Marge Champion, famed dancer of Hollywood’s Golden Age, dies at 101. And even after she’s steeled herself and managed to convince Colin that he’ll be looked on favorably by Geist if he signs the confession and resigns, there are moments when Audrey’s un-prepossessing nature almost undoes the whole thing. Her disorientation is amplified by eerie Hitchcockian staging and music. So what happens when these characters collide? Instead, Audrey holds a meeting with Colin and as we cut back and forth between this and her conversation with Alex back home, she successfully coerces Colin into signing a waiver to accept responsibility for the Homecoming Project. Fundamentally, for all that new details about the intrigue at Geist get larded on, there’s not that much in the way of true story here — the first season, for all that it embroidered strangeness on its margins, was elemental. Something tells me the flashbacks are just beginning. It’s understandable, then, that when Alex sees a chance to place Audrey into her dream job, she all but manually pushes her into position. With Roberts and Esmail gone and James appearing in a more limited capacity, the show doesn’t come up with a credible way forward, instead stumbling through familiar story beats with less gusto. In final debate, Biden navigated a minefield of Trump disruptions. Homecoming Season 2 episode 3 begins in the past with Alex sitting and talking to a girl named Kaya, imploring her to protect herself as no one else will. Star Cast: Janelle Monáe, Stephan James, Hong Chau, Chris Cooper. Fans of last season might welcome an addendum to the mind-bending mystery they consumed in 2018, even if it’s just to remind them why the show was so good in the first place. Awkward seconds tick by before she launches into her prepared remarks, and even then, she’s almost saved by the abruptness with which the CEO reveals his lack of awareness about everything that’s been happening. An unauthorized off-campus excursion helps kick the intrigue into high gear on both timelines, and finds a clever rhyme between them in the process. We’re so conditioned to think of CEOs as the ones ready to commit crimes in the name of boosting profits (with good reason), it’s unusual to find one who not only isn’t aware of the malfeasance taking place under his watch, but who instantly dispenses justice, firing the men responsible and installing the woman who brought it to his attention in their place. All Rights Reserved. She’s used more as a device to transport viewers through a labyrinth of covert actions and reactions. Julia Roberts, a movie star, makes her series television debut Friday in “Homecoming,” a new Amazon Prime show that began life in 2016 as a podcast — what would have once been called a radio serial and still can be if we care to define radio with the expansiveness we now apply to television. Sacha Baron Cohen: ‘It was pretty clear to us’ what Rudy Giuliani did in new ‘Borat’. Season 2 is slighter in almost every regard, as "Homecoming" takes a circuitous route to a new, lesser ending. Your guide to the 2020 election in California. In the latest season, we get to see more of Audrey Temple (Hong Chau). It resembles, perhaps, one of its own characters after undergoing the amnesia-inducing treatment at the show’s center — certain of where it is but unclear on why, familiar in appearance but emptied out of spark. Android & IOS users, download our mobile app for faster than ever Bollywood & Box Office updates! Determined to find out what this all means, he shaves off a section of his hair at the back, observing what lies beneath with a mirror and leaves, which is where the episode ends. Homecoming season 2 manages to hold your attention. Matching a somewhat emptied-out narrative — one that adds busyness, in the form of big performances by Chris Cooper and Joan Cusack, among others — the direction, by Kyle Patrick Alvarez, feels more cautious, less striking. Sign up here. But he remembers nothing about his life as a soldier and the time he spent at Homecoming. “The Queen’s Gambit,” about a female chess prodigy (Anya Taylor-Joy), is exciting, entertaining and convincing — especially when it comes to the game itself. To give you a recap, in the first season, a facility called Homecoming promises soldiers to help them live normally in a civil society. Avengers: Endgame Trivia #57: Not Benedict Cumberbatch, THIS Oscar-Winning Actor Was The First Choice For Doctor Strange! To find the truth about her identity, Janelle ends up at Geist Headquarters. Bobby Cannavale returns for a guest appearance to remind everyone there’s almost no one better at portraying a character receiving a comeuppance: “So, you’re like a ‘good person,’ is that the idea?” Colin sneeringly asks Audrey. It’s a subtle detail, at first barely noticeable, that seems to grow in effectiveness as the season progresses. ‘Homecoming’ Season 2 Review: Déjà Vu All Over Again The return of Amazon’s psychological thriller features some new faces but a familiar … After gaining his signature, she heads up and speaks to Leonard, introducing herself and confirming the DOD are getting involved but Colin will take responsibility.