History Series / TheLeftovers

* AsleepForDays: Matt Jameson after getting hit with a rock. [[spoiler: RuleOfDrama applies to him rushing to the bank assuming it's still the day he got hit with the rock - three days in bed without food he probably would have been tried out by the time he got out of the hospital and a half a block down the road, if not sooner, and the hospital staff would have absolutely stopped him from leaving.]]

* ApocalypseCult: At least two are known to have formed

* BadassPreacher: Matt, when pressed - see BerserkButton, below.
* BerserkButton: Do NOT take Matt's casino winnings.

* CaughtUpInTheRapture: The exact nature of the disappearance is unclear, but many people straight away jump to the conclusion that it is indeed the Biblical Rapture. Not everyone is sold on the idea, however, and there are constant televised debates.
* EverybodyKnewAlready: Kevin Garvey assumed Matt would eventually be going after the stash of money in his yard, hence when Matt sneaks in and digs it up, there's already a note inside saying Matt probably really needed it and welcome to it.

* AsleepForDays: Matt Jameson after getting hit with a rock.

* YankTheDogsChain: Facing the possibility that his church will be sold, Jamison is apparently given signs from God that allow him to win enough money gambling to keep it. As he's on his way to pay the bank, he sees a member of the Guilty Remnant get hit with a very large rock. He tries to call 911, but the guys that threw the first rock come back and hit him with another. He wakes up in the hospital and seems to still have enough time to reach the bank before closing. Only when he reaches the bank does he realize that he's actually three days overdue, and, just to rub salt in the wound, it's the Guilty Remnant is the group that bought his church.

* KickTheDog: Near the start of the series, a man shoots a dog out of nowhere. [[spoiler:Subverted at the end of the episode where he appears again when a pack of wild dogs mauls a deer, telling Garvey "they're not our dogs" before starting to shoot them.]]

** FridgeLogic: It's a good thing the teens remembered to turn on the "heterosexual pairings only" during their little game of iSlut. Wouldn't want nasty gay things to ruin the debauchery.

** On the other hand, while Jill saw and interacted with him, her friend Aimee walked right by him without acknowledging him in any way

* NoNameGiven: The Dog Killer. Still unclear if he's even real or human.

* ApocalypseCult: At least two are known to have formed - one is a collection composed of people who all wear medical outfits, chain-smoke and never speak aloud, while the other is an isolated compound behind a high fence and has armed guards.

-->'''Councillor:''' I still don't think they were heroes. My brother-in-law disappeared, and he was a dipshit.
-->(later)
-->'''Matt Jamison:''' It wasn't the Rapture! They were no better than us! I have proof! Free of charge! ''(waves papers)'' She beat her children! She beat her children! Does that sound like a good person to you?
* WildTeenParty: Happens in the pilot.

* KickTheDog: Near the start of the series, a man shoots a dog out of nowhere. [[spoiler: Subverted at the end of the episode where he appears again when a pack of wild dogs mauls a deer, telling Garvey "they're not our dogs" before starting to shoot them.]]

* TheAlcoholic: The chief of police cracks a beer almost any chance he gets.

Mass disappearances of people totalling two percent of the world's population has wreaked havoc among the disappeared people's family and friends. After three years, the world's religious and scientific communities have no concrete answers as to what happened.

-->'''Matt Jamison:''' It wasn't the rapture! They were no better than us! I have proof! Free of charge! ''(waves papers)'' She beat her children! She beat her children! Does that sound like a good person to you?

* ApocalypseCult: At least two are known to have formed - one is a collection composed largely of women who all wear medical outfits, chain-smoke and never speak to one another, while the other is an isolated compound behind a high fence and has armed guards.

-->'''Matt Jamison:''' It wasn't the rapture! They were no better than us! I have proof! Free of charge! ''(waves papers)'' She beat her children! Does that sound like a good person to you?

* KickTheDog. Near the start of the series, a man shoots a dog out of nowhere. [[spoiler: Subverted at the end of the episode where he appears again when a pack of wild dogs mauls a deer, telling Garvey "they're not our dogs" before starting to shoot them.]]