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Good on Saul for not kissing up to Lockhart at the toast. I though, "Good man!" when I saw him take a stance, smart or not for his future.

About to get really interesting with Carrie. If Saul's in on this most recent seizure, somehow, I'll be disappointed. Want to see what the writers have for this development.
Not sure what you mean. The whole point of the operation is for Carrie to meet the Iranian. Not kidnapped necessarily, but being taken to meet him was the goal.

 
Good on Saul for not kissing up to Lockhart at the toast. I though, "Good man!" when I saw him take a stance, smart or not for his future.

About to get really interesting with Carrie. If Saul's in on this most recent seizure, somehow, I'll be disappointed. Want to see what the writers have for this development.
Not sure what you mean. The whole point of the operation is for Carrie to meet the Iranian. Not kidnapped necessarily, but being taken to meet him was the goal.
What you're saying is what I meant. In that, it was calculated/planned that Saul would go before congress and thrash Carrie, have her committed, etc. to setup Carrie's meeting with the Iranian. I don't know if they calculated last week's capture/potential torture, which is why I'm saying it's an interesting twist that Carrie was taken out of her home in the manner that she was. Looking forward to next week.

 
Good on Saul for not kissing up to Lockhart at the toast. I though, "Good man!" when I saw him take a stance, smart or not for his future.

About to get really interesting with Carrie. If Saul's in on this most recent seizure, somehow, I'll be disappointed. Want to see what the writers have for this development.
Not sure what you mean. The whole point of the operation is for Carrie to meet the Iranian. Not kidnapped necessarily, but being taken to meet him was the goal.
And I don't think he was surprised at all that she was taken unexpectedly. Nor did he seem nervous for her. He really trusts/believes in her.

Poor Saul always seems so stressed out, then has to walk in to his house to see his wife having dinner with some tool.

 
So did the terrorist know about Carries decision to reach out to the FBI to help Dana? He cited the yoga play in the final scene...

 
So did the terrorist know about Carries decision to reach out to the FBI to help Dana? He cited the yoga play in the final scene...
No, he was just showing his dominance over her and his oh-so-cool-customer knowledge of American culture.

Oh, wait. This is Homeland! Sorry. The answer is yes. He will reveal at the start of the interrogation next episode that he thought she was very clever going into a yoga studio, having something arranged with a chick who neither looked a speck like her nor was even wearing the same color, then slipping out the back!!!!!!111 Iranian Dude will definitely be impressed by this awesome tradecraft. And all the while you're wondering why, if he saw through the ridiculous ruse, he isn't more mistrustful of her. And then there will be some other twist, or Saul will come home to his wife doing a Whitesnake-style video shoot on the hood of her car in their driveway with a couple of random dudes, or Dana will be kidnapped or Brody will escape from Caracas and you'll forget that none of the previous episode mattered or made any sense.

 
I don't know why you guys don't see it. This show lives, dies, and survives because of Dana. She is the key to success when it comes to this show.

 
I want to see Carrie proposition Saul again.... and then Saul takes her up on it.

The scene begins with Saul laying on his stomach, as Carrie braids his back hair. That's all I got so far.

 
Way behind on season 3... just started watching episode 3. Big fan of this Spanish chick, I hope she's featured heavily in every episode for the remainder of the series.

 
Yeah, I don't know about this. I was hopeful at first, but this show's hitting the skids fast, even by Showtime standards.

Hope Danes has the good sense to try and pull the plug sooner rather than later. But honestly, this should've been a mini-series.

 
Yeah, I don't know about this. I was hopeful at first, but this show's hitting the skids fast, even by Showtime standards.

Hope Danes has the good sense to try and pull the plug sooner rather than later. But honestly, this should've been a mini-series.
Could have been spectacular as a one-season show. Or even if they'd have killed Brody like what was intended and moved on to a reinstated, sane Carrie working with Saul with a totally new stroyline for season 2.

 
Yeah, I don't know about this. I was hopeful at first, but this show's hitting the skids fast, even by Showtime standards.

Hope Danes has the good sense to try and pull the plug sooner rather than later. But honestly, this should've been a mini-series.
Could have been spectacular as a one-season show. Or even if they'd have killed Brody like what was intended and moved on to a reinstated, sane Carrie working with Saul with a totally new stroyline for season 2.
If you've stuck with the show this long I don't know why you would bail. The agency has become the star of the show. Saul v Iranian dude is exactly what the show should be about. It's far from perfect but the show seems to be heading in the right direction. They may even be responding to viewer hatred of the Brody's and started phasing them out.

 
Yeah, I don't know about this. I was hopeful at first, but this show's hitting the skids fast, even by Showtime standards.

Hope Danes has the good sense to try and pull the plug sooner rather than later. But honestly, this should've been a mini-series.
Could have been spectacular as a one-season show. Or even if they'd have killed Brody like what was intended and moved on to a reinstated, sane Carrie working with Saul with a totally new stroyline for season 2.
If you've stuck with the show this long I don't know why you would bail. The agency has become the star of the show. Saul v Iranian dude is exactly what the show should be about. It's far from perfect but the show seems to be heading in the right direction. They may even be responding to viewer hatred of the Brody's and started phasing them out.
Not bailing, since the season is finally getting good.

But the show as a whole could have been much, much better.

 
Yeah, I don't know about this. I was hopeful at first, but this show's hitting the skids fast, even by Showtime standards.

Hope Danes has the good sense to try and pull the plug sooner rather than later. But honestly, this should've been a mini-series.
Could have been spectacular as a one-season show. Or even if they'd have killed Brody like what was intended and moved on to a reinstated, sane Carrie working with Saul with a totally new stroyline for season 2.
If you've stuck with the show this long I don't know why you would bail. The agency has become the star of the show. Saul v Iranian dude is exactly what the show should be about. It's far from perfect but the show seems to be heading in the right direction. They may even be responding to viewer hatred of the Brody's and started phasing them out.
Oh, and I bailed on Dexter with only two episodes left. Gonna give Homeland a few more episodes to keep upping its game, but I have no qualms about bailing when a show nosedives as badly as this has.

 
As dumb as some of that Iranian dudes plot arc is, I still enjoy at least an effort at suspenseful television. The amount of time and effort they put into Dana, only to lead to her moving out with some random chick is mind boggling. Who thought any of that time spent on her was worthy of it? I would have preferred Quin being given a case of the week to solve as the B story to Carrie and Saul.

 
Yeah, I don't know about this. I was hopeful at first, but this show's hitting the skids fast, even by Showtime standards.

Hope Danes has the good sense to try and pull the plug sooner rather than later. But honestly, this should've been a mini-series.
Could have been spectacular as a one-season show. Or even if they'd have killed Brody like what was intended and moved on to a reinstated, sane Carrie working with Saul with a totally new stroyline for season 2.
If you've stuck with the show this long I don't know why you would bail. The agency has become the star of the show. Saul v Iranian dude is exactly what the show should be about. It's far from perfect but the show seems to be heading in the right direction. They may even be responding to viewer hatred of the Brody's and started phasing them out.
Not bailing, since the season is finally getting good.

But the show as a whole could have been much, much better.
They botched the end of season 1, by not killing Brody, because they thought they had a star on their hands in Lewis. Flash-forward to season 3 and he's basically absent from the show. Hasn't instilled confidence in the showrunners. But at least it's started to look like they've learned from their mistakes.

 
The amount of time and effort they put into Dana, only to lead to her moving out with some random chick is mind boggling.
Lesbians, I'm telling you. That stupid kid she almost ran away with drove her to muff.

You will all apologize to me when this is revealed.

 
Yeah, I don't know about this. I was hopeful at first, but this show's hitting the skids fast, even by Showtime standards.

Hope Danes has the good sense to try and pull the plug sooner rather than later. But honestly, this should've been a mini-series.
Could have been spectacular as a one-season show. Or even if they'd have killed Brody like what was intended and moved on to a reinstated, sane Carrie working with Saul with a totally new stroyline for season 2.
They should have killed Brody at the end of season one and then, like American Horror Story, given the cast all new characters and a completely different story in season two. Maybe do a season about an oil refinery, or something set in a hospital....

 
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Yeah, I don't know about this. I was hopeful at first, but this show's hitting the skids fast, even by Showtime standards.

Hope Danes has the good sense to try and pull the plug sooner rather than later. But honestly, this should've been a mini-series.
So for someone who is new to the show would it be ideal to watch only one or two seasons?

 
madshot31 said:
Yeah, I don't know about this. I was hopeful at first, but this show's hitting the skids fast, even by Showtime standards.

Hope Danes has the good sense to try and pull the plug sooner rather than later. But honestly, this should've been a mini-series.
So for someone who is new to the show would it be ideal to watch only one or two seasons?
First one's great, second one's a mess. This one's better than season 2, but nowhere near season 1.

 
Chaka said:
Good Posting Judge said:
Not getting all the like/love for Quin. He's a cardboard cutout.
Isn't that kind of the point?
You like bland, lifeless characters who don't add anything to the story? He's not bad, he's just kind of...there.
I'd imagine those are the kind of people who end up doing the dirty work for intelligence orgs. :shrug:
Maybe so but so far his only claim to fame is he stabbed a defenseless prisoner (handcufed too IIRC) in the hand. It was an awesome scene but I honestly can't remember anything else he has done.

 

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