"The Leftovers" officially announced a release date for its second season at this year's Television Critics Association press tour -- per a trailer screened for critics by HBO, the vaguely supernatural drama about the aftermath of a Rapture-like event will return on Sunday, October 4. READ MORE: Consider This: Ann Dowd on 'The Leftovers' Season 2 and Her Remarkable Year in Television The trailer also teased big reveals about what comes next as the core characters transplant from their Season 1 location of Mapleton, New York to a mysterious Texas town where no one vanished during the Sudden Departure.