anyone watch "homeland"?

[DesertFlower]

[Nay]

1. Yes. SPOILERS AHEAD.

I wondered what was gonna happen to Brodie -- got my suspicions confirmed. A bad way to go.

[DesertFlower]

2. i can't stop crying.

why didn't he say "i love you"?

[madrchsod]

3. sometimes...

my wife watches it and when i`m not on the computer i may pay attention. from what i've seen its more fiction than fact

[DesertFlower]

5. my late husband loved the series.

[elfin]

4. Yes, only way to end the season

Looks like we may be learning more about Turkey next year.

Amazing how current this series is.

[DesertFlower]

6. i agree. nt

[Little Star]

7. I. Can't. Believe. What. Just. Happened!....

Holy crap.

[DebJ]

8. Yup. Wow.

I don't think the writers had much other option.

[Mojo Electro]

9. Amazing show.

Can't wait for next season.

[Little Star]

10. Me too!

[DesertFlower]

26. same here. i thought it

would end after the second season, but was delightfully surprised when it didn't.

[MNBrewer]

11. perhaps, but not I

[tritsofme]

12. That could have served as a series finale.

It'll be interesting to see where they go next year!

[DesertFlower]

13. i thought it was but it's been renewed.

[dipsydoodle]

14. Subtle spoiler

[mnhtnbb]

15. Yes.

Time for the series to end.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. I recorded it, will watch tonight.

It's tempting to open the responses with "spoiler alerts", but I'm resisting.

[Iggo]

17. I tried, but I can't stand torture porn.

I stuck around til the end of the first season, then that was it.

[Skinner]

18. Unbelievable.

As I was watching it in disbelief I said to my wife, "There is no plausible way that they can get out of this." In the back of my mind I thought that they were going to pull some hollywood plot twist and save Brody, but I did not believe they could possibly do it in a plausible way. Send in the marines and save him at the last moment? I was torn between hoping Brody would get saved, and hoping the series would not let me down with some sort of ridiculous, contrived plot twist.

I am sorry to see Brody go, and I don't know how the show can continue without him. But I respect the fact that they actually went through with it. I'm reminded of that quote from George R. R. Martin:

“I've been killing characters my entire career, maybe I'm just a bloody minded bastard, I don't know, when my characters are in danger, I want you to be afraid to turn the page (and to do that) you need to show right from the beginning that you're playing for keeps.”

[BainsBane]

19. I don't think he's essential to the story

There will be new terrorist threats in Istanbul, possibly new moles in the CIA. Carrie can finally have the romance with Quinn everyone has been rooting for. I think Brody had to go actually.

[Blue_In_AK]

27. Exactly.

I love Damien Lewis as an actor, but what more could they do with Brody? He would never be fully assimilated back into the US with his past, and there's only so much he could do abroad. And Quinn obviously is in love with Carrie so that opens up all kinds of little subplots. I'm fine with this shift in direction.

[BainsBane]

30. I think Quinn is a far better match for her

In addition to being dreamy, he has never killed a Vice President of the US. That's one I would have a hard time getting past. I'm amazed at how that one never came back to bite Brody or Carrie. Quinn is also more steady emotionally, which Carrie needs.

[Blue_In_AK]

37. And, yes, he IS dreamy

and so obviously in love with her.

[Little Star]

39. Yes he is and yes he is!

[Little Star]

38. I'm in love with him in my dreams, for real! He cares more about her...

than any other character on the show and that makes him even more appealing.

[BainsBane]

20. I don't like the plot about the baby

I suppose it's interesting in that it introduces the sort of dilemmas women in the intelligence field actual face, but now that Brody is gone the baby is a side line. So what are they going to do with the story? The father takes the baby, Carrie goes to Istanbul and then worries about the child? I wish they hadn't made her get pregnant.

[DesertFlower]

24. will she leave the baby with her father

or take it to istanbul? it's going to be interesting.

[Little Star]

40. I am not thrilled about having a baby story line either. ugh!

[cthulu2016]

21. A good show that turned into among the worst things ever televised

The last season of Homeland is below the intellectual level of a daytime soap.

[otohara]

22. Damian Lewis Was My Reason

for watching.

No reason to watch this unrealistic show now that the best actors have been banished

[DesertFlower]

25. claire danes is a great actress.

they might introduce new interesting characters.

[otohara]

29. Meh

She's not that great in this show.
I think I'm done with Homeland.

[BainsBane]

31. I agree. She's excellent

and the show is well written. I couldn't disagree more with the haters.

[DesertFlower]

33. it's a great show. thank goodness

for good shows. there aren't many left. so many great ones were cancelled, i.e., "without a trace", "harry's law", CSI-NY, etc.

tv seems to have been taken over by stupid reality shows. i don't give a damn about the Kardashians, the Bachelor, etc.

i haven't been watcing "Masters of Sex" but i kept SHowtime on last night and it looks like it's good. they were talking about ECT for a woman's husband who liked men. i'll wait for the re-runs and watch from the beginning.

[BainsBane]

34. I've watched some of it.

I don't find it nearly as compelling as Homeland, Game of Thrones, or the Borgias, which has been cancelled. It's sort of odd in that Masters appears very uptight and doesn't exactly devote much attention to his sex life with his wife.

[DesertFlower]

36. like i said i just caught a piece of it last night.

i'm also looking forward to the return of "the americans" on FX in feburary.

one of the best series i ever saw was HBO's "six feet under".

[maddezmom]

23. Yes

Watched it this am and was stunned.

[searchingforlight]

28. I do enjoy it and am not sure the door is closed for Brody.

Lewis signed a 7 year contract this year which doesn't mean he can't be killed of earlier, he will still get paid, but does leave the door open.

His hanging looked a little suspicious and the timing was strange. To schedule it just before the call to prayer that would require everyone to leave left room for doubt. Seems it would usually have been scheduled to allow for maximum crowd frenzy.

I also think Brody could make the transition if he came back and went to work for Saul as black ops. I think that is what they intimated Saul would be doing in NY. He could support Claire and be in the background with little public exposure. They could maintain the lake house as their base.

I think that Claire will take the baby to Istanbul. Plenty of support there with nannies and protection. That kind of stability would definitely allow the writers to grow her character.

Yes, I am a dreamer.

[BainsBane]

32. Really? I didn't know about the 7 yr contract

That would be too fake and ultra Hollywood if they brought him back, sort of like the dream that Bobby was dead on Dallas. I hope you're wrong.

Perhaps Showtime will develop another show for him?

[searchingforlight]

35. It would make it pretty far fetched.

Lewis did say that the writers were having a hard time with the complexities of his character and that they have wanted to kill him since the first season to make the story sharper.

Kurt Sutter sure has no problem killing people off and the story goes on. One of the posters mentioned George Martin and I know that with each death in his books I was shocked but it didn't keep me from enjoying the story.

[Little Star]

41. Oh please don't tell me we are in for years of Brody flashbacks.

[trumad]

42. No--Dana flashbacks.

[Little Star]

43. Dana character=ugh...

I've seen enough of that character to last me a life time, lol.

[Nay]

44. Me, too. I can't stand that whiny little creep. nt