Homeland is a terrible soap opera.

I cannot let this Homeland phenomenon go.  I don't mean the show itself; I mean the fact that people actually like it. 

Apparently people like the show so much that they are mad when an episode falls short of their expectations.  The problem is that their expectations are impossible to understand.  After all, how can you please an audience that finds the romance between Carry--a bipolar top spy in the CIA (and the CIA had no idea she is bipolar)--and Brody--an ex-POW turned terrorist and Muslim convert--"compelling", as Lyons claims.  Lyons refuses to give Homeland the benefit of the doubt--after all, she gave the benefit of the doubt to Lost, The X-Files, and Prison Break as was burned each time.  Lesson learned?  No, because the lesson is not that Lyons should not give the show the benefit of the doubt, but rather that Lyons watches some really shitty shows.