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"I wanted the attack to just happen as planned."

the more tv i watch, the more i find myself rooting for the bad guys. i feel like the potential fallout and how writers handle it is infinitely more interesting than averting disaster and neatly resolving conflict.

12/20/2011 11:50:32 AM

I liked the finale. thought the show got better in the second half of the season.

12/20/2011 11:51:38 AM

^^ this didn't exactly resolve neatly though. I thought it was a pretty perfect finale.

[Edited on December 20, 2011 at 12:01 PM. Reason : .]

12/20/2011 11:56:37 AM

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"My mind could be fuzzy, but now that we saw the real plot, what was the purpose of the white lady and professor earlier in the season, other than her ID'ing Walker?"

To buy the house for Tom Walker to shoot from originally but it seems the plan changed once the CIA figured that out.

12/20/2011 12:01:01 PM

^ what was Brody's role in that plot?

12/20/2011 12:36:12 PM

maybe there was a similar plot, Walker shoots people by the Marine One landing zone, Brody gets rushed into the safe room with everyone else

12/20/2011 1:12:18 PM

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"^^ this didn't exactly resolve neatly though. I thought it was a pretty perfect finale. "

i agree it wasn't neat, which was good. i just don't want to be in season 4 and the main plot is still carrie trying to expose brody. i would've much preferred brody blow himself up and have s2 focus on the aftermath of the attack and nazir's next move.

12/20/2011 1:20:00 PM

I love that brody didn't blow himself up.

It's refreshing to have a show not adhere to to one Big Bad per season status quo.

Plus if he blew himself up we wouldn't have the brilliant payoff of Carrie saving the day but not knowing it.

12/20/2011 1:36:03 PM

^agreed!

12/20/2011 1:38:11 PM

woops I meant ^^^agreed

12/22/2011 2:15:02 PM

I was hoping he would pull off the vest bombing. Jack Bauer wont stand for this shit.

12/22/2011 3:35:35 PM

Agree - Jack Bauer would've wrapped this shit up in the first two episodes and would be sitting on the couch watching reruns.

12/22/2011 5:55:41 PM

You mean after spending 12 episodes trying to figure out who the mole is in CTU this year?

12/22/2011 5:57:00 PM

zinger

12/22/2011 6:03:20 PM

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"I was banking on them purposefully giving him explosives that didn't work to test his loyalty with long term plans to have him become manchurian candidate."

That makes no sense.

Brody was the only one in that bunker that new what he was up to. There were only 2 outcomes that could possible have happened.

1: The vest malfunctions(It did)
2: Brody pusses out(he did, after trying to fix the vest)

Had it been a test Nazir woud have no idea that he tried to flip the switch or if he would've pussed out.

12/22/2011 7:07:18 PM

He was supposed to say some Islamic words before hitting the switch wasn't he?

He never did that (obviously would have given him away) but he thought the vest was going to work, so I wonder why he stayed silent

12/22/2011 7:11:09 PM

I cant remember.. Was he mic'ed?

12/22/2011 7:12:01 PM

what do you mean

why would he have had a microphone

12/22/2011 7:13:00 PM

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"He was supposed to say some Islamic words"

So *if* it was supposed to be a test and he said the Islamic words Nazir would've heard and passed the test..

12/22/2011 7:15:41 PM

I was kinda hoping the vest would detonate while he was sitting on the toilet

12/22/2011 7:22:05 PM

The 'Islamic words' I would assume would just be a prayer to Allah and probably doesn't need to be said aloud.

12/22/2011 7:23:52 PM

he was thinking the instructions in his head "say the holy words" or something like that

and any other movie I've seen (lol) the suicide bombers have yelled something aloud before detonating

12/22/2011 7:31:13 PM

he should've ran full speed towards the Vice Pres yelling "LA-LA-LA-LA-LA!" before he hit the switch

then when nothing happened, he could've been like "oh i'm sorry, i don't know what came over me"

12/22/2011 7:44:12 PM

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"he should've ran full speed towards the Vice Pres yelling "LA-LA-LA-LA-LA!" before he hit the switch"

Dont you mean..

he should've ran full speed towards the Vice Pres yelling "ALLAH-ALLAH-ALLAH!" before he hit the switch

12/22/2011 7:45:54 PM

yeah but the way you type it i imagine him being like "Allah!!! ...... Allah!! (pauses again)"

i imagined more of a RZA Bobby Digital tempo LA LA LA LA LA!

12/22/2011 7:50:03 PM

I was going for the same tempo

12/22/2011 8:08:47 PM

FWIW on Brody's wife calling him Brody on the previous page, I think it's weird too

And to bbehes credit, I do know a married couple, the husband was military, met his now wife after already being in and she calls him by his last name. I think that's weird too but I've seen it IRL

Great first season, looking forward to more. I wish Homeland was on a different night than Dexter. It's too much to watch both back to back. I'd prefer them split up but understand they positioned Homeland after Dexter to win viewers

12/28/2011 12:03:58 PM

Just won the Golden Globe for best drama series, at least American Horror Story or Boss didn't win.

[Edited on January 15, 2012 at 8:43 PM. Reason : .]

1/15/2012 8:42:20 PM

wonder if Dexter Season 6 won the "worst television series of the year" award since some of the critics were saying shit like that

1/15/2012 8:45:56 PM

Best Drama Series? Seriously??

1/16/2012 9:28:59 AM

at least it wasn't Boss or American Horror Story.

1/16/2012 9:31:30 AM

^^Over Boardwalk Empire, Boss, Game of Thrones, American Horror Story?

Uh, yes.

[Edited on January 16, 2012 at 1:53 PM. Reason : ,]

1/16/2012 1:53:28 PM

Just finished watching the whole first season. Agree the finale didn't quite live up to what I hoped, but wasn't terrible. Definitely looking foward to the 2nd season.

And not sure if this has been mentioned but Saul is Indigo Montoya from Princess Bride. That blew my mind almost more than Uncle Phil being the voice of shredder in the turtles cartoons

1/31/2012 9:27:46 AM

^ just finished the series and I didnt realize that.

hilarious

3/16/2012 12:10:51 AM

^^ haha this was pointed out to me in the middle of the season! I did a quadruple take

3/16/2012 3:11:07 AM

wha wha what?! i did not realize that. wow.

3/16/2012 8:21:45 AM

IMDB, people. IMDB.

3/16/2012 10:29:14 AM

Yes, because we should go look up every single person we see on tv or in a movie to see what else they have been in and what their character was.

3/16/2012 1:40:23 PM

if you're good you only do it to confirm your thoughts

3/16/2012 1:47:28 PM

Oh gawd. Was covered in the third post of the thread.

3/16/2012 1:55:04 PM

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/06/21/3333042/homeland-is-filming-in-uptown.html

6/22/2012 3:14:17 AM

sweet.

NC the new Hollywood.

Zach Galifianakis, amy poehler, and Owen Wilson were filming a movie in my hometown this week. and Iron Man 3 in Raleigh & Wilmington.

and the one that started it all Dawson's Creek.

6/22/2012 5:06:09 PM

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Wilmington,%20North%20Carolina,%20USA&sort=boxoffice_gross_us

[Edited on June 22, 2012 at 5:10 PM. Reason : box office link]

6/22/2012 5:07:51 PM

Weekend at Bernie's

Bald Head Island, North Carolina, USA

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Fort Fisher, Kure Beach, North Carolina, USA

New York City, New York, USA

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, USA

6/22/2012 5:11:25 PM

north carolina was the second most popular US filming location long before dawsons creek came around

6/22/2012 5:17:37 PM

yeah that's why I posted that link

6/22/2012 5:33:22 PM

So Homeland got good again this season

2/20/2017 5:07:52 PM

I'm enjoying it, that's for sure.

2/21/2017 8:43:48 AM

I thought the first 1-2 episodes were pretty meh. Caught up over the weekend - definitely picking up now and getting a lot better.

2/22/2017 2:30:27 PM

Tomorrow's episode is already online

I'm glad this show is good again

2/25/2017 3:32:04 PM