FlipBoardThis is the first look at Showtime’s “Homeland,” which was just British actor Damian Lewis (Your Highness, “Life”) plays the Marine sniper who is either an American hero or a key piece of an Al Qaeda plot. It’s always one or the other with our servicemen, right?
Perhaps I’m biased here, but I have a pretty hard time believing that a Marine sergeant who’s gone through both sniper school and the viciously intense SERE school would flip sides over to Al Qaeda. Sure, seven years is a long-ass time to be a prisoner of war, but as I watched Claire Danes argue her theory to Patinkin in this video, all I could think was, “God, why you gotta be such a bitch Claire?”
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Wow. Damian Lewis of Life and Your Highness with no mention of DICK WINTERS ULTIMATE BADASS?
You think you know a guy…
What’s the appeal of Claire Danes? She made Billy Crudup leave his girlfriend, who happened to be eight months pregnant with his child, for her. That girlfriend? Mary-Louise Parker.
Don’t get me wrong, ‘My So Called Life’ was pretty good, but Danes is a distant second to MLP.
Would you mention Dick Winters in the same paragraph as the idea of a g-d Marine sniper turned AQ terrorist?
No. Of course not. That’d be stupid.
One of my best friends went through SERE. Fuck that noise.
I like Damian Lewis and Mandy Patinkin and I agree that Claire Danes doesn’t exactly convince me in the trailer.
/Military brat
I guess I can add this to the list of Showtime shows that I have to hear about all the time but would never watch because its not as good as an HBO show.
Has any military personnel — who actually fought in Iraq or Afghanistan — actually switch sides to al-qaeda? Is this a thing? If not, then this premise is just forced and pointless, and I want nothing to do with it.
I guess my question about the overall credibility off this is….. do we get to see Claire’s little titties with iced up nipples?
I mean this in such a way that does not question her acting abilities what-so-ever.
Wait, so Claire Danes is going to be a female Jack Bauer or something? /Bonersplosion
I fully endorse the badassness of Damian Lewis (god I miss Life) and the suckassness of SERE.
10 comments and not one Princess Bride reference? For shame internet, for shame.
In my version the character played by Danes would have Mia Kershner as her love interest.
I’ve heard that SERE is basically where they kill you, let you rot a few days, and then reanimate your corpse so they can kill you again.