'The Leftovers' Pilot Recap: After the Pope and Gary Busey Go 'Poof'

In the beginning, at least, The Leftovers sounds familiar. The clamorous white noise of modern living hangs in the air, keeping time for the passage of an ordinary autumn day: a crying infant, telephone conversations, the tumbling dryers of a suburban 

Damon Lindelof's last show, Lost, struggled with the unknown and the audience's desire for an explanation. His new one, The Leftovers, goes in the right direction—it's about struggling with the unknown.

Following the “Game of Thrones” finale earlier this month, HBO is hoping Damon Lindelof's “The Leftovers” can continue arming its cannon of critically-acclaimed drama. And according to many critics, the “Lost” creator's latest 

Sunday marks the series premiere of HBO's new show, The Leftovers, which stars Theroux as Police Chief Kevin Garvey. With a plot that revolves around a mystery as large and as powerful as the hit show Lost, The Leftovers 

That's the premise of The Leftovers, HBO's flawed but fascinating new series: what would The Rapture—the upending trauma of it—really feel like for all the folks who didn't vanish into thin air? How would it change them? How would they cope? It's