narrator56
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 se...