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`` Gladys '' is the fifth episode of the low season of the American supernatural drama
television series The Leftovers , based on the novel of the like public figure by gobbler
Perrotta .The instalment was written by serial Maker Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta ,
and directed by Mimi Leder .It was first broadcast on HBO in the United State Department
on July 27 , 2014 .The series is set four years after the `` Sudden passing '' – an event which
saw 2 % of the universe 's universe ( approximately 140 million mass ) disappear and
profoundly affected the townspeople .The characters of law chief Kevin Garvey and his
crime syndicate ( wife Laurie , son Tom , daughter Jill and father Kevin Sr. ) are focal item ,
alongside grieving widow Nora Durst , her brother Reverend lustrelessness Jamison , and
the inscrutable cult-like organization the Guilty remainder ( GR ) , led by Patti Levin .In the
installment , obscure assailants kill Gladys , a fast phallus of the Guilty Remnant .Kevin
investigates the expiry , despite the constabulary 's indifference to her death .According to
Nielsen spiritualist inquiry , the episode was seen by an estimated 1.59 million household
spectator and gained a 0.8 ratings share among adults aged 18–49 .The episode received
generally positive review article from critics , who praised the public presentation and
character development .Gladys ' death scene drew polarize reactions , with some deeming it
appropriate for the series ' tincture while others criticized its wild nature .== Plot ==
Hostility between the GR and Mapleton residents has increased after the former broke into
their houses to replace photos of their departed companion .One Nox , a appendage of the
GR , Gladys ( Marceline Hugot ) , is taken by assailants to the woods .Tying her to a tree , she
is brutally struck by thrown endocarp .She breaks her vow of silence , begging them to
halt .The assailants ignore her and stay fresh throwing endocarp , killing her .The GR
searches for her that nighttime , with Laurie ( Amy Brenneman ) running into Dean
( Michael Gaston ) killing dogs , before finding Gladys ' body .Kevin ( Justin Theroux ) is
visited by Patti ( Ann Dowd ) , who informs him of her last .The constabulary appearance no
respectfulness to Gladys ' death , some mocking her death while others refuse to cooperate
and warn GR that their presence is a threat .With very picayune support among the
department , Kevin is forced to investigate on his ain .To complicate matters , Detective
Louis Vitello ( Anthony Wayne Duvall ) informs ATFEC for investigation .After Laurie leaves
a hospital ascribable to a panic onslaught , Patti takes her to a motel room .The succeeding
day , Laurie is instructed to foregather her at a buffet car wearing dark-skinned
clothes .Patti surprise Laurie by speech production , inviting her to come the same for the
twenty-four hours .On a suggestion of Lucy ( Amanda Warren ) , Kevin announces a curfew ,
which angers some of the citizens .The table rejects the petition for a curfew , unwilling to
ruin their lives for GR .Kevin decides to call the GR , suggesting they should use whistles ,
although they are not matter to in his idea .Back at the dining car , Patti tells Laurie that they
are in the Lapp place where she dined with Gladys , who wanted comforter after her Son
died .Even when she motivated her to utter , Gladys did not speak , just like Laurie .As they
leave , Patti orders food for thought packed in a grip , which she leaves in front of a
house .Kevin decides to visit the mortuary to check Gladys ' soundbox , bringing along matte
( Christopher Eccleston ) , who knew her and wanted to pray for her .At the morgue , Kevin
discovers that ATFEC already retrieved the body , which prevents Kevin from investigating
any further .He contacts the factor in accusation , who claims that the case is now in the paw
of the ATFEC .The agent also offers Kevin a chance in wiping out the GR in Mapleton , which
Kevin refuses .A distraught Kevin informs Jill ( Margaret Qualley ) about his incoming
divorcement .While Meg ( Liv John Tyler ) is prepare to become a permanent member of
GR , Laurie interrupts Matt 's watch for Gladys outside with her newfangled whistle .At an
ATFEC processing mall , agentive role burn many corpses from a truck , one of which
includes Gladys .== product == === Development === In June 2014 , the sequence 's
championship was revealed as `` Gladys '' and it was announced that series creators Damon
Lindelof and Tom Perrotta had written the episode while Mimi Leder had directed it .This
was Lindelof 's fifth writing quotation , Perrotta 's second composition credit , and Leder 's
outset directing credit .== Reception == === Viewers === The episode was watched by 1.59
million TV audience , earning a 0.8 in the 18-49 rating demographics on the Nielson
evaluation musical scale .This means that 0.8 percent of all households with televisions
watched the sequence .This was a svelte step-down from the premature episode , which was
watched by 1.62 million looker with a 0.8 in the 18-49 demographics .=== Critical
reassessment === '' Gladys '' received generally positive followup from critics .The follow-
up aggregator website Rotten tomato reported a 92 % approval military rating with an
average rating of 7.4/10 for the episode , based on 12 followup .The site 's consensus
states : `` 'Gladys ' opens with a horrific gut-punch and concludes with a bitter confrontation
, successfully mixing in some conversant root and surprising moments along the means .
''Matt Henry Watson Fowler of IGN gave the episode an `` amazing '' 9 out of 10 and wrote
in his verdict , `` 'Gladys ' gave us us our most excruciating moment of fury on the display to
day of the month while bringing flatness into the main Kevin/GR storyline in a very cool ,
intriguing way .The display also managed to make the GR harmonic , though their choices
still stand as being ultimately destructive and selfish .Despite all they ostensibly deny
themselves .In fact , I wonder what the percentage rate comparison is of the great unwashed
whose kin have been ripped apart by the going away and those who 've lost extremity to the
GR .Kevin 's been cracking all along , but this sequence saw a few more characters - Laurie ,
Patti , Jill - break down in different ways , crushed under the sheer free weight of their
current lives . ''Sonia Saraiya of The A.V .ball club gave the episode a `` B '' course and
wrote , `` There are a lot of types of religious life sentence out there .A lot of character of
people .And a bunch of those people even watch HBO .It 's ridiculous that the show is n't
trying to reach me — is n't trying to reach across the counter and tell the account of Faisal
( which is the credited , never-spoken name of the Indian clerk ) .There 's a bunch of us who
understand the universe differently .And as the leftovers of Mapleton said in the bar in the
for the first time sequence : 'We 're still here . ' ''Alan Sepinwall of HitFix wrote , `` Doing a
single-POV chronicle every workweek – especially one with as specialise a focal point as
'Two gravy boat and a whirlybird ' – is n't an easy matter to pull off , nor does it seem like
what Lindelof and Perrotta want to do , given the sizing and scope of the let out world they
're depicting .But 'Gladys ' does a very good job of splitting the difference between the
tunnel vision of episode 3 and the broader ensemble musical composition we 've gotten in
the other installment .It 's a bragging sequence featuring well-nigh of the cast , but the full
story and every bit of emotional conflict spills out of the single awful enactment of Gladys
from the Guilty oddment being stoned to death . ''Jeff Labrecque of amusement Weekly
wrote , `` Her murder presented the Garveys-Chief and Laurie-with independent unearthly
mental testing .Each was tempted to abandon the route they 've chosen , to relent and
choose an easier way out . ''Eugene Curran Kelly Braffet of Vulture gave the sequence a 3
star military rank out of 5 and wrote , `` This installment , like every episode so far , had
some gripping moments .But there 's no longer any avoiding it : Not enough is happening in
this series .