Homeland would be the runaway winner. But it cut that thread at the end of episode four, when the cat told the mouse exactly what she knew.

(But, weirdly, didn't kill her when he found her, even though he could have — he'd just slashed the FBI agent's throat, so he must have had a knife, or at least really long fingernails.). Carrie continues her hunt for Nazir, with her suspicions turning to inside the agency. Apparently she'd been wandering around in there overnight, because if I'm not mistaken, she entered the previous afternoon, and it was nearly morning when she emerged.

Tossing a story that's working only makes sense if you can replace it with something better, and Homeland couldn't. -- This second season started with a ton of possibility.

If you've read my earlier write-ups, you know I've enjoyed a lot of the action sequences this season but found many emotional beats contrived and treacly.

Meanwhile, Brody attempts a last minute extraction of the Gettysburg bomb maker. But Dana told him straight out, and told him true: Mike was a better father than you'll ever be. Follow The Culture Blog on RSS and on Twitter at @ESQCulture. Viewers of premium cable have grown to expect long, drawn-out plots, episodes that milk maximum drama with a minimum of forward movement. Why was Carrie, unarmed and unarmored, tagging along with that last team, anyway? Mostly, though, I liked watching Jessica and Dana explain to Brody that they didn't need him anymore. Watch Homeland season 2 episode 11 online. If you've read my earlier write-ups… Esquire participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. It hinted it might go that way early on, when Jessica gave her fundraising speech and Dana fell for Finn. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook. With only one episode left to go in Season 2, now feels like a good time to reflect on the original promise of "Homeland" and ask how fully the show has delivered on it. Homeland is an edge-of-your-seat sensation. It could even have focused on Carrie's struggles with her mental illness, though that might have felt too much like season one. Lesli Linka Glatter, Michael Cuesta, Dan Attias. The 2020 Movies That Are Streaming Online Early, A Day Inside a Mansion Full of TikTok Influencers, Todd Snyder Made the Turtleneck of the Year, This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. Not at all. Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter, writes the best-selling series of spy novels featuring John Wells, a CIA operative and Muslim convert. It could have turned into a cat-and-mouse game between Carrie and Brody, with Carrie aware that Brody had double-crossed her and Brody unsure of what she knew. Homeland would be the runaway winner. Nothing about the Nazir-in-the-warehouse sequence made sense, not from the moment Carrie stumbled outside — in the dark.

Though Wells came first.) And then Carrie figured out that Nazir was hiding in the tunnels.

To which I can only say, what tunnels? "In Memoriam" (originally titled "The Motherfucker with the Turban") is the eleventh episode of the second season of the American television drama series Homeland, and the 23rd episode overall. The second season of the American television drama series Homeland premiered on September 30, 2012 on Showtime and concluded on December 16, 2012, consisting of 12 episodes. It could have offered a serious discussion of American policy options for Iran and Israel, but as soon as the show returned from Beirut in episode two, the Israel-bombed-Iran story was forgotten. And how did Carrie manage to spot Nazir's hiding place in five minutes, after multiple highly trained FBI teams had missed it? The action all took place on the same floor. Roya reveals her true colors under interrogation. Then Nazir chased Carrie around in a scene straight out of a B-grade horror movie. ("I escaped" does not count as a debrief; the CIA and FBI would have wanted her to tell them about every minute Nazir had held her. Meanwhile, dozens — if not hundreds — of heavily armed FBI agents had surrounded the place, but none went in until she came out? Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links on this page. Uh, no. Still, this episode had some nice moments. Fresh from her adventures in Beirut, a restless Carrie prepares for what she hopes will be a triumphant return to the CIA. Instead, Carrie's illness simply vanished after about episode three — only Brody seemed to remember it.

Disney + Pixar + Marvel + Star Wars + Nat Geo, Get unlimited access to the largest streaming library with limited ads, Stream on up to 4 devices at the same time. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin), Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn. I loved seeing Roya work herself into a rage as she brushed aside Carrie's ridiculous and clumsy effort at empathy. The complete guide by MSN. She still loves him, but she knows their lives together are finished, and that they'll both be better off apart. This episode was the reverse. The final moment in the warehouse was the only one I did believe; Nazir would have been happy for martyrdom, and the FBI would have been happy to give it to him. STAY TUNED: Read Alex Berenson's Weekly Recaps Every Sunday Night >>. But it blew that plotline up with episode five's car accident, which turned all of the Waldens into L'etat, c'est moi caricatures. Seasons and episodes availability varies between streaming services and are catered to US users.