Homeland recap: season four, episode eight – Halfway to a Donut

Tonight's “Homeland” episode could be viewed as the moment when Carrie Mathison finally stopped her well-perfected enfant terrible routine and began, grimly, to grow up. Claire Danes has put a toughness, groundedness 

It's been frequently noted, on and off the comment section of these recaps, that “Homeland” seems lately to be joining “24” in serving up implausible plot twists, comic-book-quality characters and laughably unlikely calamities.

It's been frequently noted, on and off the comment section of these recaps, that “Homeland” seems lately to be joining “24” in serving up implausible plot twists, comic-book-quality characters and laughably unlikely calamities.

Tonight's “Homeland” episode could be viewed as the moment when Carrie Mathison finally stopped her well-perfected enfant terrible routine and began, grimly, to grow up. Claire Danes has put a toughness, groundedness 

It's been frequently noted, on and off the comment section of these recaps, that “Homeland” seems lately to be joining “24” in serving up implausible plot twists, comic-book-quality characters and laughably unlikely calamities.