“THE YOGA PLAY”
Meter Reading: First 45
minutes of the episode- 30/100; Last
10 minutes of the episode- 80/100
One of my biggest
complaints this season is that the first 45 minutes of Homeland is usually
unnecessary, filler plot. Not much usually happens, except for Saul
mean-mugging somebody and Carrie crying and quivering her chin like a crazy
person. And this episode’s apple did not fall far from the tree. I, like many
others, feel invested emotionally and physically in Homeland and that is why I
am the show’s biggest critic because I love the show and want it to be the
best. You know your show is bad when the parodies of your show are more
entertaining than the actual episodes.
Cases in point:
Saturday Night Live Homeland Parody
Sesame Street Homeland Parody (credit
due to CD)
Anyways,
let’s get back to this past week’s episode and unlike Homeland, I listen to
what the people want and the people have spoken…
C’MON HOMELAND!:
1.
Jump
to the beginning of the episode where we see our mystery man, assumed to be
Saul’s target and mastermind of the Langley bombing, entering the United
States. So I understand the point of border control and I would probably sum
that up as “controlling the border”. It’s the small details that Homeland
misses which really grind my gears. Here’s what I took away from that scene- if
you are Middle Eastern (read: no American citizenship), well-groomed, dress in
a nice suit and drive a nice car then you do not pose a threat to national security and should
be allowed to enter the United States without as much as stepping out of your
car or providing some sort of papers that show you as having business in the
country where terrorism is our most pressing issue (besides the Affordable Care
Act). C’MON HOMELAND!
2.
The
aforementioned mystery man only able to satisfy his sandwich fix in the United
States. Why is the audience left in the dark about just what that amazing sandwich
was? These are the details I need in my life, Homeland. If you want your show
to be the best, you need to make every attempt to show every detail. If this
mystery man plans to be the “big bad wolf” so to speak, we need to be able to see
how he thinks, what he eats. DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS. Don’t even get me started about why this man who has a finely
tailored suit, does not carry a Tide To-Go Pen with him at all times. C’MON HOMELAND!
3.
I
don’t buy that Jessica Brody would enlist the help of one Carrie Mathison to
help track down her daughter when Carrie is partly to blame for everything that
is wrong with her life and family. I’m sure Carrie Mathison sleeping with Brody
is all water under the bridge now for Jessica. C’MON HOMELAND!
4. The Yoga Play is
a farce. When would it ever be possible for a person driving to go from DC to
Bethesda, and then back to DC in 15 minutessssss?????? They’re not even trying
to make sense anymore. C’MON HOMELAND!
5. How can Dana walk away scot-free after helping a
juvenile escape from a youth center? I hope they correct this in the next
episode. At least, it seems, this storyline may be done with but seriously,
this girl needs to be on medication. Also, what a terrible fake crier Dana is.
You have the distinguished honor of learning how to generate fake facial
emotions from one of the best in the business, Claire Danes, and that is all
you can produce? C’MON HOMELAND!
6. Mira just continues to disappoint. Your husband
is trying to rid the United States of terrorist acts and all you do is disappoint,
disappoint, dissappoint. Not only does Mira invite another man over to Saul
Berenson’s home to have dinner, while Saul is not home, but she doesn’t even
dress up for that dinner! Saul, I implore you, get rid of the dead weight! C’MON HOMELAND!
As much as I hate on
Homeland, I am excited for the next episode because it will most likely mean Quinn
going super-ninja on terrorists and Saul putting that plan into place. It just
stinks that we’ll have to wait out the first 45 minutes of the episode to see
it…
Predictions:
Still on that Homeland
to be cancelled tip. Don’t care what Showtime says.
Character(s) of the
Week:
So glad to have Max back
on the air!!!
Question of the Week:
Is Brody dead?
I have no additional insights but best blog post this season! Namaste
ReplyDeleteStayed home from work yesterday and binged on Homeland to catch up and then obviously binged on U's blog, cuz U is the best. My thoughts...
ReplyDeleteCarrie's on again/off again relationship with her medication has got to stop. We need her on her meds so that we can work with Saul in at least a semi-professional capacity.
Quinn has emerged as a great character always lurking and murking. Sometimes down a sniper scope, sometimes double parking by a yoga class. The fact that he has FINALLY been brought into the fold with Saul and Carrie was overdue...and finally a bright spot.
Saul - you be you, baby. Beard game, impeccable. Toastmaster to Senators/Soon-to-be-CIA-Directors, legendary. Running a secret long-con with Carrie,...a stretch, but I'm still with ya, Saul! Throwing that long-con into the grill of the Soon-to-be-CIA-Director, that's why Saul is king.
I believe that Homeland was moved off of Showtime prior to start of Season 3 because we are 5 episodes in and Jess hasn't gotten naked in a scene yet...poor form, Homeland.
Without Jess' boobs, the Brody household has resorted to Dana sexting a suicide pact creator. Needless to say, these are dark days in the Brody home. We haven't even seen Chris play Kuma Wars this season. I need less than half of the screen time currently devoted to all Brody home issues.
Speaking of the Brody's, the patriarch is in Venezuela hanging out with Necktattoo and Sexynurse and appears to be quite trapped there for now. I hope we get to learn more of where Brody has been and why Venezuelan thugs have no need for $10M...other than knowing Carrie.
Homeland is close to realizing the form we all want it to take: Carrie and Quinn out in the field, NOT sleeping with terrorists, but instead hunting them down and extracting information while Saul sees the whole chessboard back in Langley 2.0 and hunts down Brody, Al-Nazombi, or other such figures.
Prediction/Hope/Dream
Saul secretly keeps running the Iran operation after stepping down as Director / Carrie continues to work the Iranians, Quinn is on the trail to hunt her down / Carrie discovers intelligence that the terrorists are looking for Brody and have some intel on him, the hunt to find Brody by both terrorists and Saul’s covert CIA is on!
WE CAN SAVE THIS! WE CAN BUILD ON THIS! WE CAN GET RID OF CHRIS BRODY AS A CHARACTER!