Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the second season of the series a score of 89% based on reviews from 38 critics with an average rating of 8.6/10.0. Rotten Tomatoes critic consensus state: "'The Leftovers' continues to be unpredictable and provocative in season two with its new location, though the inexplicable circumstances will still frustrate many viewers." Positive reviews from Rotten Tomatoes critics include: "'The Leftovers' launched its second season Sunday with a new setting, an overhauled ensemble and a fresh Departure-related mystery" - said critic Michael Ausiello of TV Guide magazine. "Before sending viewers to the new home base in Texas, "Axis Mundi" turned back the clock, Kubrick style" - said critic Jeff Labreque of Entertainment Weekly magazine. "There are a number of levels in which 'The Leftovers' is profoundly adept episode of television, but perhaps none is so unnerving as is the way in which Damien Lindelof and his team manage to make everything in the episode both welcoming and deeply discomforting." said critic Libby Hill of the Los Angles Times. Negative reviews from Rotten Tomatoes include: "The firmer grasp on the plot still doesn't make 'The Leftovers' a great show, but it makes it a great social exercise. This was a premiere I'm glad I watched, but I never, ever want to watch it again. Ever." - said critic Tim Surette of TV.com. "This show is still stuck in low gear" - said critic Hank Stuever of the Washington Post. "A creative reboot ostensibly intended to address the program's shortcomings has merely exacerbated them, leaving behind drama that is arty and provocative, but also pretentious and opaque to the point of infuriating."
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| "As interesting as anything on television in ages! - Margaret Lyons of the New York magazine |
According to Metacritic the second season of 'The Leftovers' got a score of 80 out of 100, based on reviews from 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Positive reviews from Metacritic critics include: "The early arc of season two is as interesting as anything on television in ages - absorbing, complicated, textured. The composition of the show feels more stable, too" - said critic Margaret Lyons of New York magazine. "Just as the first-season cast balanced prickliness and empathy, it's easy to get into the Jarden version of the story because of the Murphys, a family led by the terrific Kevin Carroll and newly minted Emmy winner actress Regina King." - said critic Dan Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter. "The Leftovers' has matured, becoming more about how good can come from awful, how we cannot linger in pain, and not just wallow in grief and regret but identify it and moving forward," - said critic Brian Tallerico for RogerEbert.com. Negative reviews from Metacritic critics include: "It's hard to deny that 'The Leftovers' can be both visually and emotionally arresting. It's also hard to deny that it is absolutely no fun to watch, a fact that doesn't necessarily lead one to abandon it." said critic Hank Stuever of the Washington Post. "The situations don't progress in a cohesive manner, and the show feels disjointed in term of style." said critic Brian Lowry of Variety.
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| "One of the greatest television dramas." - Matt Zollier Seitz of Vulture |
IMDb the internet movie data base gave "The Leftovers" second season 9.2 stars out of 10.0 stars rating on 29,703 votes from 183 users and 30 critics. Positive reviews from IMDb critics include: "'The Leftovers is one of the great dramas in American television," - said critic Matt Zoller Seitz of Vulture. "'The Leftovers' is a kind of revelation spinning the power and pain urging the series towards a new emotional and aesthetic extreme. It tests the limits of the art form to depict the depths of grief." - said critic Matt Brennan of the Thompson on Hollywood. " Negative reviews from IMDb critics include: "For those of you who stuck it out with 'The Leftovers' following the first bumpy but captivating season, and into the semi-rebooted season two, they were definitely rewarded." - said critic Kevin Jagernauth of the Indiewire Television. "Many have praised the second season of 'The Leftovers', but the series suffered a loss by making its major departure from from Mapleton N.Y. to Jarden TX giving off a bleak apocalyptic vibe." - said critic Matt Donnelly of The Wrap.
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