Don't Be Ridiculous
"Don't Be Ridiculous" is the second episode of the third season of the HBO drama television series The Leftovers, and the 22nd overall. The episode was written by showrunners Tom Perrotta and Damon Lindelof and directed by Keith Gordon. It aired in the United States on April 23, 2017. The episode focuses on Nora Durst as she travels to St. Louis to investigate an unusual proposal as part of her job at the Departure of Sudden Departures' fraud investigation team. It also provides details on Nora's life in the three years since the end of the second season. The episode became notable for the guest appearance of actor Mark Linn-Baker, former star of the sitcom Perfect Strangers, as a fictional version of himself who lost his co-stars to the Departure. Critics lauded "Don't Be Ridiculous" for its unexpected yet poignant inclusion of Perfect Strangers in its narrative, as well as the episode's script, emotional resonance, and Carrie Coon's central performance. Plot Edward, the man living atop the pillar in Jarden's town square, dies of a heart attack in the middle of the night. Nora interviews his wife, Sandy - the same woman from the town's outskirts that paid Matt to