Homeland has long confronted the global complexities of terrorism and national security, but its final season gets very personal for carrie mathison, the selfsacrificing superspy at the. Homeland season 3 recap cant emotionally prepare you for season 4, but it will refresh your memory. In a languid season 4 finale, homeland gets personal. Yet the season finale showed saul leaving the cia in lockharts hands and working in the. Oct 04, 2015 homeland is returning to showtime with season five tonight. Theres something else going on was an incredible episode that rivaled the greatest episodes ever made. Carrie deals with an unexpected visitor from her past, while dar adal has some surprises in store for saul in the homeland season 4 finale. According to the apprenticefreed from the sorcerers hat moments before everybody was. If the president watched this show, i shudder to think what he would take away from a story in.
Why season 5 of homeland might be the best yet vanity fair. Long time coming for the second year in a row, homeland went with a more epiloguestyle finale that distanced itself a bit from the primary events of the season in this case, the pakistan story and setting. But homeland season four, of course, ended with it. It premiered on showtime on october 5, 2014, airing backtoback with the seasons second episode, trylon and perisphere. They must have been tired and just threw this out to get the season finished. Maybe if she had, she wouldnt be ending homeland s sixth season staring warily at. After a rollercoaster third season where the finale really felt like a series finale rather than a season finale, i didnt know what to. The first season of showtimes homeland comes to its conclusion. Homeland s fourth season, which ended last night, started with a quiet bang and ended with. The twists in the homeland season 6 finale pay off the showtime series has never been so relevant. Sucked back in carissa pavlica at august 27, 2015 2. Oct 04, 2015 saul may seem like a more morally grey character at the end of homeland season 4, but his actions happen thanks to circumstances out of his control. Really mindblowing stuff, and some of the most intense moments in tv history.
Dec 21, 2014 this season of homeland was incredible. The drone queen is the first episode of the fourth season of the american television drama series homeland and the 37th episode overall. Dec 22, 2014 if season three of homeland was dedicated to finally breaking up with the nogoodforanyone brody, season four wasthrough its penultimate episodea most successful rebound. What a harsh and sudden goodbye we faced, in the last episode of homeland this season. Oct 05, 2014 when homeland first came on the scene, it was an amazing catandmouse game that introduced us to the manic genius that is carrie mathison portrayed by the fabulous claire danes. It would have been nice to return to the real world with a happy homeland ending behind us, a fade into a comforting madefortv resolution. Aug 09, 2014 49 videos play all homeland season 4 homeland on showtime gilmore girls 15 year reunion atx tv festival season 4 duration. Homeland season 4 page 33 ootv two plus two poker forums.
Why season 5 of homeland might be the shows best yet. The fourth season of the american television drama series homeland premiered on october 5, 2014, and concluded on december 21, 2014, on showtime. Season 4 of the spy drama begins with carrie mathison claire danes working as the cia chief of station. A kind of peace we have absolutely no idea where homeland could go from here. Homeland proved it can be a very good spy show and a very good human story at the same time.
For the second year in a row, homeland went with a more epiloguestyle finale that distanced itself a bit from the primary events of the season in this case, the pakistan story and setting. Read allisons homeland recap for the season 4 finale, long time. I want to see her successful and happy and ultimately ending with acknowledgement as a hero for america. Homeland fans are upset about quinn, again, after season 6. They probably have no idea what they want the plot to be, and this episode allows them to develop pretty much anything next season. I enjoyed season 4 but the last 2 episode was the dump. But for homeland, whose sixthseason finale aired on sunday night, the shows geopolitical bona fides have been in its dna since the beginning, when president obama declared himself a fan of the. Homelands season 4 was one of its most exciting yet. Regardless, i just cannot warrant the time investment in homeland any more. Dow jones, a news corp company news corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and.
Stop reading unless you a have seen the season 4 finale of homeland, titled long time coming, or b dont mind having it spoiled like last weeks yogurt we have to. Carrie is a private citizen, but shes not keeping her hands clean for long. Inside the season premiere homeland season 8 duration. Oct 05, 2014 49 videos play all homeland season 4 homeland on showtime bts. Dec 22, 2014 read speakeasys recap or the homeland season four finale. Its just that the season finale of homeland slowed down at a place where there wasnt much to see. When alex gansa and howard gordon learned after season 5 that their political thriller, homeland, would end after. As station chief in kabul, carrie makes a critical decision when her counterpart in islamabad delivers urgent intelligence. Back in the states, saul struggles to adjust to his new role in the private sector. This fourth season has seemed at many times like a defiant, even sassy take that to homeland s oftcriticized shortcomings in previous yearsfrom the elimination of the entire brody family.
Apr 10, 2017 the twists in the homeland season 6 finale pay off the showtime series has never been so relevant shares. Homeland is returning to showtime with season five tonight. Claire danes and elizabeth marvel in homeland showtimejojo whilden surprise. For those who get the blurays, the av quality is very good as you would expect.
Homeland season 5 premieres on sunday night, but before we are thrust back into the world of carrie mathison, her new life, and the lives of those we miss from the cia, there is much to recap from. Before this season finale, there was six strait episodes were it seemed that the writers could do nothing wrong. Homeland is back on top, with a renewed energy and focus not seen since its first season. Homeland long time coming tv episode 2014 homeland. Homelands season 6 finale had fatal consequences for more than one character check out the highlights, and give it a grade in our poll. I lost interest starting in season 3 and to me, it looked like the slump was going to happen in the first few episode of season 4 but it started to pick up. Now, in its third season, homeland has come pretty firmly off the rails and is turning into something of a joke.
Read speakeasys recap or the homeland season four finale. Like, what actually happened, it was an hour of filler, when it was entirely possible to wrap everything up in that time. Homeland finds a fitting end to its worst season ever. Carrie, played by claire danes, is still the woman at the head of the series. Homeland finale looms as flawed plot holes show through. The grossest thing about this finale to me is how it returns homeland to the neoconservative fantasy its always threatening to become. Homeland fans are upset about quinn, again, after season 6 finale.
Homeland season 3 recap cant emotionally prepare you. This interview includes spoilers for the series finale of homeland. May 06, 2012 claire danes as carrie in the season finale of homeland. Homeland, the series about the cia from some of the minds who brought you 24, was great in its first season. I finalized my yearend top 10 list about 10 days ago before id seen either of the final two episodes of this season of homeland, and after i settled on my number one, i had little to no idea where to go next. Frankly, im a little nauseous and at a loss for words, but ill give it a go.
In the finale, carrie deals with death and betrayal. Get a sneak peek look at the homeland season 4 photo shoot. Dec 19, 2011 the most impressive part of homeland is that, even at the onset of the season finale, entitled marine one, the viewer is still unsure of how the events will unravel. Season 4 of the spy drama begins with carrie mathison claire danes working as the cia chief of station in kabul, afghanistan, where she receives an urgent intelligence report from her. After the insanity that was last weeks and the week before episode, the homeland finale begins at a much slower pace. God fucking damn that sucked, i was half expecting confirmation of a th episode next week at the end there, you cant end the best season yet with one of the shows most boring episodes ever. This season was not a brody season, it was a suck season and a boohoo. It premiered on showtime on october 5, 2014, airing backtoback with the season s second episode, trylon and perisphere. As far as the finale goes, its title, long time coming, could easily be a comment on carrie and quinns frank relationship talk, or perhaps it has something to do with the passionate postfuneral kiss they engaged in.
Homeland season 4 of course the finale sucked, but i think theyre just keeping their options open regarding next season. Homeland season 3 recap cant emotionally prepare you for. Dec 22, 2014 homeland s season 4 was one of its most exciting yet. Prisoners of war created by gideon raff and is developed for american television by howard gordon and alex gansa.
Of course the whole of season 4 has been below the standard set by the first three season. Then during its second season, it started losing its way a little bit, but still kept the audience on its toes. In the season four finale of homeland, carrie and saul learn the truth about dar adal. If the president watched this show, i shudder to think what he would take away from a story in which a newlyelected interrupterinchief becomes a literal target of deepstaters intent on usurping his power. The fourth season of the american television drama series homeland premiered on october 5, 2014, and concluded on december 21, 2014, on showtime, consisting of 12 episodes.
This season 4 finale was by far the worst episode of the series. Homeland season 6 finale critics notebook hollywood. Season 4 begins with carrie, the cia chief of station in kabul, making a critical decision when her counterpart in islamabad delivers urgent intelligence on a highvalue target. I believe it was just phoned in by writers, actors, and director. Homeland closes repetitious season 6 with death, paranoia and sadness. Not to sound too disappointed since, really, the episode was pretty solid but up until the season 4 finale, homeland has been a. Homeland closed out its fourth season on sunday night, capping off what many have called a renaissance for the showtime drama in its first run without actor damian lewis. But the last 2 episode got it spiralling back to crap. Long time coming for the second year in a row, homeland went with a more epiloguestyle finale that distanced itself a bit from the primary events of the season in this case.
There were some shocking developments on homeland season 4 episode 4. After a season full of escalating intrigue, homeland concluded with a surprising and unfulfilling finale. Homeland is one of the coolest shows ever made, and its like a drug for those of us who love spying and stuff of that nature. Homeland took a long, winding, and at times bewildering path to get to this point. There is a season play mode so you can stop during any episode and pick up where you left off. The episodes most compelling moments came as the main characterscarrie, saul, and quinn. Homeland has lost its way and unless season four dramatically picks up its act, do not be surprised if it does not make it to season five and it does, consider season five to be the final season. Be forewarned that there will be spoilers for season 8 in this post. Mar 02, 2018 but if you gave up on it during season 3 or 4, i think it has recovered nicely the past couple seasons and is well worth taking a look at again. At the beginning of season 7, we asked if the world. Although the minor jump forward in time meant that long. Sundays finale was a chance to process all of that, an. This blog is for people watching homeland on channel 4. Lockharts politicking submarined him last season, the private sector sucked, and now that hes come out the other side of being the.
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