I had high hopes for this week following the shock crash at the start, particularly since it marked the return of jazz, which usually signals something interesting happening. CarrieĪll of which brings us on to Carrie, former super-spy, now mildly annoying narrative device reduced to causing drama by doing exactly the opposite of what she's been told. When Brody shouted "Goddamnit!" to Nazir several times over the phone, I wondered if it was a confession from the writers that yes, they've decided to go for the full Jack Bauer after all. If this were season one, I would be suspicious of the fact that Brody's fingerprints will be all over the pacemaker remote control, though in the season-two world of Homeland, it could just be that they won't take this into account.Īnd much of this episode was classic season-two daftness. Either Brody is still working with Nazir and this is all part of a bigger plan, or Nazir is setting Brody up to take the fall for Walden's death, as revenge. There are two things that could be happening here. Nazir letting her go? Really? Nazir killing Walden in his office, not in public, and making it look like a heart attack? Why? He doesn't get that sweaty panic on for just any girl. I enjoyed seeing him tell Walden "I disagree with everything you say and do," though "I'm killing you" was perhaps unnecessary (mind you this was quite a dark episode so it wasn't always easy to see what was going on).ĭoes Brody really care about Carrie? I think so. In return for Nazir letting Carrie go, he provided the key to Walden's heart, quite literally, which Nazir's lackey then operated remotely, leading to a murder-by-heart-attack that Brody really seemed to mean. Some positives in this episode – giving Brody a secret job to do ramps up the always-effective tension, and Damian Lewis has become very good at scrabbling around an office looking for a number while people make noises outside the door. And Nazir, whose love for Brody is being tested by the fact that Brody doesn't want to be his pet terrorist any more, and Saul, who has been arrested by the organisation for which he sacrificed his own marriage. Wait! I see what you've done – Walden's heart! It's literally broken! Then there's Jessica and Brody's marriage, surely dead in the water by now. Oh Homeland, with your impenetrable metaphorical titles.
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