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“A RED WHEELBARROW”

Meter Reading: 65/100

My feelings for this past week’s episode can be summed up by clicking here. The reasoning behind my, still mediocre rating, is that as a critic, I need consistency and until Homeland can provide me with that, then that meter reading will not cross the 70-barrier, a score unseen by Homeland in several months. And BLW, I don’t care that I rated the first episode so high; it was a nostalgic rating! Hush up about it already.

Flashes of the old, brilliant Homeland surfaced in this past week’s episode and I for one, enjoyed the ride. See Homeland, when you have a Brody sighting in the episode, your audience is surprisingly happy. Then there was old Carrie, running after trouble, while being told to stand down by her superiors so she doesn’t jeopardize another mission. This b***h has got balls!

This is your show, stop steering away from it!

Quinn (what a haircut, by the way. The man is an Adonis!), left with no other option, was forced to take down crazy Carrie with a sniper shot straight to her shoulder, dropping Carrie to the street. In the moment, I was confused as to why the CIA did not want to intervene in Franklin’s (the Associate from the law-firm) attempted murder of the “alleged bomb mover”. But in order to not tip off Franklin and Bennett and risk the ruin of Saul’s master operation, I see why the CIA did not move in on Franklin.

Having said that, I’m thinking Carrie’s incentive to move in on Franklin and prevent him from murdering said “alleged bomb mover” would help to prove Brody’s innocence in the Langley bombing and make him a father worth having around…

Below is a recap from the scene where Carrie gets an ultrasound.

Doctor: So have you been drinking / taking any medication since you’ve been pregnant?

Carrie: Umm, well funny that you asked. I was taking Lithium up until a while ago because I was kind of in a mental hospital, these CIA guys had me committed, NBD. Then there was that stint where I was drinking non-stop, like A LOT OF DRINKING, even when I knew I was totally pregnant. Other than that, pretty much been normal!

Doctor: Yes, that does sound like you, Carrie.

C’MON HOMELAND!:

• So Saul is in Venezuela and man, he couldn’t fit in to a country worse than Venezuela. The man is so out of place, but when you show up with $10 million, people kinda sorta have to take you seriously. We knew this was going to happen, but I’m still upset it took 2/3 of the season to have it happen. C’MON HOMELAND!

I’m going to dedicate the next 2 C’MON HOMELAND’s! to everybody’s least favorite character, Mira. And she only holds that title because Dana Lazerow-Brody is no longer a character on the show (I hope!).

• Why is Saul breaking his back and burning himself on the stove to make Mira breakfast in bed? Somebody please explain to me how this would ever happen. C’MON, HOMELAND!

• Mira, enough with the sexual innuendos relating the amount of time to have sex with Saul to the amount of time Saul has before his meeting. Saul is not going to miss his meeting at the White House for you, please desist. C’MON HOMELAND!

I totally saw the strange, handsome man having an affair with Mira being a mole who steals information from Saul. It just makes perfect sense. But why is it so hard to tell what his ethnicity is? This could make for a great storyline…

• Why isn’t Quinn a stakeholder in larger CIA decision-making? Not only has he proven his worth as a soldier, he was instrumental in attaining Javadi and turning him to be an asset for Saul. My point is that I am sick of watching Dar Adal hand out orders. He’s just a bandwagoner who says “how high” when Saul says “jump”. It’s time for Quinn to get a larger role. Don’t get me wrong, he is an amazing soldier, but it’s time for more character development. Especially now that he is thinking of leaving the CIA, it’s a perfect time for it. C’MON HOMELAND!

PREDICTIONS:

• Brody checks into a rehab facility in Venezuela where he grows back not only the hair on his head, but also his face

• Carrie’s forced to have an abortion, in one way or the other

• The man who was having an affair with Mira works for Javadi since Javadi knows how to get to Saul

• Brody will be reunited with Carrie before he is reunited with his family

• With Saul in Venezuela, the mystery man who had an affair with Mira will hold Mira hostage and use her as ransom

• Dana Lazerow-Brody blackmailed the creator of Homeland to have a large role in this season because that’s the only way all of this makes sense

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

Will Brody be back in America this season?

CHARACTER(S) OF THE WEEK:

Jason Butler Harner

Do law firms usually hire trained killers / chemists as Associates? Because that’s awesome