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Disappointed in S7 ... a lot

posted 7 years ago by brux (14840)
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My main complaint is that given the last 6 wonderful seasons,
season 7 is so different. It is like it is writing about stuff it
has no idea about, or that seems fake.

First all these folks in government are rounded up and put in
jail, including Saul? Why? How is that allowed? Can you
imagine what would have happened if Obama was the victim
of a coup attempt and tried to defend himself? The Republicans
would go nuts.

Then the general is murdered in prison intake.

Carrie gets taken in by malware on a presumably government
computer.

Then finally, the last straw, the White House Chief of Staff takes,
or tries to take the country to war on his own authority, lying
about the President's command codes. That is ridiculous.

After such a realistic and believable season 6 we get this lunacy
in season 7. What is going on? This is like it was written for
12 year olds.

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UPDATE - well OK, since "Species Jump" the latest episode it has all come into focus now and this season has turned out to be really brilliant. I am officially blown away!

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

So I think they are trying to backpeddle on a bad bet storyline. Last season’s script looked like it was trying to mirror a real world scenario where Hilary won. Then Trump won, and Info Wars, Charlottesville and they tried to pivot it into this right wing America and paranoid fascist government. But it doesn’t flow well. The script is awkward and contrived. Also, it’s hard to escape into this show when our real America has more compelling dramas. Too bad they didn’t see the Russian thing coming. Carrie in Moscow, ex-KGB plots. That’s more their forte.

[–] brux (14840) 7 years ago

I read last season differently than you. I believe the probably write the story to draw clear differences between what is happening in the news and what the show is about. And it was pretty much. Just because the President is a woman, I think that is all you are basing your interpretation on. To have a peacenik President, you pretty much have to make her a woman otherwise it just doesn't look right dramatically.

I thought they did a great job of working the sock puppets into the show, and then they didn't really do anything with that, or who was behind them or why? I hope that eventually gets returned to.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Not just a woman, but she was Carrie’s friend, a target of the Info Wars type guy, and the enemy of the right. Not exactly Hilary but more so than not. Then it took a turn at the end. Saul and hundreds of others got locked up, Carrie got locked out, and the President got vindictive and paranoid.

[–] brux (14840) 7 years ago

I just think it is a waste of time trying to put too much connection to real life in Homeland. They want just enough to seem relevant, and they have done a pretty good job so far. But this season just seems a bit too much. The Chief of Staff faking a Presidential order ... Carrie bugging the COS's home ... the whole thing with Carrie's bipolar is getting a bit much. Given the science that is coming to light about how little they know about these psychoactive drugs and mental illness less of that is making sense.

[–] exatera (3966) 7 years ago

So don't watch.

[–] [email protected] (1367) 7 years ago

Yeah this season feels like the show jumped the shark. I found myself bored. That has never happened before. Without Brody and Quinn, the show falls flat. The first two seasons were the best.

[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 7 years ago

There's not enough left to care about..Not for me.
Brody and then Quinn certainly made the show more watchable even when it bogged down.

After 6 seasons (and even putting up with the horrible s3)... I'm out.

[–] [email protected] (1367) 7 years ago

Bohemianroxie.... I agree, although I am still watching season 7 for closure I guess. I like to finish to the end, but its truly not captivating to me anymore.