![]() As I told June Thomas during Season 2, where Homeland is obsessed with suspense, Prisoners of War is obsessed with emotions-that is, with fully fleshed out characters who make decisions that are sad and thoughtful and leave you feeling drained in the best possible way. ![]() And the entire equivalent of the CIA isn’t blown to smithereens just to get rid of a character. Yes, there are politics and crazy, top-secret plans-including a Jason Bourne-ish character in Season 2-but they actually make narrative sense. In a time of You Won’t Believe What Happens Next TV, Prisoners of War has a decidedly slower pace. ![]() The show also follows the sister of the soldier who doesn’t return in Season 1, and we see how different her adjustment is. Instead, the focus is on the prisoners’ return and how it affects them and the people at home who waited so many years. And so the show can focus on its central story, which is really all the drama we need. The character she does pursue romantically rejects her. She does go on a date with Uri, but she’s only following orders. The show is an adaptation of an Israeli show Hatufim, by director Gideon. based on the Israeli series Hatufim Prisoners of War (2010-present). She’s not bipolar and she’s not involved in any romance. War & un-peace: Nikkhil Advani directs a TV series on India in a post-Kargil scenario. 23 One of the conventional groups of jokes identified by Chiaro (1992: 50) is. But the best part about Prisoners of War is that the Carrie character-the principal CIA agent-is barely a character.
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