Homeland (TV Series) Super Powers (2015) User Reviews

Carrie stops taking her medication with the inevitable consequences

[Tweekums · 9/10 · 26 October 2015]

After the revelation that Carrie was the target of the attack in Lebanon she has returned to Germany and started to ponder who might have a motive to want her dead… it isn't long before the list is very long. Having sent her daughter back to the States she heads to a remote cottage with her boyfriend and tell him that she has stopped taking her medication; claiming that her mind is sharper when she is off them… unfortunately that also makes her increasingly manic.

Back in Berlin Saul is trying to find Carrie and dealing with having the station chief trying to go behind his back in order to save her position in Germany. Having decided that he needs her there he will have to find somebody else to be sacrificed to appease the Germans who are still furious that their link to the CIA was exposed. Quinn is also closing in on his next target.

So far this season Carrie has been quite rational but it isn't long after she stops taking her medication that things start to change; Claire Danes does a great job depicting Carrie as she becomes more and more manic. Alexander Fehling does a solid job as her boyfriend Jonas as he must come to terms with what Carrie has done in the past, deal with her increasingly irrational state and the realisation that whoever is after her might target those close to him to get to her. This part of the story is tense even before the potential threat arrives in the episode's gripping conclusion. The part of the story involving Saul and Station Chief Allison Carr is also interesting even though it is essentially office politics. Overall another solid episode that will leave the viewer keen to see what happens next.

Here we go again....

[slak96u · 7/10 · 9 May 2022]

Carrie goes crazy once again... What is this the 47th time in 4 seasons and change? Got to be honest, it's getting a little old, sorta spinning the wheels. Claire Danes is very capable at playing crazy, can we have her character do something different now...well, so long as it's not sleeping with yet another terrorist...

Another stellar performance by Danes

[LittleStorpingInTheSwuff · 9/10 · 13 June 2018]

Damn, she is good! Her scenes of the bipolar Carrie as nothing short of spectacular. In fact Carrie off her meds is more interesting to watch than 'normal' Carrie. It is obvious why she has won as many awards as she has. The story line was good too, not more soap opera garbage that too often ruins an otherwise excellent episode, like in the season 4 finale. This one is near perfect.

Carrie why did you go off your meds again?

[philthegreatone-786-63058 · 10/10 · 19 October 2015]

First of all I don't review TV very often, but I thought I had too after last night's pulsating episode of Homeland. Carrie tells her new German boyfriend she has gone off her meds. She thinks she can think clearer without them. (Remember she was off her meds in season 1 and discovered Brody and Walker were working together to take out the vice president). Anyway she sits down with her boyfriend and tries to figure out who wants to kill her. She went through all the people she was responsible for killing when she was the 'Drone Queen'. Meanwhile Quinn is stalking his prey. Claire Danes is so good at portraying bipolar its truly amazing. What she had to go through in this episode. Facing her past. Coming to gripes with all the people that have died when she was station chief. It is harrowing to watch. I don't want to give away anymore of the episode. But I will say Homeland is still one of the best shows on TV right now. It is not up there with season 1 but it is very close. I cant wait for the rest of the season.

Whisper?

[forkchild · 9/10 · 2 June 2021]

What do you believe that Aayed (sp?) whispered in her ear this episode? He says go ahead and ask me you know you want to, during her hallucination, meaning ask him who is after her. I think he said "all of us are".

it's not necessary

[Abdulxoxo · 7/10 · 18 October 2020]

Okay so, in order to get to the bottom of who wanted to kill her, she has to get off her meds, why? that's a bit retarded thing to do or is it an excuse to have Carrie go all crazy again? Claire Dane is already an amazing actress, she doesn't need to act as a bipolar person inorder to showcase her acting ability. that's the point right? If I remember correctly, she gets all crazy at least one episode in each season and the reasons before are more believable but in this case it just felt forced. I wonder what's the excuse for the next season's gonna be.

This is a good episode overall, plot's moving forward and the acting, camera work, score are all dandy.

Almost superfluous episode

[dierregi · 1/10 · 18 April 2021]

Otto, the multimillionaire German "philanthropist" who's Carrie's boss, tells her that he didn't like Saul because Saul acted as if he was "entitled". Seriously, a multimillionaire who calls somebody else entitled...

To compound the absurdity, in the next scene we have Otto shipping Franny home in his private jet. That is definitely not entitled.

Carrie has a heartbreaking goodbye with her daughter, to prove what a much better person she is now and then she reverts to her screaming, crazy version without meds, with ginger German boyfriend (who looks a bit like Brody). Why did she exactly stop taking her meds? Could somebody care to explain in a way that actually make sense?

Then Carrie and Ginger have sex because that helps the investigation 🙄

At least we have Quinn who behaves like a normal, heartless killer should. The only relevant events take place in the last five minutes, although it looks like Carrie and Quinn spend most of their time shooting each other.

PS we understand that Carrie wants to atone for her past, but a contrite Carrie is not much interesting and if erring is easy, atoning is much harder, therefore we' might be in for a long, boring haul of contrite Carrie.