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EPISODE
SEASON
Homeland - Season 5 Episode 03: Super Powers
A CIA operation officer, Carrie Mathison, who after making an illegal mission in Iraq, has been transferred to the section of facing terrorists, where she does his best, in order to stop a terrorist, as she has convinced that one prisoner has turned by Al Qaeda to make a horrible attack, the thing that makes her struggle.
14 January 1975, Cairo, Egypt
16 May 1972, USA
10 October 1975, San Angelo, Texas, USA
6 November 1987, Berlin, Germany
18 October 1957, Medford, Oregon, USA
7 January 1960, Newark, New Jersey, USA
26 March 1964, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
17 September 1963, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
October 19, 2015
Super Powers was a strong episode that acknowledged some past mistakes while trying to find small bits of new ground for Carrie.
October 19, 2015
Whether you're going to stick around with the series this season will probably come down to whether you're willing to go with the writers' intent in pursuing a Carrie who's again willing to go off her meds... in hopes of winning the War on Terror.
November 18, 2015
Although going cold turkey from lithium was so clearly a terrible idea from the outset, it wasn't an implausibly bad idea for her, and Jonas is so robotic already that I mostly bought his going along with it.
October 19, 2015
Another foundational aspect of Homeland is its brisk pacing, and it definitely feels like classic Homeland to have pieces of the story fitting together long before you expect them to.
October 19, 2015
As an action-thriller, this season is working for me.
October 19, 2015
The next exploding cigar can appear at any moment, and after two episodes of context building and Edward Snowden references, "Super Powers" marks a bracing swerve into Sillyville.
October 19, 2015
Aren't you relieved to see the old Carrie back?
October 19, 2015
Carrie's past looms large in this episode, which even more than usual for Homeland contemplates the ramifications of living a life in service of protecting the U.S.
October 19, 2015
We learned so much and absolutely nothing during this hour, and keeping the mystery alive is worth every agonizing second that we have to wait to get answers.
October 19, 2015
The first two episodes of the new season established a fresh premise with a changed Carrie, but Season 5 just took a riveting turn toward vintage Homeland.
