Justin Theroux is a strange kind of Leftover..

I'm having a bit of an issue with Justin Theroux..fiance of Jennifer Aniston, cousin of Louis and star of new Sky Atlantic series The Leftovers  which is the story of the people left behind, three years after 140 million people (2% of the world's population) disappeared without a trace.  Now this is written by the same people who had us confused but completely obsessed with Lost. I'm on episode 5 still none the wiser. 

I confess, Justin Theroux was a draw to start watching The Leftovers in the first place.. admit it you'd think the same, as we've just seen him on Jen's arm and whilst there's all the 'will they won't they' I wanted to see if he could act, what he sounded like.. 

He plays police chief Kevin Garvey trying to hold 'it' and his town together after this strange happening. His wife has joined a weird cult, who don't speak. Instead they write notes to communicate and ALL chain smoke, wear white and generally piss everyone else off in the town.  I kinda like his character, but he's also kinda frustrating.. we've seen him sweaty, drunk, angry, lose the plot a bit and we've seen his large back tat! I don't know if I care though. His eyebrows seem to be getting more plucked but I' m not convinced by his character and its bugging me.

Justin has sweats in his sweats in The Leftovers

The back tat!

Each episode so far, has been getting more random. Christopher Eccleston, who I love,  plays a troubled vicar and his American accent is slightly off putting. He managed to come out almost unscathed from having a large rock thrown at his head and losing his church to the odd cult. We also have Liv Tyler who's joined the cult, having left her fiance hanging and is now communicating a la notepad and smoking like a trooper!

I'm not convinced this is a good series, but I'm still watching it which concerns me even more.. I feel I've now invested time into this bizarre unraveling plot and its my duty to stick with it.. Do you do the same? Are you hooked on a series that isn't all that? The Leftovers is on Tuesday at 9pm on Sky Atlantic 

Sean Bean has me hooked!

You know that sad moment when you've reached the end of the final episode of the latest box set you've been binging on... what to watch next? Do you follow hype or a friend's recommendation? Last night the Hubby and I watched our first episode of Game of Thrones. Yes I've seen the hype and my best buddie has been raving about it.. but I just wasn't buying it. But I've been at a loss as to how to fill the void. I do want to go down the House of Cards route but other half hasn't shown much interest and after Breaking Bad we need to be hooked in Episode 1. Sadly this didn't happen with The Wire, Portlandia or Arrested Development.

But Game of Thrones - you got us BOTH!

In fact my hubby has just confessed that after I went to bed (as I have to get up at 4am) he watched episodes 2 + 3 without me. I'm secretly pleased as it's fun to have that show you both like. He's still doesn't get Girls but I'm fine with that!

So, I shared my new interest with my pal last night who had been trying to convince me and she replied 'Look out for the Lesbian Lick off in Episode 5' I've not told my husband about that yet.. Has that suddenly got your attention as well?

I must admit to feeling a sense of calm now I know we have a new series to binge on, although there is something to be said for the anticipation of having to wait a week. But there's also great satisfaction in knowing we have our social lives sorted for the next few months thanks to our Sky + box