Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Claire Danes | ... | Carrie Mathison | |
Damian Lewis | ... | Nicholas Brody | |
Morena Baccarin | ... | Jessica Brody | |
David Harewood | ... | David Estes | |
Diego Klattenhoff | ... | Mike Faber | |
Jackson Pace | ... | Chris Brody | |
Morgan Saylor | ... | Dana Brody | |
Mandy Patinkin | ... | Saul Berenson | |
Jamey Sheridan | ... | Vice President William Walden | |
Navid Negahban | ... | Abu Nazir | |
David Marciano | ... | Virgil Piotrowski | |
Maury Sterling | ... | Max Piotrowski | |
Nestor Serrano | ... | Major General Tony Trujillo | |
Afton Williamson | ... | Helen Walker | |
Israel Balderas | ... | Reporter |
A CIA case officer Carrie Mathison becomes suspicious that war hero Nicholas Brody, a Marine Sergeant rescued after eight years of captivity in Afghanistan, has been turned into a sleeper agent by Al Qaeda. Written by SHOWTIME
Show starts off very well. Is the protagonist really about to unearth a conspiracy or is she simply seeing delusions due to an unspecified psychotic illness she suffers from? Well, this has the makings of a good conspiracy/psychological/mystery paranoia thriller...until the last 30 seconds of the pilot just curb-stomps the whole premise by having the audience magically mind-read the suspected mole. Completely deflates the mystery/paranoia/psychological element. Apparently the creators think their audience is too dumb to be able to piece together clues with the protagonist and has to spoon-feed us with god-like insight (aka spoilers). Now, we get to "root" on the spunky, moody agent episode after episode to slowly discover what we already know. Hooray!