Nora and Kevin’s toxic relationship explodes Down Under.
Sometimes, the show even reveled in it to a morbid degree, especially during season 1.
Together, as a couple, they had a chance and perhaps as a result, so did humanity.
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Kevin is complete baggage.
(Recall that Nora recently hijacked a post-birthday party bedroom conversation about Noah/Lily with sex, too.)
He stares at her: That came out of her mouthwaytoo easily.
Kevin is rescued by the ringing phone, and Nora drops everything to confirm her appointment with the scientists.
Its Evie Murphy, and shes staring right into the camera, directly into Kevins eyes.
Can you hear me?
he asks, just before the screen goes black.
He pushes his way to the window, creeping into the background of the live broadcast.
Almost on cue, a desperate woman holding a baby approaches Nora right before the scheduled arrival time.
Excuse me, miss.
Are you a mother?
The panicked mother asks Nora to hold her baby while she goes to a nearby job interview.
It feels like a test.
Did Nora pass or fail?
Wandering away from the TV studio, Kevin spots Evie.
He chases her down a graffitid alley and confronts her.
Just tell me what you fing want, he screams at her.
Did Patti send you?
This is one of those moments where you have to decide just how farThe Leftoversis willing to go.
We saw Evie die.
Her mother Erika buried her remains, even if shed been mostly vaporized by the drone missile.
Kevin is a scary dude right now, and a concerned bloke interrupts to see to it Evies okay.
Kevin calls Laurie and explains the situation: Evie is alive in Australia.
Why are you in Australia, Laurie wants to know.
She confirms that its Evie but urges Kevin not to approach her again.
They bring her to Bernard, who conducts a routine medical exam in what feels like an old dry-cleaner.
(The hanging clothes, wrapped in plastic, made me think of Kevins dry-cleaning episodes.)
Nora gets over any fears, and she scores well, it seems.
But Bernard seems to already have all her medical information, noting her IUD birth control implant.
Its in your medical records, he says, when she expresses surprise at the extent of his knowledge.
Now, this rogue operation might have incredible WikiLeaks-like reach to poke into the private information of anyone.
But another organization that could conceivably have Noras medical records would be her employer, the DSD.
Is the DSD behind this operation?
And if so, why?
Kevin storms into the local library looking for Evie/Danish.
But before security can escort him out, Evie stands up and volunteers to speak with him in private.
Yes, she tells him, shes Evie Murphy.
But hey dont tell anyone, even her family, because she just wants to start a new life.
And she explains: Laurie recently called her and told her to pretend that shes Evie.
You have to indulge that persons delusion and find common ground.
Otherwise, its very likely that theyll hurt themselves.
I dont want you to hurt yourself, Kevin.
Whats the lyric from This Love Is Over?
Kevin, are you and Nora okay?
After Nora seems to pass the isolation test, she gets grilled by Aden and Becker one last time.
Perhaps the final question will settle the matter.
That man had answered no, and hed been turned down for the procedure.
Kids die every day, she says coldly.
Whats one more… Of course I [kill the baby].
Nora gave a different answer than Immolation Man yet both seem to be wrong.
The doctors tell Nora she can keep her money, and they quickly exit: Go home Miss Durst.
This isnt for you.
Nora is distraught and incredulous.
Was her answer wrong?
Is there a right answer?
You couldnt be a victim anymore.
Youd have to be okay.
No one would feel sorry for you.
He grabs his bag and leaves, never looking back.
Did the fire Kevin set in the hotel room grow out of control?
Is Nora all right?
Ever since he spotted Kevin onGDay Melbourne, hes been calling the local hotels to locate him.
If there was an explosion, it mustve been a lot bigger than a hotel fire.
Upstairs, Noras lip quivers as she sits on the bed and A-Ha gets the last laugh.
She is alive but nowhere close to okay.
And she certainly is now a woman who might someday deny knowing a man named Kevin.
So what was the explosion?
If there was a nuclear explosion, some other confusing scenes start to make sense.
Nora/Sarahs face had scars that I speculated were due to radiation exposure during the going-through process.
But perhaps they are related to the nuclear fallout.
Andifthis catastrophe happened this way, how much did Kevin have to do with it?
Did his anger set things off?
