This is basically a quick post to express my excitement that Homeland's second season starts tomorrow. I may have just ripped the Emmys to shreds, but that was in terms of comedy. In drama, they often get it right. In my opinion, Claire Danes won that award a year ago in the season's penultimate episode. Her performance was so powerful that before the episode even ended I knew it was hers. And if that episode belonged to Danes, the finale belonged to Damian Lewis, no question.
The fact that Homeland won best drama and best writing is also very much deserved. I was pleasantly surprised by both wins. I was honestly expecting either Mad Men or Breaking Bad to take home an Emmy in either respective category (as well as Bryan Cranston or Jon Hamm for acting), but Homeland also earned recognition. It deserves to be held to the same standard and it very much belongs in the same breath. Since it aired, I've been talking about this show to anyone who will listen. So its nice to be validated.
And I'm so glad it won for its first season. I'm honestly not sure if they can keep the quality up further down the road, so I'm pleased it nabbed an award when it could. Some part of me wished it was a one season show that ended slightly differently than it did. (Especially because the show runners, who previously worked on 24, aren't necessarily the best at long-term suspense.) But any doubts I had were quickly forgotten when I saw the season two trailer. So lets get pumped, people!
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