Homeland: Redux
November 10, 2014 4:01 PM - Season 4, Episode 7 - Subscribe
Lockhart arrives. Carrie's investigation gets complicated.
Includes a very special appearance.
Includes a very special appearance.
Ugh. I'm getting a little annoyed by the ease with which various CIA agents seem to be captured. I feel the plot straining.
posted by shivohum at 9:41 PM on November 10, 2014
posted by shivohum at 9:41 PM on November 10, 2014
I'm just glad they didn't ACTUALLY bring Brody back from the dead. I was ready to flip tables
posted by coriolisdave at 2:49 AM on November 11, 2014
posted by coriolisdave at 2:49 AM on November 11, 2014
Oh hey, I loved this episode. Some nice grace notes. Saul chained up in Terrorist Guy's boudoir while he makes sweet love to his wife. Carrie trying to crawl up into Brodie to be safe. Poignant moments.
Also props to the show for immediately revealing it's not actually Brodie, for one horrible moment I feared they were going to try to tease us with that. And I like that they found a way to make Carrie's mental illness a weakness for her without being an actual failure of her own. She's done everything right, she's blameless that the Evil Plagiarist swapped her medicine. Although I do wish she'd recognized that the crazy sound attention was a sign something was wrong and looked right then for help. (The show did a good job portraying a Bad Trip IMHO.)
I'm fascinated by the way this show is portraying contemporary Pakistani/US politics. It seems to hew pretty close to the bone, albeit dramatized a bit. The disastrous diplomatic meeting, the way Terrorist Guy has a homecoming, all demonstrating how powerless the US really is in the region.
posted by Nelson at 8:34 PM on November 13, 2014 [1 favorite]
Also props to the show for immediately revealing it's not actually Brodie, for one horrible moment I feared they were going to try to tease us with that. And I like that they found a way to make Carrie's mental illness a weakness for her without being an actual failure of her own. She's done everything right, she's blameless that the Evil Plagiarist swapped her medicine. Although I do wish she'd recognized that the crazy sound attention was a sign something was wrong and looked right then for help. (The show did a good job portraying a Bad Trip IMHO.)
I'm fascinated by the way this show is portraying contemporary Pakistani/US politics. It seems to hew pretty close to the bone, albeit dramatized a bit. The disastrous diplomatic meeting, the way Terrorist Guy has a homecoming, all demonstrating how powerless the US really is in the region.
posted by Nelson at 8:34 PM on November 13, 2014 [1 favorite]
I loved the scene where Saul and his captor were talking politics over a meal.
"I'm a Jew."
<nods> "Yes. Well."
Also - messing with someone's meds? Absolutely reprehensible. Too late to the party, but does anyone know what the replacement was? A placebo or something psychoactive?
posted by porpoise at 6:14 PM on December 25, 2014
"I'm a Jew."
<nods> "Yes. Well."
Also - messing with someone's meds? Absolutely reprehensible. Too late to the party, but does anyone know what the replacement was? A placebo or something psychoactive?
posted by porpoise at 6:14 PM on December 25, 2014
Too late to the party, but does anyone know what the replacement was? A placebo or something psychoactive?
It is revealed in a later episode.
posted by roolya_boolya at 10:42 AM on December 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
It is revealed in a later episode.
posted by roolya_boolya at 10:42 AM on December 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
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Having said that I really enjoyed this episode.
posted by roolya_boolya at 4:09 PM on November 10, 2014 [1 favorite]