Marine One
- Episode aired Dec 18, 2011
- TV-MA
- 1h 24m
While Carrie is near catatonic, Saul investigates her unsettling timeline; Brody makes final preparations for the Vice President's policy summit at the State Department.While Carrie is near catatonic, Saul investigates her unsettling timeline; Brody makes final preparations for the Vice President's policy summit at the State Department.While Carrie is near catatonic, Saul investigates her unsettling timeline; Brody makes final preparations for the Vice President's policy summit at the State Department.
- Mike Faber
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis drew 1.7 million viewers, making it the most watched season finale of any first-year Showtime series. In the UK, it pulled 4.1 million viewers.
- GoofsEstes, a CIA official and civil servant (not a presidential appointee), attends a closed partisan political gathering at the Vice Presidential residence, a career-destroying violation of the Hatch Act.
- Quotes
Carrie Mathison: Why did he do it?
Saul Berenson: Who?
Carrie Mathison: Brody. Why?
Saul Berenson: Do what?
Saul Berenson: Call Estes and... rat me out like that.
Saul Berenson: Honestly, I can think of a hundred reasons. The man's running for Congress, in case you forgot. Think about it. You're the last person he needs in his life right now. And vice versa.
Carrie Mathison: But, Saul...
Saul Berenson: Listen to me. This man has poisoned your thoughts. He has cost you almost everything. Forget him.
Carrie Mathison: I can't, Saul. I can't.
Saul Berenson: My God. You're in love with him.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (2012)
Carrie is a well thought out character: she's interesting, unreliable yet somehow reliable at the same time, and her illness provides great potential and unpredictability. For the most part she was handled well this season, and was portrayed so well by Claire Danes. However, I think Saul takes the cake for best character on the show. He's real, dynamic, and flawed despite coming across as a generally nice guy to be around.
But the character who should be the most interesting isn't. Nicholas Brody. No doubt the mystery surrounding his captivity and rescue makes for a good season, but he himself really isn't all that captivating. And once we find out who he is and what he's doing, the story takes a turn in a direction that does not hold open many doors for following seasons.
This is a show that does have a good premise, but it's one that can likely be solved in a single season or two at most. But where does it go from there? Likely the story branches out into so many different directions and angles that we no longer even acknowledge the fact that there indeed was a premise that sparked the show.
Unlike shows like The Wire, Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, or Breaking Bad, which all have premises that can sustain themselves for multiple seasons at which point the show gracefully ends rather than drawing out unnecessarily, Homeland does not.
Only time will tell, but ignoring all that, I can say that the first season was a successful run.
- GibsonExplorer1976
- Mar 4, 2013
Details
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD