Petey Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I feel like they're starting to go somewhere... I'm just not sure I really care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 So it appears we have yet another terrorist mastermind just puttering around America. He should be alright as long as he steers clear of 7-Eleven. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 He can go into Sevs. Going into 7-Eleven is not what did in Abu Nazir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 When the show is just Carrie, it's good. When the show is just Brody, it's good. When the show is Carrie and Brody, it's kinda meh. Whenever Brody's family is around, IT STINKS. Saul, Predator Drone strike these motherfuckers for me, will ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiffshots Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Anyone else catch the Stealth Pun of the dickish FBI agent referring to Dana and her psycho boyfriend du jour as Romeo and Juliet - and Carrie (who in the real world WAS Juliet!) snapping "Yeah, remember how that worked out!"? I laughed, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Can we at least mention the implausibility of Jessica searching out Carrie for help finding Dana? In what universe does that happen? I also love how the show undermines Saul. On the goose hunt, his whole point is that spying isn't about sitting back, waiting for the bad guy to poke his head out, and then blowing it off. It doesn't work that way, he says. And yet, on HOMELAND, it consistently works that way. The world's most wanted terrorists are constantly poking their heads up, right in our backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigertooth Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Can we at least mention the implausibility of Jessica searching out Carrie for help finding Dana? In what universe does that happen? Yeah, they tried to explain that with Jessica saying "You were the one trying to warn me about Brody", but that wasn't very convincing. Jessica must know that Carrie was the agent Saul was talking about at the Senate hearing, so she's going to this disgraced bipolar spy for help? The one who was right that Brody was dangerous, but was also screwing him? Also, did that pay off in any way? Was it that Carrie pressured the agent (which was funny: Carrie, the CIA with the most ruined reputation in the agency, is going to ruin some guy's reputation), who then put out that Dana was missing to the media, which led to Dana finding out about her boyfriend's past (since she happened to be in the gas station at the right moment, though admittedly that kind of story would legitimately be all over cable news nonstop), which led to Dana turning herself in? The one good thing I can say about that bit is that at least (so far) the boyfriend didn't turn out to be a crazy killer. They sort of hinted that he was going to suicide pact her with the near head-on collision, but never really went down that road. But I'm damning with faint praise at this point. And apparently we have an acting CIA Director who is completely blindsided by the announcement of who is getting nominated to the permanent post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 In case you guys were curious, the Senator/NEW CIA Director is definitely an evil guy because he shot that bird. I wasn't sure of he was a villain until that point but shooting the bird made it clear. I hate this show and hate myself for not having the ability to just drop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I'm starting to believe the only reason Chris Brody still exists on the show is so that Quinn will have another child he can accidentally kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Chris Brody and Walt. Jr need their on TV show, revolving around what happens to the abandoned offspring of meth kingpins/internationally wanted terrorists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Maybe Louis is a code name for Chris... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I thought tonight's episode was good, probably thanks to very little Brody family stuff. So there's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Was that a fucking shotei that Saul busted out in the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigertooth Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I mostly liked it except for one scene: Carrie in the bathroom. *Carrie is pregnant. Yeesh. *Carrie keeps all her peed-on pregnancy tests. Eww. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Yeah I didn't like Carrie being preggers. It seems silly but overall the episode was very fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Beyond being a terrible soap opera development that nobody cares about, Carrie being pregnant is yet another nonsensical twist. For one thing, psychiatric hospitals administer pregnancy tests to all female patients upon admission, because, you know, pumping pregnant women full of psychotropic medicaitons is generally not such a good idea. So either they committed her to the worst psychiatric hopsital in the US, or Carrie was like, "Nah, it's cool. Go ahead and juice me up. See, I'm running this elaborate gambit on an Iranian terrorist that has about a 1% chance of working, and I am absolutely willing to risk my baby suffering a birth defect. Totallly worth it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 And what a disappointing addition to the show Dar Adal has been. He was introduced last season as this shadowy, vaguely sinister character, but it turns out, he's just another sniveling bureaucrat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigertooth Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Yeah, good point about Dar Adal. Besides the character, they haven't given F. Murray Abraham much to sink his teeth into. Why cast a name if you're doing this little with him? You'd certainly think that will change, but so far it's been pretty weak. ETA: And it sucks we're getting more of Virgil's brother instead of Virgil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimoDANK Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 WHO THE BABY DADDY?!? What a revolting development this is. Dana Brody does not need the drama of a new half sibling in her life! I feel like there are so many ways they could have taken the Brody family post season 2. That story could not be going worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 And what a disappointing addition to the show Dar Adal has been. He was introduced last season as this shadowy, vaguely sinister character, but it turns out, he's just another sniveling bureaucrat. These Homeland villains leave a lot to be desired. You've got Abu Nazir whose master plan involved flying into the US and hiding in an abandoned warehouse and apparently just hoping for the best at that point, and now you have Dar Adal who went from badass to pussy in about ten seconds as soon as Carrie fought back. Makes the U.S. look like a bunch of incompetent jerks if they're so incapable of capturing these Level 1 bosses. I can also only assume Dar's ex wife was deaf since she was completely oblivious to her daughter-in-law being SHOT IN THE HEAD (contrary to popular belief, a silencer doesn't literally silence a bullet, it barely muffles it) and then didn't seem to mind when her ex-husband's voice was loudly talking to her grandson. On the bright side, at least Quinn was in the room with a child and didn't immediately murder it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Dar Adal works for the CIA. You're confusing him with Javadi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 So we've all just given up now, huh? Saul locking Senator Lockhart in the conference room made me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Saul's the man. This show is so much better when it's about Saul's schemes than when it's about Carrie and Brody have like, the greatest romance ever. Or about Dana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Very very very talk heavy episode of Homeland, but it was my favorite of the season, with the senator getting locked in the room being an all-time favorite moment on Homeland. It still feels like the show wants to paint Saul as the big bad, but they just can't pull the trigger on it. See, had they killed Brody, you would have had an even greater emotional impact and still had this season. Although it does seem like they're going in the direction of clearing Brody's name and then the next season will be about saving Brody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I don't get the Saul big bad feel anymore. I think they've realized that he's the most likable character on the show and if they turned him, a lot of people would just give up since he's the main reason episodes are even still somewhat enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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