Returning with a fresh mystery and a largely new cast of characters, Amazon's 'Homecoming' incorporated inventive visual techniques to show how the first and second seasons were linked
, director Sam Esmail set a lofty template with a notably lengthy one-take sequence in the cinematic tradition of Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles and Robert Altman.
"I did not go, 'Where in the scripts can we do a long take?' " he says with a laugh. "It was just like, 'OK, she's followed all these clues to this house that she sneaks her way into.' It felt like we should try to be with her as much [as possible] — this is kind of a revelation. We want to build some suspense here."
But visually, and with the reveal of the previously seen Audrey, the sequence also potently reminds viewers of the connective tissue between the dramatically different seasons. "It's a crucial moment because it's the first time we say, 'That show you watched before still matters to this show,' " Alvarez explains.
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