Homeland (Showtime) ~ *Spoilers Inside*

RainbowCarebear · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:10 pm Post subject:

The first 35-40 minutes... I thought oh this is going to be a wrap up finale, yeaaaah no. Aaaaawesome scene from Estes office, booooom.

Saul in charge is awesome. I thought Quinn was cool, backing down.

I thought the first couple of episodes was amazing, the middle of the season sort of fizzled out, but the finale was good or at least the last 50 %
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BaltimoreTerp · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:08 pm Post subject:

Screw it, I'm going down with my ship: The writers left it ambigous as to whether Brody was complicit in the bombing or not (Gansa even said in that Grantland podcast that the writers know exactly the 'involvement of Brody or lack thereof,' leaving both possiblities open). The 'confession' video was supposed to lead us to believe that Brody is innocent, but it's not an open and shut case. So I'm sticking with my original theory, modified to fit some of the plot twists: Brody was involved in the bombing, and played Carrie to escape. I think the feelings they share are real, but I also think he's a cold, manipulative machine who understood how to leverage his social capital with Carrie to get what he needed and also get some sexy time out of it. Or something.

OR MAYBE IT WAS A QUADRUPLE CON AND CHRIS IS THE MOLE AND ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF ONLY SOMEONE PLAYED HEARTS WITH HIM AND THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS WEREN'T SO AWFUL
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BaltimoreTerp · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:59 pm Post subject:

Maybe 'cold' wasn't the right word, but I don't think I'm wrong to believe that Brody understands how to manipulate situations and feelings. Or taking it a step further, that Nazir understands how to do so. I'm not wed to my theory but I certainly don't think it's implausible to believe that Brody had a hand in the planting of the bomb in his car. This show has already had more twists than anyone could predict, what's one more at this point?

And as far as the mole, the writers have already said that the mole isn't supposed to be a big part of the show. Their view is that there are moles within every intelligence agency in the world that never get exposed and the one that has gotten hype in the Homeland world is no different. The mole's existence is not something to be smoked out but instead something to be accepted as part of the terrain in which they operate. They'll pay homage to his/her existence every once in a while but it doesn't seem likely that it'll ever become the driving force. Besides, they need that mole in place to help facillitate whatever external threats exist, and without those external threats there is no show. I saw a very cool voice-comparison on the Internet a while ago that made an interesting case for the polygraph adminstrator being the mole, and so unless they start to make a big deal out of finding the mole I've basically made peace with the idea that he's the mole and that he's just meant to be there, slyly changing the game from time to time but never becoming a dominating part of the show.
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I thought it recovered pretty well from the complete shark jump a couple episodes ago and now sits back on the same level as 24. It has become essentially mindless entertainment. After the first season I thought it could be a lot more than that, but it's just not. Good episode capping a very disappointing season.
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