Homeland - back soon!

[Hassled]

I am beside myself with excitement. here - who's putting the contacts in? Is that Carrie in a disguise? Any one else agog?

I agree. I could not understand why he told Jessica at all.

Didn't he tell Jessica because she said he couldn't come back until he started telling the truth? Surely if he came out with some lame excuse she wouldn't have believed him and kicked him out?

I think he was vague telling Jessica. It's not inconceivable that given his background he would be advising them. And he didn't go into detail.

I agree, I think him telling Jess that he was working for the CIA was genius - he doesn't have to tell her any more than that and from now on ALWAYS has an excuse for when he disappears/sounds like he's strangling a man in a forest when she calls him etc

I thought maybe the tail was for Dana's boyfriend. That been the VP's son he'd have a bodyguard when out and about?

Finn did have security, but they lost them-hence the accident.

Who was standing over the woman at the end?

Jeans & brown suede shoes.

Kept looking back & couldn´t see anyone with that combo!

the car behind Carrie and Brody was definitely Virgil

Virgil is going to keep an eye on Brody house. Tbh I thought he would have told Jess he was working for the CIA long before now, it would have been perfect cover for his disappearing all the time.
I think the person with the hit and run victim was someone who had gone to help or may it was the bodyuards having caught up. Dana and thingy sat for ages, at the scene, in the car after hitting the woman.

It wasnt the bodyguards - it wasn't a big black 4x4.

Wasn´t the bodyguards as the person wasn´t in a suit.

The thing is with Jess knowing Brody works for the CIA is that she'll tell Mike, and the whole story about Brody being with Walker on the day he died - and possibly working together - will come out. I think the fact that Brody told Jess in the way he did shows he has his own plan, he has worked things out for himself rather than going along with what the CIA are telling him.

It definitely was Virgil, I agree.

Will now watch it for a second time....

Oh yes, was def Virgil.

Who else did anyone think it was?

That wasn't the end of the series was it?

No.

Not sure how many there are 8?10?

That was 5, wasn´t it?

Thought it was a random CIA person, diddl.

That was ep 5 of 12.
I am bad, as I read the synopsis of ep 6. So I can now no longer comment on all the speculation, so as not to give away any spoilers.

I thought it was Rupert.

Pleased there are 12 episodes - still 7 to go, anything could happen.

I'm loving this series even more than the first and have got dh into it which makes it more fun as can share conspiracy theories!

The Dana/Fin incident was genuinely shocking. It's hard to believe that the boy wouldn't realise that it was disastrous to just fuck off like that. For all his wanking on about US political history in the last episode, he clearly hasn't remembered Edward Kennedy and the Chappaquidick débâcle.

stranded I agree with you that the writers are going to have to be careful not to fall into the trap that Lost did, with so many red herrings and unresolved 'moments' that it was always going to be impossible to tie everything up.

Already the final cliffhanger from season one (where Carrie is remembering Brody calling out Issa's name and making the connection, just before she is given electroshock therapy) is null and void.

I loved Lost but eventually I was just watching because I had invested so much time and for naked shots of Sawyer and the finale was disappointing because so many 'key moments' turned out to be red herrings that were just dropped.

I guess we are almost going to go full circle with this series. Brody will be 'working' for the CIA and we will be wondering whether he is a double agent or triple - same 'is he/isn't he' as the first season and with a similar 'will they/won't they' with Carrie.

And that's fine with me

Slightly I thought that perhaps the Carrie/Isa memory was just to stress what brilliant knowledge and memories was being risked by the treatment.

Pseudo good point. More subtly worrying

I really wish that the first brilliant series had ended with Brodie blowing up the VP. Then it could have been a searing, stand alone, brilliant 12 part drama.

Now - despite loving all the characters still it is completely implausible.

But - what bloody brilliant acting from everyone. I can't remember a series (other than The Killing) where the sheer brilliance of the acting from everyone bar none blew me away.

But the scriptwriters are in cloud cuckoo land.