Just finished season 3, and I think I'm going to pretend that was a series finale. The whole reason I started watching Homeland was because Damien Lewis was the lead, and he was such an underrated actor ever since Band of Brothers. I hated the Carrie character from the start, and with Saul not really in the picture anymore I just can't see a reason to check out season 4
I think this is a case where the writers blew their wad too early, as the first 2 seasons were awesome but then in season 3 they didn't seem to know what to do. So much time centered around such an uninteresting character in Dana that ultimately amounted to nothing, re-using the same plotlines of Carrie being crazy and ignoring orders yet somehow being forgiven, it just felt like a mess until the last couple of episodes
IMO the first season should have left Brodie a mystery and focused soley on the black marine who was turned, maybe with a cliffhanger at the end of season 1 with Brodie meeting one of Nazir's guys. They could have done so much more with that premise but seemed to rush through it way too quickly
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Season 4 is out october 2nd. I can't flipping wait. Hopefully they don't wait until half the season is done to get good this time.
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Well, deal with it. I wasn't cheering for Canada either way. Nothing worse than arrogant Canadian fans. They'd be lucky to finish 4th. Quote me on that. They have a bad team and that is why I won't be cheering for them.
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Best season so far. Can't wait to find out how Bodie survived his hanging.
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Best season so far. Can't wait to find out how Bodie survived his hanging.
Love this show. Loved his character and would love for him to return, but it's not happening. Unless the season is as bad as most anticipate, and they somehow work it into the season finale to make you return for season 5.
...the producers of Homeland looked at each other and said, “Now whatta we do? Carrie’s preggers. Saul’s at the wailing wall he calls his marriage. And according to Twitter, if we bring back Dana for any more sullen temper-tantrum scenes, our offices are going to be degraded and destroyed quicker than an al Qaeda compound.
I've enjoyed Homeland all the way through so far - I never felt the series hinged on Brody, I always thought the CIA piece of it was much important and I'm glad they're going that route.
Real shame to hear about the passing of James Rebhorn too - it's secondary actors like him that never get the fanfare but you see him in everything.
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Saul in the meeting in the Pentagon and not being able to separate himself from his responsibility as a fed even though he now works for a security contractor. Thought that was an awesome scene for Mandy.
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I got zero enjoyment out of the first two episodes.
The main reason is that I've really come to loathe Carrie. Emotionally damaged, face scrunchy Carrie. Now throw in emotionally damaged, face scrunchy Quinn, a comically corrupt CIA chief right out of the worst seasons of 24, and a Pakistani kid who couldn't act surprised if he woke up and found his balls sewn onto his forehead.
To be honest, I was no big fan of much of last season either.
But to each their own. If you enjoy it, bully for you.
And I'll keep watching in hope that it picks up.
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Saul in the meeting in the Pentagon and not being able to separate himself from his responsibility as a fed even though he now works for a security contractor. Thought that was an awesome scene for Mandy.
Homeland is best when they do Homeland... not when they try to be something else, and an emotionally damaged Carrie is the crux of Homeland.
This is a show that beat Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, and Mad Men to win best drama in 2012 and through only three episodes I see that potential here as well.
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It's definitely at season 1 levels for me right now. Which is great, because it was really off the rails for seasons 2 and 3.
Yeah, I agree. Brodie's character was great in the first season, but I got really sick of how they tried to force him into the second and third seasons. Killing him off has really seemed to let this show go in a better direction.
Well they diverged from their plan to appease fans who liked Brody and Carrie's chemistry. That's just never a good idea or you turn into LOST ... a rudderless mess.
Homeland is best when they do Homeland... not when they try to be something else, and an emotionally damaged Carrie is the crux of Homeland.
This is a show that beat Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, and Mad Men to win best drama in 2012 and through only three episodes I see that potential here as well.
Homeland is at its best when a smart, tense, espionage thriller. Bomb-strapped Brodie orchestrating his entry into a secure room with the vice-president then having to wrestle with his cultivated hatred vs. his love for his daughter and desire to protect her love for him was Homeland at its best. Emotionally damaged Carrie making her scrunchie face into a tight camera shot is a tired cliché to be pitched to Emmy voters.
Homeland won best drama because it added a fresh, gripping plot to some impressive emotional acting by Claire Danes. Unfortunately, IMO, Claire Danes scrunchie face has been trotted out a few dozen times too many, the gripping plot has yet to emerge, and the Brody character, which was complex and fresh (yes, that word again), has been replaced by a Quinn that's been turned into a male Carrie.
