Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Apple TV+
“Home” is a complicated word. It conjures something different for everyone. Some stay attached to the places they were born and raised, continuing a cycle set in place by planting lifelong roots. Others run far away as fast as their feet, a car, or a plane can take them. Home can be a place, a person, a friend, or a feeling—sometimes all of those things at once.
When we first meet Lynsey (Jennifer Lawrence) in Lila Neugebauer’s Causeway—out Friday on Apple TV+—she’s been thrust somewhere in the middle, unsure of what to do with herself while she straddles her past and present.
Lynsey has just returned from deployment in Afghanistan. Her armored vehicle had been blown up by an IED, leaving her hospitalized with a significant brain injury and a substantial amount of PTSD. She spent months at a recovery facility with neuropsychologists and a live-in aide to help her work through memory gaps, physically rehabilitate, and prepare for civilian life. Now, she’s readying herself to return to the home she grew up in, a task that’s far easier said than done.