It's set a few years after an event sort of like the rapture, in which 2 percent of the world's population suddenly vanishes. doesn't try to explain why people disappeared; instead, it focuses on those who got left behind and how they try to

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