Before watching this Homeland episode, I often felt mixed feelings about the fourth season of Homeland. It began slowly, but around the 6th episode, I began to like it. The 9th and 10th episodes are the best of the season, and I didn't mind last week's episode even though it was a slight bit weaker. Words can't even explain how painful and anti- climatic the season finale of Homeland's fourth season has been. For most of the season, Homeland had been a robust thriller that always managed to entertain me, despite being pretty weak for the first five episodes. Although I was against the idea of Homeland rebooting itself as a thriller rather than more of a psychological drama, it somehow paid off with the ninth through eleventh episodes. Unfortunately, the steady ride that Homeland has been on just crashed, descended into flames, and was reduced to nothing but ash.
This episode was painfully boring to watch, halfway through I began to ask myself the question, "What in the world were the writers thinking?" I haven't seen any Season finale as bad as this. After all the tension and chaos in Pakistan, and the foundation the writers were setting up for the Season finale, we get 52 minutes of a boring, soap-opera like Mathison family drama, and plenty of awkward moments throughout. As far as this episode goes, it does nothing to set up a solid foundation for the fifth season of Homeland. As suggested by the title, the redemption of Homeland is a long time coming.
This episode was painfully boring to watch, halfway through I began to ask myself the question, "What in the world were the writers thinking?" I haven't seen any Season finale as bad as this. After all the tension and chaos in Pakistan, and the foundation the writers were setting up for the Season finale, we get 52 minutes of a boring, soap-opera like Mathison family drama, and plenty of awkward moments throughout. As far as this episode goes, it does nothing to set up a solid foundation for the fifth season of Homeland. As suggested by the title, the redemption of Homeland is a long time coming.