‘Homecoming’ Recap: ‘Again’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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There are a great deal of injustices in the world, the kind that overwhelm us with sorrow and leave us feeling helpless. But while a majority of these are out of our control and happen far away from us, the ones that are seemingly unavoidable and are generated out of greed or profit, something we see happen often when a corporation just ‘goes for it’, are the ones that really get under our skin. Because there is just something supremely cold and icy about seeing a company screw everyday people over and what creates that sense of helplessness for us, is the sheer fact that these companies seem untouchable. For they boast endless resources and a cadre of lawyers that can keep accountability at bay and that is something that outright haunts us.

But from time to time, greedy corporations do in fact get their just desserts, because someone has the evidence necessary to bring their crimes and their inability to care about the common man to light and it is that courage that needs to be celebrated as often as possible. And it just so happens that the season two finale of Homecoming features a story that features that kind of satisfying justice. For ‘Again’ sees the Geist Corporation finally pay for its crimes and its arrogance and greed, in the most unique way imaginable. But it certainly doesn’t seem like that’s going to be the case early on in this particular tale. For a fair chunk of the story is devoted to Audrey attempts to help Alex regain her memory whilst trying to please Bunda and assemble the contracts.

But behind the scenes, a grandiose plan was brewing, one that came to fruition the night before the party. For unbeknownst to anyone at the company, outside of Leonard, Walter Cruz arrived at Geist before anyone else. And he ran into Leonard, who was kind enough to finally fill in the blanks as to what happened to Walter at Homecoming and well, that left Mister Cruz furious and eager to do something about this grave injustice. But his pleas for action were met with cowardice and disdain from Leonard, who truly thought that nothing could be done to bring down the people who wanted to see these twisted experiments hit the mainstream. But Walter was persistent and pointed out the fact that a man like Leonard, one who was on the inside, would have unprecedented access to resources that could solve their problems and well, it would seem that Leonard finally listened.

For while Leonard warned everyone one last time about this deal, and while Alex tried to recall a sorted past with the woman that loves her, Walter was preparing quite the surprise for everyone. After all, this was a party, and a delicious punch was the only way to properly toast to the future. But within that punch, was a heavy dose of the memory wiping drug since it was created with those mysterious berries, and Walter was happy to ensure that everyone at the party outside of he and Leonard ingested that particular treat and well, their plan went off without a hitch. And one by one, the people that conspired to harm more people by toying with their minds, began to feel their memories slipping away and just like that, the Homecoming initiative and everything it stood for, faded away with a sip of specially spiked punch, as did the Geist Corporation, something that Leonard didn’t seem too concerned about. 

Plus, it would seem that Walter is going to get to do more good deeds down the line since he has the names and whereabouts of the men who spent time with him overseas and at Homecoming and this was, quite the satisfying way to end this season. Because seeing everyone at Geist get their just desserts simply puts a smile on your face since they finally paid the piper for their twisted acts. Yet while that is a wonderful way to bring this story to a proper end, one does have to wonder what, if anything, comes next for this tale. Because with Geist vanquished, there is seemingly no more story to tell, and it should be interesting to learn if this is in fact, the series finale of this storied saga or if there is another adventure involving Walter that is waiting in the wings. But while we wait to learn if that is the case or not, at least we can celebrate a lovely finale, one where a shady corporation, finally gets what it deserves. Until next time.

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