Homeland, Showtime

Homeland holds a mighty strange place in our culture: left-wing America’s favorite right-wing propaganda. Claire Danes’ emotional swan dives are so far out there, Anne Hathaway nailed them perfectly in the great SNL parody: “There goes the chin!” “She’s having one of her jazz freakouts!” But nobody could have predicted the twist where Carrie meets Brody for a drinks date that doubles as an interrogation – then busts him in his hotel room, wailing, “I loooved you!”