The morally dubious firefighter watchdogs give off strong Fahrenheit 451 vibes, and after John receives the unsettling prediction and then lashes out, there’s a palpable tension that builds throughout the rest of the episode, especially when fellow powder keg and new neighbor Kevin Garvey is thrown into the mix. John smiles wide, plays the part of the loving Dad, but there’s something sinister boiling underneath that comes through when he and his fellow firefighters assault and burn down the home of a local mystic who is cashing in on the beliefs of the townspeople, right after that man gives John an ominous reading about his future. John, just like Kevin in season one, feels like a loaded gun about to go off right from the get go, the only difference is that John still has his family happily under one roof. There are the kids, fun-loving and epileptic Evie, faithful and charitable Michael, then mother Erika, a warm and kind nurse, and finally, John. After a beautiful, bewildering, but symbolic opening of a prehistoric woman trying to survive alone with her infant, we spend the next 35 minutes not with the Garvey clan, but with the Murphy family. There’s plenty of new characters to focus on, as The Leftovers Season 2 transports us to Jarden, Texas, “Miracle,” the town where no one disappeared.
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