For those of you who haven't yet got to experience this amazing programme here's the low down:
Carrie Mathison is a CIA agent and we first meet her in Iraq where she pulls information out of an informant (who is about to face the death penalty) and tells her that a "Prisoner of War has been turned.." However, being wild, Carrie has gained this information though an unauthorised operation which is then incredibly frowned upon by her superiors and so she is put on probation and reassigned. Shortly after, during a Delta Force raid on a compound belonging to a really bad terrorist called Abu Nazir, an American Marine Sargent who has been missing in action for 8 years is discovered. He is looking incredibly worse for ware (see below) but scrubs up nicely and is declared a National Hero by pretty much the whole of America excluding Carrie, who now believes intently that Sargent Nicolas Brodie is now a terrorist planning an attack on America.
Well done if you managed to follow that! But that is kind of what is amazing about this programme. It is incredibly fast paced with loads of twists, turns and shocker situations which kind of come out of nowhere. But at the same time, it isn't crazily far fetched and ridiculous. Basically it is amazing. It shows the whole picture of family life for Sargent Brodie who comes back to a family that has basically believed he was dead for 8 years. His youngest son doesn't even really remember him and his wife has started a relationship with one of Brodie's work colleagues and best friends. Carrie is also worth watching because she seems to create situations for herself where you are literally watching the programme through your fingers. She seems to have no real respect for the CIA rules and is, in general, a bit of a wild card.
If you haven't already become hooked to this programme, some of the episodes are still on 4OD but to get the first few you might have to buy them off iTunes. I personally think it would be difficult to dive into the programme now as I think we are about 8 episodes in. After incessantly telling my dad over and over again how amazing Homeland is he tried to watch one episode but firstly couldn't really follow what was going on and why, and most importantly could not appreciate how insanely good the programme is.
So there you have it, my first review! I hope I didn't lose you along the way, but I genuinely cannot express how much I love this programme. If you've been watching it or are about to watch it, I would love for you to let me know your thoughts below and if you want I can start doing individual "What I thought of the last episode" posts.
Thanks for reading, stay tuned for more blogs,
Katie
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