This Homeland review contains spoilers.
The New Normal is in fact already dated with the CIA dreading another London or Madrid.
Yes, this would very much be ideal for ISIS.
Theres another scary thought we might be on the edge of making a reality.
Its these nightmares that causes the episode to work.
It is also a clever development, because Saul has to bear the brunt of this unfortunate utilitarian logic.
After all, he was her patsy.
Allison says that Saul is the angriest man she has ever met, but I dont believe it.
Saul is about as close to Gandhi as you are wont to get at Langley.
So to see her set him off is a special kind of evil.
That cold professionalism offset by pools of humanity is the defining staple of Danes heroine.
It is a nice bit of closure before we ramp up for the final two episodes.
Carrie says it better than I ever could when she said to Dar Adal, Fell in with them?
It doesnt make any sense!
I couldnt have said it better Carrie if I spent another thousand words dissecting this lame subplot again.
So it is harder to be as damning this evening.
Albeit, I am still not crazy about the foundation sequences.
I will confess that my certainty about Otto Durings duplicity increasingly appears unfounded.
Still why is he trying to replace her?
If the series is cleverly outsmarting my narrative predictions, then bravo.
But these scenes were also squandered on Laura Sutton being a painfully oblivious cliche of bleeding heart liberals.
The New Normal hits close to home in a variety of uncomfortable ways.
Rating:
3.5 out of 5
