this show rewires you fundamentally in 60 seconds and then just goes on to have more seasons. audacity

"i was worried your wings would melt" that's such a romantic thing to say to somebody while looking them dead in the eye

Kevin Cage of @spotlightsaga reviews... The Leftovers (S03E02) Don't Be Ridiculous Airdate: April 23, 2017 @hbo Ratings: 0.776 Million :: 0.34 18-49 Demo Share Score : 9.5/10 **********SPOILERS BELOW********** First off... Let's get one thing straight... 'Wu-Tang Clan ain't nuthin' to fuck with!' Second... It's true that at one time I was huge young fan of 'Perfect Strangers'. My mother and I still refer to Mark Linn-Baker's costar Bronson Pinchot's 'Balky's ridiculous line, 'Well feed me garlic and call me stinky!' That line was fed numerous times throughout the ridiculous number of 151 episodes of the 8 Season run that lasted 7 1/2 years. Sometimes we need 'ridiculous', sometimes 'the ridiculous' is what keeps a smile on our face, a stupid joke running for far too many years, it keeps us from cracking under the incredibly immense pressures of life. Nora has very much evolved from S1 to S2 to this very point in S3. Nora has lost everything and now clings on to The Garvey family, as they do to her... They need each other, it's comforting to know that they're just there, but anything beyond that is hollow. You know that moment after 'The Honeymoon' phase of a relationship is over and you wonder... 'Am I just here because I'm scared of being alone?' 'Are we together because I don't know if the grass is really greener on the other side?' After so much loss, so much grieving, and so much sadness... You finally put all the pieces back together again the best you can... And viola, something tests you. Something tests what you've built. The house of cards you built is barely holding up on a windy day, and you'll do anything to fight that seed of doubt... You know those days right? That's the kind of day Laura is having when she gets a ridiculous call from the only star left on earth who played a major role in 'Perfect Strangers', Mark Linn-Baker. He offers up Norma a 'ridiculous' proposition. Show up in St Louis, where he'll be for the next 24 hours, and he'll give her an opportunity of a lifetime... To see the family she lost, the one she has already accepted that she'll never see again. Absolutely ridiculous, right? Nora thinks so, but seeds of doubt always grow faster the harder you try to ignore them... And as 'ridiculous' as it sounds, what if it true? Of course it isn't, right? I mean, this isn't about that, not admittedly... This about uncovering a group taking advantage of those that were left behind and incinerating them. That's the most logical answer and logical always beats ridiculous, especially when all the faith that was left inside of you has been ripped to shreds by a proverbial pack of wild wolves. It's all so ridiculous... On her way out after a strange meeting with Mark Linn-Baker, Nora makes a quick detour to see Lilly, who doesn't even remember her. The sight of Christine scares her away. It's all too much for her to face. The family she attempted to create from the ashes of her own will never truly be hers, ever. Incinerator or not, could Baker's theory and thumb drive full of testimonials really reunite her with everything she had already accepted to be gone forever? Too heavy... Might as well stop by Erika's house on the way back in to town, show off her new accidental Wu-Tang Clan tattoo (Respect, 'Killer Bees sold 50 Gold, 60 Platinum!') and have a ridiculous jump on Erika's ridiculous new trampoline to ridiculously sick Wu-Tang beats. Is that ridiculous enough for you? Back to Jarden, Texas. Nora is having a ridiculous fn' day, After being stopped by Tom coming back into town, browbeaten for stopping in to see Lilly (Christine has apparently called), having every electronic device she cane across betray her in the most personal way possible a computer can betray or insult a human being. Oh, and let's not forget she walks in on Kevin killing himself and bringing himself back to life, a ridiculous little trick he does... She marches up to the now deceased Pillar Man's alter where people are treating him like some sort of divine being... His lonely wife, Sandy (Brett Butler) involving Matt to keep his 'fake departure' a secret to keep some sort of ridiculous faith going... And against all recommendations and pleas, she posts the picture of the Pillar Man's dead body for everyone to see. No one will be able to hold on to their ridiculous notions of faith, or believing in something greater, in believing that they too can be saved... Because that's just fn' ridiculous. Personally, I would've ended the episode right there. It was perfect, ridiculous, but perfect... Did I mention that it was ridiculous? Well, can't have an episode titled 'Don't Be Ridiculous' without some sort of over-the-top ridiculousness. Back in Australia, four women on a horse look for a Chief of Police named Kevin. Clearly there's a mix-up. This isn't the Kevin their looking for... They'll find that out later when they drown him and he doesn't survive. Ladies, as ridiculous as it may sound... The Kevin you're looking for is halfway across the world, but don't worry, he's on his way... Led by Nora & a ridiculous idea brought to you by 'Perfect Stranger's Mark Linn-Baker. Ridiculous, indeed!