From Eh? To Que?

“TOWER OF DAVID”

Meter Reading: 50/100

Well, we got what we wanted- Brody. Was it worth all the build-up? I experienced so many different emotions during last Sunday’s “Tower of David” episodes, with the main emotion being anger. Another week, another awful episode. Let’s get straight into C’MON HOMELAND because there’s a lot to cover:

C’MON HOMELAND:

1.       Let’s start with a clear #1: Brody turning up in Caita La Mar, Venezuela. Excuse me, he’s where???? We last left Brody on the Canadian – U.S. border at the end of Season 2 and now he’s in Caracas? Maybe we can assume that the Colombians (we find Brody bleeding with bullet wounds in his abdomen) paid someone to have him transported by boat, submarine or plane to South America. Sure, Homeland. Make me feel like an idiot and I’ll imagine whatever I want to because you will never explain how things happened. I guarantee Brody getting from Canada to South America goes unrevealed. I hope it doesn’t, but I bet it does. C’MON HOMELAND

2.       Why are the writers trying to draw parallels between Carrie and Brody’s circumstances? Is this what the show is going to resort to? The writers are trying so hard to make something out of nothing. At the end of the episode the writers leave the audience with Carrie, a mentally-ill human being and Brody, a nationally-wanted terrorist confined to their little areas, ALONE. Their lives are so similar so why wouldn’t we want to draw parallels? Umm, no. This tactic is lazy and is going to lead to more unrealistic storylines where Carrie eventually saves Brody. Maybe, if we’re lucky, Carrie will build a hot air balloon and float down to South America and save Brody! C’MON HOMELAND!!

3.       Brody, self-injecting heroine into his bloodstream trying to kill himself. Cop out. C’MON HOMELAND

4.       Why is the Venezuelan gang not collecting on the $10 million? And, not that I care because I don’t, but how does the leader of a gang in Venezuela know Carrie Mathison? C’MON HOMELAND

5.       Throughout the series, Brody has shown himself to be a formidable fighter as well as a strategic thinker. Did he really think that going to a mosque would fly because he somewhat converted to Islam? Did he think he could just leave a compound surrounded by armed gang members? This makes very little sense and does not fall in line with the typical Brody character we have come to know over the last 2 seasons. C’MON HOMELAND

6.       How can the 2 most popular characters not have any air time for an hour-long episode? Where are Saul and Quinn? C’MON HOMELAND

So I know what you’re thinking, what are the silver linings because things seem pretty dim right now? Well, I am not sure that I know of any right now…but I am happy that the Dana Brody / Brody family storyline went untouched for one.

PREDICTIONS:

·         The show will (definitely) be cancelled at the end of this current season

Character(s) of the Week:

Erik Dellums. What a creepy, disgusting character!

I knew I recognized him but did could not place the exact show I knew him from. Originally, I thought that he was the morgue examiner on a Law & Order series and I was close. For all of you “The Wire” fans out there, he played the medical examiner from 2002-2004. I was so damn close!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0217529/

Question of the Week:

What storyline could possibly salvage this season (or series) for Homeland?