flapgreen
Footballguy
I like the spy type shows. Gangster stuff doesn't interest me much, but I'll definitely check it out now.
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sporthenry
Footballguy
I was going to say, after 3 episodes, if you aren't hooked it probably won't get there. It picks up a bit after the 3rd episode but not much more. And either towards the end of season 1 or beginning with season 2, it just goes crazy.
Season 2 of Homeland got laughed out of the building. BE has only gotten better.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I'm not sure you will make it through S1 of BE then. I love gangster stuff and I thought it really dragged.
jamny
Footballguy
And the CIA agent banging a dude she thinks is a turned terrorist, very far fetched.
I would quit now if I were you
flapgreen
Footballguy
Are you saying I'm being too picky, or does it get more outlandish than that?And the CIA agent banging a dude she thinks is a turned terrorist, very far fetched.
I would quit now if I were you
jamny
Footballguy
A little of the former but a lot of the latter. Most people loved the show until it got really crazy midway through season 2.Are you saying I'm being too picky, or does it get more outlandish than that?And the CIA agent banging a dude she thinks is a turned terrorist, very far fetched.
I would quit now if I were you
flapgreen
Footballguy
Oh boy. I don't love it now. Sounds like I'll be laughing my way through the second season. When people said "crazy", I thought they meant exciting.A little of the former but a lot of the latter. Most people loved the show until it got really crazy midway through season 2.Are you saying I'm being too picky, or does it get more outlandish than that?And the CIA agent banging a dude she thinks is a turned terrorist, very far fetched.
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pantherclub
Footballguy
It goes completely off the rails half way through season 2. I cannot think of another show that implodes as fast as this one.Are you saying I'm being too picky, or does it get more outlandish than that?And the CIA agent banging a dude she thinks is a turned terrorist, very far fetched.
sporthenry
Footballguy
flapgreen
Footballguy
I screwed up the quotes.
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Rick James
Footballguy
I'll put this in spoilers since it looks like there may be some people catching up...this is about season one though
The writers really dropped the ball when they had Brody chicken out at the end of season one. If he had detonated the bomb, that would've resonated for a long time. Of course, if he detonates the bomb he's not going to be in season two...so they find a way to get him out of it.
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jamny
Footballguy
I would have been a ballsy move for a TV show and really would have set the show up for a better second season.
Aerial Assault
Footballguy
It's really the last 3 or so eps of S2 where it goes off the rails. But we are talking nuclear-armed, full-speed derailment over a waterfall.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Maybe that's a thread, what would have happened if other shows "pulled a Homeland in S2"? Bunk falls in love with Omar and begins providing him with inside info so he can evade the gangs and police. Avon and Stringer pose as women to flee the police and take a road trip to Vegas. McNulty begins killing homeless people to fake a aerial killer so that he can divert money to the drug war.It goes completely off the rails half way through season 2. I cannot think of another show that implodes as fast as this one.Are you saying I'm being too picky, or does it get more outlandish than that?And the CIA agent banging a dude she thinks is a turned terrorist, very far fetched.
Aerial Assault
Footballguy
No, that would have been cool. Frank.You'll just have to see. It's indescribable, really. And what's weird is that much of S2 before that was quite enjoyable.
flapgreen
Footballguy
Watched first episode of season 2 and have really gotten into it over the last half season. Have to watch it all of the way through now.
jamny
Footballguy
I had no idea she was even pregnant until after I watched the second season. They hide that for the show, not part of the storyline.
Basically, the first four episodes of S2 are amazing. It was knocking on the door of my top 5 shows. Then all of a sudden you are reminded that these producers worked on 24, with some asinine side plots popping up and the kids acting like morons. I still think the finale was pretty good, though it also had its issues. The producers stepped up and accepted responsibility in post-season interviews, so I'm hoping it will get back on track in S3.
jamny
Footballguy
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
This. It went from a "serious" show to more like Breaking Bad...not that its a bad thing but still enjoyable.
flapgreen
Footballguy
Good. Was worried about Saul getting her pregnant or worse.
Aerial Assault
Footballguy
Right. Good God do I hate it when they write a real-life pregnancy into a show.
I knew about it and was watching for it, and it's only in the last S2 ep or two that Carrie is wearing baggier clothes and moving around a bit less. No impact on the plot at all. They wish they had that excuse.
Aerial Assault
Footballguy
flapgreen
Footballguy
In the few episodes of 24 that I watched, I hated them.
flapgreen
Footballguy
Apple Jack
Footballguy
That's not nearly as bad as taking the climax you were building your first season towards and doing the opposite simply because Damien Lewis won an Emmy.
jamny
Footballguy
Aerial Assault
Footballguy
Is that the working theory? Oof.Apple Jack said:
bostonfred
Footballguy
Wait for it...
jamny
Footballguy
pollardsvision
Footballguy
Sort of. Brody was originally supposed to die. Obviously, they decided against it. I don't think it was the Emmy. I think they switched about halfway through filming S1, not because of the Emmy.
It was a little worse in this case because it screwed up a great season ending, but it's not like it's uncommon for characters that were originally supposed to die off early to go on and become an integral part of the show because the producers or network realize they are even better than expected.
I think this is the case with two best characters on the best drama on TV right now (Breaking Bad).
Mario Kart
Footballguy
Brody needs to die or not be shown for a season or so. I wonder how the show would have looked with Brody's death in season 1. Would it have been better? More grounded? That is why he needs to go because with him, now, it is too far fetched.
Trey
Footballguy
Disagree. Killing Brody at the end of S1 would have been very similar to the end of 24 S1. Could have been built on for future seasons.
flapgreen
Footballguy
I haven't seen 24. I like Brody's character a lot and think he brings a lot to the show far. Remember, I haven't seen the second half of season 2 yet. I could change my mind.
Aerial Assault
Footballguy
Q&A. That's arguably the best ep of the season; sadly, the gent who wrote it died of a heart attack a couplefew months back. Then there are maybe two more strong ones and two more ok ones, then, well, you'll see.
