I kinda wish that Brody had succeeded.
Who are we supposed to be rooting for?
The Americans who, although are right in wanting to stop needless killing. Or the converted marine who wants to get revenge on a cunt who killed 82 children and is wanting to become the leader of the “free world”?
Honestly, I wanted so much for the bomb to succeed. That cock-sucker vp would have deserved it.
His associate gets shot in front of him, her blood spattering across his clothes and face, yet the only thing he cares about is being stuck in a room full of people just like him for more than an hour?!
He doesn’t even attempt to remove or clean his blood stained clothes, let alone ask if he can change them. He just wears them the whole time, while the rest of them sweat in their safe cube underground thinking about how miserable it is for them to be in such a position.
Furthermore, Brody cocked Carrie over. He made her think she was crazy enough for her to get ECT. HE SHOULD HAVE JUST BOMBED THEM. WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT DANA. Now he’s just become another gear in the machine that is the government. Does he really think he can make a difference? Working with a child murderer? No he can’t all he’s done is allowed a roomful of self-preserving people keep their jobs. That’s all they want. Some of them used to be so full of pride and hope for the future. They were going to be the one to change things, to finally make their country great again! But then they did something bad. They fucked another man, they cheated on their partner, they had an abortion, they caused the death of 82 of the “enemy’s” children, they helped cover it. Then they because blackmailable pieces in a game.
Also the (I’m sure, unintentional) parallels between this and death note (Carrie = L, Brody = Kira) spoke mountains. The rest are all gears who can’t do anything but watch as it all unfolds.
Season 2 of homeland is going to be interesting.