The Homeland Season 5 finale ends on a rather shocking if ambiguous note.
But does it bring a satisfying close to the year?
This review containsHomelandseason finale spoilers.
The title of tonights season finale is called A False Glimmer.
And shockingly, feels like they never will.Probably.
Well get to it.
Yet before addressing that final scene, we must consider that it wasnt the focus of the episode.
In fact, I am not entirely certain there was a focus to much of theHomelandseason 5 finale.
And perhaps, the same could be said about this whole year of Mathisons life.
Indeed, this entire climax to the terrorist plot amounts to less than 10 minutes of the actual episode.
The truth is that none of this matters much at all.
And Laura Sutton, for the last time, is simply the idealized boogeyman of liberal journalism unbounded.
Who knows, he might also love her?
Hes definitely patient enough for someone like Carrie since he gives her a month to make up her mind.
Clearly, this would give Carrie (andHomeland) reason to stay in Berlin for another year.
Perhaps this is why I am so dreadingHomelandseason 6 at the moment.
Because, sure enough,Homelandis the first part of a doubleheader for Showtimes fall schedule.
So of course,Homelandmust come back for another year.
However,Homelandis a spy series.
Its about cloaks, daggers, and the persons they stab in the name of realpolitik.
I dont want another season with Carrie out of the game.
And its why I was as desperate as him for her to say yes.
I understand she has grown past that stage in her life.
Saul accuses Carrie of being selfish for not wanting to come back to Langley.
However, it is hardly vain to want a happy, adjusted life for her daughter.
just, allowHomelandto embrace its true nature again.
Alas, that seems to be a door she has closed.
This brings us back to that final scene.
He embraced the darkness and is ready to lie with it in oblivion.
But the effect is the same.
And Rupert Friend is a true asset to the series.
However, he has been as wasted as Carries arc has been in season 5.
But like the season as a whole, any point of this potential ending for Quinn seems muddled.
Ihighlydoubt that they will leave Peter Quinns fate so open-ended, only to have him die off-screen.
Season 5 has been the weakest year ofHomelandto date.
And I see very few glimmers of this changing anytime soon.
Rating:
2 out of 5
