Homeland - Season 2

I can't tell if you're being serious. Both of you just now realized he is Inigo Montoya?

 

I had no idea.

I'm hoping for a plot twist: Abu Nazir actually killed Saul's father, so Saul stabs him to death with a rapier in the season 3 finale.

 

Mandy Patinkin has been around for ages. He's mostly known, I believe, as a stage actor. I think he also sings. Wow, I'm old.

 

I've only known him from Criminal Minds.

Whatchya'll thinks behind that door?

 

Not a damn thing. Nazir is smart enough to know that Carrie would summon help at the earliest. Why stay in a known location?

But here's the real subplot: Only Carrie and Brody know the VP's death wasn't natural.

 

Given the scenes for next week, he's obviously flown the coop with some help. I think it's way too obvious to make Saul the mole, but then again, we know nothing about him at all.

I hope the next two episodes are just a barrage of fucked up shit that is revealed.

 

That wrapped up nicely. Now to lay down plot for next year.

 

That's what I'm wondering. With Walden and Nazir out of the picture, what is Brody's motivation to do anything anymore? Both characters had so much emotional pull on him. The only person he cares about at this point is Carrie.

 

Presumably, they can't actually let Quinn kill Brody. I'm hoping they ramp up the conflict between Saul and Estese (?) for next season.

 

You shan't get your wish, my boy.

 

That was a pretty killer episode.

 

And quite the explosive finale.

Though it did seem to just come out of nowhere; it's not like we ever got a whiff of anyone above Nazir, or that there'd be a "deadman's switch" strategy in play.

Spoiler

Finally, exactly how do they plan to do season 3 with Carrie Matheson serving life in Guantanamo? Or is there some miracle alibi that will blind Saul to the fact that
1) Carrie and Brody were both there
2) Carrie then left the building (heavily implying that Brody did as well, just in case there isn't any off-site security footage or nothing)
3) Carrie came back alone

I'm just sayin'. Hope these guys didn't sacrifice narrative integrity for the sake of a cliffhanger. There's a lot of that going around.

 

Saul doesn't think Brody is a terrorist anymore. I wouldn't be surprised if he covers it up, if he even finds out about it. He knows Carrie is an idiot when it comes to Brody, but he also knows that it isn't definitive that Brody was responsible for the attack. He's got a soft spot for her and I won't be surprised if he has the same conflict this next season that Carrie had in the first.

I just hope Quinn doesn't go away completely. He's a pretty interesting dude.

 

I haven't read the entire thread, because I'm only on episode 4 of season 2, but does anyone else find it strange that Brody's wife calls him by his last name? It's thrown me off on their relationship since the pilot.

 

She's known him since they were young. Presumably, everyone in his life calls him Brody.

 

Just rewatched the final episode again. I think Saul's knowing/thinking that Brody isn't a terrorist is more than just a soft spot for Carrie. For all her fucking batshit crazy antics and reckless sexual decisions, she's been fucking spot on as an intelligence officer. So even if there was doubt, her being right about Brody initially, and then further right about Nazir has given her credibility there. So I think Saul will take her at her word about Brody's situation. Her aiding him in escaping investigation is a bit more muddy, but if its between the two of them, I think Saul, in his new elevation of power, can keep that under wraps.

Also, Saul's line to Carrie about her being " the smartest and dumbest fucking person I have ever known" was perhaps the best line of the series so far, and also the most spot on in describing her.

 

"7 SWAT officers were killed in a meth lab raid gone horribly wrong"