When 2% of the worlds population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what theyre supposed to do about it. The drama series The Leftovers is the story of the people who didnt make the cut. Based on the bestselling novel by Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers follows Kevin Garvey, a father of two and the chief of police in a small New York suburb, as he tries to maintain some semblance of normalcy when the notion no longer applies.