Homeland

"Homeland" can not win an Emmy, but it is a little better than most of his debut this fall on free TV. It becomes a habit for Showtime, which continues to close the gap with subscribers high-quality HBO shows.

Howard Gordon was co-creator of "24" and he saw through eight seasons finally tried the patience of the most ardent fan. (How many constitutional crises and the presidents of emergency, even a false U.S. address?)

When he was good, good, "24" was very good, and dialogue about the war on terrorism have been better than anything you can hear the Sunday yak shows.

"We were also involved in the discussion of torture in there," Gordon told TV critics fall previews' in LA "We got a right painted with the brush, but in reality, our staff was completely divided ideological lines, and we tried to take account of this history. "

Gordon promises to "Homeland", despite riding a "24" territory, will be different -. Very different Brody Nicolas, played by the new Patriot Lewis will be the opposite of "24" Jack Bauer. And the country's fate will not be in balance at the end of each episode.

"We mostly deal with the human drama of a hero returning, and the CIA agent who suspects him, had been shot," Gordon said.

This seems to confirm the suspicion in flashback dream of the first episode where Brody shows a mouse the other prisoners in exchange for clemency.

I hope that the attack proves to be a red herring. It would be disappointing if the show Gordon and other factors, championship, Alex (the second alum "24"), and Gideon Raff, a robot made of The Manchurian Candidate, Lewis, Brit was too little leadership position in the U.S. (NBC's "Life").

On the other hand, Carrie Mathison, they Spook played by the Danes, a fully developed character. It could be a reason to keep tuning in. Mathison is obviously dedicated to keeping our country safe, but it's hard when you are so insecure it is. Pills and Mr. Goodbar asylum, she is a warrior who will do everything to promote its cause and / or career, including a classic playbook output Cleopatra - to snuggle her older male superiors (played by Patinkin) .

For me at least, the program runs on two things: the relationship between Brody and Mathison, moving forward in a brief but thrilling encounter in the controller, and how Brody is in the media of the new fiction which is charged with the task of leading the heroic narrative Mathison supposedly want to undo.

The representations of the media in TV series are very poor, which always intrigues me - it's not like you have to hunt around for good source material. It is always the 24 / 7, and is always the same.