"Mr. Lewis is a remarkably talented actor who manages to convey every nuance of Brody’s multiple, ever-changing identities. But Brody’s doomed love affair with Carrie lost some of its zing with second chances. When the two were alone at last in a rustic, candlelit Iranian safe house — a Persian version of the lakeside cottage where they first had sex — it was hard not to smirk a bit.
The poignancy of their last moments, making eye contact across a wire fence and crowds of angry Iranian demonstrators, was undercut by faint hints and visual red herrings, allowing viewers to believe that Brody would somehow escape the noose at the last second.
Carrie, however, sees firsthand that he is a goner. As he dangles from the neck, she even climbs the fence calling his name, and an Iranian guard hits the barrier hard with a riot stick, causing her to fall and miss his final death throes.
There was nothing unbelievable about the final outcome, and that too was a little anticlimactic. It turns out that Saul’s efforts to infiltrate the Iranian government worked: As they relax over the morning newspaper, Mira reads a headline saying the Iranians have agreed to pause their nuclear program if the West removes sanctions — a breakthrough that in real life is unfolding in real time.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/arts/television/shock-but-no-awe-in-homeland-seasons-end.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131217
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