Showtime just announced something that has some us breathing a deep sigh of relief: Homeland will return in September – let the rejoicing begin! Don’t know the show? Need some incentive to gorge yourself on season one while waiting for the fall to come with new riches? Happy to be of service! 1.) Because You [...]

Paranoia and the root of it pervade every scene in Homeland. Questions are asked and never answered but justifications are illuminated. In Baghdad an informant whispers an idea into Carrie Mathison’s (Claire Danes) ear. An American POW has been turned. Years later Nicholas Brody (Damien Lewis) comes crawling out of a whole looking dirtier and [...]

    Claire Danes I adore you.  My So-Called Life.* Romeo & Juliet. Stardust. Stage Beauty. Terminator 3 (whatever it’s fantastic and you all have no taste). Now Claire Danes is starring in a Showtime series, Homeland. Unlike 9 out of 10 Showtime series based around women she will not be insane/dying/super quirky. Instead she’s a [...]