Did anybody watch the premiere of the new Showtime series Homeland after Dexter last Sunday?
I ended up finally seeing it tonight and loved it. I felt that each of the main characters were perfectly cast for their parts. I chime in later with actual thoughts on the episode later.
I found it rather intriguing and will be tuning in again this week. Damian Lewis and Claire Danes were both fantastic.
I agree. I think this show has the potential to be fantastic, but I’m a sucker for espionage/political intrigue.
Oh c’mon, like Major Winters would ever betray his country! Sure he may not be a Quaker, but he’s no turncoat either!
With that out of my system, I enjoyed it a lot. It will take some getting used to Damian Lewis as someone other than Dick Winters though. I’ve watched Band of Brothers many times and aside from Dreamcatchers (or whatever) it’s all I know him from.
Also, damn them for showing us a beautifully topless Morena Baccarin early on only to make it thoroughly uncomfortable later on.
I liked it too.
I was a little surprised they gave us so much at the very end (the flashback scene). I thought they were going to string us along with the uncertainty regarding what happened to Lewis’ partner for at least a couple more weeks.
Although perhaps that just means there are bigger secrets yet to be revealed. I’ll be sticking around.
I like where the psychological aspects of Claire Danes’ character will play aajor role in the story.
Also its nice to see a character on tv with a possible severe psychosis, thats still a high functioning professional. A not just a bubbling mess. Not to say thats not where they will go.
After one episode Im hopeful. I enjoyed it.
I don’t know. What else is there to the story? Agent has to prove that some guy is a terrorist. The whole thing could be solved in a single episode.
Sure, I guess there’s bound to be some giant conspiracy in the middle of everything, and at some point he’s going to try and kill the President, but I can’t really see such a simple premise being interesting and fresh a whole season.
Interesting first episode - but as others have mentioned, where do they go?
Three things can happen:
If they take option 3, they will keep us guessing for several seasons, but that too can get tiring - just when you think you know they flip back again, and again, and again.
That’s what I think, either it will be terribly boring because there’s not that much to do with the main plot if you keep it grounded in a passable semblance of reality or it will descend into a bunch of 24-esque ridiculous twists and turns and stupid cliffhangers. I don’t really feel like spending time with any of those two options, no matter how much I like the cast.
I liked it too, but I found Clair Dane’s character… unappealing. The rogue, somewhat out of control, and occasional psychotic who sees what no one else does? Frankly I don’t think the CIA would hesitate for a second to stick a bug right up Damien’s ass if there was the least suspicion. I think that’s the most unbelievable thing, that he’s untouchable and even beyond suspicion because he’s a hero.
I think he’s a double working for the Dharma Initiative.
Claire Danes may get another Emmy out of this and Mandy Patankin does a great job too. I really hope it’s more than he’s a terrorist and Danes is out to prove it. That’s a mini-series but not full-term show.
I agree that by now, the CIA and anyone with a brain would not let this wacko go around unattended, and then simply pop up and give an interview to the press.
Still, will continue to watch to see what happens. Hopefully it will get a tad bit more realistic in the coming weeks.
[Spoiler]I think that showing him using his prayer rug* is supposed to lead us to think he has been turned
I liked the bit in the first episode when the son shook his father’s hand. It seemed cold, but this kid doesn’t really know this guy as his father, so the relationship is going to be a little distant.
And BTW, I didnt’ know this until I read the Wikipedia article on the show, but apparently it’s based on an Israeli series called Hatufim.
Ya think?
I like it a bunch - very interesting. The part requiring the greatest suspension of disbelief, however, is that Danes’ character could have a “mood disorder” so severe she takes clozapine for it and the CIA didn’t discover it. Especially since she’s been a total pain in the ass. But hey, if we didn’t have to suspend disbelief, it wouldn’t be entertainment.
I figured it was an adaptation of a foreign show because there was something in the credits about “adapated for American television by”
I sure hope they don’t screw it up like they did “The Killing” - what a horrible mess. I still can’t fathom why they buy the remake rights to a fantastic television show, then decide to completely dismantle what they bought and put crap in its place.
When the reporter came into the yard,
he took care of him in just about the same way Charlie Crews took care of Roman Nevikov.
Loving the series, but can do without the T & A. Would like to be able to watch the show with my wife, but she’s overly sensitive to that sort of thing. She got to be a fan of Lewis after I introduced her to Life.
Just started watching this a few weeks ago, and I’m liking it.
Not much love around here for it, or are people just not talking about it the same they do with The Walking Dead, etc.
I’m loving it, but my SDMB participation has been spotty this tv season so I could have missed episode threads.
We are watching and enjoying it. I thought Sunday’s episode was the best yet. Trying to figure out Sol - did he actually pass the razor? On rewatch, I found his expressions during their discussions of doing the polygraphs to be very interesting. Then, the Carrie/Brody hookup and the subsequent polygraph questions - fun times!