Homeland
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Thought Season 3 was poor as a whole. Some good points later on in the series but some ridiculous things happened throughout that were either pointless or really cheap tricks to advance the series.
BirkenheadBlue
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I wish they'd just end it now after Season 3. It's been going steadily downhill since season 1 imho
neil999
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it seems a problem with alot of american series, great content to start with but then they just milk it until it dies
see also -the walking dead
its frustrating cos when they are good they are really good, too much filler...
Generally true. The Dana arc in this series was really lazily written and clichéd and it seemed like the writers realised and just dropped it abruptly, which is kind of annoying because it's pretty bad manners to waste viewers' time and not apologize.
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The reintroduction of Brody was initially really good - the individual episode in Caracas was one of the show's best, at least until the fairly boring introduction of the creepy paedophile nihilist drug pusher doctor chap - another flat, clichéd character.
The whole turning of Javadi was too simple and breezy*, and the notion that the CIA would send Brody in for the assassination and attempt to retrieve him was ridiculous. However, the end was both brutal and sad. I agree that they could leave it there, as I don’t have a huge urge to invest time in a new story arc.
*The whole moral struggle Fara (I think? Saul's analyst) went through also seemed ultimately pointless. I imagine the writers will pick up a lot of the loose threads in future seasons, but they expended a lot of time on incidental plots in this season, to the detriment of the believability of the bigger story.
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There was so much filler that ultimately went nowhere. Whether that is a lack of ideas or really shoddy editing and late decision making I'm not sure.
Also, the whole process of getting Brody back in the game and into Iran was farcical. The fact they managed to get him back in shape using an effing montage over the course of about a week despite a heroin/morphine addiction is ludicrous.
Another ridiculous thing is when he is captured by the Iranians after the firefight on the border with Iraq. Where the hell did the Iranians come from and how did the Americans and their drones not pick them up? Oh, I know why, cheap dramatic effect.
Just thought it was a really poor season.
BirkenheadBlue
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Walking Dead is far better now (and was INFINITELY better after 3 seasons) than Homeland is now though, imho
BlueLlama
10/11/17 TWAIN CRUSH DAY
The end of season WD was excellent, one of the very best episodes. Homeland has been utter pap until the last couple of episodes by they are still some way off the brilliance of the first 2 seasons
DanEFC92
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It was good compared to the tosh in the episodes before it, but made no bloody sense. SPOILERS IN WHITE
Why would the Governor kill Hershel over Michonne, other than it was convenient for the writers?
Why isn't Rick dead? He opened fire in front of fellas with machine guns and a bloody tank and had to run about 20 yards to a bus. The show is full of annoying things like that that put me right off.
And I agree with the second point about Homeland.
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