If that's his persona, I will have to get used to it.

Well, I don't believe it's normal either. I do think it's a common-enough emotional urge to provoke sympathies. It's a common-enough occurrence to be convincing. Again, the idea is that Stan is what happens when the average person gives in to their id (I agree with @disqus_yrVEfqTywC:disqus that Stan is experiencing…

They're not supposed to interact. The Rezidentura is the diplomatic face of the KGB, and it sits out in plain view at the embassy. Directorate S is the covert operations that deploys embedded illegals like the Jennings, who carry out paramilitary activities. There is a communication system that funnels information…

Well, I'm making the distinction between the schadenfreude that happens when a blatant villain gains his comeuppance, versus watching a believable person convincingly succumb to the consequences of poor choices. I'm not absolving Stan of his bad actions; I'm saying the turns his life took have parallels to the average…

It's ironic that Homeland struggles with teenage lives when Claire Danes is the lead. Shouldn't the writers just watch My So-Called Life and get a clue?

After the parents are gone, the kid serves no purpose.

The thing with Rob's wife, Joyce, was that Rob purposefully hid that marriage from the KGB. The Center never vetted her or that marriage (as opposed to what's happening with Clark and Martha). Joyce was someone who just suddenly appeared on Directorate S's radar, and she was very much a danger (especially because the…

I think it's not been mentioned because Fred had never met or seen Jared. Fred never even met Leanne, and only knew Emmett through a costume. It's hard for pedophilia to come into play when the only person he ever interacted with is a grown man wearing a disguise.

I'm just relieved there's another relationship on this show—beyond the Jennings family—that is actually genuine (even if one-sided, because I can't get a bead on Nina). Oleg's sincere act of kindness was the first time I think Nina has been done a favor without strings attached. Everything beforehand has always had an…

Something is going on with Jared. Elizabeth's gut is sending out too many alarms. Why was Jared informed of his parents' activities? Why did Kate expose her true face to him? How is there a tracker so conveniently placed in his pack?

He was the source of massive tension this episode, and all he did was drive around in his car. He is simply too dangerous and he is so very close to the Jennings now. The apprehension was very stressful for me!

For all of Stan's faulty decision-making, I still feel really bad that his life is just collapsing on all fronts. Professionally, he's been out-played in a game he initiated when he commandeered Nina that first time. In his home life, his wife has moved many steps ahead of him in the very game he thought he was…

Yeah, it seems intentional, because apparently this is part of the show's design. According to a link that @avclub-6997a8bd0e1042b70b60c5c879a1780e:disqus posted, this series is "About how families go wrong." In this case, Hatake kidnaps a child, conditions him to be his son, and then discards him when the biological…

If you've fallen behind due to disinterest, and your other option is Rectify, it might be time to skim the episode recaps for the back half of the season. Check to see if any of the plot developments seem interesting to you and make a decision then. The show doesn't actually get better. At best it sustains its level…

If Blake still thought Sergio was trustworthy …, why did she assault him and take him prisoner?

I didn't realize this show was only 13 episodes, and that it's already finished for the season. I suppose I could catch up quickly before next season starts.

… the virus mutated to Narvik-B.

… I could ask you why that other research guy mole could just walk and take all of the viruses he wanted in Hatake's secret lab …

I know, right? There's an Echelon station nearby (with a working radio!), there's an Inuit community nearby, and you can get to Nunavut territory* from there with minimal gas problems. In retrospect, the CDC team acting like they were cut off from the world just because Balleseros blew up the antenna is just poor…

I actually haven't seen that show (though I heard it's turning out well), so I didn't even know that happened.