Homeland Recap: One Fine Day

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By MrsMiaWallace | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 | 11:00 pm | 5 Comments
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On their way in for that nightcap, after all; Brody pulls up and seems none too pleased to have his freshly car wash-scoured self greeted by his wife and best friend arm in arm.

“You’re trying to doink my wife while I spent all day playing hide and go murder in the woods??”

Mike tries a classic diffuse tactic by telling Brody “your wife kicked fucking ass tonight”. To which Brody replies through his teeth “I don’t doubt it, she’s quite the hostess”

Passive aggressive alarms activated

Mike clarifies that Jess gave a rousing speech all by her lonesome and then quickly exits. Jess is pissed and tells Brody she doesn’t believe his cover story and suggests he spend a night in a hotel to think up a better one.

“I expected you to be out all night cheating, so go spend the night in a hotel and think about how you should’ve just cheated”

Her door slamming and under-the-breath yelling has not gone unnoticed and Brody gets a double dose of the estrogen bazooka.

“Seriously Dad, do I still have a brother?”

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At Carrie’s place she seems to have calmed down from a fun night that started with chores, moved to a desire for sex with a stranger and ended with an aborted suicide attempt. She must be exhausted. An urgent knocking is heard on her door and we have to wonder if it’s Saul or Brody??? Maybe that tow truck showed up finally and didn’t know the address of any good hotels.

Carrie rushes to throw away the empty wine and pill bottles and take off her hooker earrings instead of turning up the jazz and slapping on some more Hello Kitty eyeliner so I’m guessing it’s Saul!

I’d compare him to Santa, but Santa never brought sanity down the chimney

He apparently went to her house straight from the airport. He already knows about her debrief humiliation and sympathizes with her. Although he must be exhausted from flying for four straight days, he rushes her to the couch Jessica Brody-style but in his case, he’s interested in showing her some evidence, not his kindly Saul pecs.

“I’m so glad it’s you so I can sit here like a man and rub this gunk off my face”

He hands Carrie a laptop and the sacred disk and tells her that she deserves to see this evidence first. The tape opens to Brody’s self-recorded justification of a terrorist act against “domestic terrorists” and Carrie’s vindication hits her like a Mac truck. Saul tells her that yes, she was right.

If this is what right looks like, I kinda want to be wrong

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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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