Comedy
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What happens when you return from a family holiday to France and open the boot to find a Syrian refugee where your luggage was supposed to be? That’s the situation facing new couple Peter and Katy when they get back to Dorking from their first family holiday with Katy’s young son John, who has spent the journey from Calais winding up his would-be stepdad. Their unexpected passenger is a bloke called Sami who hopes to claim asylum in Britain.
Top-rated
Tue,
05 Mar, 2019
S1.E1Episode 1
Peter and his new partner Katy and her son John arrive back from their first holiday together. As they unpack the car, they are in for a super-sized surprise.
Top-rated
Tue,
12 Mar, 2019
S1.E2Episode 2
Now Sami is an official asylum seeker, Katy is determined that he should stay for as long as he needs to - despite what Peter thinks.
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A comedy with depth, feeling and humor, but no cheap shots
I had lowered expectations when I started watching this series. Maybe it was the first scene when the refugee Sami is introduced. I was thinking something like "Let the shallow jokes begin." But it hit it out of the park as far as I am concerned. Home gets its laughs and chuckles not with insults or one-liners, but rather by working for them. It tells a good story and include wit and humor in the process.
One scene, somewhere around episode 3 sees Sami in a classroom setting up a scenario where he explains to a heckling kid, "This is Syria!" I won't give away any more than that. Suffice to say that we get the point and so does the kid. It is my favorite scene in the entire series.
Most of the characters who need depth to be interesting have depth, and Peter actually displays some character growth during the course of series one, not bad for a comedy. There is not a lot of swearing or explicit and rude humor.
he tension between Sami and his wife, who is a refugee in Germany, is a bonus subplot that stills has to work itself out in series two, which I hope has been approved.
narrator5605 Apr, 2020
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