My point of comparison would be Rubicon. The show has always vacillated between Rubicon and 24, but this season is especially more Rubicon-esque.

I remember reading the first book and thinking it would make for a perfect 13-episode run. The show only got 10 eps for its first season, so they decided to end the show 2/3 of the way through the Leviathan Wakes. That required dragging some stuff out. Avasarala wasn't in the first book and it was clear they didn't…

I'm personally loving this season of Homeland, though I can definitely see that Quinn's plotline is a bit of a mixed bag. Turning Dar Adal into the big villain this year, which is what I'm hoping the series is doing, could be a masterstroke. The idea of the Deep State trying to manipulate a president is eerily…