[initial reactions] Homecoming (Ep 1-10)

I just finished Homecoming on Amazon Prime. Homecoming has an interesting pedigree since it started as a podcast show, I listened to the first episode but for one reason or another never managed to pick it back again. 

It stars Julia Roberts and Stephan James and it’s just -- I said You was mesmerizing, if horrific but Homecoming? I just couldn’t stop watching all ten episodes. 

It’s a conspiracy story and unrequited love story, and it’s a story about memory and memory loss. 

It’s such a sweet story and an inverse to the standard older man falls for sweet and open young girl. Julia Roberts plays Heidi Bergman, a case worker who helps soldiers transition back to society (or so it seems), and Stephan James is Walter Cruz. 

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