I used to hate sad endings until The Leftovers season 3

I was at my buddy's apartment in Austin last month watching the series finale. That scene where Nora tells her story on stage completely changed my mind about ambiguous endings. I always wanted everything tied up neat before that moment.

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the_john5mo ago

On stage" is the part that gets me every time. You're saying that one performance changed your whole view on endings?

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daniel2145mo ago

Man, that's exactly how it was for me but with a different show. Saw this band called Murder by Death play their whole album "Who Will Survive" front to back in this tiny theater. They had a guy playing cello and the lights were all moody and it felt like we were all in some dark folk tale together. I walked out of there feeling different about how stories end, like closure ain't always wrapping things up neat, sometimes it's just sitting with the feeling for a while.

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