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Thoughts after watching Homeland over the last week or so...
Posted on 2/5/13 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 2/5/13 at 3:52 pm
What an amazing slide from the first season to the second.
The first season was some of the best TV I've seen. The second season was not even close to as good.
It became 24 in the second season and not in a good way. 24 was an entertaining show but it had the maddening tendency to have the characters do things completely illogical that no one would do in a million years for no other reason than to get the storyline where the writers needed it to be.
That's what screwed up Homeland in season 2. There were plot holes that you could drop an aircraft carrier into that only existed because the writers couldn't get from A to C without a ridiculous B.
I'll probably give season 3 a chance but it was such a let down going from season 1 to 2.
The first season was some of the best TV I've seen. The second season was not even close to as good.
It became 24 in the second season and not in a good way. 24 was an entertaining show but it had the maddening tendency to have the characters do things completely illogical that no one would do in a million years for no other reason than to get the storyline where the writers needed it to be.
That's what screwed up Homeland in season 2. There were plot holes that you could drop an aircraft carrier into that only existed because the writers couldn't get from A to C without a ridiculous B.
I'll probably give season 3 a chance but it was such a let down going from season 1 to 2.
This post was edited on 2/5/13 at 3:56 pm
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Posted on 2/5/13 at 3:57 pm to Scoop
quote:A lot of transitioning, but I have to mostly agree with your assessment. One season to redeem itself, or I'm on to other, better things.
What an amazing slide from the first season to the second.
The first season was some of the best TV I've seen. The second season was not even close to as good.
Posted on 2/5/13 at 4:00 pm to JawjaTigah
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Once that Keri saw that video early in the season they had to stretch the imagination to make you believe she would still fall for Brody, and the idea that you could have 2 season finales where she's questioning whether Brodie was behind the terrorist plot is absurd.
Once that Keri saw that video early in the season they had to stretch the imagination to make you believe she would still fall for Brody, and the idea that you could have 2 season finales where she's questioning whether Brodie was behind the terrorist plot is absurd.
This post was edited on 2/5/13 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 2/5/13 at 4:04 pm to JawjaTigah
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An annoying example is having Saul flown out to a ship to watch Nazeer's body get dumped into the ocean which made no sense but was just a lame reason to not have him at the Langley bombing. That's a minor one but fresh on my mind.
An annoying example is having Saul flown out to a ship to watch Nazeer's body get dumped into the ocean which made no sense but was just a lame reason to not have him at the Langley bombing. That's a minor one but fresh on my mind.
Posted on 2/5/13 at 4:59 pm to Scoop
Nothing so far is completely "absurd" enough to support the OP's missive. I'm interested to hear this list of things that are so unbelievable so many people say are wrong with season 2, but I have yet to see anyone actually write. So as Harry Caray would say (slurring) "LET ME HEAR YA, A ONE, AND A TWO AND A ..."
Posted on 2/5/13 at 5:12 pm to LarryDavid
Season 2 is better. Critics and fans rate it higher than season 1. Check the sites
Posted on 2/5/13 at 5:14 pm to dallastiger55
i loved season 1 and season 2. i enjoyed 2 more
Posted on 2/5/13 at 5:27 pm to dallastiger55
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Season 2 is better. Critics and fans rate it higher than season 1. Check the sites
Everywhere but here, that's why I want to hear their reasons instead of just saying it had so many holes in the plots. I'd like to hear these "giant" holes.
Posted on 2/5/13 at 5:30 pm to LarryDavid
Season 2 has more action. They just won a bunch of awards.
Posted on 2/5/13 at 6:20 pm to R2Z2
Season 2 starts off with a bang and never let's up. I enjoyed the new guy who was working for Estes and the whole Gettysburg storyline.
Posted on 2/5/13 at 6:22 pm to dallastiger55
Season 1 set the bar so damn high.
Hard to match it, IMO.
Hard to match it, IMO.
Posted on 2/5/13 at 6:28 pm to dallastiger55
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Season 2 is better. Critics and fans rate it higher than season 1. Check the sites
This. After all the shite I heard here about how the second season is worse than the first I started the show fully prepared to be disappointed. When I found the second season to actually be more entertaining I was surprised. So I guess I have this board to thank for that
Posted on 2/5/13 at 6:57 pm to Wolf
What were sone plot holes
Posted on 2/5/13 at 7:20 pm to lsuguy13
I am willing to make allowances for plot holes if the show at least makes an effort to make it semi believable (or at least not completely impossible).Homeland has not yet dipped into 24 territory so I am ok with it as long as it is entertaining and it is absolutely that
Posted on 2/5/13 at 7:33 pm to Scoop
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An annoying example is having Saul flown out to a ship to watch Nazeer's body get dumped into the ocean which made no sense but was just a lame reason to not have him at the Langley bombing.
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Me thinks Saul knew that the bombing was going down, might have planned it himself...he's my top candidate for the mole right now
This post was edited on 2/5/13 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 2/5/13 at 7:37 pm to Decatur
The prayer he was making amongst the bodies in the last minute of the S2 finale was in Yiddish. I wonder what kind of prayer it was.
Interesting.
Interesting.
Posted on 2/5/13 at 7:40 pm to LarryDavid
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How about Carrie disappearing after the bombing and then showing up later like nothing happened?
How about Carrie disappearing after the bombing and then showing up later like nothing happened?
Posted on 2/5/13 at 8:05 pm to Bunta
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How about Carrie disappearing after the bombing and then showing up later like nothing happened?
That was the very last scene. How is that a hole? We don't even have a clue how that is going to play out in season 3.
Still waiting.
Posted on 2/5/13 at 8:13 pm to LarryDavid
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She just walks through every agent that still had to be there and went directly to Saul without being stopped and questioned on her whereabouts?
She just walks through every agent that still had to be there and went directly to Saul without being stopped and questioned on her whereabouts?
This post was edited on 2/5/13 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 2/5/13 at 9:30 pm to Bunta
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She just walks through every agent that still had to be there and went directly to Saul without being stopped and questioned on her whereabouts?
Everybody is pretty much dead. Any new "agents" there would let her see Saul because he's pretty much in charge now and she's always been number one in his mind. I don't see that as much of a stretch.
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