Warning: Full spoilers below.
Oh, Carrie. You don’t have super powers. We know that now. Sure, it was easy to think, O.K., maybe you’re onto something with the whole stopping the meds thing. After all, we had seen the evidence in the past of what manic Carrie could piece together, the deductive magic she could work. But after the trainwreck that she turned into this episode, while getting no closer to the truth about who is out to get her, it’s safe to say that whatever possible edge going off the meds can provide is far outweighed by the dangers inherent in doing so.
So we wind up with another award- and cringe-worthy performance from Claire Danes as Carrie goes off the deep end. It’s all very effective dramatically, with Carrie yelling at the photo of Haqqani, the Taliban leader she faced in the past, before being confronted by the “ghost” of Aayan, the poor med student who Carrie got killed last season. Bringing Suraj Sharma back to play the Aayan from beyond was a nice move by the Homeland team, as it was that character’s fate in particular which really drove home how cold Carrie could be -- and which surely haunts her every day.
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Oh, Carrie. You don’t have super powers. We know that now. Sure, it was easy to think, O.K., maybe you’re onto something with the whole stopping the meds thing. After all, we had seen the evidence in the past of what manic Carrie could piece together, the deductive magic she could work. But after the trainwreck that she turned into this episode, while getting no closer to the truth about who is out to get her, it’s safe to say that whatever possible edge going off the meds can provide is far outweighed by the dangers inherent in doing so.
So we wind up with another award- and cringe-worthy performance from Claire Danes as Carrie goes off the deep end. It’s all very effective dramatically, with Carrie yelling at the photo of Haqqani, the Taliban leader she faced in the past, before being confronted by the “ghost” of Aayan, the poor med student who Carrie got killed last season. Bringing Suraj Sharma back to play the Aayan from beyond was a nice move by the Homeland team, as it was that character’s fate in particular which really drove home how cold Carrie could be -- and which surely haunts her every day.
Continue reading…
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