This eighth episode sets up the scene for the next, and last-ever four episodes. It's entertainment and it's well done. I enjoyed it and as today's TV (or streaming) goes, it's a solid 9, I think, as entertainment goes these days, and a solid 8 as Homeland goes...
But I have thoughts about the believability of the whole arc of this final season. No spoilers here because this has all been already revealed and established: The plot hinges on the assumptions that: 1) Two presidents would ride in the same helicopter, 2) Nobody in the United States government, armed forces and clandestine agencies thinks of or pursues the flight recorder of the president's downed helicopter, other than Carrie, 3) A president as good as Ralph Warner would have picked a VP as dumb, incompetent and easy to manipulate as Ben Hayes, 4) The new President could be manipulated to take extremely important decisions on foreign policy and war without meetings and input, even influence from a whole group of top administration officials not the least being the joint chiefs. This guy is doing it all by himself and it is catastrophic. Oh, and 5) A mentally ill former CIA agent who spent 7 months unmedicated in a Russian prison under interrogation is allowed back on the field.
In this episode the acting was top-tier, the production values excellent. Forty-six minutes well spent! I hope the next four episodes explain the plot points that raised my above ...thoughts.
But I have thoughts about the believability of the whole arc of this final season. No spoilers here because this has all been already revealed and established: The plot hinges on the assumptions that: 1) Two presidents would ride in the same helicopter, 2) Nobody in the United States government, armed forces and clandestine agencies thinks of or pursues the flight recorder of the president's downed helicopter, other than Carrie, 3) A president as good as Ralph Warner would have picked a VP as dumb, incompetent and easy to manipulate as Ben Hayes, 4) The new President could be manipulated to take extremely important decisions on foreign policy and war without meetings and input, even influence from a whole group of top administration officials not the least being the joint chiefs. This guy is doing it all by himself and it is catastrophic. Oh, and 5) A mentally ill former CIA agent who spent 7 months unmedicated in a Russian prison under interrogation is allowed back on the field.
In this episode the acting was top-tier, the production values excellent. Forty-six minutes well spent! I hope the next four episodes explain the plot points that raised my above ...thoughts.