- Network: Prime Video , Amazon Prime Video
- Series Premiere Date: Nov 2, 2018
Season #: 2, 1
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So often, us viewers unpack a mystery box TV show like this one, only to find it empty inside. Homecoming manages to add layers of meaning and complexity even as its secrets are revealed. It’s the carefully wrapped TV gift that keeps on giving.
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Homecoming build to a shocking and satisfying finale that you're not likely ever to forget. [25 May - 7 Jun 2020, p.3]
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This second season may not be as ambitious as the first, but it is very satisfying as a bingeable work of suspense. Seven episodes may seem like a random number, but it’s exactly the number needed to tell the story being told, and I appreciate the commitment to keeping it lean, especially in this age of hashtag–Releasing Snyder Cuts.
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When Monae loosens up with Chau (when the material allows it, that is), the series discovers a valuable human element. Conspiracy thrillers can be about people, or they can be about plot, or they can be about both, which is very, very difficult. At its best season two manages both.
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It's like one of those movie sequels nobody really asked for, but which proves to be a pleasant surprise.
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After one episode, the jury’s still out on whether Season 2 will live up to Season 1’s story and style. But Monáe is definitely good enough to carry the season, and the story may end up going in unexpected directions.
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The second season of Homecoming never entirely justifies its own existence. Kyle Patrick Alvarez, who takes over as the director of every episode, doesn’t have predecessor Sam Esmail’s visual flair or his sense of showmanship. ... But the way it tricks its audience into siding with the wrong character is its best and most intriguing trick.
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While Homecoming’s second season lacks the intensity and mystery that made season one a hot watch, the acting, the craft, the expansive world building, and the ensuing themes of corporate greed and military malfeasance make this newest installment a worthwhile albeit unrealized capper.
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Whereas Homecoming’s initial mystery was engrossing, its second is simply unfocused. It’s not that it’s hard to follow, it’s just hard to figure out why we’re following it like this.
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The new season’s second episode picks up the story from season one, untangling confusing character turns and detailing how events came to pass in a brilliantly-executed bit of plot jujitsu that avoids retroactive continuity. ... The remaining five episodes then backfill character information, which fails to be as compelling as season one’s plot.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 15
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Mixed: 3 out of 15
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Negative: 2 out of 15
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May 4, 2021A clever second season that flows on well from it's predecessor.
It still maintains that sense of mystery and subterfuge that Sam Esmail does so well. -
Oct 26, 2020This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.
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Jun 17, 2020Although the actors were interesting this season, the storyline was ridiculous and nearly incoherent.