TMC
10-04-2015, 02:13 AM
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/10/homeland-season-5-review
"This is the second season that the show has been Brody-less, and it continues to enjoy its freedom,” says Richard Lawson. "Carrie is a great invention of a character, and setting her loose in new systems has yielded compelling results. Homeland is sleeker, leaner as a straight-up spy show, rather than tangling with all the emotional operatics the Carrie/Brody pas de deux necessitated. Carrie works best as a lone Jeanne d’Arc, a solitary Cassandra, propelled by her feverish visions into the dark.” PLUS: Homeland hits the reset button (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2015/10/01/homeland-season-5-finds-carrie-in-berlin/23383/) again — and it works, Season 5 shows its timeliness (http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/homeland-season-five-showtime-review/408595/) when it comes to current affairs, the best thing about Homeland has become the worst thing about Homeland (http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/24/homeland-ew-revie), it takes three episodes for Homeland’s annoyances (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/is-homeland-better-off-when-carrie-is-stable-or-unstable) to make a comeback, and Homeland boss says: "We're adopting the model that The Wire and 24 set (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/homeland-season-5-preview-alex-829007)."
"This is the second season that the show has been Brody-less, and it continues to enjoy its freedom,” says Richard Lawson. "Carrie is a great invention of a character, and setting her loose in new systems has yielded compelling results. Homeland is sleeker, leaner as a straight-up spy show, rather than tangling with all the emotional operatics the Carrie/Brody pas de deux necessitated. Carrie works best as a lone Jeanne d’Arc, a solitary Cassandra, propelled by her feverish visions into the dark.” PLUS: Homeland hits the reset button (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2015/10/01/homeland-season-5-finds-carrie-in-berlin/23383/) again — and it works, Season 5 shows its timeliness (http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/homeland-season-five-showtime-review/408595/) when it comes to current affairs, the best thing about Homeland has become the worst thing about Homeland (http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/24/homeland-ew-revie), it takes three episodes for Homeland’s annoyances (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/is-homeland-better-off-when-carrie-is-stable-or-unstable) to make a comeback, and Homeland boss says: "We're adopting the model that The Wire and 24 set (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/homeland-season-5-preview-alex-829007)."