(Drivebycuriosity) - My wife and I used the recent lockdown weeks for binge watching "Homeland" on Showtime - 8 seasons and 96 episodes (imdb ). The show follows Carrie Mathison, a CIA agent. Cathy is a fragile but extremely smart woman, with some mental health issues. Carrie compensates her weaknesses with obsessive stubbornness while defending her country at home and on assignments in Iraq, Pakistan & Germany (wikipedia).
Carrie has to deal with terrorists and other enemies and is also struggling with incompetent associates & superiors and her own problems. Homeland is very political, but contrary to "West Wing", the show does not
suggest that US government employees can walk over water. The show instead depicts an
incompetent, hypocrite & paranoid bureaucracy which is always on the brink of defeating itself. The thriller is immersed with a lot of psychology & drama, spiced with breath taking action scenes - often on a large scale.
Homeland impresses with an amazing cast. I indulged watching how Claire Danes as CIA officer Carrie Mathison manages all her challenges and I also enjoyed following Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson, Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn & Maury Sterling as Max Piotrowski. Watching "Homeland" is a perfect escape in challenging times.
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