Homecoming

"*Homecoming has been going on in Port Oswego for a hundred years. It means something to us. It's typical military not caring about our town.*"
—Anthony to Nathan
**Homecoming** is the sixth episode of the first season of The CW's superhero drama *Naomi*.

## Synopsis

**RESPECT FOR TRADITION** - It's Homecoming in Port Oswego and Naomi and her fellow students are buzzing with excitement in anticipation of the town's longstanding event, but the tension between Nathan and Anthony escalates when Anthony feels his hometown tradition is being disrespected by a military kid. Meanwhile, Naomi discovers a potential new source of information, but they may know more than she bargained for. A revelation from his encounter with the bounty hunter sends Dee looking for answers about someone from his past, while Zumbado has a run in with Greg and Jennifer.

## Plot

Jennifer and Greg record Naomi from a distance as she skateboards at the park. Jennifer remarks that she used to enjoy these sessions more when Naomi wore pads and a helmet, which hasn't been the case since she was 12 years old. Naomi recalls that their first skateboard Sunday was in Tokyo. A lot has changed since then, she remarks before making eye contact with Zumbado, who her father warns her to stay away from.

Homecoming Week has arrived and the committee gathers for their fundraiser check-in, which has the soccer team in the lead. However, Esme suspects that it's not necessarily a coincidence that Nathan's team is in the lead since he and Naomi are dating, but Nathan insists that they've been working hard and that they will bring home the trophy. Anthony interjects that the architecture club will win, though Esme's dad has already agreed to take a pie in the face, and with that in mind, she intends to lead the student council team to victory, as her father won the trophy all four years he attended Port Oswego High School. When Annabelle passes the marching band's petition for an all-Lizo set list, Esme questions how she's even on the committee when she's not the leader of any club. Annabelle replies that she's a member at large.

After an awkward exchange with Ms. Bennett, during which they talk about artists of the past and present and how she's been in Port Oswego all her life, Naomi remarks that she wishes she knew more about where she's from. She keeps hitting a dead end with every clue. Counselor Jeff is gone, and Dee claims to have no knowledge about Dilustel, leaving Zumbado as the only source of information, but he refuses to tell her anything, yet he's always watching her.

Naomi trains with Dee using double sticks, but this will be their last session for a few days, as Dee has some business to attend to regarding Qyeala; she could potentially be alive. In the meantime, he asks that Naomi keep training, as she won't always be able to rely on her powers and it is too easy for them to become a crutch. On Thanagar, women are warriors, but girls on this planet speak of being protected by men, though Naomi doesn't need that. Just as she comments that it's not always bad to have a boy around, they are joined by Nathan, who is under the impression that Naomi is simply taking boxing lessons from Dee, who greets Nathan with a firm handshake and tells him to make his mental and emotional health a priority.

Naomi and Nathan walk home together, holding hands and discussing how much they moved around growing up. While Nathan sometimes wishes he hadn't moved around so much, he thinks about the good things he's gotten to experience, like playing soccer in Berlin or eating BBQ in Seoul.

Naomi and Annabelle return to the old mill, where Naomi finds the wall that was previously covered in alien markings now bare. However, when she touches the wall, a new ability manifests itself — x-ray vision, which she uses to find the button hidden in the light socket to unlock the door to a secret room. Inside, she and Annabelle find the spaceship that Naomi arrived on this earth in.

Annabelle questions how Naomi ended up on a rock if she crashed in a spaceship, which she intends to find out by analyzing a piece of the ship she took with help from Dr. Bell, a physicist who specializes in string theory and works at a research facility.

Anthony arrives at school to find that his float has been destroyed and immediately accuses Nathan of being the culprit despite having no evidence. Homecoming has been going on in Port Oswego for 100 years and it's means something to townies such as himself, but Nathan insists that he's innocent. However, Anthony doesn't believe him and this leads to a fight, ultimately resulting in the two of them being given detention.

Dee meets with Adam at a bar, where people like them, i.e. aliens, come when they get stranded on this universe and can't find their way home. He asked Adam to track down a mercenary named Lux due to the latest developments regarding Qyeala, whose name he saw on the bounty hunter's list. Adam jokes that Dee is the only love-struck Thanagarian he's ever known. But that's because they're raised to be warriors. This is why Dee and Q decided to get out. They were on a planet, on a different universe, fighting yet another war. The things they saw made them realize they didn't want that life anymore, and so they decided to come to earth. Dee had heard of Port Oswego, but coming together would've been too risky, so they made a plan to meet, but she never made it. Adam warns Dee this is a longshot and points him in the direction of Lux.

Naomi arrives at S.T.A.R. Labs and shows Dr. Bell the scrap she took from her spaceship, claiming that she found it in the woods and that it's simply for a school project. However, while Dr. Bell confirms that the scrap is technology from a spaceship, she also confirms that Naomi is an alien. Naomi denies being an alien, but Dr. Bell insists that she only means to help and that Naomi isn't the first alien she's encountered. Her work deals with understanding energies of all kinds, and her machine automatically scans anyone who steps into the room. Her study of string theory led to her break through discovery that there's life on other planets. Noticing Naomi's Superman sticker on her notebook, Dr. Bell notes that they have mutual friends. Regarding Naomi, her energy signature suggests that her powers are difficult to control, so Dr. Bell initiates a concept called resonance, to allow Naomi to temporarily focus her powers and use her x-ray vision with ease. Dr. Bell explains that they're all energy and pieces of the same puzzle. Understanding what binds them together will help unlock the secrets of the universe. So, Naomi hands over the scrap from her spaceship and asks Dr. Bell to find Earth-29.

Nathan and Anthony suffer together in detention. Not that he believes it, Nathan insists that he didn't mess up Anthony's float and asks if this animosity is about Naomi, but Anthony swears he's not that petty, even if he doesn't think Nathan is good enough for her. Nathan recalls his first day; Anthony was assigned to show him around, but he ditched him by third period and said something about Nathan being just another army brat. Anthony deflects and mentions how Nathan was never nice to him and gave him the wrong address to his party. While he doesn't know Nathan personally, he knows guys like him; they come through town but they don't really care about the people or history of Port Oswego, but Nathan is all too familiar with erasure of history. That said, he repeats that he didn't mess up Anthony's float and offers to help him find out who did.

Dee and Adam approach Lux in a booth and ask him about Qyeala, who Lux claims he doesn't know, but Dee notices that Lux is wearing Qyeala's ring around his neck and bashes his face into the table, showing Lux his identical ring and asking once more where he got it from. Lux reluctantly reveals that he got it from Qyeala, who he claims is dead. A few years ago, he was on a planet far from earth. A conflict broke out and both of them got pinned down. He took her ring to remind himself that it could've been him instead.

Jennifer and Greg return home from dinner to find Zumbado in their living room. Greg pulls his gun, but Zumbado disarms him with his abilities. When they threaten to have him arrested, he threatens to expose Naomi. He knows that the military has been investigating aliens, and he's come to warn them. Someone is coming for Naomi, and her presence in Port Oswego puts them all in danger. It's time for them to leave, but Greg informs Zumbado that he doesn't answer to him. Zumbado grabs Greg's gun, places it on the table, and advises him to deal with the situation, or else he'll take matters into his own hands.

Unfortunately, Dr. Bell's tests results are without success and the location of Earth-29 is inconclusive, leading Dr. Bell to reference the Multiverse and reveal that Naomi is from an entirely different universe. However, that's not good enough an answer to Naomi, who is from a world she's never seen and is determined to find it, pleading with Dr. Bell for help. Dr. Bell reveals that she's been working on a fission device that acts as an elevated energy source. It might be able to pinpoint where Naomi is from, but it was stolen by Zumbado.

Anthony acts as lookout while Nathan breaks into Mrs. Varady's office to steal the keys for the security room. However, before he can find the keys, Mrs. Varady returns, forcing Anthony to stall while Nathan searches for the keys. When she enters her office and finds Nathan inside, Anthony covers for him, claiming that Nathan wanted to give her some front row seats to the Homecoming game. Nathan and Anthony then break into the security room, where they get to know each other a little better before learning the identity of the actual culprit, Esme.

Dee accepts the fact that Qyeala is likely dead and that the list was likely a decoy. Adam remarks that at least now Dee can leave. Without Q, there's nothing keeping him in Port Oswego. However, before they can even leave the bar, they are confronted by Lux and three of his men. Lux manifests fire from his palm, but the bartender reminds him of the rules: "act human." So Lux initiates the fight by throwing an alcohol bottle at Dee, which he catches, before he and Adam dismantle Lux and his men. With Lux pinned to the ground, Dee takes Qyeala's necklace and leaves.

Esme's dad, who is also the principal, is reneging on their agreement to take a pie in the face after she falls too far behind in the competition. Nathan and Anthony approach. Rather than piling on, they've come to buy her pies.

Zumbado knocks Naomi off her skateboard to have a chat with her. She's visibly frustrated and asks why he won't tell her the truth. He replies that she's not ready. Naomi claims to know who he is and what he did to their planet. She now understands that he's not a good person. Zumbado has simply come to tell her to stay away from S.T.A.R Labs and Dr. Bell, both are dangerous, as is the device he stole, which could be used to ruin their planet. She's proven time and time again that she's not ready for this or to think for herself or even ask the hard questions. Naomi insists that he's wrong and uses her abilities against Zumbado, who deflects two of Naomi's energy fueled attacked before throwing her own energy back at her and knocking Naomi off her feet, remarking that she's such a disappointment.

Naomi comes downstairs to find her parents waiting on the couch. Jennifer and Greg call her over to gift her a scrapbook they started years ago, with pictures of all their travels. They understand that all the moving around can make it feel hard to ever feel settled, which is why they wanted her to have a reminder of the good times, too. Naomi then gets a message from Dr. Bell, who claims to have time sensitive information about Earth-29.

Dee returns home distraught from his discovery that Qyeala is dead. He grabs a box from the shelf containing memorabilia and places both his and Q's ring inside.

Naomi arrives at S.T.A.R Labs, where Dr. Bell informs her that she no longer needs the device Zumbado stole, as she was able to find a source much more powerful. She believes that she's on the cusp of unlocking a secret, the ability to see and move across dimensions. Naomi then notices Dilustel sitting on the table. Dr. Bell thought it was the source she required, but then she discovered that Naomi is far more powerful and locks her inside the lab before beginning the process to drain Naomi of her powers using a machine, which Naomi manages to temporarily disrupt with her powers long enough for Zumbado to break into S.T.A.R Labs and rescue Naomi, carrying her out in his arms.

## Cast

* Cranston Johnson as Zumbado
* Alexander Wraith as Dee
* Mary-Charles Jones as Annabelle Peters
* Mouzam Makkar as Jennifer McDuffie
* Daniel Puig as Nathan
* Camila Moreno as Lourdes (credit only)
* Will Meyers as Anthony
* Aidan Gemme as Jacob (credit only)
* Barry Watson as Greg McDuffie
* Jennifer Christa Palmer as Dr. Bell
* Ahmed Lucan as Lux

Co-Starring* Alie Urquhart as Esme Brooks
* Jonathan Williams as Principal Brooks
* Joanna Walchuk as Mrs. Varady
* Kevin Saunders as Bartender
* Cynthia Barrett as Doris

## Gallery

### Videos

Naomi - Season 1 Episode 6 - Homecoming Promo - The CWNaomi - Season 1 Episode 6 - Family Skate Session Scene - The CWNaomi - Season 1 Episode 6 - Nathan And Anthony Work Together Scene - The CW

## References

1. ↑ Naomi: Season One Ratings - TV Series Finale
2. ↑ Naomi Episode Titles - SpoilerTV
3. ↑ Naomi Listing - The Futon Critic