Now, Homeland’s sense has all but drowned in an ocean of implausibility.

Is Homeland waving or drowning? Or is it simply stretching as it yawns its way out of mid-season torpor?

‘I’ll Fly Away’ goes some way towards patching up the seemingly irreparable damage done by last week’s near-debacle of an episode.

Season 2 of Homeland continues this weekend and Brody approaches meltdown.

Homeland, incredibly, is in danger of jumping the shark.

There’s no doubt that after ‘A Gettysburg Address’, Homeland is capable of recovering from even the most somnambulistic lulls.

Season 2 of Homeland continues this weekend and Mike Faber’s private investigation into the death of Tom Walker lands him in front of David Estes.

‘Q and A’ is – for the most part – noticeably more low-key and stripped-down than anything Homeland has presented us with so far.

Season 2 of Homeland continues this weekend and Brody is now a prisoner of the United States.

Rather than being staid or humdrum, Homeland is now heading into the great unknown, unpredictable and unmissable.