女囚無傷害地和CIA開了一個(gè)玩笑，審訊室的兩扇密實(shí)的玻璃窗也為女囚的死增加了些浪漫色彩。
計(jì)劃很完美。甚至我認(rèn)為女囚因典獄長拒絕Saul的要求而脾氣失去控制，也是原先策劃的。但，當(dāng)Saul從公文包里拿出食物和紅酒，女囚一句”you are nice“，我相信她對(duì)Saul心存感激，不僅是因?yàn)樽鳛榭植婪肿幼约耗芷埢钪两?，沒人比她深諳這是Saul為她爭取到的；還因?yàn)檫@是她計(jì)劃之外的驚喜，在四面高墻下誰還奢望能品嘗到紅塵的味道。
Saul在女囚的遺言和自己的眼淚里理解了女囚的選擇。
這是E07里的錯(cuò)誤選擇之一：Saul選擇了相信。
為什么Saul說自己”got emotional“，或換個(gè)說法，為什么Aileen對(duì)Saul那么重要？因?yàn)榕粼趯徲嵤依锾岬降哪谴喂仿眯?，Saul對(duì)Aileen袒露了甚至連Carrie也不知道的心底的秘密，他能理解Aileen何緣（Aileen和一個(gè)中東男孩相愛卻遭家庭反對(duì)）選擇反美，反過來Saul知道Aileen也能懂他。Aileen的故事和Saul的故事有太多相似點(diǎn)，這種內(nèi)心的相通不管對(duì)于Saul、Brody還是Carrie都是本片非常重要的情感線索，主導(dǎo)他們的選擇。穿越回E05，Carrie用了和Saul當(dāng)初審問Aileen近乎相同的方式擊潰重組Brody，讓他開口重新選擇：利用相同點(diǎn)，把對(duì)敵方的審訊變成對(duì)自己的審訊，然后把心掏出來，兩人一起捧在手里，告訴他/她，我懂你，或者，我愛你。
女囚的死我反復(fù)看了不下十遍，眼鏡都蒙了一層霧不得不摘下來。我動(dòng)容的原因不只是因?yàn)檫@是女囚對(duì)Saul最后的告解以及語氣里充滿了對(duì)Saul的歉意和感恩。
Carrie和Saul作為師徒，師傅Saul和Aileen的關(guān)系不難去對(duì)照徒弟Carrie和Brody的關(guān)系。女囚的遺言又何嘗不是Brody的想法？因此Aileen的無奈不知道是否是編劇在暗示Brody悲劇性的結(jié)局？女囚和Brody的對(duì)照，一個(gè)在圍墻里，一個(gè)在圍墻外，可圍墻之外還有更高的圍墻，每一雙眼睛都是一個(gè)監(jiān)視器。在女囚得進(jìn)審訊室看到窗外，鏡頭切進(jìn)來的是Brody在四下無人時(shí)難得一刻的安寧與落寞，氤氳在水里和一片藍(lán)光之中。這是女囚之死讓我難過的原因之二。

除了以上提到的，編劇在E07設(shè)置了頗多的對(duì)照組：
1、Brody與莊園主人關(guān)于“真假英雄”的議題
2、Brody與Carrie關(guān)于“真情”還是“情感控制”的議題（實(shí)際上Brody的選擇左右著Carrie的選擇）
3、Brody夫婦與副總統(tǒng)夫婦、Dana與二代關(guān)于“政治特權(quán)”的議題
4、Mike關(guān)于選擇”真相“還是”守護(hù)愛人“的議題（其實(shí)這也是被Brody的選擇所主導(dǎo)的問題，Mike是被動(dòng)的）

第一季是拋給Carrie的證明題，第二季是留給Brody的選擇題。經(jīng)過了6集的浮沉，在E07把題目點(diǎn)開了。這個(gè)分水嶺后，就看Brody怎么選擇了。

有人提出這種觀點(diǎn)：
“本劇成為經(jīng)典的唯一方法就是一季換一個(gè)男主，季一個(gè)新的恐怖分子男主，每季一個(gè)完整的反恐故事，這也是幾季過后還可能保持劇本如一高水準(zhǔn)的唯一方法?，F(xiàn)在這種情況下本劇唯一的命運(yùn)就是越拍越扯收視越來越低最后爛尾了，感覺男主的這個(gè)艾美拿的真是毀了這個(gè)劇的前途，一下子編劇不敢換男主了”

想不到還有不少人贊同這種說法，實(shí)在忍不住要反駁一下 ：
首先，homeland不是原創(chuàng)，是改編，以色列的原版就是圍繞被俘虜多年的士兵回國的故事展開的，所以不管編劇再怎么二度創(chuàng)作，Brody也一直都會(huì)是這個(gè)故事的主線。
第二，在年初的金球獎(jiǎng)上，homeland只獲得了最佳劇集和女主，獎(jiǎng)后的采訪中，記者問拿了2個(gè)獎(jiǎng)滿意嗎？制作人說，可能第一季比較側(cè)重Carrie的角色，希望第二季爭取能讓男主也拿獎(jiǎng)。結(jié)果幾個(gè)月后電視界最有分量的艾美獎(jiǎng)上，Damian也很爭氣的得獎(jiǎng)了~在艾美之前，homeland第二季都已經(jīng)拍完了大半，所以男主獲艾美獎(jiǎng)絕對(duì)不是也不會(huì)是改變這劇走向的原因。
第三，在第一季的幕后花絮里，制作人也說，第一季有很多questions，第二季就是來回答那些questions的，而且劇情往下發(fā)展，answers又會(huì)帶來更多的questions，Brody和Carrie之間也會(huì)有很多故事發(fā)生。
第四，雖然homeland每集比平常的劇多十來分鐘，但是一季只有12集，跟24比整整少了一半，容量已經(jīng)相當(dāng)小了。
不明白為什么有的人總是杞人憂天，好不容易看到一部精彩絕倫的作品，沒說鼓掌贊賞，反而是先揚(yáng)言會(huì)爛尾。我想說的是，如果真的變成一季一個(gè)新故事，一季一個(gè)新男主那才是爛尾劇。還不如去重溫了24好了。
的確同是反恐題材，我也理解看homeland很難不讓人聯(lián)想到24。也許Carrie有一些Jack Bauer的特質(zhì)，但主要原因都是因?yàn)樗麄兊纳矸荩际且环N特工的職業(yè)特征，并不在人物性格上有什么類似。制作人也多次強(qiáng)調(diào)，他們不想重復(fù)24，相信好的編劇也不想一遍一遍走自己的老路。一季一個(gè)故事的類型只適合24，快節(jié)奏的動(dòng)作反恐劇，每季一個(gè)新故事，可以換不同的女主，不同的人物?？墒钦?qǐng)注意，看到現(xiàn)在大家也能判斷出，homeland并非什么場(chǎng)面火爆的動(dòng)作片，它是懸疑，更是側(cè)重人物塑造和心理描寫的劇情片。homeland最有意思也最抓人的地方就是男女主之間糾結(jié)的關(guān)系，并由于這種關(guān)系相互作用產(chǎn)生出一系列連鎖反應(yīng)。
所以，我現(xiàn)在就敢肯定的說，homeland接下來或許會(huì)有新的配角人物出現(xiàn)（就比如第二季的Peter），但是男主是絕對(duì)不會(huì)變的。
也許故事只有3季或4季，但也是有Brody的3季或4季。什么時(shí)候Brody這個(gè)人物沒有發(fā)展的余地了，也就是homeland整部劇完結(jié)的時(shí)候。

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說明一下，上面這些話是我在第二季開播沒多久的時(shí)候?qū)懙模乙蚕氩坏降诙镜慕Y(jié)局會(huì)是現(xiàn)在這樣?？戳撕芏嘣L問，接下來的第三季，制作人的意思很曖昧，雖然brody沒死，但這個(gè)結(jié)局的空間很大，也許brody還會(huì)出現(xiàn)，也許就從此消失了。而且據(jù)聞D叔也在洽談和homeland有檔期沖突的舞臺(tái)劇。
當(dāng)知道D叔也許不再出演第三季的消息時(shí)，我當(dāng)初上面說的這些話瞬間變SB了o(╯□╰)o
可是我覺得我對(duì)劇情核心的理解并沒有錯(cuò)，這2季，24集，的確就是講了一個(gè)C/B的故事。只不過我想不到它完的這么快。
總之，沒開機(jī)前一切都有變數(shù)，只能坐等了。

   這段不評(píng)價(jià)，太棒了！一步一步，瓦解男主心中所有的防備。
   Homeland
Season 2 episodes 5
Carrie: you broke my heart. Was that easy for you? Because of you, I questioned my own sanity. I had myself committed to a mental institution. I lost my job, too. I lost my place in the world. I lost everything.
Brody: I just tell Estes the truth. You were harassing my family.
Carrie: The truth? Bullshit. You came this close to blowing him into a million pieces. Did you tell him that?
Brody: I didn’t wear a bomb.
Carrie: did you even think about me when you went to Estes? Tell me you at least felt a. a pang of regret, a teeny little sliver of guilt. You said before that I’m obsessed with you. You really think that?
Brody: yeah, I do.
Carrie: so it’s a one-way street? You have no feelings for me? Go ahead. I’m a big girl. I can take it. Come on, Brody. Look me in the eye and tell me, you felt nothing up in that cabin.
Brody: I am sorry I hurt you.
Carrie: ‘hurt’ doesn’t quite cover it. So did you? Did you…did you feel anything?
Brody: oh, for Christ’s sake, Carrie, we were playing each other.
Carrie: no, I wasn’t. Not the whole time, anyway. I-I remember thinking I was exactly where I belonged.
Brody: I know what you are doing, and it’s not going to work.
Carrie: I am just happy to be talking to you again.
Silence.
Carrie: are you thirsty? Water, please?
Carrie: alone at last. Here, let me get these off you?
Carrie: can I ask you something?
Brody: I have a choice?
Carrie: you said up at the cabin that you didn’t have anyone to talk to. Did you… did you ever find anybody? A friend? A therapist?
Brody: no.
Carrie: you never went back to that support group, did you?
Brody: no.
Carrie: why?
Brody: I don’t know.
Carrie: people always ask me about the war, you know…was it bad as everyone says? I-I never know what to tell them. “My interpreter was burned alive and then hung from a bridge”? No one survives intact.
Brody: no.
Carrie: do you still have nightmares? Sometimes I shake uncontrollably for no reason at all. So what do you say…when people ask you what it was like over there?
Brody: as little as possible.
Carrie: but if they insist?
Brody: I lie. Tell them stories they want to hear.
Carrie: it’s the lies that undo us. It’s the lies we think we need to survive. When was the last time you told the truth?
Brody: about five minutes ago, when I said I didn’t wear a bomb.
Carrie: you never worn a bomb?
Brody: no.
Carrie: but you do make a suicide tape. Who did you give it to?
Brody: I didn’t give it to anyone. I threw it into the trash.
Carrie: and yet it wound up in Beirut in a Hezbollah commander’s house? See? You are drowning in lies. I’m surprised you can even keep them straight anymore.
Brody: Walden lied to the whole fucking world about the drone strike!
Carrie: yes, he did. But you’re not like him, are you? You’re not a monster?
Brody: no.
Carrie: are you sure you’re not a monster, Brody?
Brody: I’m sure.
Carrie: but Abu Nazir is. His pattern is to target innocent civilians and inflict mass casualties. Kenya, 1998, a busy marketplace. Madrid, 2004, a packed commuter train. Last spring, a department store in Amsterdam. He doesn’t strike soldiers and high-ranking murderers like Walden. He kills wives…and children. Danas and chrises…and jessicas. I know that you think that he was kind to you, that he saved you, but the truth is… he systematically pulled you apart, Brody…piece by piece, until there was nothing left but pain. And then he relieved the pain and he put you back together again as someone else. He gave you a boy to love, and then that other monster, Walden, took that boy away. Between the two of them, they made your life a misery. Wouldn’t it be a relief to stop lying? For instance, if I stopped lying, I could say to you, “Brody... I want you to leave your wife and children and be with me.” There, I said it. I’m still alive. It feels good. Try it. You’re a good man, Brody. You’re a good man because you didn’t explode the vest you were wearing. Right?
Brody: I wasn’t wearing a vest.
Carrie: you decided not to kill those people. You decided to let Walden live. Even Walden. Dana called you, didn’t she? While you were there in the panic room with Walden. She used my cell. What did she say?
Brody: she asked me to come home. I said I would. And I did.
Carrie: it was hearing Dana’s voice that changed your mind, wasn’t it? She asked you to come home, and you did. Why? Maybe because…maybe because you suddenly understood that killing yourself and ruining Dana’s life wouldn’t bring Issa back. Maybe because you knew then how much you loved your own child. Maybe because you were just sick of death. That’s the Brody I am talking to. That’s the Brody that knows the difference between warfare and terrorism. That’s the Brody I met up in that cabin. That’s the Brody I fell in love with. ……. What’s Abu Nazir’s plan?
Brody: I don’t know.
Carrie: but there is a plan, right? To attack America?
Brody: yes.
Carrie: who does know the plan?
Brody: uh, Roya Hammad, maybe, I’m not sure.
Carrie: Roya Hammad? Who gave you the suicide vest?
Brody: a tailor from Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
Carrie: what’s his name?
Brody: Bassel something.
Carrie: is there anyone else in Nazir’s network that you’ve had contact with?
Brody: there was Afzal Hamid. Al Zahrani, the... Saudi attaché? And Tom Walker.
Carrie: all dead.
Brody: all dead.