Is there any word on whether there had been a different season arc that was torpedoed at the 11th hour? Quinn and Dar were kept around in thankless plots and then unglamorously disposed of - it just seems like there might have been a different concept in play at some point.

Plus there's a decent amount of baggage surrounding the Shosh/Ray/Marnie triangle. Ray just ended his recent round of sleeping with Marnie and now he was flirting with another one of Shosh's friends right in front of her. She doesn't have to have a crush on Ray for that to be dredging up old feelings of inadequacy.

You know Winston owns the whole series.

I mean, it's always a blow to the ego when the guy you dumped stops following you around like a puppy and starts putting on his best behavior for another woman, especially when you haven't found a new relationship yet.

If I recall correctly, Carrie was pregnant when Quinn shot her. It's understandable that 1) she was freaked out about that, and 2) that she has changed her tune on such situations in the intervening 3 years. I think we're also forgetting that Quinn's condition might not even have been caused by Carrie's decision to…

And it was the right choice. Quinn is a smart man who understands the dangers of his own job. He even kinda liked that it was dangerous.

She's not a vain actress and Carrie isn't supposed to be glam. She looks like January Jones at red carpet events when she has on the same amount of makeup as the other actresses.

I don't think Homeland has ever aired parallel to Game of Thrones. It starts November-ish when GoT starts up around March. There were a few years were Homeland was the most talked-about show because it was legitimately the best thing on the air during the winter months.

I agree with you 100% about your view on Quinn's blaming Carrie. Wasn't he the guy who signed up for a last-minute Blackwater mission? All we ever saw of Quinn was that he valued his mission over his own life. He was an interesting character precisely because he never seemed to care much about himself despite having a…

I refer to myself as "delusionally okay with myself" on the daily.

That one is a close second to Jessa Girls' voicemail: You've reached my voicemail. I never check this. If you have an emergency call 911."

I kept waiting for Nick to give Reagan one last "Sayonara Sammi."

This show has always been the sort to present world-shaking events and trickle-down events that pulled the Homeland reality a bit off course from real life. The writers also have a history of sticking eyes and ears in the White House, so it makes sense that they'd finally bring a president into the inner circle of…

It's a mixed bag IMO. I've seen reviewers here who patently did not understand the show they were watching (Outlander, The Affair), as well as reviewers who were continually coming up against fans who didn't seem to understand the show all that well (Shameless). The Westworld reviews were frustratingly full of viewers…

I'm not sure it makes narrative sense to kill Keane when the show could depict her presidency instead.

What would neighbor-man's sense of Quinn be at this moment? He knows Quinn isn't dead but would he reasonably think that Quinn wouldn't go back to the house?

Maybe he's hanging with Virgil.

You're talking to a bunch of tv geeks. Shows that are less reality-based (like Buffy and X-Files) often milked that trope where our hero wouldn't sacrifice one loved one even if it meant saving the world. So while it's in character for Carrie to prioritize Franny, in TV terms she chose her daughter at the expense of…

I actually remember that season 3 twist being well-received at the time. Homeland has always been naturalistic with its twists. It made sense that Carrie would have felt betrayed by Saul's ruthlessness in having her institutionalized and drugged, even if she was in on the plan. The show also treats plot-crucial things…

The Adam/Jessa romance is suffering because Lena is mistakenly assuming that something true to her life is more universal than it is (which could be said of the whole show, actually). I liked Adam and Jessa in the beginning. I can't quite articulate why, but I thought it made sense for their characters. I really liked…