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AamzonsHomecomingis a less a mystery box than a mystery Russian nesting doll.

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With two timelines (and two aspect ratios), the showlayers mystery upon mystery.

Vulture caught up with the shows production designer Anastasia White, who also worked with directorSam EsmailonMr.

Robot, to uncover nine hidden details you probably missed.

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They had a really big crane, so we had to account for that, White said.

Our engineer was onboard with the weight of cranes on top of the set.

I feel like the birds are taunting Heidi.

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Its a fitting motif: Birds can fly away, but Heidi is stuck.

Even the shows two aspect ratios play into the idea.

Or, as White puts it, You keep pulling out to reveal something bigger.

A stealth pineapple lamp.

I knew what was gonna happen with that scene, the transition scene, White said.

I knew that shape in particular should be what was behind her.

But its also a more hip look to it, so it probably isnt obvious.

Not this one, though.

Shes the only person thats looking at the viewer, and we thought that was interesting, White said.

With all these people and all these things happening theres one person thats paying attention.

That goes with Heidis memory, or lack thereof.

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He makes fun of his boss Rons rustic garden in episode five What the fuck are these rocks?

That was a writers note.

They wanted to show his instability, I guess.

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The desert garden.