Homeland

[lidlicker]

Big arguments in our house. Was Sol speaking Hebrew or Arabic in the room with all the dead? Is Sol a suspect ???

[naomi24]

//Quinn was having doubts about killing Brody even at the end of the previous episode. It wasn't just because he saw him praying that he stopped. Quinn's a good guy.//

I'm not so sure. Didn't something happen to stop Quinn shooting Brodie in the car in the last episode? If he'd made his mind up already, why was he still stalking Brodie? I think there's more to it. I also think it was a different bomb. I agree, I don't think a vest would cause as much damage.

[Ellipsis]

> Didn't something happen to stop Quinn shooting Brodie in the car in the last episode?

No, that was an episode two or three weeks ago. At that point, he was going to kill Brody. Then Estes told him to back off because they hadn't captured Nazir.

At the end of last week's episode, Quinn was tailing Brody and observed him entering Carrie's house. He had lots of opportunity to kill him.

As he did in the woods too. It seemed clear all along he was having second thoughts. To say what he did to Estes, though (the "I kill bad guys" speech), he would have needed to clear it with his boss, Dar Adal.

[naomi24]

mmm ... it wasn't that clear to me. Still got my doubts.

[Frank97]

I think I need to watch the last episode again, wasn't paying enough attention last night!

[naomi24]

Ellipsis, actually your theory doesn't make sense. It appears that Quinn decided not to shoot Brody when he discovered he was a Muslim, but surely that discovery would have led Quinn to conclude that Brody wasn't a good guy. Quite the reverse.

[Ellipsis]

> It appears that Quinn decided not to shoot Brody when he discovered he was a Muslim, but surely that discovery would have led Quinn to conclude that Brody wasn't a good guy.

Why would it do that? Especially if Quinn himself isn't a good guy?

[chrissa1]

Not all Muslims are bad guys though.
The bomb in the car was probably the huge chest they found behind the wall at the vest makers shop.

[naomi24]

Ellipsis, //Especially if Quinn himself isn't a good guy? //

But you think Quinn is a good guy, in which case discovering Brody is a Muslim would surely make him more likely to shoot. If, on the other hand, Quinn is a bad guy, then discovering Brody's religion would be a good reason for him not to shoot because, to his mind, they'd be on the same side.

[Ellipsis]

It would make no sense to keep Brody alive simply because he was a Muslim

If Quinn was a bad guy, he was a remarkably uninformed bad guy if he didn't already know Brody was a Muslim and, far more importantly, that the bad guys were planning on framing Brody for mass-murder, making it in their interests to keep him alive.

So Quinn is either a good guy, or a useless bad guy (which makes no sense). He's a good guy.

[zebo]

Did Brodie get rid of the bomb vest or is it still in his basement? What made them both leave the hall during Estes' speech, can't just have been nookie can it? It was an odd time to leave.
When Quinn had Brodie in his gunsight, it cut to another scene, and then Brodie was back in the cabin, I'm wondering what happened by the lake, was there any interaction between the two.

[islasmum]

Well, we won't know until Series 3 is aired - I presume that there is going to be a Series 3?

[zebo]

Apparently, yes there is but it seems a bit vague according to this link.



http://screenrant.com/homeland-season-3-details-spoilers/

[naomi24]

Ellipsis, //If Quinn was a bad guy, he was a remarkably uninformed bad guy if he didn't already know Brody was a Muslim//

I concede that's an excellent point. I'm still not sure he's a good guy though. Time will tell.