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HOMELAND - Mid Season Report CardNovember 18, 2011

Showtime

On Demand Weekly provides new movie reviews of hot movies and shows on demand from the POV of watching from the comfort of your home. Today’s review: HOMELAND (Showtime).

HOMELAND - Mid Season Report Card

By Jean Tait

I know, I know. I just wrote about this show last month, but I said I’d be back for more, and I’ve got to tell you: I’m smitten!

“Homeland” is definitely the best show

on television this fall!

Claire Danes’ Carrie Mathison just gets more and more fascinating. Obsessed with her job, is she going too far in her quest to get inside Sgt. Nicholas Brody’s head? Or is it something more than her job? Does she even have a clue what her feelings are or what they mean? Claire Danes and Damien Lewis have sparkling chemistry. The pull of their attraction is visceral, if confusing.

Another highlight is seeing the lovely Linda Purl as a steel magnolia representing the Vice President. Her charming smile and steely gaze would intimidate the toughest Pentagon bureaucrat. There is no doubt that her character is a political shark. The possibilities of her leading Brody into a political career are endlessly fascinating.

And just as I was wondering when the show was going to give us a little more of Mandy Patinkin’s world-weary Saul, his unhappy wife arrives, intending to end their marriage. His unhappiness is palpable. When he uses it as bait to get info out of a detainee, it makes me wonder if it is part of something more devious. And then there’s the lie detector results….

Oh, yeah, this show keeps me toes!

- Jean Tait

Jean
Jean Tait is a contributing writer to On Demand Weekly. Currently the Director of Programming for the Connecticut Film Festival, Jean has programmed for the Jacksonville Film Festival and Sundance Channel.