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    Agreed: the Dar thing... (sp) Archived Message

    Posted by pdxillini on February 22, 2017, 15:17:03, in reply to "So, need some opinions on Homeland (sp)"


    ... has to be misdirection - both because it's too convenient (and, therefore, would be disrespectful of the audience), and because the character would never do such a thing.

    Still, as far as misdirections go, I like this one. It plays really well into the conflict between Carrie and the CIA, broadly - and Carrie and Dar/Saul, particularly.

    One thing we know is that whoever's responsible has also been surveilling Carrie. That suggests Carrie's CIA background and/or connections (like to the President-elect) are relevant somehow to the perpetrators. Seems to me, that rules out actual terrorists (e.g., buds of Sekou); I just can't imagine fairly unsophisticated terrorists concerning themselves with a CIA has-been.

    Right now, I'd say the Israelis are the most likely suspects... which is pretty chilling. The angle here would be that the Israelis are fearful over the direction of policy under the President-elect; they're aware of Carrie's involvement with the incoming Administration, thus the surveillance; and Sekou's connection to Carrie presents a "too-good-to-be-true" opportunity to discredit her and shift the new President's policy even before it begins... even if that means conducting a false-flag operation in NYC.

    If that's how things actually play out, it's going to be fascinating - and on more than one level. Obviously, there's the relationship between the U.S. and Israel (and CIA and Mossad) in the fictional world of "Homeland" that's at stake. But there's also the real-life relationship between the two countries, and I have to think such a storyline would deeply offend real-world Israelis. (And the fact that the show is an adaptation of an Israeli series only complicates things further...)


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