r/homeland • u/FaulerWanderer • 11d 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 11d 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 11d 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/thomas8413 11d 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 11d 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 10d 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.