Defending Jacob
New England woods and suburban windows, filmed at the distance a parent stands from a child they no longer recognise.
Defending Jacob opens with a main title sequence of 72 seconds.
At 72 seconds, it opens well above the 47-second median for crime sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Apple TV+ in 2020, when Mythic Quest, Servant and Truth Be Told were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
72sThe miniseries' only sequence.
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