Popular Reviews of Homecoming

Great, great show. It doesn´t get much better. What a storyline. But you have to pay attention.

Great production and acting. Fantastic writing, characters and story. Engaging and enjoyable to the end. Loved it!

Great for binging on a long road trip

Mystery + psychological drama.Top quality writing, playing, soundWhat gets me most is abundance of amazing charismatic characters.

i have heard a lot about anti climatic ending and i can agree with that statement IF you start listening to this podcast as a mystery story, not a thriller with mystery as a plot device. thankfully, i have been able to disregard any negative reviews i've heard so this is my own take on what i've felt during and after it ended. the performances are superb. all the characters are fleshed out, believable, background noise is magnificent if distracting sometimes. the only negative thing i can say about this is that david schwimmer's voice annoyed the fuck out of me but it most certainly was done on purpose, at least i hope so, because he is able to annoy me with his presence on a screen every time he is talking.this story, or certain characters and plot arcs, drags a lot of frustration out of you and this is probably why the ending was so satisfying to me. even if there wasn't a closure i'd like to get ideally, what happened was most certainly more than enough for it to feel realistic and therefore solid.slight spoilers: i don't know if they were so blunt it felt subtle but there was some unexpected social commentary, especially in regards of ego and entitlement, nice guy-ness, misogyny, patriotism and military-centrism etc. and if the latter two were basically a foundation for the whole podcast, others were more between the lines that, apparently, not everyone picked up on which surprises me since i really felt it was so on the nose.it's a very binge-able podcast not only because the episodes are 15-30 minutes tops (there is quite a lot of long ass ads in between) but it's also an engaging story that you want to absorb as fast as possible to understand what's going on and to have a full picture.in technicality it's 5 out of 5 but i usually rate something basing it on how much i was emotionally invested in what was going, both with characters and the plot, so on an emotional level it's more like a confident 4.

Great voice acting. I love podcast stories that are just audio of whatever's happening, as opposed to an audiobook where you just hear someone reading to you (which I've always hated). At the same time, bad/corny voice acting in a podcast is a major ick for me. This podcast incorporates all the storytelling elements in a way that feels very natural. Enthralling. Great plot.

Wow

Amazing story. Dramatic, emotive, compelling and captivating. The production quality was very high, and the actors were superb. I had to listen to the whole series twice.

Great story, loved it. Need to watch the show now ??

I experienced this one long before the TV show and honestly, even having picture didn't add much to the depth of storytelling and quality of production. Celebs and star screenwriters aside, Homecoming has a spot in 21st century audio drama history.

One of the most successful audio fictions ever - both on its own merits and the fact it was adapted into an Amazon TV series - Homecoming is an engaging series about covert schemes manipulating wounded US soldiers.Despite being Gimlet's first major fiction release, Homecoming is a sleek production. Sound is used sparingly and carefully to convey the awkwardness of therapy sessions or the passive aggressiveness of phone calls. Editing is patient, allowing scenes to play out at the required pace. Characters are well written and acted, with David Scwimmer notably excellent.It is a shame that the show seems to have inexplicably halted after just two seasons as there is so much potential for more revelations and cast additions. Perhaps Gimlet, or their Spotify overlords, deemed it mission accomplished when it was bought for television and decided the listeners who made it a success no longer deserved the podcast.

First season was great. The second season ruined it for me - what was with that godawful music?

I did really enjoy this podcast. The cast seemed perfect.

Familiar voices, great storyline and insteresting topic. Love the background noise as it makes you feel like you're with them as the story unfolds.

Great concept, great sound, great voice actors. Genuinely one of the best audio stories I've heard in a while. And I love the touch that they added an accompanying book series! Would get a 5/5 for me but it was never completed, leaving the mystery unsolved.

Amazing production and voice acting. Bit of a slower burn with great reveals. Only complaint was that it felt unfinished.

This is a story done well. The dialogue is the most natural I've heard in a scripted podcast and the voice actors do an excellent job conveying their emotions.

This was not my thing. The first couple episodes had me really excited but it sort of fizzled out. It has some interesting character development and interactions, but the story was meh IMO. The second season is really not great. sounds like they did not plan on making it and it shows. The acting is obviously great though. And I do think there are probably a lot of people who would really enjoy this podcast, it just wasn't really what I was expecting.

Brilliant

Really cool to follow along with the caseworker as she tries to figure out everything that's going on.