My advice? Don't watch for the plot

Or, "how I learned to stop worrying and love serialized TV."

So... major things happened on Homeland this week, which I won't spoil, but the episode - and, frankly, the entire season - is pretty much bonkers. In a good way, for some viewers (including me, but then again, some of my favorite shows ever are completely ridiculous), but this latest episode has prompted a LOT of critical discussion over the issue of plausibility and just how much sense we expect our TV shows to make. It's especially interesting to me, as I've been reading The Revolution Was Televised and consequently revisiting my Lost feels - which bore a striking resemblance to the conversation that's now happening around Homeland.

(The rest is behind a cut for length. I've tried to keep it as spoiler-free as possible, although all the links I include have spoilers for various shows.)

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