Homeland: Season 4

Despite its flaws, inconsistencies and improbabilities, HOMELAND is still one of the best dramas on TV. Its aesthetics and overall quality of production outshine even the highest budget Hollywood blockbuster. Each season, CIA Intelligence Office Carrie Mathison (the phenomenally talented Claire Danes) fights terrorism to protect the American way of life. Season 4 is no different though Mathison's love interest Nicholas Brody was heroically "finished off" in season 3.Ever in search of redemption, Mathison passes up an assignment in "safer" Turkey to be CIA station chief in Kabul, Afghanistan. Of course, there would be no story if Mathison stayed in a more peaceful location. This time her terrorist target is Haissan Haqqani (Numan Acar made up to look particularly scary and ominous). Mathison makes a decision that results in the loss of dozens of civilian lives. The fight for her redemption suddenly becomes more imperative.HOMELAND is an often overwhelming and confusing swirl of plot lines and characters. Season 4 often veers off course with irrelevant side stories or ones that have potential that is never fulfilled. Rupert Quinn returns as Peter Quinn as Mathison's CIA black ops cohort. His character and his devotion to Mathison are more clear in Season 4, Quinn, always the lady's man, begins a relationship with the gorgeous overweight manager of his apartment building. Here is a lovely and tender story where the woman is not a "traditional" beauty but has an inner and outer beauty that lights up the screen. Then the subplot is over leaving us wanting more.Several new characters are added this season and always expect the unexpected as to who will leave the series and who may or may not be the person they appear to be. Mathison is ready to use her beauty and looks to seduce and possibly betray men who cross her path. And there is plenty of betrayal in Season 4. No one can be trusted.Be prepared to accept story lines that are implausible and sometimes portray a whole nation in bad light. It seems like everyone in the Pakistani government is supporting terrorism except for one brave soul. HOMELAND doesn't always provide a balanced picture of good and bad and people just desperate to survive in unpleasant circumstances.The story lines at time can be overwhelming. Just try to keep track of it all. Mathison leaves her infant daughter in the care of her long suffering sister and father. A long missing relative turns up in another storyline that seems to be just filling up time and offering no substance. Mathison jumps from Afghanistan to Pakistan to various US locations and back again with the ease of a trip to the local shopping mall. How does she find time for all of this.In the end, few can disagree that this remarkable cast of actors is one of the best on TV. The settings and photography are wonderful. Despite all the flaws in the stories, HOMELAND is addictive and riveting. I can't wait for Season 5.

++WARNING++ This will contain spoilers from the prior seasons, and hints, but no major giveaways from season 4. If you have not seen the prior seasons, skip past the first paragraph.The 4th season of the show starts off months after the events of season 3. Carrie is still dealing with the death of Brody and being a mother. Most of this season's story is set in Pakistan, and playing off the very real-world scenario of they do not trust us and we do not trust them, and mainly involves a Taliban leader's grab for power. After the Pakistan CIA station chief is killed, Carrie ends up stepping in for him and begins making dubious decisions.Quinn really steps up to the number two character this season. Saul's role is somewhat reduced at times. While he is still involved in major parts of the story (especially toward the middle-end of the season) but he is on the sidelines a lot, with Carrie calling the shots and Quinn sometimes helping her and sometimes on his own. There is a very good story line within the season of Quinn trying to get out of the CIA completely, but finding himself drawn back. Because of Brody's death we do not see any of his family this season. Although they did find a way to get a nice Damien Lewis cameo in one of the episodes.For those who get the discs, the show looks and sounds great on blu ray. It thankfully plays in season mode so you can stop and pick up where you left off. For extras there are deleted scenes for some episodes, a few script to screen features that detail specific scenes during the season and how they were done, and character profiles. Good for what is there, but not extensive.

One of the finest CIA spy series on TV or in the movies. Excellent cast. The lead character Cariie Mathison is fascinating and brilliantly performed. Favorite seasons 4,5,and6!

I have to say right off that this show is one that can be easily criticized, but if you have been an avid watcher of the series since it's inception all suspensions of disbelief are overlooked without any hesitation. Carrie Mathison is a woman that has the weight of the world on her shoulders (often literally) at all times, works and breathes for the CIA, lives with Bipolar disorder and yet never gives less than 100% of herself if she can help it. Season 4 holds nothing back; there is personal drama, war zone havoc, character developments, character assassinations, breakdowns and a break of a breach so shocking you will be on the edge of your seat totally living for what happens next. I could not write this review of course without metioning and applauding Claire Danes immaculate performance of Carrie. Her acting is so subtle, so second-nature that it is at times frightening to consider the possibility that Carrie Mathison does not really exist. I am in awe of her talent, who Carrie has become because of her, and truly consider her to be one of the finest actors in the industry. This is a series that really expands the possibilities of a drama, opens your eyes to the harshness of the world, and is downright addictive at the end of the day. Every character in the show that is given the time of day I become invested in, and the writing for each one is never less than spectacular. Not for the faint of heart but quality television that I believe will stand the test of time for many years to come and that is just season 4!

Very good show.

I watched some of this series on tv and found it compeling viewing

Story, Drehbuch, Regie, Spannung, Schauspieler, Soundtrack... alles first class, unglaublich spannend und an eher an "24" orientiert als an den ersten drei Staffeln "Homeland", die für meinen Geschmack bis auf die für mich unglaubwürdige Liebesbeziehung aber auch sehr gut 'rüberkamen (dafür hatte meines Erachtens eine einzige Staffel gereicht).Der Nachfolger des Highlights Staffel 4 - Staffel 5, die in Berlin spielt -, fand ich so schlecht und überzogen, dass ich die Serie erst nicht gar nicht weiterschauen wollte. Habe ich dann aber doch gemacht: Spannend, wieder ein superbes Schauspiel, aber leider mit immer unglaubwürdigeren Storys und mit an den Haaren herbeigezogenen Ideen, wie so oft bei diesen überreizten Geschichten, die alles immer wieder neu durchkauen.Erwähnen möchte ich noch die über alle Staffeln hinweg und für die ganze Story so wichtige Figur Saul Berendson (hervorragend dargestellt von Mandy Patinkin), die sehr gelungene deutsche Synchronisation und den überragenden Soundtrack. Jeder Episoden-Abspann hat z.B. eine für die jeweilige Story passenden Sound, der einen noch ein, zwei Minuten nachsinnieren lässt. Toll!Eine große Bitte an die Macher: Bitte den Soundtrack veröffentlichen!Fazit: Für mich hätte es gereicht, die 4. Staffel zu sehen. Unbedingte Empfehlung für Menschen, die auf gut gemachten Thrill - und auf Claire Danes - stehen.

Absolutely LOVE the Homeland series as a whole, have watched it from season one on and have never been disappointed with it to date. It is so well written, well acted and well directed, and it’s one of those shows you have to binge watch when you get the DVD home. Claire Danes is just amazing as Carrie Mathieson, and the rest of the cast are just as great. If you love a show that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and needing to keep watching just to see what will happen next, then this is most definitely the show for you. Highly recommend this show.

Tout était bien. Le vidéo arrive et nous l'avons vu et tout était parfait! Merci

Buen título, lo recomiendo.