Janelle Monáe enters a web of deception in Homecoming Season 2 teaser

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

I've heard of being up Shit's Creek without a paddle but this is ridiculous!

When the critically-acclaimed series HOMECOMING returns for its second season, it will do so with a fresh new mystery and an exciting new star, Janelle Monáe. Her character wakes in a rowboat adrift a lake, with no memory of how she got there — or even who she is. Her ensuing search for identity will lead her into the heart of the Geist Group, the unconventional wellness company behind the Homecoming Initiative.

The second season finds Stephan James reprising his role as Walter Cruz, who is trying to build a new life following the traumas of war and the Homecoming Initiative, when he begins to realize that there’s an even more insidious version of the program underway – if only he can remember. Hong Chau returns as Audrey Temple, an anonymous underling at Geist who finds herself thrust into unexpected positions at the top of the corporate ladder. Joining the cast for season Two are Oscar-winner Chris Cooper as Leonard Geist, the company’s eccentric founder; and Emmy-winner Joan Cusack as Francine Bunda, an equally eccentric military woman.

Serving as co-showrunners and executive producers for HOMECOMING are are Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg, who are also the creators of the Gimlet Media podcast upon which the show is based. Directing every episode of the new season is Kyle Patrick Alvarez, who also acts as an executive producer on the series.

If you're down for a season of intrigue, double-crosses, and MEMENTO-style mystery, the sophomore season of HOMECOMING could be your ticket to ride.

HOMECOMING Season 2 will set sail atop a lake of lies and consequence on May 22, 2020.