
Stephan James as Walter Cruz, a young military veteran and client of the Homecoming facility who is eager to rejoin civilian life. Bobby Cannavale as Colin Belfast (season 1 guest season 2), Heidi's supervisor. Julia Roberts as Heidi Bergman (season 1), Walter's caseworker who is employed at a secret government facility, the Homecoming Transitional Support Center. Department of Defense auditor inquires as to why she left Homecoming, Bergman comes to realize that she had been misled about the true purpose of the facility. Four years later, Bergman has started a new life working as a waitress but has difficulty remembering her time at Homecoming. Heidi Bergman had been a social worker at the Homecoming Transitional Support Center, a live-in facility run by the Geist Group the facility ostensibly helped soldiers transition to civilian life. The second season premiered on May 22, 2020. The second season was directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez and stars Janelle Monáe, Chris Cooper and Joan Cusack with Stephan James and Hong Chau returning from the first season.
The second season deviates from the podcast and features a new story and characters. The series was given an initial series order for two seasons. Esmail also directed every episode of the first season, which stars Roberts, Bobby Cannavale, Stephan James, Shea Whigham, Alex Karpovsky, and Sissy Spacek. Horowitz and Bloomberg also serve as writers and executive producers alongside Sam Esmail, Chad Hamilton, Julia Roberts, Alex Blumberg, Matt Lieber, and Chris Giliberti.
Created by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg, the series premiered November 2, 2018, on Amazon Prime Video. Homecoming is an American psychological thriller television series based on the Gimlet Media podcast of the same name.