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Has anyone watched Homeland? I was curious what others thought about it. I think it is a pretty strong portrayal of bi-polar disorder from an actress I really don't like. Lots of plot holes but for the most part it is pretty good.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Has anyone watched Homeland? I was curious what others thought about it. I think it is a pretty strong portrayal of bi-polar disorder from an actress I really don't like. Lots of plot holes but for the most part it is pretty good.
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I watched the first season. It wasn't terrible but I decided it wasn't something I wanted to waste my time on beyond that. I think it's been well reviewed so maybe I'm missing out. Oh well.
 
Gameface said:
I watched the first season. It wasn't terrible but I decided it wasn't something I wanted to waste my time on beyond that. I think it's been well reviewed so maybe I'm missing out. Oh well.
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Idk, we just finished the first season. I thought it was ok. Her portrayal especially of manic-depressive is spot on, nearly Rainman level good. I have met a few folks that suffer from this for real and it is so close it is scary. I had a friend call me one night, spazzing out over something his neighbor had done. He asked me to come over the next day. I called back and talked to his wife and she told me he had gone through another bout with skipping his meds (pretty common with this disorder since they really don't understand their manic and depressive states as different than normal anyway...he always said his meds made him less fun) and had been on a manic episode for a few days. I went over the next day and he was acting EXACTLY as she does in her depressive state in the show. It was jaw dropping to me how closely she was able to pull this off. I will probably give it a second season for that reason alone.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Has anyone watched Homeland? I was curious what others thought about it. I think it is a pretty strong portrayal of bi-polar disorder from an actress I really don't like. Lots of plot holes but for the most part it is pretty good.
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First season, yes. Remaining seasons, binge when showtime on demand is free. Not worth a subscription. Imo

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