In 2017, a television series that appeared initially unremarkable was released by the well-known American production company HBO: The Leftovers. The opening three minutes unfold like a conventional science-fiction scenario: 2% of the planet’s population vanishes without explanation. No one understands why, how, or—most fundamentally—where these thousands of individuals have gone. From the outset, the viewer encounters the radical opacity of loss, our finitude, and the necessary relation we ma...