Coming Home Episode Guide

Missed an episode of "Coming Home" or just want to learn more about the show? Catch up with our "Coming Home" Episode Guide to get the recaps you need.

Season 2, Episode 4: "Strike Up the Band"

Aired April 1 at 10/9c: A soldier surprises his son on his 13th birthday by posing as a percussionist with the University of Hawaii marching band in front of 40,000 fans, while another surprises his daughter during her karate lesson.

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Season 2, Episode 3: "Hula Homecoming"

Aired March 25 at 10/9c: Seven children who love to dance are surprised by their father during their performance at one of Hawaii's biggest Luaus.

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Season 2, Episode 2: "Daddy's Girls"

Aired March 18 at 10/9c: The surprises just keep on coming when a Navy Sailor comes home early from deployment, to surprise his wife and three girls with a series of unforgettable reunions.

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Season 2, Episode 1: "Raider Reunion"

Aired March 11 at 10/9c: The NFL's Oakland Raiders help surprise the children of a lifelong Oakland Raiders fan who hasn't seen his family in over a year when he suits up in the infamous "Silver and Black" to make a stunning appearance mid-field during halftime at a game in front of a stadium full of Raider Nation fans.

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Season 1, Episode 13: "A Day at the Circus"

Aired June 5 at 10/9c: A fun-loving Marine dad goes undercover as a clown to surprise his kids at the circus to the cheers of a packed house.

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Season 1, Episode 12: "Three Cheers for Dad"

Aired May 29 at 10/9c: A soldier returns early and works with his teenage children to surprise their mom in front of a packed gymnasium at the kid's school.

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Season 1, Episode 11: "A Little Bit of Country"

Aired May 22 at 10/9c: Country Music star Clay Walker helps us surprise a wife with her husband, home early from Afghanistan, in front of thousands at one of his concerts.

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Season 1, Episode 10: "Short-Stack Surprise"

Aired May 15 at 10/9c: At a pancake breakfast to support the troops, two children get their soldier dad -- who they think is still in Afghanistan -- to help them make pancakes via an internet video chat. Little do they know, dad is actually in the next room and about to give them the surprise of their lives.

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Season 1, Episode 9: "Birthday Roundup"

Aired May 8 at 10/9c: A soldier surprises his daughters with his return by leading a procession of 400 motorcycles to their school.

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Season 1, Episode 8: "Motorcycle Parade"

Aired May 1 at 10/9c: A soldier surprises his daughters with his return by leading a procession of 400 motorcycles to their school.

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Season 1, Episode 7: "Holy Surprise"

Aired April 17 at 10/9c: A Baptist church-going family is surprised when their soldier father surprises them at a large Sunday service... in front of thousands of worshipers.

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Season 1, Episode 6: "Finding Dad"

Aired April 10 at 10/9c: A soldier surprises his three kids with a treasure hunt all over their hometown of Clarksville, Tennessee. The prize at the end: their dad, home early from Afghanistan.

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Season 1, Episode 5: "A Proper Wedding"

Aired April 3 at 10/9c: A sailor from the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman surprises his wife by returning home early and giving her the dream wedding she never had.

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Season 1, Episode 4: "Paying Tribute"

Aired March 27 at 10/9c: A marine goes to Alabama to meet the parents of a fallen comrade.

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Season 1, Episode 3: "The Hat Trick"

Aired March 20 at 10/9c: An Army sergeant poses as an NHL goalie to surprise her husband at a hockey game; a soldier proposes to his girlfriend and invites her grandfather to perform the ceremony; a father surprises his daughter when she comes home from school; and an Army wife shocks her husband with her weight loss.

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Season 1, Episode 2: "Daddy's Little Girl"

Aired March 13 at 10/9c: We surprise a 12-year-old girl with the Navy father she hasn't seen in months at the violin concert of her dreams — and there isn't a dry eye in the house.

Sailor Chief Petty Officer Allen Hughes and naval aviator Lieutenant Commander William Beaty (who met his daughter for the first time) are both based out of Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, VA.

Staff Sergeant Anthony Feige met his son on his birthday. Sergeant Russel Lowe sent himself in a care package to his daughter. Both Soldiers are stationed in Fort Campbell, KY.

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Season 1, Episode 1: "A Knight's Tale"

Aired March 6 at 10/9c: A high school football phenom gets the surprise of his life when his soldier dad appears out of nowhere on National Signing Day. Two Army wives join forces to throw their kids a double daddy surprise. A Navy jokester pulls a hilarious homecoming prank on his own family. And a boy is reunited with his knight in shining armor, when his Army dad surprises him during a special show at Medieval Times.

First Lieutenant Christopher Redding surprised his son as a Knight. First Lieutenant Redding is currently finishing his deployment at Forward Operating Base Cobra in Iraq, and is based out of Schofield Barracks in Hawaii.

Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Rutledge Jr. surprised his son on National Signing Day. Staff Sergeant Rutledge is assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade in Fort Campbell, KY.

Staff Sergeant Joseph Oliver, and Specialist Rene Rodriguez surprised their children together during a school assembly.

Seaman Payton Yancey is the Sailor that tricked his family with a faked video feed. Seaman Yancey is currently assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman based out of Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk VA.

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