In a great new interview with a podcast, Homeland showrunner Alex Gansa addressed many concerns that viewers have had throughout season two. We’re impressed at how directly and honestly he took many of them on.
Speaking to Andy Greenwald on a Grantland podcast today, Gansa targeted a number of specific concerns.
One talking point amongst viewers has been how plausible some of the storylines have been such as Abu Nazir getting into the United States and how he used Skype to contact Brody. Gansa chalks those critques up to the show now having numerous Emmys and more viewers, thus putting the show under a brighter spotlight. “Our first year on the air, honestly, go back and look at some of those episodes. The necklace. The couple buying the house under the airport. It was just as pushed and just as absurd, if you really look at it objectively,” he said. “This is my theory: It’s the natural urge. We were put on a pedestal this year and all of sudden there is much more intense scrutiny and that natural tendency is like: can we knock someone off the pedestal?”
Speaking of the Skype issue, Gansa spoke about that plot point at length. “Those [criticisms] are legitimate. We needed Nazir to communicate with Brody. And a lot of people think you can’t Skype on Blackberry. There are actually Blackberries that you can Skype on. It’s interesting that people would get hung up on those things. Although, I have to say, if I were an audience member watching it and I’m stopped cold in the middle of watching an episode, saying that’s completely ridiculous, I’d be bummed too. That would take me out of the narrative and I’d be throwing stuff at the television.”
He also explained how Nazir could’ve gotten into the country. “There were people at the end of episode eight … and Nazir is brought up and says, ‘Nicholas.’ A lot of people said, ‘Who the f*** is that? And what did he just say?’ And other people were going, ‘There’s no way on Earth that Nazir could’ve gotten in the country.’ But half the people were saying they didn’t recognize the guy. The idea was to make him unrecognizable and there’s the Mexican border and the Canadian border, he could’ve slipped through.”
Finally, Gansa briefly teased Homeland season three by saying that they’re “going to tell a different story.” Interestingly, he doesn’t think it will center upon an attack in America.
Could this mean the show will advance far in time? Or will they focus on who pulled off this latest attack within Nazir’s network? Either way, we hope Carrie clearing Brody’s name will still be one of the show’s priorities.
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