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“Game On” for Homeland: the twists return
Sam: Finally! The Homeland I’ve been waiting for is back. How can we not start at the end? Did you see Carrie playing an undercover role here at all? Did she not seem off her rocker, for real? All the...
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Episode 5 of Homeland: Is “The Yoga Play” the beginning of Saul gone rogue?
Sam: Before we begin, let me just say: good luck to your Boston Red Sox. As a Seattle Mariners fan, I have no idea what it feels like to cheer on your team in the World Series. Now, on to this week’s...
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“Still Positive” that Homeland‘s still got it? Sam and I break down Episode 6
Jay: Well, the consensus — at least among the reviewers I read — seems to be that Homeland is drifting farther and farther from its Season 1 glory. While I tend to agree that this season in general...
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Homeland, Episode 7: Sam Lim and I discuss “Gerontion”
Sam: As much as I enjoyed this week’s episode, why does so much of it seem like deja vu? A turned informant? Carrie fixating on “the truth” about Brody? I feel like we know where the coming weeks are...
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“A Red Wheelbarrow:” Sam and I chat about Homeland, Episode 8
Jay: Initial thoughts: not as great as all the reviewers promised. There was a flurry of Twitter activity suggesting that this episode would be a return to all things great about Homeland. But while...
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“One Last Thing” for Brody? Flashes of brilliance in Homeland‘s Season 3,...
Jay: So this episode may have been the best one all season. Granted, there were some pretty unbelievable parts, and some somewhat ridiculous time-warp moments (like the jarring “Sixteen Days Later”...
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Brody lives on for another “Good Night,” as Homeland Season 3 nears its...
Jay: This was a riveting hour of television. And even aside from the theatrics of trying to get Brody across the Iraqi border and into Iran, the episode did well in other ways too — especially by...
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“Big Man in Tehran:” On Homeland, Brody’s past closes in
Sam: So, what’s the over-under on Brody making it out of Tehran alive? Or Carrie, for that matter? Does it strike you as not coincidental that the two of them are in Tehran for the final episode? It...
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“The Star” bows out on Homeland‘s Season 3 finale
Jay: So, where does Homeland go from here? Brody’s dead, Carrie’s both promoted and pregnant (with both assignments seemingly up in the air, for the moment), and the U.S. and Iran have signed a...
View ArticleWhat Do the Changes to the SAT Really Mean?
In college, I took an intro-level microeconomics course with a professor who had taught for a long time at the university. Every few years (even though it seemed like an annual ritual), he would put...
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