5 Things We Can Learn From Carrie Mathison

5 Things We Can Learn From Carrie Mathison
In this publicity photo released by Showtime, actress, Claire Danes, as Carrie Mathison is shown in Episode 10, of "Homeland." Danes was nominated for an Emmy award for outstanding actress in a drama series on Thursday, July 19, 2012, for her role as Carrie Mathison on "Homeland." The 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be presented Sept. 23 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and airing live on ABC. (AP Photo/Showtime, Kent Smith)
In this publicity photo released by Showtime, actress, Claire Danes, as Carrie Mathison is shown in Episode 10, of "Homeland." Danes was nominated for an Emmy award for outstanding actress in a drama series on Thursday, July 19, 2012, for her role as Carrie Mathison on "Homeland." The 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be presented Sept. 23 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and airing live on ABC. (AP Photo/Showtime, Kent Smith)

I’d never found television exhilarating until I saw Homeland. Every Sunday night I sit on the edge of my sofa, clutching my maltipoo while the brilliant bipolar CIA agent Carrie Mathison, played by Claire Danes, takes me on a thrilling ride through covert missions, terrorist plots and high-stakes romantic entanglements. Now that the show is deep into season two, I’m realizing it’s not only the suspenseful drama that keeps me enraptured week after week, but the complex wisdom offered by Carrie, in all of her wild intelligence, courageous patriotism and complicated desires. Here is what I think we can learn from her:

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