I had hopes for the kid not being a total asshole, but I was clearly wrong about him. On the plus side, now Brody can blow up the VP while Dana blows up his son!

I had hopes for the kid not being a total asshole, but I was clearly wrong about him. On the plus side, now Brody can blow up the VP while Dana blows up his son!

@WCOG:disqus  That actually makes the Hezbollah link make sense, but it means that in the Homeland world Iran works hand in glove with Al Qaeda. 
Which is wacky. I mean, I guess it's a good thing that the Caliph and Imam Hussein patched up their differences. I bet Shia Ashura is way less flagellating there, too. But it…

@WCOG:disqus  That actually makes the Hezbollah link make sense, but it means that in the Homeland world Iran works hand in glove with Al Qaeda. 
Which is wacky. I mean, I guess it's a good thing that the Caliph and Imam Hussein patched up their differences. I bet Shia Ashura is way less flagellating there, too. But it…

@avclub-fd49932f918497f20b2931ddc110bcbe:disqus  Yeah, that's what's really bothering me. This show was as good as any TV show at not clearly requiring immense suspension of disbelief in the first season, and now it seems to have decided to devolve into a better acted 24. I liked the first few seasons of 24. But it…

@avclub-fd49932f918497f20b2931ddc110bcbe:disqus  Yeah, that's what's really bothering me. This show was as good as any TV show at not clearly requiring immense suspension of disbelief in the first season, and now it seems to have decided to devolve into a better acted 24. I liked the first few seasons of 24. But it…

Maaaan. Now Major Mike is gonna get eaten by a Cougar.

Maaaan. Now Major Mike is gonna get eaten by a Cougar.

@eric827:disqus  Actually, the clear defined rules of the Minnesota recount standards made that recount basically a model which everyone should follow. It did exactly what it was supposed to do, which is determine the outcome of an election that was basically a tie between 2.8 million total voters. I realize your…

@eric827:disqus  Actually, the clear defined rules of the Minnesota recount standards made that recount basically a model which everyone should follow. It did exactly what it was supposed to do, which is determine the outcome of an election that was basically a tie between 2.8 million total voters. I realize your…

This show is starting to lose me.

This show is starting to lose me.

They used to broadcast out of the Times in the UK, but that ended after they spent a couple episodes absolutely excoriating NewsCorp (which owns the Times) and Murdoch over the phonehacking scandal.

They used to broadcast out of the Times in the UK, but that ended after they spent a couple episodes absolutely excoriating NewsCorp (which owns the Times) and Murdoch over the phonehacking scandal.

I can top just reading the memos, I took Con Law from one of the war criminals who authored them! God what a fucking asshole he was.

I can top just reading the memos, I took Con Law from one of the war criminals who authored them! God what a fucking asshole he was.

Yes, but it was a very different show than Homeland. And it regularly did some dumb stuff.

Yes, but it was a very different show than Homeland. And it regularly did some dumb stuff.

It was the dumbest thing this show has done. You must have thought 24 was brilliant, though.

It was the dumbest thing this show has done. You must have thought 24 was brilliant, though.