UNUSUAL SUSPECTS: Fans are trying to figure out which one of these CIA operatives is feeding Abu Nazir. (
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We’re well into the second season of “Homeland,” and still there is only one thing that we know for sure: The only person who can’t be the mole is the man from the hole — Nick Brody.
Brody has played for so many teams, he’s become the Bobo Newsom of the terrorist world. (FYI: Bobo was one of the most traded player in baseball history — 16 times!)
Nobody trusts Brody, everybody seems to be onto him (except the hard right wingers who want him on the presidential ticket).
His wife is disgusted with him, his daughter has turned to Mike, his son is, well, no one knows because he’s like every little brother on every show — the forgotten kid.
The only one who really cares about Brody is Carrie, and she’s got issues.
Frankly, Brody’s become nothing but a no-good cry baby who gets on my nerves now.
So the real ticking time bomb of “Homeland”isn’t the triple agent Brody — but the identity of who’s been er, mucking up (we’re a family newspaper here!) every mission.
There is a mole the size of a Hummer in their midst, and they don’t seem to be as concerned as they should be — or laser-focused on finding him. Or her. But I’m betting on him.
Everyone has a betting interest:
* Saul Berenson: Seems to be the odds-on favorite.
For one thing, he trusts crazy Carrie with everything even though she’s constantly putting everyone in danger and is incapable of following the simplest orders.
Only a fool — or traitor — would want a bipolar, self-medicating, promiscuous spy in there with Brody.
And whatever happened to his wife? Last time we saw her, she was on her way to the airport in a cab being driven by who-knows-who.
* David Estes: The director is on some lists as the man, the messenger, the mole.
I totally disagree because, for one thing, nobody would want to jeopardize the best government gig in the world for no good reason. Oh, right, Gen. BETRAYus.
* Peter Quinn: Let’s face it, he is the only one to survive the Gettysburg massacre intact. Just lucky? Hmm.
He showed up late to the operation with full knowledge of every aspect. The handstabbing thing is so over-the-top for a professional, makes me wonder who’s he trying to impress? Jodie Foster?
None of that is enough to make him a suspect, but he does have fantastic cheekbones.
* Carrie Mathison: Nah. Too crazy. However she does manage to screw up everything in her wake, which is good for the other side.
If she isn’t the mole then Abu Nazir should have his HR people contact her immediately and begin recruitment negotiations to insure that the CIA continues to be in constant turmoil.
My money? It’s on Saul because I don’t get the whole wife-in-Mumbai thing. But in my heart? I really wish it could be VP Walden. If anybody deserves a Brody-style beatdown, it’s that creep.