Either way, he must now live with this decision that will leave them shells of their former selves. I think the first season he was sort of naïve, gullible, and got taken advantage of. An "ache," as he calls it, for something he just can't put his fingers on. The episode toggles between timelines, something the show did in the first season, too. Not enough to stop them; she lets her girlfriend Audrey (Hong Chau) drink hers. ", RELATED: How Amazon's Homecoming Sets Up Season 3, In the end, James is always looking to be a part of good stories, like Homecoming, that have something valuable to say. ISL 2020-21: Mumbai City FC sign 22-year-old Mehtab Singh on three-year con... Liverpool vs Sheffield United, Premier League: Live streaming, LIV v SHF Dr... Barcelona vs Real Madrid, El Clasico: Live streaming, BAR v RM Dream11, tea... West Ham vs Man City, Premier League: Live streaming, WHU v MCI Dream11, ti... Kapil Dev says 'on road to recovery' after heart attack, overwhel... Kapil Dev - The man who elevated Indian cricket to greatness. Atmanirbhar Bharat: Centre to ban imported goods at Army canteens; liquor l... Pakistani quadcopter shot down by Indian Army at Keran Sector along LoC. "Alone.” Has Walter forgotten that? ", Homecoming series tells the story of the Homecoming Transitional Support Centre, a private facility working to treat veterans arriving home from war. Walter makes them drink the Kool-Aid, quite literally, since the Homecoming serum looks like the fruit punch sold by a man made of glass who bursts through walls instead of just using the door. rights reserved. James said he was glad to get the chance to “colour in” Walter as a character. presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution

Season 2 offers a bit of deja vu with its Memento -like storytelling, until this season pulls a switcheroo. So I could see myself go from this naive, sort of aloof character to one who now has motivation and determination to right the wrongs from Season 1. Read original story ‘Homecoming’ Director Breaks Down Walter Cruz’s Dark – and Deadly – Turn in Season 2 At TheWrap, Quick bye: I watched all of Quibi’s ‘quick bites’ so you never have to, Lindsey Vonn Claps Back at Body Shaming Comments on Swimsuit Snaps: ‘I Am Proud of How Strong I Am', Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Threaten To Sue Lincoln Project Over Times Square Billboards.

read ), is in the rowboat. He leaves the headquarters before the serum really takes hold, sparing himself from the carnage. “This is what we wanted,” Audrey, the newly crowned boss of Geist, says before throwing hers back. She's also co-authored the books Mad Men Unzipped and Finding Truth in Fiction, about audience's positive responses to fictional stories. He has the list of names of Heidi's other patients and as he drives off, it seems as if he is on another mission.

In actuality, it was erasing targeted traumatic memories of veterans so they would reenlist. She calls herself Jackie and holds a fake VA card to convince him she’s there to help. But in the end, she couldn't stop Walter from feeling like something is missing. Walter doesn't buy it. (The following story contains spoilers for the entire second of Amazon Prime's "Homecoming").

Amyra Dastur's lawyer issues statement after Luviena Lodh's drugs... AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial back on track in US; Johnson & Johns... UN Day 2020: Know theme, significance as United Nations turns 75. I just felt like there's so much of Walter that was missing because you're dealing with a man who was losing his memory pretty much by the day during that first season. In, in this season we see a more dogged, determined sort of Walter who has figured out what he is and he’s looking for revenge. That “angry place” manifests itself in the finale, when Walter, with the help of pushed-out Geist Group founder Leonard Geist, commits mass murder after serving everyone poison.

Yet, James also felt Walter’s Season 2 journey not only further fleshed out the character but also further reflected the journey of many veterans and the questions they face when they return home. “It was probably one of the biggest joys of my career so far, and to be asked to come back and to join the second season, obviously this time with Janelle Monae and Kyle Patrick Alvarez, I mean it just felt incredible,” James said. He's just ridding himself of the evidence so he has plausible deniability. Add the fact that it’s a prestige project, one with an Oscar winner producing and another Oscar winner onscreen, and that’s a lucky thing indeed. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. “Because he was losing his memories essentially by the day, so much of who he was was getting lost in that process … to be able to recognize that something bad happened to him in that first season, and then to go down the path of ultimately figuring it out, I think that’s Walter’s biggest challenge this season.”. New director Alvarez has maintained the ominous tone of the first season. “I think what the season does, it says ‘No, he’s being deeply haunted by something and it’s driving him to a really dark and angry place. And since Leonard, who had effectively been pushed out of his own company (he wanted to destroy the berries that cause the memory-loss effect), was "already off the deep end," that's how you get to an "alchemy where you can believe that these people would take some dire actions and somewhat even, arguably, absurdist actions to handle the situation," Alvarez explains. "And so for me, Walter couldn't go back to normal without having to go through this second season," James continued.

He is really interested in fighting, he'd rather fade away. Walter is on a dogged mission to avenge the wrongs that took place in that first season and he's willing to go to any lengths to do that. James observed that after Walter lost his memory in the first season, "we never really knew where he was going to be or what that meant for the rest of his life, if he could live a normal life. I think that it's not to be understated even though it takes place in a dystopian universe when you have people coming up to you, saying that this has resonated with them affected them in a certain way.