8 Shows To Fill That Mr. Robot Shaped Hole In Your Life

8. Homecoming

It seems only fair to kick off this list with Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail's latest offering, doesn't it? Homecoming follows Heidi Bergman, lead caseworker at a secret government facility known as The Homecoming Transitional Centre. On the surface, the facility appears to be something of a halfway home for recently returned soldiers and... come on, you know where this is going. When has a secret government facility ever not been shady? Safe to say, it doesn't take long for cracks to appear in the facade.

Homecoming boasts an incredible cast too. Julia Roberts stars as Heidi, in possibly her best role in years. Meanwhile she's supported by Mr. Robot alum Bobby Cannavale - doing his usual smarmy best - and Boardwalk Empire's Shea Wigham, who plays Thomas Carrasco with a perfect balance of sympathetic and just plain pathetic.

The show also flits between past and present, with the aspect ratio conveniently changing depending on where we find ourselves, just to save any confusion. The flashbacks deal with Heidi's time at Homecoming whilst the present deals with Carrasco investigating Homecoming and Heidi, who now works in a small restaurant.

From the get go Homecoming throws mystery from all angles, and the big one at its centre begs to be unravelled. Despite the fact that this is cut from the same paranoid cloth as Mr. Robot, Homecoming is far more digestible and accessible than Esmail's first outing. You'll easily burn through its eight twenty five = minute episodes in a single evening and, trust us, you'll be desperate for more.