Something next to normal, that's the thing I'd like to try

I am so conflicted about hearing this! But yes, I think my sadness at hearing that they didn't quite get back on track with the third season does ultimately triumph over my schadenfreude. Because while we seem to disagree about how good the first season was (I thought it was a good-but-not-excellent show with a small handful of "wtf?" moments back then), and we certainly agree that the acting was just plain amazing, even in the very-definitely-not-good second season.

My favourite critic Matt Zoller Seitz once said re Homeland" "I enjoyed it, but too often it felt like a crazy show trying to pretend it was quality television." Which is...yeah.

-J