Caveman Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 They should definitely end it there. Third series was hit and miss, had some great bits, some really bad bits and some utterly pointless bits. Towards the end it got exciting and the way it ended was probably about right - we suspend disbelief regularly in these shows but given everything that had happened, it had to catch up with Brody eventually - there was no way out. They've more or less written Saul out of it as well IMO and Carrie must be about done too. They could do something with underdeveloped characters like Quinn (although I found it annoying he went from anonymous assassin posing as analyst to all round CIA operative supreme involved in every single thing the agency was involved in!) and Dar Adal (who entered in season 2 as a mysterious head of black ops type but turned out to be little more than Saul's sounding board, even the hints that he was double crossing him didn't really amount to much) but I think making a season 4 is a mistake at this stage. The whole point of the show for me was about the moral ambiguity of Brody's position, his conflict between his family and his beliefs and missions, and a fairly constant "is he/isn't he a terrorist" that made it so thrilling at the start, and ultimately less so after the first season by which time we knew. While the ending of season 3 was exciting, they had established him as being "good" so that even the bluff that he was going to blow the whistle before killing Akbari was so obviously a bluff. They should let it lie now. Spot on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Wait... they've renewed for a season 4? Does any American TV series know when to exit gracefully rather than continue to hang on despite the story clearly starting to falter badly? I seriously thought that was the last episode, and it was wrapped up as such. Let it die, FFS! By the way, loved the scene with carry and the marker star, very touching. nobody can attempt to flog a dead horse like the yanks can.how could this possibly go on to a series 4?tbh,the last 30 minutes of the final episode were 30 mins too long and utterly unnecessary 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Don't really understand where the fourth season is going to go. Saul will clearly be dragged back into the CIA by some crisis developing in Iran, perhaps Lockhart will blow Javadi and Saul will have the clear up the mess and there'll be the whole power struggle between the pair of them. Carrie will blatantly give her child to her Dad and there'll be all kinds of problems there. Maybe they'll revisit the Brodie clan trying to come to terms with his death and that he wasn't all bad. Sounds thrilling.I'm a big fan of the show but if Brodie's dead, and surely he is, then that has to be that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islay Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Don't really understand where the fourth season is going to go. Saul will clearly be dragged back into the CIA by some crisis developing in Iran, perhaps Lockhart will blow Javadi and Saul will have the clear up the mess and there'll be the whole power struggle between the pair of them. Carrie will blatantly give her child to her Dad and there'll be all kinds of problems there. Maybe they'll revisit the Brodie clan trying to come to terms with his death and that he wasn't all bad. Sounds thrilling. I'm a big fan of the show but if Brodie's dead, and surely he is, then that has to be that. Brodie isn't really supposed to be the main character though. The great thing about Homeland is there isn't really a central character, they all play their part somehow. Brodie was missing for quite a large portion of season 3 and the show managed to go on rather well without him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 That should be it. Felt the last episode didn't need the 4 months later bit. Felt like it was an add on after the got renewed for season 4. Shame as it's been a good show. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud131 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Is it possible that Brodie isn't dead and somehow survived the hanging, its happened before in real lifehttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/16/iranian-man-execution-hanged-alireza-methI know its a bit far fetched but it is Homeland after all. He could be working against the CIA with Javadi or something along those lines. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyblair Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Is it possible that Brodie isn't dead and somehow survived the hanging, its happened before in real life http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/16/iranian-man-execution-hanged-alireza-meth I know its a bit far fetched but it is Homeland after all. He could be working against the CIA with Javadi or something along those lines. There is now way he could have survived. As someone further up said, they concentrated so much on the hanging (I guess to give him his rightful farwell) that there is no way back from that. Agree with most others, perhaps time to hang up their boots on this show. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 There is now way he could have survived. As someone further up said, they concentrated so much on the hanging (I guess to give him his rightful farwell) that there is no way back from that. Agree with most others, perhaps time to hang up their boots on this show. See how everyone has been using spoilers, do that. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsjfc Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 New series appearing in the next couple of months 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Next season starts this Sunday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lanarkshire Jag Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Next season starts this Sunday. Started at the weekend there on U.S. telly with a double bill. I thought it was decent enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I thought it was an excellent way to give us a reboot, and it all seems like it could develop into an interesting season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Quite enjoyable double bill, apart from the one rather excruciating scene in the bath.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jambo-rocker Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Quinn = LAD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 You'd think Carrie could have bought a new suit for her Kabul gig. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Peter Quinn rocks. "It's ok, I speak dumbass" lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 The scene with Carrie and her baby was awful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 started watching this from the start last week, halfway through 2nd season, fucking tremendous show 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footiechick Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Carrie is such an unlikeable character. The baby scene was awful. The season usually starts slow but this has been terrible so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCR Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Is the new season worth watching then? I've got the episodes sitting waiting but can't really find the willpower after the way the last one ended. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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