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Countdown.

Season 3 starts three months today.

More than a little excited.
 
What did everyone think of the season opener?

I wonder how many appearances Brody will actually end up making.
 
Not the kind of action I was expecting but it was an excellent start to the season!
 
No more than a solid episode - until the last 5 minutes!!! Wahhh. Saul you old crone.
 
Watched the leaked episode a month back. It looks like Bloody annoying Dana arc gonna get more run-time this season. Tough times ahead for me as a Homeland fan :(
 
Quinn was probably mad because he wasted all that time, should've just done it when they were in the car.
 
And Homeland is well and truly back.

Fantastic episode.
 
it was awesome. However, carrie still confuses me. she let brody run away and now she went to this extent to figure out who are the people watching out for the interests of the terrorists in the US.

It just sounds weird. If she was that patriotic, why did she let brody get away anyways? And does Saul know about how she helped Brody?
 
Series is quite good so far but getting criticism in the press. I particularly enjoyed the 3rd episode.
 
It is getting some of its best ever viewing ratings. And the twist at the end of the 4th episode I found to be fantastic. Totally did me.

I personally am not agreeing with a lot of the criticism. Granted the Dana subplot is truly awful this time and should be binned ASAP, but the parallel intercontinental horror stories of Carrie and Brody are morbidly tiptoeing towards an ultimate crossing of paths in a manner that I find quite compelling.

What people need to accept is that Homeland will never again be as brilliantly raw as it was in the final 2 episodes of its 1st season, which probably are still its best episodes, but the show has evolved now and it is not just about a radicalised and ruthless yet confused and vulnerable ginger in a malfunctioning suicide vest. It is becoming more of a subtle human drama.
 
Last night's episode was absolutely fantastic! Just when I was starting to lose interest in the series, BANG! They throw in a twist in the plot that will keep me hooked for another couple of episodes at least.
 
Damian Lewis carried the 3rd episode on his back. Quality acting.
 
Stewie said:
it was awesome. However, carrie still confuses me. she let brody run away and now she went to this extent to figure out who are the people watching out for the interests of the terrorists in the US.

It just sounds weird. If she was that patriotic, why did she let brody get away anyways? And does Saul know about how she helped Brody?
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Because she believed him when he said he didn't do it.

Don't believe that Saul knows.
 
Getting really boring..... Its becoming more and more of a propganda against Iran.
 
Despite the journalistic disdain, it's getting massive ratings (for cable) in the US. 4th season has been commissioned already. Whereas, it was a critical darling while nobody was watching it. DVD and word-of-mouth made it mainstream.

I'm enjoying the season. Let's just hope they didn't jump the shark with the WWE-esque Dana storyline - although that one appears to be over.

Now we can have lots of Carrie and Saul, and Quinn (Rupert Friend seems on particularly strong form these days).
 
Eagle_Eye said:
Getting really boring..... Its becoming more and more of a propganda against Iran.
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Apart from the obvious anti Iranian propaganda I think the show has picked up and is far from boring.

A show like this needs a country as an enemy, it was all about Islamic terrorists so they only could have picked Iran as the country who was backing them. There isn't really much choice so I guess the writers were constrained.

I really regret watching the bit after the show where they show next weeks episode. That 'It must be all the yoga you are doing' line was quite sinister and I was wondering if Carrie had been rumbled but in next weeks episode it doesn't appear to be the case.
 
Poor Saul. Never liked his wife. He can do better.
 
Episode of the season thus far. Worth the wait. The new villain is terrific.
 
Agree with James, best episode of the season so far and Shaun Toub is brilliant.

(HL Makers plz kill that cringe-worthy Dana storyline :facepalm: )
 
Has Dana finally gone now?

By the way, how good does Jessica look nowadays!

Loved the scene with Javadi slaughtering his in-laws, and Saul's punch. Saul has been the best and most developed character this year.
 
I don't agree that Javadi is presented as evil because he is Iranian. He is presented as evil because he is evil. They have given his backstory very personal undertones to dissuade the America v Iran reading IMO.
 
Its picked up now with Javadi...

Although saying that I think this season has been weak...for both seasons Dana's story has been unecessary filler and its been at its worst this season...I hate seeing her on screen...

I think the episode with Brodie in was absolutely ridiculous...the him fleeing, police finding him and no-one knowing about it after...and the cliche the girl wanted to flee with him thing...pathetic frankly...

Also ridiculous is creating a link between Iran and Al Qaeda...trying too hard...the scene where Saul berated the girl in the hijab was tasteless too...

I felt they had run out of ideas but I do like what they have done in the last couple episodes...Saul has been great and Javadi is a cool villain...
 
Up to ep 7. Mandy Patinkin has been outstanding this season. Saul is the don.
 
I quite enjoyed it as we learned a bit more about some of the other characters especially Dar Adal.
 
shaykh said:
Filler episode though for the most part...
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I agree but less Brody family means less offensive viewing. Was quietly compelling.

Liking Dar Adal's increased presence and hoping Saul gets the job permanently.

The Senator has seemingly replaced Walden as the show's reactionary nuthead Bushian twit with no empathy or sense of the wider picture character that they're always having a go at.
 
Carrie is hardly interesting now, and Brody is AWOL. They will both feature heavily in the series finale when their paths cross again, but this season IMO has been about exploring what Homeland could be without them.

Season 1 and 2 were about Carrie and Brody. But this series is about Saul.
 
What an awesome feeling it is to not see that nausea inducing cry-baby dana character for a whole episode? finally!!! :14:

HL Makers plz kill that Mira character too (another cringe worthy useless addition to the regular cast)
 
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Another excellent episode, and what an ending. Really interested to see how things unfold going forward.
 
rubbish season this year. Formulaic jingoism. its gotten worse unless they twist things around. So many holes in the plot its just amazing.
 
It looks like Saul still wants the bombing blamed on Brody hence they let the real bomber die - I guess this adds to the guys cover in Iran. Carrie will no doubt go schizo over this all over again and if she loses her baby then even more so.
 
Still not on board with the acutely negative views. Granted it started off wobbly but since they got shot of Dana and also revealed Saul and Carrie's big plan, I've been hooked.

Now I'm ready for some Brodytime.
 
I don't know why Mandy Patinkin gets such minor billing. He's like the main character this year. Has steered a dodgy vessel all alone and deserves a Golden Globe.
 
While its still enjoyable the show has 'jumped the shark'. How many more episodes where Carrie does things her own way and still remains part of the CIA? How many more times will she suddenly realise something is wrong when she has been seriously injured or hospitalised?

Unfortunately Carrie trying to clear Brodies name for the good of their unborn child story line is the main focus of this series.
The other more interesting stuff like what Saul is up to will be sidelined for this unrealistic love story.

Should the series end in any other way but a bullet in Brodys and Carries heads? No

Will it end in a triumphant love story as they move away to start a new life? Probably
 
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Series 4 has already been commissioned because they're getting so many viewers.

Apparently the original plan was to kill off Brody in season 2 but they kept him on. I always felt he was a doomed character.
 
The Carrie and Brody arc has run its course.

We need a Season 4 with Saul, Dar Adal and Quinn as the main characters.
 
Gotham Cronie said:
Excellent episode.

Great overall acting by everyone.
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I thought it was rubbish...

SPOILERS AHEAD...

This show is starting to make 24 look plausible...I'm having to suspend belief so much during this show at present which is not the case last season or the season before...

Brodie getting back into shape thanks to some Nigerian mystery drug...to the ridiculous Brodie seeing Dana thing at the end...that did it for me in terms of how nonsensical everything has become...

And he is gonna take out the head of Irans intelligence unit...really?...

I still find it ridiculous that Iran is presented as some supporter of Al Qaeda when in real life Al Qaeda hate Iranians more than they do the West...

And in politics terms Iran has reached out to the West plenty especially during Khatamis reign so so much of this is nonsense...

The only satisfying thing was Saul getting his own back with the pictures...

That said I'm still watching this show...I haven't grown to despise it like i did with Dexter...yet...
 
Absolutely ridiculous lol.

Carrie almost ruins a plan again! They are going to take down a high ranking Iranian with a guy who just crapped himself a few days previously while he was a junkie.

Next head of the CIA is in cahoots with a Mossad agent but the current head doesn't want to confront him properly.

The show has entered the realm of the ridiculous. Still watchable but what a change from the gripping first two series.
 
Apparently Brody's training is more like 3 weeks but the episode didn't explain it very well.
 
James said:
Apparently Brody's training is more like 3 weeks but the episode didn't explain it very well.
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3 weeks from a junkie to an assassin...

Its nonsense...and you have the 16 days later so its known its about 3 weeks...

This show is nonsense now...its actually beyond implausible...

Sleeper Cell now is the best version of this type of show...

Homeland went from being an intelligent show to being 24...I love 24 but this isn't what Homeland was supposed to be like...

And honestly the Carrie letting Brodie see Dana thing when its imperative for him to be kept a secret is the most nonsensical bit of writing i have seen in a long time...
 
Javadi is the only redeemable part of this show now...

Its showing the US in an interesting light...the fact that they would be willing for a man like him to take power...

That aside I'm just waiting to see how it all ends...this show continues to be ridiculously implausible...and the new Brodie is an idiot...
 
It always irks me when TV Shows with HUGE budgets can get the little things wrong.

Like the way Brodie prays Salat seems strange.

Its also lolworthy that a show like Homeland can get the Iran/AlQaeda equation so so so wrong.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
It always irks me when TV Shows with HUGE budgets can get the little things wrong.

Like the way Brodie prays Salat seems strange.

Its also lolworthy that a show like Homeland can get the Iran/AlQaeda equation so so so wrong.
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Not eveyone slipped back into Pakitan, some Alqaeeda members did go to Iran after Afghan invasion.
 
Eagle_Eye said:
Not eveyone slipped back into Pakitan, some Alqaeeda members did go to Iran after Afghan invasion.
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Khatami offered assistance against Al Qaeda and against Iraq...the whole thing is laughable in this show...

Al Qaeda hate the heretic shias more than they do the USA...

The notion of Iran giving someone like Brodie asylum is a joke...

I honestly cant get over what a pathetic propaganda tool this is...

If you're referring to the likes of Jundullah...they have caused terror attacks in Iran and are rumoured to be US proxy actually...

Even the fact that Brodie was hidden in Venezuela was ridiculous...

The end with the girl being asked if she could use her uncle for a safehouse is ridiculous too...like such an operation would be run in reality with no-one on the ground in Iran...
 
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DeadlyVenom said:
It always irks me when TV Shows with HUGE budgets can get the little things wrong.

Like the way Brodie prays Salat seems strange.

Its also lolworthy that a show like Homeland can get the Iran/AlQaeda equation so so so wrong.
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They didn't get it wrong by accident...its a deliberate attempt to malign Iran imo...
 
Eagle_Eye said:
Not eveyone slipped back into Pakitan, some Alqaeeda members did go to Iran after Afghan invasion.
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They slipped over the border, the Iranian state and establishment is deeply anti Al-Qaeda. It would in no way give Al Qaeda jihadis state shelter nor would it sponsor an Al Qaeda attack.
 
shaykh said:
Khatami offered assistance against Al Qaeda and against Iraq...the whole thing is laughable in this show...

Al Qaeda hate the heretic shias more than they do the USA...

The notion of Iran giving someone like Brodie asylum is a joke...

I honestly cant get over what a pathetic propaganda tool this is...

If you're referring to the likes of Jundullah...they have caused terror attacks in Iran and are rumoured to be US proxy actually...

Even the fact that Brodie was hidden in Venezuela was ridiculous...

The end with the girl being asked if she could use her uncle for a safehouse is ridiculous too...like such an operation would be run in reality with no-one on the ground in Iran...
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You do realise this is a fictional show? Why get so worked up about it?

Someone has to be the bad guy!

Are you of iranian descent?
 
DeadlyVenom said:
They slipped over the border, the Iranian state and establishment is deeply anti Al-Qaeda. It would in no way give Al Qaeda jihadis state shelter nor would it sponsor an Al Qaeda attack.
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Family members of senior leaders went to Iran.

What the Iranians say in public and do privately is another matter.
 
Eagle_Eye said:
You do realise this is a fictional show? Why get so worked up about it?

Someone has to be the bad guy!

Are you of iranian descent?
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This isn't 24...this has been presented as a mature, realistic show and is anything but that...

I'm a quarter Iranian but it has absolutely no impact on how I view this...

Its a fictional show that uses real names...Al Qaeda, the Shah etc...

Atleast 24 actually had a fictional country in their final season...

If someone was to be a bad guy then it should have been a realistic country...the notion that Iran would have anything to do with Al Qaeda is as ludicrous as saying Britain would give Bin Laden asylum...
 
Don't know what all the disgust is about. This season has been a hoot. Granted not the Hilton standard of the first two seasons, more of a slightly mucky three-star job that you'd have to be in a good mood to recommend to your friends, but if any of us claimed that we could take our eyes off it then we would be lying.

The 24 comparisons are most appropriate, because that show followed much the same path: two opening seasons of genuine relationship drama and intelligent political thriller, and then a gradual descent into expensive soap opera grandstanding farce after that (though almost equally watchable).

But as much as the Carrie-Brody arc is now about as interesting as a piece of polystyrene tubing, the supporting heavyweights have played their parts beautifully. Saul, Dar Adal, Javadi, the evil Senator, and the White House aide played by that dude out of Shawshank Redemption.
 
This was a fun episode...I guess im gonna have to agree with James above and take Homeland for what it is...implausible but still interesting...

The other show I'm watching at present is Blacklist which was never supposed to be intelligent or realistic and has been great to watch...im watching Homeland now and forgetting the previous two seasons...and also counting my blessings that I haven't seen Dana in a while...

Anyone who claims btw this isnt propaganda is smoking something real good...the photos of the Supreme Leader everywhere for people to see...the Iranians celebrating the bombing...plenty of Iranians did exactly the opposite during 9/11...and I can't get over this ridiculous arc that Iran and AL Qaeda have joined forces...I also find it bizarre that no-one in Nazir's circles knows that Brodie was a traitor...

That said if one puts away all these implausibilities and watches Homeland like they watch the Expendables or Snakes on a Plane then it was edge of your seat stuff...

SPOILER
How many times does Carrie need to step out of line till shes reprimanded?...how did Brodie not have any armed security guarding him?...how easy was it to kill Akbari?...still the first scene where he meat Akbari was great...as was the climax...it was clear that it was gonna happen but it was still good to watch...
 
I also find it bizarre that no-one in Nazir's circles knows that Brodie was a traitor...
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Yes this part was just lame, as was the 'emotional' scene with his widow.

Great episode though.
 
A bit of Internet speculation...


Javadi, presuming his cover was blown, killed himself off-screen while Brody was suffocating the leader guy.
 
Another Carrie was right and everyone else wrong episode. Another mission ballsed up because of Carrie.

The episode was ok. The scenes with the widow and Brodie were ridiculous. Brodies plan was flawed, surprised that the CIA had no men on the ground in Iran, Akbaris death was lol funny and the scene where random peasants started cheering Brodie in a busy Tehran street was appallingly poor.

Still, having invested so much time in the show I will continue watching it, embrace the madness of this series and hope the next one is a return to form.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Another Carrie was right and everyone else wrong episode. Another mission ballsed up because of Carrie.

The episode was ok. The scenes with the widow and Brodie were ridiculous. Brodies plan was flawed, surprised that the CIA had no men on the ground in Iran, Akbaris death was lol funny and the scene where random peasants started cheering Brodie in a busy Tehran street was appallingly poor.

Still, having invested so much time in the show I will continue watching it, embrace the madness of this series and hope the next one is a return to form.
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Yeah its absolute nonsense...

Again a propaganda piece...in the whole of Tehran we are supposed to believe there is not a single US asset...so much so that they have to rely on the uncle of one of their Iranian agents...and two Mossad agents...its absolute rubbish considering in reality there will be hundreds of agents on the ground in Iran...

Agreed the widow scenes were pathetic...surely she would know hes a traitor...its as if only Nazir and Javadi know about Brodie...this is such a ridiculous plot hole...and she didn't even vet him...

Also am I the only one who finds Damien Lewis's acting unconvincing?...especially when hes lying?...
 
shaykh said:
Yeah its absolute nonsense...

Again a propaganda piece...in the whole of Tehran we are supposed to believe there is not a single US asset...so much so that they have to rely on the uncle of one of their Iranian agents...and two Mossad agents...its absolute rubbish considering in reality there will be hundreds of agents on the ground in Iran...

Agreed the widow scenes were pathetic...surely she would know hes a traitor...its as if only Nazir and Javadi know about Brodie...this is such a ridiculous plot hole...and she didn't even vet him...

Also am I the only one who finds Damien Lewis's acting unconvincing?...especially when hes lying?...
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I think his acting has been quite good so far. All of the acting has been decent and at times excellent.

The widow thing seems to be a double plot hole. Assuming that Brodie escapes successfully and Javadi is installed, will the widows, guards and whoever arranged the Brodi meeting with Akbari conveniently forget it was set up under the pretext of informing them about Javadi?
 
Sorry EE you have just read a lot of spoilers!

I think the UK is an episode behind.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
I think his acting has been quite good so far. All of the acting has been decent and at times excellent.

The widow thing seems to be a double plot hole. Assuming that Brodie escapes successfully and Javadi is installed, will the widows, guards and whoever arranged the Brodi meeting with Akbari conveniently forget it was set up under the pretext of informing them about Javadi?
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He just didn't look convincing during that initial interrogation...

Unfortunately the whole show is full of plot holes right now...im still wondering how news hasnt filtered out back in the US about Dana seeing her dad with Carrie...

We both agree the widow is clueless about Brodie despite Javadi, the lawyer and a whole host of other people knowing Brodie wasnt the bomber...and yeah i wonder if the writers will continue to insult our intelligence by helping Brodie escape without even a hint of suspicion landing on Javadi...

I also thought Akbari's reaction to Brodie's confession to be ridiculous...a guy tells you he was sent to kill you and you keep your guard down and also don't question his story?...Akbari was useless...even getting the widow to do some non existent vetting...

And how could I forget how ridiculous it was to see Brodie on the phone casually in plain sight with Carrie looking as indiscreet as possible standing not that far from him...

Its become nonsense but its still fun nonsense to a degree...
 
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Agree completely with this:


This week’s “Homeland” was the penultimate episode of this sometimes gripping, often maddening, occasionally laughable third season. At this point, most critics and a number of viewers likely agree that Showtime’s once highbrow-ish CIA thriller has traveled far, far off its original GPS-plotted course. Already, Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever mentioned “Homeland” as one of 2013’s big television letdowns. Surely more year-end lists will do the same.

There seems to be little point, then, in spending this recap seriously analyzing a show that often doesn’t take itself seriously enough to bother making credible sense. Instead, perhaps what we all need to do, assuming we intend to stick with “Homeland” through next week’s finale and the fourth season that will follow in 2014, is accept a few things.

Over and over again on this show, and especially during season three, the “Homeland” writers have relied on certain tropes and tricks to keep the Javadi-Saul and Carrie-Brody story lines humming along. Various recaps — including ones I have written for Salon — have bemoaned the fact that certain types of plot twists continue to rear their preposterous, repetitive heads. But at a certain point, you either have to stop watching “Homeland,” or just accept that those twists are now endemic to what “Homeland” is. I mean, if you walk into a diner and order a vanilla milkshake, you cannot be ****** when the waitress brings you a vanilla milkshake.

Therefore, to continue drinking the “Homeland” milkshake — or, to use another analogy, make the kind of peace with this drama that Nicholas Brody pretended he had found in Tehran — you need to accept the 10 tenets of “Homeland” storytelling. If you can accept each of these, you will reach the sort of zen state normally only achieved by attending a yoga class while pretending to be Carrie Mathison. At the very least, you may be less inclined to attempt to suffocate your television with a throw pillow during next week’s “Homeland” finale.

Note: For the record, I have not accepted at least eight of the 10 tenets listed below and am not sure that I ever can unless I start watching this show while heavily sedated.

1. Nicholas Brody will always have something unexpected up his sleeve.

“One thing we know about Brody is, this is a guy who changes his mind,” noted the astute Sen. Lockhart as he explained one of the core tenets of “Homeland” in the most obvious possible terms. Yes, Brody usually has something unexpected up his sleeve, sometimes quite literally in the form of cyanide intended to kill Gen. Akbari so Javadi can assume control of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard per Saul Berenson’s plan. Other times, what’s up his sleeve is less tangible and predictable, like his decision to share that plan with Akbari, then follow up immediately by killing the general with a candy dish to the head and a suffocating pillow to the face. Three seasons in, the writers continue to play with the Brody mistrust established back in Season 1. We are still supposed to think that he could turn at any moment, a fact that is extra-convenient when “Homeland” is in need of an episode-ending shocker or two. (Brody and the Akbari candy dish is to Season 3 what Brody and Vice President Walden’s pacemaker was to Season 2.)

2. Carrie will always be right about Brody.

Carrie was right that Brody didn’t bomb Langley. She was right to assume that he would remain committed to the CIA mission, even after the shock of confronting his daughter, Dana “housekeeping!” Lazaro. And Carrie was right again this week when she told Saul that Brody was staying in Tehran not because he had switched sides, but because he was waiting for another chance at Akbari. Carrie made sure it was clear that she was right about Brody by announcing to Saul once more, with feeling: “Saul, I have been right about him this whole time.”

3. Saul will willingly assign Carrie to missions in which it makes no sense for her to participate.

When it initially became apparent in Sunday’s episode that Carrie had gone to Tehran, I assumed she had gone rogue. Surely Saul wouldn’t send her to Tehran considering that earlier this season she was publicly outed as Brody’s lover, which would make her an especially conspicuous person to put on the ground in Iran. Surely Saul wouldn’t send Carrie to Tehran since she also has about 77 conflicts of interest regarding her involvement in anything Brody-related. Surely Saul wouldn’t send Carrie to Tehran when he has reprimanded Carrie multiple times in recent episodes for not following orders and screwing up everything. Surely Saul wouldn’t do that.

4. Carrie will talk about how she can’t do certain things because they put a mission at risk, while doing other things that blatantly put the same mission at even greater risk.

Man, it was hilarious when she noted that Brody had not reached out to her directly because everyone agreed that was “too risky,” even though she had already stood among the Brody-adoring crowd in a public street (very risky) and would later call Brody while standing a courtyard-length away from him outside that mosque (extra-crazy risky). Based on what we saw in this episode, Brody is basically like a member of One Direction in Tehran right now, while Carrie sticks out in Iran like … well, Claire Danes wearing a head scarf in the middle of Iran. Either one of them would attract attention by themselves, just by standing still. Put them on the phone mere feet from each other while they have agitated conversations about escaping to the United States and it’s a wonder Akbari’s men didn’t swoop in and immediately execute them. Honestly, was Carrie absent during the CIA orientation session on the basic principles of sneakiness?

5. Quinn will be the only person making a damn bit of sense.

“Where’s Carrie in all of this?” Quinn asked during Saul’s briefing. “She’s done her job putting together an extraction plan. Shouldn’t she be pulled out before the event?” Well, of course she should, Peter Quinn. But if she were pulled out, she couldn’t stand around on the streets of Iran, sticking out like an Angela Chase-ian sore thumb when it would make infinitely more sense for her to be as far away from Brody as possible.

6. Nicholas Brody will demonstrate total indifference toward his own son.

“I lost so much,” Brody told Abu Nazir’s widow. “Your family,” she said. “Especially my daughter,” Brody responded, as if he doesn’t have another living, breathing child that he’s also lost. I feel like there should be some Big Brother/Big Sister program that matches neglected TV children with mentors who can help them feel loved again. Chris Brody could be in it. Haddie Braverman from “Parenthood” could be in it. Gene Draper from “Mad Men” could be in it.

7. Carrie will continue to be in denial about a condition she has known about for some time.

This used to be true of her mental illness. This season, it’s true of her pregnancy. Then again, I can’t blame her entirely. When she saw her own reflection in the balcony glass, she was clearly showing, but in the courtyard scene, her baby bump seemed to have disappeared. Perhaps that’s contributing to her confusion?

8. CIA technology will always be alarmingly inadequate.

“It looks like he’s on the phone,” noted the ever-observant Team Saul when Brody took Carrie’s call, holding a telephone to his ear for all to see. If they can afford to put up Carrie in such a nice and unnecessary Iranian hotel for a week, can’t they afford better cameras to track Brody, as well as SOME WAY TO KEEP TABS ON WHERE CARRIE IS AND WHO SHE IS TALKING TO????

9. Even when Carrie’s actions could potentially lead to World War III, she will believe that it’s possible for everything to turn out fine.

By warning Brody about the CIA’s plan to kill him, she ran the risk of him going rogue and revealing everything to Akbari, which he did, in a move that would have undoubtedly led to a diplomatic crisis and potential war between the U.S. and Iran. Of course, Brody followed that up by killing Akbari, which could still lead to major international conflict, but at least Brody remained alive and proved that Carrie was right about Brody’s motives. As we know per tenet No. 2, that is the most important thing of all.

10. Carrie will never get fired.

No matter what she does, the CIA will not fire Carrie Mathison. Sure, they might suspend her or even forcibly institutionalize her as part of a top-secret master plan. But terminate her employment permanently? Never.

Although, maybe that’s one tenet that could be flexible. After she ignored Saul’s orders to come home and then hung up on him in this week’s episode, maybe he’ll finally realize next week that it’s time to stop investing in a once great agent who, thanks to “Homeland’s” writers, has become a wild card on multiple continents.

That would mean violating a core tent of “Homeland” storytelling, though, an act that would require “Homeland” to keep a trick up its own sleeve, one that’s potentially surprising and believable. Only time, as well as next week’s finale, will tell whether this show still has the guts and the smarts to do something like that.
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Did anybody else think that it was Fara (the analyst) as we were waiting for the camera to turn around to Nazir's wife?
 
Actually dying RE the finale.

Need to see it now.
 
I have watched the first season of this show and found it to be quite good. Judging by some of the comments I take it has gone down hill?
 
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