Does anyone else feel a little bit like Dana? As useless (so it seems so far) and uninteresting as Dana's story generally is, she had one great moment in "Game On" when showing Leo the place where her father was deployed before he became a POW. She said it was the last time her father told her a truth: Goodbye. "Everything after that was a lie." Of course, we can't hold hostility towards Homeland like Dana rightfully does towards Brody, because it's nice when a show tricks us and actually pulls off a grand surprise. Hit the jump for who or what exactly that was. Ok, so, that moment. That is why we love this show. We doubted it, after last year went off the rails, but the writers found a way to make that matter and to make it part of this season's signature mystery. But let's back up. Last week set us up perfectly for "Game On" as far as a manipulation of emotions and expectations. Carrie's B-movie experience in the psych ward was augmented yet again to start this episode, where she witnessed another patient screaming and being sedated against her will. Last week we saw Carrie and Brody have parallel stories that put them, seemingly, in the same place: both were being held captive, fed drugs, and were both completely alone. When Carrie was again approached by Mr. Franklin to sell out the CIA, we were positioned to be sympathetic to the cause. Carrie's life was gone. Her family ...
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