Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!:
I haven't watched since they killed Brody. Is it still worth watching?
The new season has largely been place setting for a new narractive, but it's been promising enough.
In case you want to watch it fresh a broad outline is spoilerized
Spoiler!
Carrie is in private practice security for a Billionaire in Berlin. Has her kid, has a boyfriend, trying to live normal civilian life.
Hacker/Snowden type intercepts high level intel concerning US Intel spying on German citizens at German intel behest to circumvent German domestic laws.
Saul comes in to do damage control, which involves taking out some assets and serving up some sacrificial :-). Up in the air if this will shake out as US spying on allies in order to save German intel ass, or if Germany AND US will take the PR hit.
Carrie's boss funds a Syrian refugee initiative. Carrie uses her experience to guarantee he safety when he goes onsite to tout his plan. A bomb attempt is thwarted and she gets her boss back to safety but intel [torture] reveals that Carrie was the target not her boss.
Quinn is deep cover drop boxed into assassinating a target. After he completes mission, gets a new drop box target, Carrie.
Still up in the air why Carrie is being target and by who. Could be old resentments, but the involvement of Quinn suggests someone in US intel inner circle.
Originally Posted by kepp:
Anyone catch the first couple episodes? It started OK, but should pick up quite a bit now that Quinn has the info on his latest target.
Every season starts slow. I think its picking up now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!:
I haven't watched since they killed Brody. Is it still worth watching?
Yes, surprisingly. I thought when the whole Brody angle was done the show would die a slow death, but last season was stronger than expected and this season is shaping up to be really good. Give it a go. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
Yes, surprisingly. I thought when the whole Brody angle was done the show would die a slow death, but last season was stronger than expected and this season is shaping up to be really good. Give it a go.
Yep, Homeland has always started off slow. It's rolling now. Didn't see that ending coming. Saul is getting undercut so that has to be someone pretty damn high up.
I like the Syria angle.
Why would his girlfriend try to throw him under the bus when they are sleeping together? She's a two faces cut throat career climbing bitch, okay, fine and dandy. But Saul finds out and still porks her? [Reply]
Call your shot on Allison's response to the events at the end [both future action 'response' to come, and facial/body language 'response' in the scene itself]. We know she's shady, but how shady, and what's next? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Call your shot on Allison's response to the events at the end [both future action 'response' to come, and facial/body language 'response' in the scene itself]. We know she's shady, but how shady, and what's next?
Yeah, good question. I couldn't tell if that look on her face was her just falling into an old habit and lovers arms, or the look of someone relieved she was able to figure out a way to save her standing by banging the boss. Saul DID tell Dar Adahl that he was "going to need her" for the weekend....
She is a wild card to the story - is she under double secret probation orders, or lashing out on her own with an agenda? [Reply]
I know Carrie mentioned it, but it still seems a little glossed over that you'd have to be an idiot to believe that Quinn would actually kill Carrie. I thought it was going to turn out that Saul did it with that in mind, like he knew if he sent Quinn after Carrie Quinn would find and protect her rather than kill her. [Reply]
