Homeland Recap: One Fine Day

Recaps

By MrsMiaWallace | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 | 11:00 pm | 5 Comments
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In Casa de Brody, our favorite Ginger Terrorist catches his wife sneaking a peek at his charity benefit speech. He tries not to further her deepening suspicions by sneaking up on her and then chastising her for reading something left open on their kitchen counter. Despite this, Jessica is moved by the raw emotions in Brody’s speech. He discusses his captivity and his acceptance of certain death in captivity, only to end up at home, feeling alienated and useless to his own family. She attempts to connect with him using the old tried and true.

 “I will hump the patriotism back into you”

Brody, the walking cold shower, at first tries to stop her, then gives into his urges. He wants to bang it out hard and dirty right there in the kitchen, but Jessica has had enough of being the human pin cushion to a raging psycho and urges him to slow down and try it Human Style for once. The problem with boning in your kitchen, however, is the children running rampant through your house due to prior bone-sessions. Dana shows up just before things really get going.

 “Oh my, look at the time, it’s Erection O’clock already”

The kids (or Dana, the boy is still totally missing) are around because they have Teacher Conference Day and Dana makes her exit with her old public-school schlub boyfriend, Xander, after letting Jess know that the coffee mug they shattered in their primal rutting was one the still missing from the film schedule little brother made for the household hero.

“This is why we can’t have nice things”

Brody steps outside for a call with his journalist friend whose name I’m going to have to remember if she’s going to keep popping up. She tells Brody that his old friend the Exploding Vest Maker is about to be discovered by the Feds and needs to be hand delivered to a safe house. I guess that Jessica’s charity benefit is about to be one key-note speaker shy of a terrorist convention. He is assured he can make both events and then for good measure, the reporter threatens him that the old tailor can pick him right out of a lineup and may just be inclined to do so once captured.

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At Carrie’s sister’s place, Danny the CIA stooge shows up to get her report. She is overly excited about this and grateful that he gives her sincere admiration over her rogue antics in Beirut. He also lets slip that there is something major going down intelligence-wise. Carrie is aflutter with feelings of importance and being in the know when she heads back inside and her father delivers a dose of new reality by asking the age-old question: “Pickle on your sandwich?”. (Hint: the answer is always, yes!)

“I like pickles”

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MrsMiaWallace is an east coast girl with a  penchant for travel, libations and great cuisine. She is not known to turn down a mimosa or a martini and finds the transition between the two a good way to mark the passing of time since she can never remember to wear a watch. Her secret love for reality tv and addiction to Bravo have drawn her like a moth to the glittering snark of TVGasm,  where she finds there are others like her... hopefully also nursing Bloody Marys.

5 Comments

  1. 1
    amandalee27
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 3:21 am

    Bravo MrsMiaWallace! Fantastic recaps–just the right amount of snark and I love how you point out all the inconsistencies and inaccuracies that drive me nuts! Where is their son?? With Dexter’s little boy? Favorite line–”I’m going to hump the patriotism back in you”.

  2. 2
    JKW
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 10:58 pm

    This show just keeps getting better and better. There has to be some kind of twist or an incomplete video ? No way can they wrap this up so fast. I am anxious to see how it plays out. Good job with the recap. Luckily, Carrie can always steal more of her dads pills…or hit up her sister.

  3. 3
    Msu11y28
    Posted October 18, 2012 at 4:14 pm

    Awesome recap. Still not sure how you manage to bring humor into this show but keep up the good work!

    I believe the preview showed Estes saying something about how Carrie was right all along, as though he had seen the video. I think what’s about to happen is some Departed-esque plot: you send a mole into my group (CIA will try to get Carrie back in with Brody); I send one to yours (Brtish journalist lady will make sure he starts hooking up with Carrie again).

    If the bomb maker was truly loyal to the “cause,” would he really give Brody up that easily? The whole flat tire/Falling on a conveniently placed spike annoyed me. Carrie’s struggles are SO believable, while Brody’s just get more ridiculous. I think they need to resolve his plot this season, then keep the show going with Carrie & Co still after Nazir or some other group.

    I commented last week that I was hoping Mike and the drunk friend would somehow team up with Carrie to help being Brody down. His reaction to Jessica’s news of Brody’s affair makes it seem like that might happen!

  4. 4
    JKW
    Posted October 20, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    I agree the Brody situation is getting weird. However, I would not want to see Brody gone. Maybe they will turn him to get to Nazir. I would like to see him stay on the show. I guess he could use the brain washing excuse. I have to see the tape again to see the background. If it looks like it could have been made anywhere he could say the terrorist coerced him into making it after being tortured for 8 yrs.

  5. 5
    Samela808
    Posted October 22, 2012 at 6:09 am

    I had the exact same thought regarding the freeform jazz music being the very last thing that Carrie should listen to when trying to calm herself. I’m half tempted to suggest to the writers that they write in a Norah Jones Muzak mix tape for Carrie when she’s trying maintain some semblance of control when she’s about to enter a high-stakes, nerve fraying situation. That…..or a never ending loop Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”.

    (LMAO, “what about this face doesn’t look sane?”= coffee spray on my iPad)

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