#SON OF SAUL NYT REVIEW FULL#
Only instead of it being one scene, “Homeland” raised the stakes over a full episode - with a little help from “The Good Place” (OK, OK, and Philippa Foot).
Trusting Danes and Patinkin, two fierce, commanding Emmy winners, to carry an episode is a good start, but the finale also relied on what director Lesli Linka Glatter said is “quintessential ‘Homeland’ scene”: pitting two people with completely opposing views, who are both right, against each other. “Homeland” drew enough parallels to today’s state of affairs and its original post-9/11 worldview without betraying its character-first ethos and long-view on historical crises.
'French Dispatch' and 'Last Night in Soho' Start to Lift Stagnant Specialty Box OfficeĪll of this set Carrie and Saul on a collision course that paid off in a surprising, effective, and thought-provoking ending one that let its two stars go head-to-head without tearing them apart or betraying their core values. 'The Sex Lives of College Girls' Review: Mindy Kaling's Propulsive HBO Max Comedy Lauds FriendshipĮmmy Predictions: Best Actress in a Comedy Series - The Smart Money's on Smart 'The Great' Season 2 Review: New Ruler, Same Impeccably Sharp Blend of Power, Pleasure, and Pain Saul (Mandy Patinkin) kept trying to work through proper channels, negotiating for peace in Washington and the Middle East, but any hope of success went down with the president’s helicopter oh so many episodes ago. Meanwhile, the ill-equipped and idiotic American president (sound familiar?) kept putting her and everyone else in harm’s way, usually at the behest of his right-wing, right-hand man, John Zabel (Hugh Dancy, aka Mr. Season 8 saw Carrie relying on the Russians for help, and her trust was repeatedly rewarded. But after seven years of seeing the world with Brody, through him, and after him, Carrie stopped believing in the system, in her government, to do what’s right.
After seven months under Russian interrogation, had she, like Brody, been turned? No.