Homeland Recap: Color Me Manic

With only one more episode before what promises to be a crackler of a season finale (here's where we all recite Veena Sud's name and spit on the ground because HEAVEN FORBID), Homeland took time that could have been spent frantically plotting and instead jumped down a couple of dark wells in terms of Carrie's psyche and Brody putting his house in order. Not to invent a straw man here, but can't you imagine a version of this episode with a tight focus on the hunt for the mole, and with Brody having to jump through more intense hoops than a snooping daughter to get his bomb vest into place? We've already become conditioned to prestige dramas dropping giant bombshells in their penultimate episodes. But I love Homeland for the ways it works with and against the tendencies of political thrillers, and this episode is a prime example. Read More...