The second Homecoming season, with JanelleMonae taking the lead, will be entirely Julia Roberts-free
was a stylish pastiche of '70s conspiracy thriller elements. As entertaining as it was — and as great as Julia Roberts and Stephan James were in the lead roles — the result still felt like a bit of a disappointment; every time the show appeared poised to open up or dig deeper, it instead retreated into a mystery that initially seemed complex but ultimately dodged nuances related to PTSD and memory.
The first episode introduces a series of clues related to the stranger's identity and the next six episodes are about answering every peculiar question in the cleanest way possible. Since "Jacqueline's" problem is memory-related and the first season ofrevolved around a shady program involving memory-erasing drugs, you can be sure that the plot will take us to the Geist Emergent Group, with our first introduction to Leonard Geist, played by Chris Cooper.
And even though "Jacqueline" is engaged in the investigation, the show never lets her ingenuity be a driving force. Everything is propelled by when the writers want to set aside their dissimulation. It all feels very rudimentary and thin, especially when the narrative could have become a real and complicated exploration of trauma, identity and the way traditional mental health resources are failing veterans.
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