Just finished season 3, man what a great show. I probably won't watch season 4 just because I feel Brody was the show, but I can't think of another show I enjoyed as much as this one. Judging by the reactions to season 4 finale, probably a safe decision on my part lol.
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Just finished season 3, man what a great show. I probably won't watch season 4 just because I feel Brody was the show, but I can't think of another show I enjoyed as much as this one. Judging by the reactions to season 4 finale, probably a safe decision on my part lol.
Season 4 was still awesome IMO. The ending was a little disappointing, but it's not THAT bad because it wasn't really the ending, there is going to be at least another season to wrap things up.
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Yeah, the season 4 finale wasn't a terrible episode in and of itself, but as a season finale to a show that really seemed to pick it up and gain momentum after losing one of its central characters it was a huge disappointment.
I don't doubt that season 5 will pick up on pace again, and I don't think we'll see a series finale that poor.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Time will fly between the fourth and fifth season of the Showtime spy drama “Homeland,” the series’ executive producer Alex Gansa said.
“We’re going to take about a two-year forward jump,” Gansa said Friday at the opening night of PaleyFest, the annual TV celebration at the Dolby Theatre.
On the purple carpet, Gansa said the next “Homeland” season will be filmed in Europe, most likely in Berlin. He said the setting would be Germany.
The fourth season of “Homeland” was shot in Cape Town, South Africa, which doubled for Islamabad and Kabul.
Gansa later told the PaleyFest audience that CIA officer Carrie Mathison, played by series star Claire Danes, will no longer be an intelligence officer.
Many of the “Homeland” crew members said the fourth season was critical to the series, given the death of the character of Brody, portrayed by Damian Lewis, on the third season. So the show got a “reboot,” said director Lesli Linka Glatter, referring to the fourth season’s new plot direction and darker-than-ever twists.
Showtime renewed the show for a fifth season in November.
PaleyFest organizers said about 20,000 fans were expected over the course of the 10-day festival.
I'm excited. Last season was pretty much a total reboot and I thought it went great. The finale was a stinker, but only in terms of being a finale.
I have confidence that this fresh start will be just as exciting as the last. Though the one thing that makes me sad about the trailer is that Quinn was not a big part of it. I really liked what they were doing with his character last season. Hope he remains a big part of the show.
Just finished S2 and while not as good as S1, it's still pretty watchable. But the direction S3 is taking have me wondering if I should spend more time on this show.
The setup of the show is one of limited shelve life like Prison Break. But it seems like the studio is milking this cow a bit long I'm afraid.
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Just finished S2 and while not as good as S1, it's still pretty watchable. But the direction S3 is taking have me wondering if I should spend more time on this show.
The setup of the show is one of limited shelve life like Prison Break. But it seems like the studio is milking this cow a bit long I'm afraid.
if you have time I would finish it, season 3 isnt the best but the end picks up a bit
season 4 I think is on par if not a bit better than 2
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Yeah season 4 is awesome. They really got back to what made it good (espionage, suspense, action) and trimmed down the boring, directionless family drama.
Well, so far, Season 5 is pretty great. Lots of intrigue and some really up to the minute world situations being examined.
Two words. Peter Quinn.
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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.
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I kind of wish they hadn't of dragged out all the loose ends to the last episode though. It makes me worry there's going to be a cliffhanger, which just absolutely has no place in the modern cable TV show world imo.
I kind of wish they hadn't of dragged out all the loose ends to the last episode though. It makes me worry there's going to be a cliffhanger, which just absolutely has no place in the modern cable TV show world imo.
I was thinking there was two left but Google tells me I am wrong. That kinda does suck, I can see them keeping the whole Russian thing going for next season
