Homeland's Biggest Game-Changing Moment EVER Happens This Week! *SPOILER* @SHO_Homeland @SHO_Kareem

Nasser Faris and Damian Lewis (Brody) in Homeland  Credit: (Bob Leverone /Copyright: Showtime)

As you may have heard, Homeland is not just a favorite of the Emmy award people, but a few other folks like it as well. Even so, in case you have not yet had a chance to catch the edge-of-your-seat intensity of episode 2, I'm warning you now: STOP! Go watch it, then come back (please).

To refresh your memory about just how heart-pounding episode 2 was, I invite you to have another glimspse of a vital scene from HOMELAND's episode 2.02 where Carrie finds “Courage Under Fire,” racing through an apartment to prove she’s right:

"Beirut is Back" - http://youtu.be/mD33Od6fjXU.

You might think because of the action-packed intensity of 'Beirut is Back,' that episode 3 would give us a breather, as some shows do. Let me tell you now: It's not gonna happen. Here's a brief synopsis of what you can expect--but there is no hint of the biggest 'wow' moment yet so far in the series.

HOMELAND Episode 203 – “State of Independence”  Fresh from her adventures in Beirut, a restless Carrie prepares for what she hopes will be a triumphant return to the CIA. Meanwhile, Brody learns that the Gettysburg bombmaker is on a terrorist watch list and in danger of imminent discovery. With no time to lose, Brody attempts a last-minute exfiltration. And Jessica takes risks of her own as she steps into the political limelight.

Written by Alexander Cary Directed by Lodge Kerrigan (SOURCE: Showtime)

The scene above literally made me cry, not specifically because of what was happening but what happened in the lead-up to this moment and what the ramifications of it could be. It was truly illustrative of the very best of what Homeland offers, which I must fess up are the scenes in which both Carrie (Claire Danes) and Saul (Mandy Patinkin) are featured in the same frame. Do not miss Homeland episode 3!

 ‘HOMELAND’: WHAT NOW?! SPOILER!

... Now that Saul has found Brody’s confession tape (!!) where does that leave us?

Homeland EP executive producer Howard Gordon previewed the next steps (in Homeland)  “[Saul] comes back to let everybody know — and let Carrie know, in particular — that what drove her to her breakdown was wrong and that she was actually right,” he says.

“The second season doesn’t really begin until episode 3. Episodes 1 and 2 were, in a way, a preamble to the rest of the season.”

Says Gordon. “The trick is finding these two characters who are in such wildly different places — Carrie’s character having had a breakdown and Brody on his political rise — and finding a way to get them back together again, which I think you begin to intimate how that might happen.”

Also next week? There’s blood on someone’s hands (literally), Jessica gets a chance to shine, and Saul once again wows by being two steps ahead of his peers and the audience.

SOURCE: EW InsideTV

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