Some time has passed since Brody's death; Carrie has had his daughter and is now Station Chief in Kabul. When her counterpart in Islamabad informs her that he has solid intelligence about a high level target she has little time to consider the options but as the undisclosed source has been reliable before she orders a pair of F-15s to cross the border and take out the target. Not long afterwards it becomes apparent that they have struck a wedding party; the target may be dead but so are a lot of innocent people and it isn't long before feelings are running very high in Pakistan. She is ordered to fly there to brief the ambassador. Things go from bad to worse when the identity of the Station Chief in Islamabad is released to the press; Carrie and Quinn head to pick him up but he has been recognised putting them all in danger.
I was a little unsure what to expect as the fourth season opened; on the one hand I thought it would have been better if Brody had been written out at the end of series two and on the other I wondered how the story would progress without him thankfully this season got off to a great start; indeed if you've never seen 'Homeland' before you could probably jump in here without much difficulty. We are quickly shown Carrie's new situation and then thrown into the drama. The action is both sudden and frenetic; the sense of danger is very real when the car carrying the protagonists is surrounded by an angry mob. Claire Danes continues to impress as the manic Carrie and Rupert Friend makes a welcome return as Quinn. It is hard to judge where the series intends to go with this story but I suspect finding out will be highly entertaining!
I was a little unsure what to expect as the fourth season opened; on the one hand I thought it would have been better if Brody had been written out at the end of series two and on the other I wondered how the story would progress without him thankfully this season got off to a great start; indeed if you've never seen 'Homeland' before you could probably jump in here without much difficulty. We are quickly shown Carrie's new situation and then thrown into the drama. The action is both sudden and frenetic; the sense of danger is very real when the car carrying the protagonists is surrounded by an angry mob. Claire Danes continues to impress as the manic Carrie and Rupert Friend makes a welcome return as Quinn. It is hard to judge where the series intends to go with this story but I suspect finding out will be highly entertaining!