I really thought that I was so incredibly close to giving up onHomeland.

And then Redux, as well as Halfway to a Donut, happened.

The first oneCarly Joneswas kind enough to fill in for me on during my absence last week.

She was smarter than anyone else in the room, and nobody listened to her.

…Because the rest of the episode is really damn good.

And yet, I cannot necessarily blame him for his total exasperation.

Either way, the Pakistani intelligence community comes off as worse than the Saturday morning dastardliness of SPECTRE.

He escapes from his Taliban cell by faking a suicide and then strangling the guard.

She does the opposite.

), Saul is discovered by the Taliban fairly quickly in a tense, sequence of pure desperation.

And to top it all off,I cared.

As for Carries decision?

She just surmised whatHomelandsambiguous morality play is all about.

Well, when its not trying to assassinate her character, at least.

And what happened to Lockharts ability to pull away Pakistans $2 billion aid?

Thank goodness for that.

Meanwhile, the more interesting question is what is Khans angle?

Does he really care what Carrie thinks about him so much?

There is a play here, and Im starting to suspect he does know who Brody is after all.

But untilHomelandcan finally find a balance between those two elements again, my enthusiasm will remain tempered.

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Rating:

3 out of 5