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Season 1 Episode 12

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While Carrie is incapacitated, Saul investigates the timeline of her activities and begins to discover the unsettling implications. Walker preps for his mission and Brody gets ready for the Vice President's policy summit.
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  • Homeland: A War With No Winners 75

    Homeland: A War With No Winners

    Showtime's new thriller wraps up its strong first season with a thought-provoking and daring finale that's a strong statement on the War on Terror.

    By Tim Surette, Dec 19, 2011

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    • All the build up comes to a conclusion.

      9.5
      By DexterMorgan2, Apr 20, 2013
      The season finale is no doubt the best episode yet with all the build up coming to a conclusion As the episode went on Brody's plan became more clear when he had the bomb and forced everyone in that small room together With Carrie losing her job there was nothing she could do apart from tell everyone what she thinks of Brody but from everybody's point of view she appears to be a crazy woman who has a grudge against Brody and with the fact that Brody couldn't use the bomb it makes Carrie look more crazy The one thing I don't know now is how the second season will go because Carrie doesn't have a job and now everybody has to be a little suspicious about Brody after Carrie has told everyone I guess we will just have to wait and see.moreless

    • so convenient ...

      5.0
      By MartinBlank74, Aug 11, 2012
      All in all, I was not happy with this season.

      I love the acting, but that is no surprise; with Patinkin and Lewis you can't go wrong, and Clare Danes is also very good. Everyone else is rather pale, but that's no biggie.

      But the gaps in the story are just too big. A lot of the things that Carrie did didn't make all that much sense, but her erratic personality made those actions not implausible.

      But.

      Carrie's assumption that Brody was turned is perfectly logical. Everyone knows for a fact that Walker was turned; Brody was in the exact same situation, so people should at least be suspicious.

      But no one is, for very convenient reasons:

      Estes does not want to dig too deep because he is dirty; Saul does not believe Carrie because he has actually seen her in her neurotic stages; and Carrie does not believe in herself anymore for the same reason.

      And since the whole CIA obviously consists of only these three people, the logical thing to put Brody under constant observation does not happen, and Carrie's assumption is just ignored.

      It is normal that the good guys can't put the pieces together until the eleventh hour, so we can have an awesome showdown; but the way they did it here is just lazy writing.moreless

    • 2 coincidences that killed the entire season of a great series

      2.0
      By logossun, Mar 07, 2012
      Let me be clear: the "Terrible" grade for this episode has nothing to do with the quality of the episode, and even less with the quality of the series.

      BUT, man, did they f**k it up.

      The entire season I marveled at how tight the script is, how the writers will not let anything fall through the cracks and how wonderful and consistent and believable the acting is all round.

      And then they do this s**t.

      First they have Brody not activate the carefully set vest not once but twice, with the last time coming just in the Hollywood nick of time.

      Once I digested that piece of trashy spy novel drivel, we have Carry remember the one thing that can actually make this thing believable, screams it out, no-one hears an then she (oh gosh oh golly) has treatment that erases short-term memory.

      I'm sorry but WHAT?!?!? Are we watching an episode of or a believable, gritty show that had me wanting more.

      I'm now screaming WHY?? Why ruin such realism with cheap tactics? And the answer is - well, we got season 2 and the writers panicked.

      And in stead of a new cabinet, America at Defcon 1 and Carrie on a war path, we have this: more of the same.

      Congratulations and thanks for nothing.moreless

    • It Could Have Been a Better Series

      8.0
      By xykoara, Feb 06, 2012
      I really enjoyed all the plots on this series. But having watched it all, I got the feeling they "dropped the ball" on the last episodes because they thought of "milking" a second season.

      It was pretty good, but it lacked "closure". It feels like watching a really long good movie, but when they're about to reveal it all, you have to leave your seat and go to the restroom...

      It will be a good series when it ends for good. I hope they don't play the "Lost" card and stretch the story so much beyond the initial concept that it looses its meaning.

      I'll be checking season two out. I hope it's worth the while.moreless

    • season finale

      9.0
      By echofan, Jan 06, 2012
      For me, Homeland has been one of the most suspensful and interesting series I've seen this year. The season finale didn't let me down. At the beggining, I was wondering how this would all end. Since I didn't know if Damian Lewis and Claire Danes were coming back, I actually (SPOILER ALERT) did think the bomb would explode. The more I taught about it, the more I taught that it would actually be a let down if they went that way. I had no idea how they would convincingly make Sergeant Brody not go through with it. Clever twist with Carrie showing up at the Brody's house and convincing the daughter to call her dad, did not see that coming. Love the scene between the two of them on the phone, really emotional scene.

      Also, I love the fact that (SPOILER) Carrie actually decided to go through with the shock treatment. Gotta admire that girl.

      I know some people were disappointed with the ending and they think that season 2 will be less interesting because of it but I have faith in the writers. I remember people saying the same thing after the first couple of episodes and, what do you know, it actually stayed good. Can't wait for season 2!moreless
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