‘Homeland’: Season 1 Episode 4 review
One of the most impressive things about Homeland is the way it treats viewers like adults.
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One of the most impressive things about Homeland is the way it treats viewers like adults.
Like last week’s opening episode, it’s intelligently-plotted, well-acted and makes exceptional use of a small budget to end up looking extremely stylish.
Whether or not people like Allison actually exist outside of the wish-fulfilment fantasies of cult fiction writers is a moot point. But as played by Ellie Kendrick, she’s utterly endearing nonetheless.
Love is a dangerous luxury in the Being Human universe. So Hal and Tom going on a double date promises only two things: trouble, and maybe the best episode yet of Series 4.
Skins really is a series that should be fearless, a series that can do anything and it’s utterly gratifying to see it live up to that potential.
At some point the show finds a rhythm that the pilot never had and bounces jauntily along with verve and – crucially – some much-needed laughs.
After three excellent episodes and one sensational one, Being Human has fumbled the ball slightly by falling back on one of the oldest plots in comedy: the love spell.
Teen vampire Adam’s back, there’s a new monster, and Cutler’s anti-werewolf campaign is accelerating. What does this all mean? It means that, for yet another week, Being Human is on incredible form.
Franky has essentially overtaken Mini as Generation 3’s queen bitch, which is a real shame as she was one of Skins‘ all-time best creations.
Two episodes in, and it’s starting to become clear what type of Sunday night period drama Upstairs Downstairs wants to be.