Homecoming - Prime Video

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I finally got to binge watch Homecoming. Originally a podcast by Gimlet Media, which I reviewed many posts ago, this adaptation was brilliant.

In Season 1, Julia Roberts was introduced as the facilitator who ran the Homecoming Programme for soldiers returning from war or war zones. The facility catered to soldiers' mental health and well being and make them fit enough to have them join back society without any glitch. But, Julia Roberts is beginning to feel something is not going right. She tries to talk to her manager about it but in vain. Finally she comes to know the dark truth behind the Homecoming Facility. In a turn of events, Julia Roberts becomes victim rather than the one administering the care, counsel and medication she was supposed to have given to the soliders to return to society, a wholesome human being. The ending of Season 1is heartbreaking.

Season 2 & 3 opens with some background check happening on Julia Roberts who seems to have lost all memory of her old job as a facilitator for the Homecoming Project. She was now a waitress and living with her mother. But some government official has been looking for her to ask her some questions about a particular soldier called Walter Cruz and her involvement with him as his facilitation at the Homecoming Project. When reality dawns on Julia Roberts about what had transpired and the people involved in the scam of things, she is devastated. She goes to see Walter Cruz and realizes he has no memory of her. 

Season 3 culminates into what the Homecoming Project was, the involvement of the US Army and some very important people who had started this project for very different reasons. This season was a little boring and I wanted to get to the end of it to know what really happened. 

Overall, this is a great series to binge watch over a weekend. Available on Prime Video.

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