Homeland Season 3 [Blu-ray]

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

I read some of the other reviews that people wrote, and now, having seen all the episodes, I don’t really see what people are complaining about. Brody wasn’t in many of the episodes because his storyline had completely changed–and was almost finished. This season was really about Carrie and Saul, and about how the Brody family was dealing with the fallout of the Langley bombing.

I don’t get why so many people were so hostile about Dana and her storyline…she’s a fifteen-year-old trying to come to terms with the fact that apparently her father, her hero and the person she was closest to, decided to blow up 200 people. How would you deal with such a thing?? I might slit my wrists, too. She’s Brody daughter, a major character in this show, and they aren’t just going to forget about her. I think what they wrote for her is great, and I think she’s a fabulous actress, too. If you can’t deal with the storylines the writers have created for the characters, stop watching the show, because now that Brody is dead, I’m sure there’s going to be more of the same.

-Carla Homeister

The third season is good, but kind of disjointed. The plot lines seem to jump around until you get toward the end of the season where everything comes together. The first half of the season was really about the aftermath of the CIA bombing at the end of Season 2 that was pinned on Brody. An elaborate plan between Carrie and Saul was hatched to get the person responsible out in the open, but if you think about it too hard it was a plan hatched to catch someone they did not really know was involved with 100% certainly, relied on information they did not have when the plan was set in motion, or that the bait would be taken. So it takes a lot of suspension of disbelief to buy into the whole thing. If you can put that aside however, the rest of the season is compelling and dramatic, much like the prior seasons were.

The other main point this season was the wrap up of Brody’s story line. For much of the first part of the season Brody was not even around or only appeared for most of 1 episode and a few minutes in a few others. Then his story converged on the other story line. The one unfortunate part of ending that story is that the great story surrounding Dana’s response to finding out her dad was a terrorist was also wrapped up, and it was pretty clear that his family will not have a large role in the show anymore. That said, it was definitely time to bring that story, as good as it was for the first season and a half to a close.

As far as extras go, there is a behind the scenes feature on filming the final episodes, deleted scenes, commentary on the final episode, and a feature on Brody’s story from the first part of the season. Not a ton, but okay for what is there. All in all, it is not as good as the prior seasons, but does an adequate job resolving some story lines and moving the show forward.

– Mike S

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Claire Danes, Rupert Friend, Morena Baccarin, Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin
Directors: Lesli Linka Glatter
Format: Blu-ray, Widescreen
Language: English (DTS 5.1), Spanish (DTS 5.1)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Region: Region A/1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 3
Studio: 21st Century Fox
DVD Release Date: September 9, 2014
Run Time: 616 minutes