Anyone else watching?
Season had seemed pretty meh until the closing scene of ep. 4, and then ep. 5 definitely ramped up the intensity. Good to see Quinn coming back to life - even as a semi-psycho.
Would have liked some background on how Carrie ended up as a critical member of a Legal Aid team as she has no experience in that field as far as I can recall. Same for her relationship with the President-elect.
Also, if I ever need a babysitter, I'm definitely calling Latisha(sp?).
Season was definitely a snoozer but has picked up the last two episodes.
Can't wait to see how it develops.
Nevertheless, he figured something out that hasn't been resolved yet.
I am really enjoying this season. As some said, back to seasons 1-2.
"The Missing" on Starz is at least as good, though.
The Missing is the best show on TV. Just finished Season 2 and it's up there with the best seasons in TV history. The actor playing Baptiste put on a lights out performance.
Haha, ohh yeah he nailed him. Watching him put together the pieces of the neighbor across the street and then protect Franny at all costs is awesome. But I couldn't help but roll my eyes about the hostage thing. I'm guessing Dar helps get him off in exchange for Carrie helping him lay some groundwork with the president elect?
Yes, definitely. The cases are separate but there's enough dot connecting that I wouldn't recommend not viewing Season 1 which is great as well. I watched it about 3 years ago when it first aired and just watched season 2 and was surprised about how much I remembered about season 1. It's a story that will sit with you for a long time.
And The Seku angle is beyond obvious that he didn't have anything to do with the bomb.
Dar Adal is filth.
But I hope the plot isn't as simple as evil CIA men plotted bombing using young Muslim patsy in order to gain leverage over new (woman) president who wants to introduce her new ideals. Would end up being too predictable.
Pic of Mandy Patinkin - ( New Window )
First I can't get past how they completely changed Carrie from the original concept.
Second it has turned more into one of those shows where the story lines are always over the top. The original show spent a lot more time building the story lines and characters.
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but I think it has run it's course.
First I can't get past how they completely changed Carrie from the original concept.
I think this is a bit of a harsh critique. In season 3 everyone was complaining that the Sergeant Brody storyline has run it's course and that Jessica, Dana, and Chris was even worse. So Homeland listened to the critiques and completely moved on from all of that and I think have created a pretty great new concept still influenced by the past. I'm not sure I agree Carrie's completely changed. The only thing missing is they haven't really gotten into her illness much lately.
Not as shameful as how that actress was treated by the Church of Scientology. Allegedly of course, I don't want to get sued.
Last month I binged Season 5 because I heard good things. I thought Season 5 was great and I loved the angle they took focusing on a Wikileaks-type situation. It presented an interesting dilemma. It also ramped up the intensity.
I think this season started slowly, but is getting good again.
Nazanin Boniadi. Gorgeous. I first remember her from How I Met Your Mother.
unless the guy is some kind of contractor I don't see him working directly for Saul. An accent IMHO would indicate to me at least foreign birth which I would imagine make it very difficult for him to get the clearance necessary to get into the Secret Service. Besides I don't think any kind of covert counter intelligence mission is one of the missions of the Secret Service despite their name. By the way since this is domestic this would be way out of bounds for Saul. It would be very high risk no matter what kind of cabal he is hatching between the implied evil military, industrial, and intelligence big wigs he was meeting with at the end of episode one me thinks.
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XRay is that the guy who was across the street and planted the bomb is a Secret Service Agent.
unless the guy is some kind of contractor I don't see him working directly for Saul. An accent IMHO would indicate to me at least foreign birth which I would imagine make it very difficult for him to get the clearance necessary to get into the Secret Service. Besides I don't think any kind of covert counter intelligence mission is one of the missions of the Secret Service despite their name. By the way since this is domestic this would be way out of bounds for Saul. It would be very high risk no matter what kind of cabal he is hatching between the implied evil military, industrial, and intelligence big wigs he was meeting with at the end of episode one me thinks.
I mean Dar in the evil plot of course Saul is the good guy who I guess is trying to un-cover the plot. My bad.