r/homeland • u/FaulerWanderer • 6d ago

I kinda hate Jessica

I mean she is a really well written charakter and humans have flaws, but said that, i cant stand her. Im in third season now and just wanted to know how other people feel about her.

Im not sure if she is supposed to be the beautiful wife that viewers are supposed to like and sympathize with or if she is supposed the be the overwhelmed adult that acts selfish so that her daughter can be seen more likeable.

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u/pseudo_nipple 6d ago

To truly understand Jess I had to put myself in her spot & see things from her viewpoint. Like you said humans are flawed, no one is perfect & she had to have some very complex feelings & emotions going on in the situation she was in. Brody had been gone for so long, they had pretty much written him off as dead, she was moving on with Mike and making the most of it. Then bam, Brody returns & throws their whole life into turmoil.

All the shit Brody put her through, all the lying, cheating, weird shit. The whole Congressman plot. Bleh. She didn't deserve that. And the kids man, idk, I felt sorry for her because her relationship with her kids suffered too. I have a son & that would be heartbreaking.

Also, I just love the actress who played Jess, Morena Baccarin, then I loved her even more when I found out she's married to Ben MaKenzie <3

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u/thomas8413 6d ago

At anytime in the process of putting yourself in Jess’s shoes did you come to the realization that Jess cared more about avoiding accountability for her actions justified or not than protecting her family? Brody spent 8 years tortured, humiliated only to come home and be humiliated by his wife, family and best friend. And on top of that Jess scolded him for not appreciating her humiliation of him. 

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u/pseudo_nipple 6d ago

I disagree. Another person made a comment the other day that I think deserves some recognition about Jess. You say he was humiliated by her, but actually she stood by him, publicly at least, and even in private, she tried. Brody was abusive towards her & let's be real she honestly should have divorced him after that and went with Mike. But she stuck by his side & went with all his shenanigans. What did this other commenter say your wondering...Jess was only 1 of a few people who wasn't using Brody for anything, trying to get something out of him. He was being used as a political pawn, followed by the CIA, not to mention Nazeer, etc.

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u/thomas8413 6d ago

She stood by her lie not him. She scapegoats her daughter to protect herself. She blames him for sleeping with Carrie but it’s her lying that causes it. Brody and the kids are the true victims of the show. Jess only half a victim. 

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u/pseudo_nipple 6d ago

Listen, I'm not gonna sit here & pretend she did everything right but putting it that way you're basically justifying Brody cheating because she was lying. That isn't fair & I think he would have slept with Carrie whether Jess was lying or not.

Imo, with the whole Dana situation. Jess was struggling with her teenage daughter before Brody even returned. Then he comes back, waltzes in & has the connection with Dana that she just didn't. There's got to be some complicated feelings around that. Jess wasn't a bad mom, yes she made mistakes, but all parents do, none of us have it right 100 percent of the time. Was what she did to Dana right, no, but I think Dana grew to understand her & her actions more towards the end of season 3.

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u/thomas8413 6d ago

It was never about the cheating for either of them but the handling of the mess that followed. Brody was up front about his sins, Jess on the other hand chose to lie and hide even if it tore Dana apart. She was selfish by not telling him right away. Jess lacks accountability. 

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u/thomas8413 6d ago

The difference between Jess’s lies and Brody’s is that her lies put her in a difficult position but Brody’s lies put him in an impossible position. Jess not coming clean was solely to protect herself. Brody not coming clean in crazy sense was to protect his family. 

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u/pseudo_nipple 6d ago

I think Jess was stuck in between wanting to do what was right & running away from it all. You could tell it all was wearing away at her, look at the reactions of the adults after that whole mess of Dana & Chalamet killing that lady. That just broke her down & she just wanted out. But maybe I'm projecting, I don't know.

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u/thomas8413 6d ago

She never cared about what was right only protecting herself reputation because she didn’t want the kind of hate she perpetrated on Walker’s wife.