'The Leftovers' Season 3 Renewal: Justin Theroux's Kevin Garvey Returns For Guilty Remnant!

From creators Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta, the Season 2 finale of The Leftovers aired on HBO. With the official renewal of Season 3 of The Leftovers, former police officer Kevin Garvey (Justin Theroux) returns along with The Guilty Remnant.

As we mentioned before, in the second season finale, members of the Guilty Remnants marched across the bridge into the town of Jarden. It was suspenseful hour of miracles as Matt (Christopher Eccelston) discovered his paralyzed wife, Mary (Janel Moloney) walked and talking again. While the town was taken over by the cult, Kevin fought his way through Purgatory, singing Simon and Garfunkel's "Homeward Bound," order to return to the land of the living. As John (Kevin Carroll) witnessed his family fall apart, Kevin found himself reunited with his entire family, who were broken after the Departed.

According to TV Line, HBO president Michael Lombardo released a statement, "This show has proven to be one of the most distinctive HBO series and we are extremely proud of its unrivaled originality, which has resulted in such a passionate following by our HBO viewers. We admire and fully support Damon's artistic vision and respect his decision to bring the show to its conclusion next season."

Lindelof teases what could happen in the third season, "As we finished our most recent season, it became clear to us that the series as a whole was following the same model...and with our beginning and middle complete, the most exciting thing for us as storytellers would be to bring The Leftovers to a definitive end. And by 'definitive,' we mean 'wildly ambiguous but hopefully mega-emotional,' as all things related to this show are destined to be."

Don't forget to check out our MStars interview with author Tom Perrotta about the sophomore season.

The second season of The Leftovers can currently be seen on HBO On Demand.

Readers, are you excited for a third season?