Homeland Recap: One Fine Day

Recaps

By MrsMiaWallace | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 | 11:00 pm | 5 Comments
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Estes throws her a bone by telling her that there was some useful intel in the information she risked her life to grab in Fatima’s apartment, but won’t go into it any further. Carrie is crushed and Estes touches on the heart of her disappointment letting her know she would be crazy to expect reinstatement.

“How about this face? Is this less crazy?”

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Brody pulls into a filling station and commands the tailor to stay in the car. Flat tire, no jack, running out of gas, way to really plan ahead for your terrorist expedition there Brody. The tailor tries the “I gotta go potty” approach and when he is rebuffed he says he needs more tobaccy for his old-fashioned leather tobacco pouch. Brody brusquely agrees to get it for him and the fills up, not realizing how his demeanor is alarming the frightened man. Predictably, upon his return the car is empty. Well, actually I predicted that he left his keys in the car and would get stranded.

Brody starts driving around the rural neighborhood and spots the recent refugee booking it down some railroad tracks. Brody gets out and runs after him into a forest. This scene is starting to look like the previews where Brody is dumping a body…

“What’s the world coming to when you can’t trust a fellow terrorist??”

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Carrie is back home and packing a bag. Her father tries to recommend she take a nice nap to calm down but Carrie wants to be back home. Home is where the expired yogurt is.

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Brody is in the woods closing in on the tailor when his phone rings. Perfect time for a rock to the head! That is one feisty tailor! It doesn’t do much damage but the tailor is off and running and Brody is looking less and less like key note speaker material. He sprints after the tailor and tackles him to the ground. The thing about ground in a forest is that it often is covered in bumpy things, or spiny things or downright sharp things and sure enough, this poor C4 sewing asshole is groaning and pouring blood from a stomach wound even as Brody tries to tell him that he’s only here to help.

“This may violate the rules of touch football, but in fairness, you did hit me in the head with a rock”

Brody tries to staunch the bleeding and tells the tailor to think about his family in order to stay strong. The tailor keeps asking for the hospital and I say if you’re involved in a terrorist plot against a country, you don’t get to use that country’s ER. That should really be the first checkbox on the admission form.

The phone rings again and Brody proves that we are all way too reliant on phones instead of being present with the world around us by answering. Of course it’s Jess and the gala is about to start with Brody bloodied and occupied miles away.

“Tell me you’re not in the woods killing a fellow terrorist right now, Brody”

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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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