“The things we thought could never happen in this country apparently can.”.
Carrie and Saul interrogate a suspect; Wellington makes a play. This episode didn't veer into the ludicrous territory of its predecessor, but I do wish it was more nuanced. “I don’t trust you, not like I used to – running around like some deranged vigilante.”. Carrie recovers in Germany. For as soon as that lawyer showed up with a pen in hand, I predicted he was an assassin, and that the ink was poison. Granted the seeds are sown for how the drama will continue: Sen. Paley re-interviewing Simone confirms as much. So there’s that, right? So she storms out of the life of her daughter, probably forever, rather than face her demons.
He won’t know if he made the right call until Dante is confirmed dead or survives. Nevertheless, out the door she goes with another drastic scheme that admittedly fooled me. Homeland recap: 'Lies, Amplifiers, F**king Twitter' Homeland recap: 'Lies, Amplifiers, F**king Twitter' Carrie questions Dante, only to take things too far Sure, but so was her move trying to sympathize with his need to betray his country, and it still ended with him inevitably asking for a lawyer. However, as Saul has a warrant for her arrest, and he is Keane’s National Security Advisor, I find it hard to believe this would destroy her presidency or the republic. And for once, the show has made me wish Carrie picked her family over her career/the whole reason we watch this show. Homeland is currently hitting on all cylinders in Season 7... and quietly putting together its best season in years. But at least the Russian spy didn’t get to implicate the President of the United States as a murderer in front of Capitol Hill. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Touched equally by genius and madness, she has saved the day as often as she has ruined it. It’s also an odd choice by Maggie, who knows her sister presumably better than we do. This week's excellent episode of Homeland amplifies Carrie Mathison's eternal dilemma - her personal life vs. protecting her country - offering riveting new material while also feeling of a piece with the history of the show. The love story at the centre of this show -- the jagged but unbreakable pseudo-parental bond between Saul and Carrie -- is back in evidence. Don't have an account? So he’ll stir up a political hornet’s nest, suggesting that Keane’s people took Simone out. Understandably, Carrie is worried about the state of Saul’s investigation into Dante, however this is the first of several times tonight that Carrie is forced to choose between being an obsessive-compulsive secret agent and a mother, and she doesn’t even hesitate at this point. Carrie follows a lead. It would be politically tumultuous, but we’ve survived worse in real-life. Saul's mission is a go. Keane makes a desperate plea. If that occurred, the innuendo and political tempest would still engulf Keane whole, as the implication that it was her operation would become the chatter of the country. Welcome to the first (of many) quarantine editions of the Homeland season 8 recap! Showtime renewed the series for a seventh season of 12 episodes on August 11, 2016. It’s a bitter non-win, but it ain’t a loss either. She is like a dog chasing a car and she hasn’t let it fully run her over yet. And I have to say, I was a little surprised given how much she fought child services last season and desperately wanted out of the CIA in season 4 in favor of a normal life. Wellington has a problem.
Maybe a better medicated Ms. Mathison would’ve made the same decision she made at the end of season 4, but this one is clearly too far down the rabbit hole. This is now the realm of politics, not espionage. You are barely born before your father is hanged from a crane, you survive a siege, are taken into foster care then raised by your aunt while your useless mother serves overseas.
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs & The Church of the SubGenius. And yet, it didn’t dawn on me that the authorities would literally poison him and fake a heart attack in the hopes of gaining a “deathbed” confession. The best we got out of this was Carrie revealing how embittered she still felt to the CIA and saying to Dante, as if to herself, “You love your country, but it doesn’t love you back.” There is an agonizing knowingness in this, not that it causes us to believe Dante for a moment.
Season 7 of Homeland premiered on February 11, 2018 and concluded on April 29, 2018.
In which case, she’d know you never give Carrie an ultimatum, at least one that time sensitive.
Indeed, this was the first week where I finally began to see Carrie from Saul and Maggie’s perspectives. Carrie and Saul interrogate a suspect. Saul has always known his mentee was special. 8 Seasons, 96 Episodes. Carrie makes a move.
ATTENTION: SOME OF THE QUOTES BELOW CONTAIN SPOILERS. Homeland Staffel 8 Episodenguide: Wir fassen schnell & übersichtlich alle Folgen der 8. Saul calls an old friend. Yevgeny opts to take this literally by taking her out of the safe house, planting a big smacker on her lips like Daffy Duck and driving her off into the sunset. Rather than attempting to check to see how the sight of armed men with guns ripping her out of bed in the night might’ve traumatized Frannie, she sends her to school and makes her child—who is a little above the age to be considered a toddler—promise never to tell anyone what happened. Even though there isn’t a whole lot more for her to do from Saul’s vantage. The Russians need to learn that actions have consequences. Getting Danes and Patinkin back on the same playing field can only be a good thing. So can we chalk this up as a win? Season 8; Season 7. She takes on the Keane administration to secure the release of the 200 members of the intelligence community who were arrested under President Keane's orders the previous season. Carrie needs to choose a side. If you have a heart, spare a thought for Franny "Franny Banany" Mathison. Homeland: Season 7 Episode 8 Preview View All Videos (2) Lies, Amplifiers, F**king Twitter Photos After the attempted assassination of the president, Carrie Mathison is out of … She rides him mercilessly during the interrogation, taking him on an emotional rollercoaster he won’t forget in a hurry. "Lies, Amplifiers, F**king Twitter" plays well as a callback "Q&A" that acknowledges the show's now rich history while making a depressing overall statement about Carrie and her relationship with Saul. Yevgeny is not just about drowning double agents, rescuing operatives or disseminating fake news. He’ll disobey orders and create an even bigger crisis, because this is Homeland. Carrie and Saul's mission doesn't go as planned. While Carrie and Saul are stuck in the frustrating position of not being able to prove that the Russian conspiracy existed with cold hard evidence—I can relate—they cauterized the wound before it became infected. Honestly, the hour began with me mentally shouting to the old war horse on the screen, “Of course you can still trust Carrie!” And it ended by me going, “Why is he exactly keeping her around again?”. I’m pretty sure that falls under the grounds of torture, but it at least is mildly effective. Wellington protects Keane. Sign up here. It is the penultimate season. 1 Summary 2 Cast 2.1 Main Cast 2.2 Recurring Cast 2.3 Guest Cast 3 Episodes 4 Production Notes 5 Videos Carrie has left her job in the White House and … She finds his terms not to her liking at all and sets her attack dog David Wellington on the case. Keane and Wellington disagree. “I can break him. A loss? Max has a new mission. Yeah, to quote Dante, much of this episode's a "s---fest," as least by the high bar ("Q&A") the series seems eager to set for itself. For the White House to be really screwed, the Russians would have had to have killed Simone, which seemed like a possibility. Saul negotiates. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. The subtext is clear – Simone must be taken out. The writers initially planned for the series' seventh and eighth seasons to comprise one two-season arc, but current events surrounding the U.S. government convinced them to instead continue the arc from. But that’s not this kind of show.
After last week’s shocking closing moments, in which Saul takes Dante mid-sex from Carrie, and a terrified Frannie is thrown into the naked arms of Carrie, our intrepid heroine did not even seem to spend a moment trying to get Frannie breakfast the next day. Folks all the time suggest our current POTUS is a Russian asset, but in power he stays, along with a relatively steady (if low) approval rating.
If you have a heart, spare a thought for Franny “Franny Banany” Mathison. None of which is to say that she is a soft touch. Production began on September 11, 2017 and ended in Budapest, Hungary in late March 2018.
Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. Yet once this is all done, and she’s “saved the Republic,” what will she have to show for it?
“They’ve had a free run at us. He wanted to be sure, in his own mind, she was telling the truth and seems convinced by the hour’s end. Her unsalaried minister-without-portfolio roaming brief brings her to a familiar scenario – face-to-face with Saul, pleading to be put into service. Carrie is naturally horrified, but not so horrified that she doesn’t once again prioritise work over her daughter, despite being unemployed. But either way, it made for superb television and, if Carrie was smart, the end of her espionage escapades. What next for Franny? Season Premiere. That is what Carrie should do, but it’s not what will happen.
“Your entire mental health plan is having me tell you when to medicate because you have no idea.” Dante throws Carrie’s self-medicating in her face to drop her in it with Saul. It is strongly worded enough for the ambassador to tell Yevgeny that Simone must not testify. Homeland recap: season 7, episode 8 – Lies, Amplifiers, F**king Twitter Carrie is strung out on fake Ritalin and about to lose custody of her daughter, while Dante fesses up and Saul takes a chance
He is definitely concerned, but it’s nothing he hasn’t heard before. Copyright © Fandango. Carrie and Frannie are living with Maggie's family in DC. He gives up Simone and implicates himself right before his heart stops. A better play would have literally been to do good cop, bad cop with Saul and Carrie interrogating him together. These decisions are also hardly subtext at all for the rest of the episode: they’re the text as both Dante and Carrie use her own personal life decisions to try and manipulate his interrogation in their favor, and Saul spends a whole lot of time second-guessing his once so promising pupil. He races towards her hideout, only to find Yevgeny’s men have already got to Simone. What Bonnie and Clyde antics might these two get up to next week?
and the Terms and Policies, Yeah, Homeland threw so many curveballs this holiday weekend that it is impossible to know if our heroes have struck out or are getting a walk on to base. Carrie Mathison's body is healing, but her memory remains fractured. Twice. Last week’s SWAT team interruptus finally pushes her over the edge and Maggie gives Carrie an ultimatum: either she checks herself in to hospital or she starts proceedings to take custody of Franny. This series... is on its best run in years -- by painting Carrie (Claire Danes) into a terrible corner, personally as well as professionally. The good news for Elizabeth is that Senator Paley is willing to halt proceedings against her for the good of the office. Carrie makes a tough, yet perhaps not so surprising, choice in this episode of Homeland. Homeland Season 7 (2018) Official Trailer Claire Danes & Mandy Patinkin SHOWTIME Series, Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin & Cast on Season 7 Homeland SHOWTIME, Homeland Sneak Peek of Season 7 Claire Danes & Mandy Patinkin SHOWTIME Series, Claire Danes on Carrie Mathison in Season 7 Homeland SHOWTIME, Mandy Patinkin on Saul Berenson in Season 7 Homeland SHOWTIME.