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Homeland (Season 6 - 2017)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: March 19, 2018, 11:55 pm
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[center]Homeland (Season 6 - 2017)
4 Stars out of 5
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Before I jump into my thoughts on Season 6, I gotta go back to
Season 5 first. I never did a review for that season because I
was actually watching it on Showtime and once over, it slipped
my mind about doing a review. With that said, I can't remember
much of Season 5 other than I thought it was a good season.
Really, the only thing I can remember with any clarity was the
finale episode and the finale scene. This was all about what
happened to Peter Quinn. He's capture and tortured and
ultimately gassed with a Toxic Chemical Weapon on TV. He is
apparently a goner, but somehow survives to make it to the end,
but is not the same. The final scene with Carrie hovering over
Quinn in the hospital and the scene fading to White, I was left
with the idea that Quinn had passed onto the other side. I also
thought that the way the scene was shot, that Carrie smothers
him with a pillow to put him out of his misery.
Fast-forward to Season 6 and we see that Quinn is very much
alive....but he's definitely not the same as his Stroke from his
ordeal has left him invalid. He doesn't move as he use to, can't
walk the same way and his speech is slurred with bouts of memory
loss. Clearly he is no longer working for the government and is
dealing with just the day to day struggles of simple things that
we all take for granted. 10 minutes into Episode 1, I had the
entire season mapped out for Quinn. I knew that it was going to
be all about whether he had one last mission left inside of him,
in spite of now being unemployed and on his on. I knew that he
would have major struggles getting to the Season Finale and I
knew that he would in the end, sacrifice himself to protect
Carrie and what's how it all went down.
Carrie may be the one that carries the entire season, but Season
6 was all Quinn. She actually felt more of side character this
time around. If there was ever a way for a character to go out
in a blaze of glory, this was it. As for the Plot, I also knew
that the President-Elect would turn out to be corrupt and the
actions that take place in the Finale shows it. This isn't a
knew plot thought. They also did it with President Logan in
Season 5 of 24. As for the final shot, the cliffhanger....it was
surreal to see how the series has boomeranged right back to
Season 1. With Carrie completely disillusioned with the
President and the government that is now fully corrupt, having
her staring at Capitol Hill with a blank stare, just like Brody
does in Season 1, I'm left thinking that Carrie, who's now at
the end of her rope will decide to go full-on Brody herself and
become a Suicide Bomber. Well, I see her hellbent on carrying
this out for the first half of the next season before snapping
back to reality and deciding to take down the President the
right way.
Overall, a great season with stellar work from Rupert Friend,
Mandy Patinkin, Elizabeth Marvel and the always awesome F.
Murray Abraham. Definitely worth a Rent. Check it out.
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