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E d i t e d B y T H E B E S T S T U F F T O W AT C H ,
T o m G l i a t t o R E A D & L I S T E N T O T H I S W E E K !
Danes with
Patinkin (and,
inset, with Lewis
in the series’
exceptional
season 1).
TV | Homeland
DRAMA Messy and imperfect but also fiercely compelling, as both her savior and her lover. Has she somehow
Homeland probably ranks as the most significant TV compromised the CIA, betraying her country and
entertainment to deal with the intractably complicated herself? This setup is a clever inversion of the show’s
world of modern counterterrorism. (No. 2 would be the first seasons, which focused on Claire’s pursuit of a
SIFEDDINE ELAMINE/SHOWTIME; (INSET) KENT SMITH/SHOWTIME
Kiefer Sutherland bullet train called 24—both shows military hero turned mole named Nicholas Brody
were executive-produced by Howard Gordon.) As (Damian Lewis). (Claire and Nick also had a very hot
this eighth and last season begins, agent Carrie Mathi- affair—spy vs. spy doesn’t rule out spy hooks up
son (Claire Danes, winner of three Emmys for the role) with spy.) Meanwhile, her mentor Saul Berenson
has recovered from the seven months she spent in (Mandy Patinkin) is trying to broker a peace with
Russian captivity. During that agonizing Afghanistan. Patinkin, in a recent New York
period she suffered a breakdown—she’s ‘Messy and Times interview, said he hoped in the end
bipolar—and now she’s plagued by shadowy, imperfect but Homeland would offer the possibility of a
blue-tinted memories of a Russian named planet “void of terror for five [expletive]
Yevgeny Gromov (Costa Ronin). Claire also fiercely seconds.” Good luck with that. (Showtime,
wonders whether she embraced Gromov compelling’ Feb. 9, 9 p.m.)
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