And the first hour was leading up to something. Quinn being her brother or something crazy. I literally had the seahawks game on my tablet while me and my wife were talking the entire time, it was the worst hour of TV I've seen
A setup episode, but not something you want to close the season out with. And why they chose to introduce Carrie's mother and that backstory to the mix in a finale is beyond me.
This is just a betrayal of their audience. They put all of those themes together over the course of the season, and then basically admitted to the audience tonight that they didn't have any idea how to complete any of them in a satisfying manner.
It tells the world that they didn't really lose their way with all that crap about Brody's family. That WAS their way.
Even the requisite cliffhanger moment to keep us primed for season five revolves around Carrie facing a moral gut-check rather than the imminent danger of a bomb going off or specific attack unfolding. In fact, the dilemma Carrie stumbles into in the closing moments of “Long Time Coming,” is the epitome of what “Homeland” does so well — examining the gray areas of U.S. foreign policy.
How much do you compromise basic principles for the sake of making expedient progress? How much wiggle room is there to negotiate with sworn enemies when they offer something that could further the cause of U.S. security? It’s all the more powerful that “Homeland” would return to form in asking these questions in a fictionalized drama during the same month that the country and the world was rocked by the findings of the Senate’s investigation into CIA’s use of torture in the real war on terrorism.
All of this taken together made for a powerful episode...As has been the case in every episode of season four, star Claire Danes was masterful in her portrayal of a woman facing anguish and deeply conflicted feelings in every area of her life.
mostly in the sense of Carrie/Quinn. I am disappointed in Quinn chasing after her. I hope that doesnt happen next season. The Saul angle will be the only thing that brings me back to watch next season.
you can't want wall to wall action each week, plus the little tribute to James Remar was nice. This sets things up for next year nicely and we don't have a six month cliffhanger.
They dispatched Brodie and rejuvenated the show completely this year without him. I thought it was great. The final episode set up a little more background on each character.
Do you really care even a little about Carrie's mother or brother?
I agree it doesn't need all action but interesting story lines and dialog go a long way making up the difference. In this case I think they missed the mark badly.
who played Carrie's Dad was James Rebhorn. The actor James Remar is still alive and working. AV Club has a pretty accurate review: Link - ( New Window )
the Mom is there for a quick explanation into Carrie and her feelings on marriage and her suitability for it and it was good to see her and Peter start to get some things out in the open.
In my mind, it is setting the stage for next season when Quinn will be in some kind of danger and she will use CIA resources to track him/exact revenge maybe.
The storyline I could do without more than the Mom is the ugly redheaded Brodie baby. They should have given that up for adoption.
I wouldn't mind the episode itself if it occurred in the midst or tail-end of a season, but it was excessively anti-climactic as the finale. I understand that must have been the writers' intent and a lack of climax/resolution works when depicting a realistic world that often doesn't see either, but shit, don't give that to us in a finale.
than Dexter's finale. I also don't really think its so weird that a guy like Quinn who is in a unique life situation, is likely fucked in the head a bit and grew to care about this woman, would actually like her. Makes sense to me, especially compared to the completely ridiculous Brody/Carrie thing.
It tells the world that they didn't really lose their way with all that crap about Brody's family. That WAS their way.
Disgusting.
How much do you compromise basic principles for the sake of making expedient progress? How much wiggle room is there to negotiate with sworn enemies when they offer something that could further the cause of U.S. security? It’s all the more powerful that “Homeland” would return to form in asking these questions in a fictionalized drama during the same month that the country and the world was rocked by the findings of the Senate’s investigation into CIA’s use of torture in the real war on terrorism.
All of this taken together made for a powerful episode...As has been the case in every episode of season four, star Claire Danes was masterful in her portrayal of a woman facing anguish and deeply conflicted feelings in every area of her life.
Somebody at Variety missed their meds.
Link - ( New Window )
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3952170/ - ( New Window )
Haha, that's exactly what I thought. That's about the only thing that could have made that episode worse.
They dispatched Brodie and rejuvenated the show completely this year without him. I thought it was great. The final episode set up a little more background on each character.
I agree it doesn't need all action but interesting story lines and dialog go a long way making up the difference. In this case I think they missed the mark badly.
Link - ( New Window )
In my mind, it is setting the stage for next season when Quinn will be in some kind of danger and she will use CIA resources to track him/exact revenge maybe.
The storyline I could do without more than the Mom is the ugly redheaded Brodie baby. They should have given that up for adoption.
Other than that it was meh.