But isn't this show trying to compete with niche? It's full of characters with unappealing flaws, hinting at uncomfortable truths, artfully directed, shot, and edited. That alone will alienate the lowest common denominator of TV viewer, whether it's done well or not. So if you've already done that, commit to it and…

I watched this because I just watched Ordinary People for the first time and had to know what in the world ever happened to that kid, because my God, shouldn't he have gone on to be the greatest actor of his generation? I feel a little bad now for Timothy Hutton, giving a performance at 20 that would guarantee he…

Fara is pretty… that's just about the only thing I understand about her appeal. She has no strong writing, acting, or development behind her character. Carrie is the meat and potatoes of this show.

Good points in the first paragraph. But I don't agree that Carrie was redirecting her feelings for Brody to Aayan. I think she's feeling detached from Brody and detached emotionally overall. Instead of facing the pain of her losses from last season, she has turned off her feelings and poured all of her energy into the…

You lost me when you mentioned Walking Dead as if it was comparable in quality to Mad Men and Homeland. The writing and acting on TWD is in a far lower tier.

Romance? Up until the last 5 minutes of this episode, I thought the Aayan storyline was about Carrie's fucked up psyche, the morality of the manipulation of innocent people for a greater good, and what Aayan would turn into once he found out what Carrie really was. That would have been interesting to me, but now that…

The show isn't glossing over four dozen killed civilians, Carrie is. I thought that was part of what the show is "saying."

I wish they had played it more like that. My cheers were cut short when she tried to make it personal and it actually worked. To me what she said was almost a non-sequitur.

Finding Carrie scary is kind of the point. I'm impressed… you don't see many female anti-heroes that are this morally bereft without becoming a cartoon and completely alienating the audience.

Hmmm. I was about to post that Dogma is the best Kevin Smith has ever done, but indeed I first saw it in high school and haven't seen it since college. Perhaps I need a reviewing with adult sensibilities… but why ruin it?

That one's worth purchasing — trust me.