<em>The Leftovers</em>: Among the Sea Lions

Each week following episodes of the third and final season of The Leftovers, Sophie Gilbert and Spencer Kornhaber will discuss HBO’s drama about the aftermath of 2 percent of the world’s population suddenly vanishing.

Sophie Gilbert: Well. Matt Jamison’s God is surely a vengeful God. When David Burton was being savaged by a lion, and everyone around looked truly horror-struck, Matt calmly said, “That’s the guy I was telling you about.” And he could have been talking about David, sure, who—for unclear reasons—threw a man to his death off a boat. But he could also have been talking about God, his God, who punishes the guilty and rewards the worthy. David/Jahweh killed a man, and so he must die. But he also seemed to rob Matt of his faith with just a simple “Tada!”

This was, I think, my favorite episode of the third series so far, from the bravura opening sequence on the French