Homeland Season 3

Anyone watch it? The season premiere seems to have been overshadowed in the media due to the series finale of "Breaking Bad" airing on the same night.

I think this season could be truly excellent. After the sophomore slump that many a drama series falls into, the third season seems to be a reboot. I've always enjoyed Damian Lewis' performance and character, but the show needs to move away from that. Why? If for no better reason than to keep Carrie and Brody far away from their soap opera-esque love affair. And with Lewis' character being gone, and apparently only appearing in five episodes this year, it is easy to see that Mandy Patinkin will most likely be the anchor of the series.

Also quite pleased to see Amy Morton and Tracy Letts in the cast this season.

Oh, and yes -- Claire Danes is still alarmingly excellent.

"I do wish Dana had finished the job, though...a"

Her character's really grown on me. In fact, other than Nick, she's the only Brody that I find interesting right now. It's odd that no one mentioned that the actor who played Mike has moved on to the broadcast TV series 'Blacklist'. There's a bit of void in the Brody household with no Mike around sniffing.. Grandma is already getting on my nerves.

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I feel like whatever the writers are positing on Carrie vs. Saul, I am on the opposite side of what they want. Saul did the right thing, even if it took Dar's influence and Dar's lack of moral fiber to get him there. Carrie was racked through the coals but honestly, her involvement/connection put her in a compromised position, objectively. But I was definitely supposed to feel with her there in that last scene. I did not. My worry is that even with Brody off-screen, the show sure likes to remind us that affair. Yeesh, did it all come down to Carrie having a ginger man fetish?

There are times when I thought this show was an interesting commentary on the intelligence community and then there are times I think it is exactly like that SNL spoof. The only upside was, I thought Dana was actually pretty well-depicted in her perspective. I think if there is somebody who benefits from lack of involvement in the Brody story, it is her.

I'll still be watching for F. Murray Abraham and Mandy Patinkin scenes. Also hope there are more people added to the intelligence community besides Dar and Quinn because the universe feels way too small and the bombing last year sure did not help that problem much.

I am actually finding the Brody family story lines tiresome. I don't really care about the daughter - she is SO whiney - and the wife was only happy when it looked like there was a political future for Brody. So enough already - they have separated and I see no reason to pursue the "adjustment to coming home" issue any further. The terrorism and homeland security issues are what make this interesting. The farther away they get with the human interest stuff, the more this just becomes a routine drama. I don't entirely understand why Carrie decided to go off her meds just at the point that she must know she needs them. Good to see Amy Morton and Tracy Letts in ep. 3.

""You're wearing that thing on your head. It's one big f*ck you to people who would've been your coworkers."

Am I the only one completely unconvinced that Saul would have said this to Fera? It's completely inconsistent with Saul's values.

Eh, I am over "Carrie off her meds."

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Ditto

If Brody stays alive what does he do for Season 4?

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How about they run off and run a Bed and Breakfast.

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So much happened in that episode that it felt like a series finale.

Originally Brody was to die in Season 1

Maybe Saul can join Patti in American Horror Story.

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