Carrie Mathison, a haunted yet brilliant CIA analyst. Warning: spoilers ahead! “I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know.”  — Billie Holiday In the pilot episode of Homeland, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), hurries back to her Washington D.C. apartment after a night … Continue reading ‘Homeland’s Carrie Mathison: A Pulsing Beat of Jazz and ‘Crazy Genius’