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In Treatment: Gina: Week Three (2009)
The Farthership has landed!
The longer a person's feelings take a metaphorical back seat in their life, the larger the psychological wound that would stay in his thoughts. This brilliantly written episode uncovers such a wound, of a really passionate psychotherapist, with another equally good therapist. I would say that this intense session ending up in a subtle sigh from the therapist to have pulled it off is saying how big of a landmine did they uncovered. Surprisingly, to its own inbuilt fault, everything seemingly falls in a perfect pattern like the pieces of a missing puzzle. And the cinematography was subtle and stayed true to its good self that the series has maintained through out its course. This is one of the peaks that the writing and acting for this brilliant series could hit.
Homeland: Our Man in Damascus (2015)
The Atheist Terrorist Professor!
As the fifth season of Homeland finally boils down to the cusp of the cat and mouse game between the CIA - BND alliance and the bad guys, it finds one of its best episodes with a perfect script and terrific performances by it's ensemble cast. Each plot advance effectively advances the audience too towards the edges of their seats. The episode feels so realistic even at its peak,thanks to the great cinematography and crisp editing.It even very briefly manages to pull off some dark humor in this grim episode. All the plot elements built parallelly mix effortlessly into what's going to be the final episode of this epic thriller saga. This might be one of the best pre-finale episodes Homeland has ever had after its first season.
Homeland: Redux (2014)
Sheer Brilliance and Slight Negligence
Season 4 has been trying to find an interesting build of conflict and what better can you expect than Carrie fighting her inner demons in mayhem while Saul's still a captive of a happy Haqqani. The entire sequence of Carrie's freak-out is brilliantly done both technically and acting wise. The dialogue between a Jewish ex-CIA head and a Taliban leader provided a chance to make this a unique television moment but the writers have wasted the opportunity only to enhance an American viewer's perspective. All in all this is one of the better episodes of this season and Claire Danes' performance in this episode in itself is a reason to watch this well crafted piece of television drama.
PS: Brody's appearance in this episode was sheer brilliance. The writers have found a clever way to do some post-season3-damage-control without compromising on the plot.