Kevin prepares to die so he can battle Patti on her turf.
Ever have one of those mornings when you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?
Gonna be a hard day, buddy, Patti tells Kevin after he reads Noras Dear John letter.
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(Mary and the baby are with me.
After all, she has her own skeletons, paying prostitutes to shoot her in the chest.
Jill doesnt respond well to her fathers latest relationship muck-up.
She runs to Michael at his church, and its clear that their relationship has accelerated off camera.
She rants about her fathers sleepwalking and new imaginary friend, peppering the pews with profanity.
Jill has the right to flake out every now and then.
Michael has quickly become her rock, a sanctuary of relative serenity.
Shes flummoxed by his maturity and turns tail, Thanks for the talk, reverend.
Kevins got two things on his To Do List.
One, get in touch with Nora.
Two, get the handcuffs off.
Glad you finally asked, says Patti.
In Cairo, Egypt, there is an ancient artifact… Im on the edge of my seat.
Go on, Patti…
…Its in a museum now.
They found it in the tomb of Amenhotep.
Scholars call it the Wishing Cup.
it’s crucial that you acquire this cup.
Its more of a chalice actually.
I have no fing idea what youre supposed to do, she says with a laugh.
Im just as fing lost as you are.
Screw you, Patti Levin.
Screw you, Damon Lindelof and co-writer Patrick Somerville.
That was just cruel on so many levels.
Patti goes silent after berating Kevin, and he turns to find Michael staring at him.
His mild-mannered neighbor tosses his bike in the back of the truck and jumps into the passenger seat uninvited.
When Michael first mentioned Pattis name, the possibility flickered that he saw and heard her, as well.
After all, he did hint to Jill that he talks to someone whos not there.
Whos his invisible companion?
Was he referring to the Lord?
It seems like someone less heavenly.
He explained all this once before, but Kevin had been sleepwalking.
Virgil claims to know of what he speaks.
Was he a pedophile, as Patti later claims?
What did he do to hurt John when he was still a boy?
Virgil promises to guide Kevin through the death and resurrection that will free him from Pattis grip.
But rather than seize the moment, Kevin needs to consult with his closest advisor…Patti.
Funny how he immediately goes looking for her to tell her how hes going to get rid of her.
He needs her, doesnt he?
When he finally finds her in the woods, she ridicules the old mans plan.
But sure, lets dance.
I am so desperate to do battle, she says, tearing up.
Lets go fing die.
Does Patti have the most delightfully foul mouth on HBO since Al Swearengen?
Kevins phone rings but its not the wife hes hoping for.
Laurie is outside the town gates, looking for Tommy.
(Meg has Tommy, doesnt she?)
Its an ugly catching-up conversation through a chainlink fence that ends with Kevin barking at a retreating Laurie.
The Pixies Where Is My Mind tinkles in the background and then goes full-blast into the next scene.
Pattis bluff works, at least for now.
With three episodes to go, I have a feeling that digitized palm print might cause Kevin some trouble.
But maybe were getting ahead of ourselves.
Kevin visits Laurie, apologizes, and gets on the figurative couch for a therapy session.
He tells her about Patti, and she diagnoses a psychotic breakdown, just like his father.
So Kevin brings his wife home to Miracle.
Maybe she can keep Patti at bay.
This is not going to go well.
Jill freaks out when she sees Laurie in her house.
And just like that, Kevin is racing back to Virgils trailer to die.
He doesnt exactly seem cured.
God be with you, is all he says to Kevin on his way out the door.
Is there a plan?
Before long, hes twitching and foaming at the mouth, like Uma Thurman inPulp Fiction.
But Virgil isnt the guide he promised to be.
He dumps the syringes contents, and shoots himself in the head.
Ah, and you thought season 2 was a kinder, gentlerLeftovers?
So what does this mean?
Did Kevin just die?
WouldThe Leftoversreally kill off its main character?
(Um, sure.)
Or, is Michael dragging Kevin to his mothers clinic for treatment?
And if hes revived, did he successfully defeat Patti and exorcize her from his psyche?
Did Patti die (again)?
What are his secrets?
Does he have a most powerful adversary?
After all, it runs in his family, too.
Or is his hidden companion someone more benevolent, someone with a preternatural link to him…like Evie?
