Who is Matt Jamison in The Leftovers?
The reverend Job · Mapleton & Beyond
Matt Jamison (The reverend Job) is a character in The Leftovers, part of Mapleton & Beyond. Reverend Matt Jamison kept his church after the Departure by losing everything else: his congregation drifted to cults, his wife Mary was left in a waking coma by a Departure-day crash, and his calling curdled into a newsletter exposing the sins of the departed — proof, he insists, that it wasn't the Rapture, because the taken weren't good. Matt is the show's Job: tested past all reason, absurdly faithful, and given one episode a season that breaks the audience along with him.
When does Matt Jamison first appear?
Matt Jamison first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“Pilot”) of The Leftovers (2014–2017, HBO).
Who is Matt Jamison connected to?
Relationships already established when Matt Jamison first appears — nothing from later episodes.
- Nora Durst — The reverend and his sister
Which group does Matt Jamison belong to?
By the time Matt Jamison appears, Mapleton & Beyond also includes Nora Durst, Holy Wayne.
Who else is introduced in this episode?
- Kevin Garvey — The chief who isn't sure he's sane
- Nora Durst — The woman who lost everyone at breakfast
- Laurie Garvey — The therapist who stopped talking
- Jill Garvey — The daughter still technically present
- Tom Garvey — The son who ran to a prophet
- Patti Levin — The Remnant's iron voice — then the voice in Kevin's head
- Meg Abbott — The convert who outruns the doctrine
- Holy Wayne — The man who hugs the pain away
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