'The world is about to end and we are all standing around having a fucking conversation' - Carrie Mathison (Homeland)

So I have finally watched the last few episodes of Homeland season 1, all the build up of a big terrorist attack, and surprise, surprise nothing happened. That is not to say that the episodes weren't interesting, I fact I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see if Brody was going to bow up the Vice President…I think I was more on edge about how it was going to look, after Brody’s detailed description of his body being obliterated but his head remaining in tact. Aside from the immanent assassination of the Vice President, our other main character, Carrie is having a mental breakdown after being taken out by a bomb on a mission that turned sour. Carrie is in hospital and therefore away from her meds, Saul visits her everyday, and after her release begins to recognise her illness. Carrie under strict orders is told by her sister to relax, and predictably goes against this and continues to work…this is ultimately her downfall as now everyone recognises her lies, and no-one, not even Saul believe what she’s saying (hence the title of this piece). 

The last few episodes of Homeland were if I’m honest a bit of a disappointment to me, I was expecting a big explosion and the department to be in disarray as they try and work out what happened. I accept that if they kill off Brody in a suicide bomb, the series would pretty much end but surely a man like Nazir would have other plans if the first should fail. I also found it hard to believe that Nazir would just let Brody get away with not following the plan, however I can see from a scriptwriter’s point of view how this will allow the story to progress. Another point of frustration for me was Carrie piecing everything together just before she underwent shock therapy, I think this was meant as a cliff hanger for the next season, but I don’t think it was particularly well executed as it should have ended on this, but the program somehow seemed to continue for a little longer. I have to say, as much as I’m complaining about details, the final episode was two hours long, but did not feel like this at all. The whole episode I was in anticipation of what was about to happen, and although the story predictably didn’t flow the way I wanted it to, it still had my full attention. For this reason and many more I will continue to watch Homeland, and intend to fully catch up with season 2.