Lindelof was at the center of controversy after tweeting, of the 2012 Aurora shooting, that he would be seeing "The Dark Knight Rises" and suggested that other filmgoers should stay in their seats after the credits for a moment of silence. Lindelof deleted his Twitter account on October 14, 2013, the date of "the departure" on his then-upcoming HBO show, "The Leftovers". Lindelof stopped his final tweet in mid-sentence leaving his followers to wonder in regard to the significance. Lindelof's final tweet read, "After much thought and deliberation, I've decided t." Lindelof later said that he felt as though his time on Twitter was consuming him in a negative fashion and that he has no intentions of returning to the site.