[darklord700]

Just finished watching S4 and it is a good but not great guilty pleasure season for me. The action and suspense are there but the entire story feels gratuitous at the end. There's no major story arc after the chapter of Brody is concluded in S3. The show goes from hunting one big bad terrorist to another in a very episodic fashion.

Claire Dane, just like the show, is a good but not great actress. She has the same going bonker and semi nutso moment in almost every episode. I know she isn't a sympathetic character but the show hasn't given me any reason to continue caring about her.

S4 is a good cheap thrill that leaves viewers feeling empty after its conclusion. It actually mires in a lot of illogical plot holes. The biggest one is that Haqqani can plan the final move from day 1 and successfully anticipate Matthison and company's every move since then. And if so why is Tanseen trying to take out Matthison?

And then Lockhart will order all Marines to leave the embassy and subsequently open the safe room door just to save Fara are the dumbest of dumb moves in CIA's history.

Perhaps Homeland is at its best when every season is episodic to see Carrie, Saul and now Peter Quinn hunting one bad terrorist after another while sussing out moles. But I don't think it'll ever surpass the high water mark set by S1 again.