Homeland

“IN MEMORIAM”

Meter Reading: 32/100

What I did not like about this week’s episode:

·         Everything

·         Carrie being able to sneak into the interrogation room and question Roya Hammad

·         Carrie being able to lead an FBI tactical team even though she works for a different organization

·         Carrie, in her vehicle, making a left-hand turn from the right-hand lane

·         Why didn’t the medic clean off Carrie’s blood-filled face?

·         Estes being able to threaten Saul even though the discovery of Estes wrong-doing is 10x worse than Saul’s

·         Abu Nazir hiding away in the same place he kidnaps and tortures his victims

·         Abu Nazir not picking up a weapon after slitting the throat of the FBI agent

·         Abu Nazir being dead (the only storyline left is Quinn killing Brody, then the show is over)

·         Homeland writers’ being too lazy to create suspense and instead wasting precious Homeland minutes with:

o    Carrie cleaning the blood off her face in the bathroom (~1.5 minutes)

o    Jess and Brody having a pointless conversation in the car after returning back home (~5 minutes)

o    Carrie and Brody having a moment at the end of the episode, weirdly touching each other’s face (~3 minutes)

·         Dana not being grateful to have milk, then essentially tossing it onto the floor because there was a small leak (I wish Homeland had American Idol-esque qualities and the audience determined who would be killed off from week to week – Dana would lead that Power Ranking, followed by Uncle Mike in a close 2^nd place). Who else would enjoy that format?

·         Carrie being able to jump to conclusions and decide that Galvez is the mole inside the CIA. I will say that I am glad that the Galvez being the mole storyline is over. I think all of America at one point or another thought Galvez might have been the mole.

What I did not understand about this week’s episode:

·         Everything

·         Quinn, although his only mission is to be a soldier and assassinate Brody, still running the entire operation

·         Jess not wanting to know Brody’s secrets although she’s been badgering him about it the entire season

What I liked about this week’s episode:

·         Almost nothing

·         Brody, after hearing the news of Abu Nazir’s death, breaks down into tears. I’m pretty sure this scene will garner Brody his 2^nd straight Emmy for Best Actor.

·         Roya Hammad still looking great after days of captivity

·         Saul’s attitude during the polygraph test

·         Saul’s shirt

·         Saul’s beard

·         Saul’s glasses

What needs to happen in next week’s episode / Predictions:

·         Less love storyline and more suspense. The fact that I was not on the edge of my seat biting my fingernails for more than 2 minutes during the 2^nd to last episode of the season is disgraceful. MORE SUSPENSE!

·         Brody needs to kill something or someone

·         Dana needs to get killed by something or someone

·         Galvez bleeds to death thanks to Carrie’s intuition that he was the mole inside the CIA

·         After Saul notifies Carrie that Estes is planning a hit on Brody via Quinn, Carrie will kill Quinn “accidentally”

·         Homeland will leave us with one of the biggest cliffhangers in all of television history

Character(s) of the Week: Since Homeland was clearly awful this week, I give you one of my favorite skits of all time.

http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/8/12/dave-chapelle-s-show-trading-spouses-spoof-348441