“Why Is This Night Different?” feels like an overly complicated table-setting episode, especially given the way Homeland merges its other two subplots.
Carrie’s been alone this whole season, and both literally and figuratively, has no super power to fall back on.
Homeland is firing on all cylinders when it focuses on what all of this endless terrorism means to the individual players, particularly Carrie.
Homeland is best when both sides are nuanced and evenly matched, and even better when the two are dangerously overlapping.
Like the excellent fourth season of Homeland, season five suggests a politically wise and deeply skeptical update of John le Carré‘s very best spy-centric work.
Tonight’s season finale of Homeland was a homecoming of sorts, a return from the wilderness, a clearing of the slate.
A sense of loss, in love and war alike, permeates the episode.
Homeland has once again assumed its place as television’s sharpest appraisal of the War on Terror.
In short, Homeland functions as a closed system in which American might fosters radical resistance.
“Halfway to a Donut” is the most focused episode of Homeland so far this season.
For all the sound and fury it expends to propel this season’s narrative in new directions, “Redux” sends Homeland hurtling into history.
It spirals toward the conceit the series has always used to frame its chase down the rabbit hole of American foreign policy.
Tonight’s episode of Homeland ably frames its accelerating narrative as a clash between competing intelligence agencies.
Tonight’s episode of Homeland transforms the laborious setup of “Shalwar Kameez” into a precipitous cascade of new developments.
“Shalwar Kameez” is a story in three smiles: one knowing, one exhilarated, and one conspiratorial.
It succeeds in establishing the psychological state of play with much the same straightforwardness that “The Drone Queen” traded in politics.
The reset that follows Nicolas Brody’s death in Iran at the end of season three may save Homeland from ignominy.
Like a John le Carré novel, Homeland once again grants what feels like an insider’s perspective on espionage and the politics behind it.
In case you haven’t noticed, Kevin Costner is in the midst of what could be a major career resurgence.
One’s enjoyment of “The Star” and, really, the entire third season of Homeland boils down to whether one is a fan of redemption stories.