The stage curtains open ...
"Homecoming - Season 1, Episode 3: Optics" ups the ante a little bit. I found this episode to be almost Twilight Zone-ish meets film noir which I will explain in further detail below. So far, this has been the most intriguing episode, and something tells me it is only going to continue to grow and get better.
Our present day investigator, Thomas Carrasco, decides to continue his investigation and hits the archived files on site, hoping to gain more insight into Homecoming and its employees. Back in the past, Shrier steals a company van so he can drive into town and prove his theory to be correct. Against his better judgment, Walter goes with him. They drive into the night only to find a retirement settlement, but Shrier sees enough around him to believe he might've been wrong after all. We are also clued into the fact that they are administering medication to the soldiers through their meals without their knowledge. Heidi ends her relationship with her boyfriend in a bad way and he moves out, but then in the modern day, they meet again for drinks where she confesses she can't remember anything from that time.
I loved this episode. It's ususually around this time, the 3rd and 4th episode where a series really starts to gain some momentum, and it certainly has here. The scene where Shrier and Walter are driving down an isolated highway in the middle of the night gave me a definite Twilight Zone vibe, and with Carrasco digging around in boxes of files in the center of a dark catacomb of shelved cases gave me that film noir feel.
This is a good series. I am 100% completely invested now into the story, the characters, and the mystery that is lying somewhere underneath it all. I rate this episode at a higher 8 stars out of 10 - and I can't wait to get started on the next one.
"Homecoming - Season 1, Episode 3: Optics" ups the ante a little bit. I found this episode to be almost Twilight Zone-ish meets film noir which I will explain in further detail below. So far, this has been the most intriguing episode, and something tells me it is only going to continue to grow and get better.
Our present day investigator, Thomas Carrasco, decides to continue his investigation and hits the archived files on site, hoping to gain more insight into Homecoming and its employees. Back in the past, Shrier steals a company van so he can drive into town and prove his theory to be correct. Against his better judgment, Walter goes with him. They drive into the night only to find a retirement settlement, but Shrier sees enough around him to believe he might've been wrong after all. We are also clued into the fact that they are administering medication to the soldiers through their meals without their knowledge. Heidi ends her relationship with her boyfriend in a bad way and he moves out, but then in the modern day, they meet again for drinks where she confesses she can't remember anything from that time.
I loved this episode. It's ususually around this time, the 3rd and 4th episode where a series really starts to gain some momentum, and it certainly has here. The scene where Shrier and Walter are driving down an isolated highway in the middle of the night gave me a definite Twilight Zone vibe, and with Carrasco digging around in boxes of files in the center of a dark catacomb of shelved cases gave me that film noir feel.
This is a good series. I am 100% completely invested now into the story, the characters, and the mystery that is lying somewhere underneath it all. I rate this episode at a higher 8 stars out of 10 - and I can't wait to get started on the next one.
