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As much as I rooted for his character, I thought Brody's prolonged presence made this season awfully stale. They obviously wasted way too much needless time with his family and there was no payoff in that regard at all. But I will say that they really did pull it together in the last 2 episodes there. They were by far the best of this season. They made you care about Brody's character once again in a thrilling episode 11 before cutting that off almost immediately in an emotional episode 12. It really was tough to see him go out the way he did, but at least it fit the greater theme about the personal costs of this line of work. They likely will never get back to the genius that was season 1, but this decision has the potential to give Homeland the new life that it badly needs. I think it had to be done.
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