Full spoilers follow.
In death, we have life. For even while the former co-star of Showtime’s Homeland, Damian Lewis, saw his character killed at the end of Season 3 a year ago, it was that very act of murder -- Nicholas Brody, hanging from the neck in front of a crowd of cheering Iranians -- that allowed Homeland to live on. And not just to live on, but to thrive in its fourth season.
Because yes, Homeland lives. After a great first season, the Howard Gordon/Alex Gansa-developed series hit a wall when that initial year’s premise -- U.S. Marine Brody returns to the U.S. from the Middle East as a terrorist sleeper agent -- became unsustainable in Season 2. By the third year, the show was full of logic gaps and heightened ridiculousness, much of which was the result of trying to find a way to keep Brody relevant.
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