The A.V. Club's Brandon Nowalk said that “Homecoming” was "classic Glee", and "by the end of the hour it commits to its four new characters so strongly I was as moved by the gesture as I was by the dawning realization that I actually like these new kids."
A.V. Clubs Brandon Nowalk sagde, at "Homecoming" var "klassisk Glee" og "i slutningen af timen forpligter sig til sine fire nye karakterer så stærkt, at jeg bevæges af gestus, som jeg ved en gryende erkendelse af, at jeg faktisk godt lide de nye børn."