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... interesting passage from the interview with the last episode's director Mimi Leder:
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HR: In your episode centered on Kevin's father, what's your sense of the elder Garvey's mental state? Is he crazy?
ML: My interpretation is that he is hearing voices and that he's not crazy. I think he snapped after the departure, the voices really do come and talk to him. That's why I did the shot of his reflection in the window — who's he talking to? He's definitely talking to somebody. He definitely hears the voices, the voices are telling him what's important, and he tells his son to listen. This is Damon's brilliant crafting — in episode nine, we go back and we see Garvey Sr. tell his son, "this is it. This is your purpose in life. You need to accept it. There isn't any more than this." In that moment, your mind will hopefully go back to this episode seven. It's part of Kevin's arc, finding out what is his purpose in this life.
HR: Has he found it?
ML: I think he's still discovering it. I think he's just, in this finale, confessing to what happened at the moment of departure and what he was wishing for. He was wanting his family gone, and he feels the guilt. He is still looking for his purpose.
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In both seasons now, it seems like major supernatural (or religious, depending on your perspective) events have happened when Kevin was at the depths of his despair: the Departure and now this giant fissure.... or second Departure?. Not saying these events revolved around him necessarily, just that it's not coincidental either. No idea where it goes, just thought it's worth noting.
It might be wishful thinking considering Lindelof's reputation from Lost, but I'm hoping the second half of the season ties everything together as well as the first season did.
Edit: Random, but interesting post on reddit breaking down the math of the statistical likelihood of a town like Jarden existing with no Departures. Assuming a 2% individual chance of departure in a town with population of 9,261, the chances of this happening are 1 in 1.80021081, or 1 in 1800167894059654614011665840669300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000. In other words, a statistical impossibility.
There really may be something to Miracle, Texas.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLeftovers/comments/3rou7h/miraculousness_of_miracle_texas/
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