Blog Posts by Sarah D. Bunting

Which choice, exactly, does the "Homeland" season finale's episode title refer to? Carrie alone has half a dozen to make -- whether to choose Brody or her job, whether to believe he's not responsible for the car bomb that kills 200 people at the Vice President's memorial, how to get him out of the country when Al Qaeda has released his video suicide note, to cross the border with him or go home to clear his name. Or is it Brody choosing Carrie over his family? Jess boxing up Brody's things? Quinn deciding that murdering Brody isn't part of his "guy who kills bad guys" job description? Estes releasing Saul?

We think it's just one, the one the "Homeland" writers had to confront as the second season came to a close: What do we do with Brody?

It's clear from the episode's opening scenes that simply pairing him off with Carrie won't work. The sequence in the cabin is disquieting; with agendas and mania now replaced by grocery bags and potato-juggling, the vibe between the two is awkward

Monday, December 17
Watch: Scott "Bailey from 'Party of Five'" Wolf is co-hosting "Access Hollywood Live"! …Sorry. We didn't realize how much we missed that guy until just now. Someone give that guy a series gig, please! Moving along here: If you missed any of Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta's appearances last week, fear not: they're on "Good Morning America" to promote their Christmas album. And catch "The Talk" all week for their Daily December Giveaways. "The Chew" has your '80s-nostalgia fix with Soleil Moon Frye of "Punky Brewster," and if you need some holiday etiquette advice, tune in to "Kelly & Michael," who host Lizzie Post.

Skip: "Good Morning America" has advice on how to eat right at the holidays. It's the holidays! A couple cookies more than usual probably ain't gonna kill ya! We implore the media to let this topic go!

Tuesday, December 18
Watch: Another "Everwood" alum we

The "Homeland" season finale airs Sunday at 10 PM, and it's sure to feature the same cuticle-gnawing tension and "how will they get out of this one" cliffhangers as last year's. Yes, the celebrated drama has flirted with implausibility in its sophomore season. …OK, it's full-on French-kissed implausibility a few times, but that's just one of the things that makes "Homeland" such an exciting watch.

Eight scenes, twists, and demises that kept us on the edge of our couch cushions in Season 2:

1. Brody is arrested and flipped -- in only the season's fourth episode
We expected the cat-and-mouse between Brody and the CIA to come to a head towards the end of the season, as it had last year. Instead, Brody becomes a double agent, opening a whole new avenue of plot (and character work) the audience hadn't already seen in the first season.

2. Quinn stabs Brody in the hand during the interrogation
Pure theater, both within the interrogation itself -- it's an extreme good cop/bad cop play by Quinn to

Ashley and J.P. don't plan to have kids right away. Let's just get that out of the way right now.

The "Bachelorette" pair have already wed -- the ceremony took place Dec. 1, with "Bachelor" host Chris Harrison presiding -- but we'll all get to "attend" via their wedding special, "The Bachelorette: Ashley and J.P.'s Wedding," airing Sunday, Dec. 16 at 9 PM on ABC. (We'll be live-tweeting every sparkly detail; follow Yahoo! TV on Twitter to join the fun! The hashtag is #TheBachelorette.)

Reporters got a sneak peek into the proceedings earlier this week, when Ashley Hebert and J.P. Rosenbaum spoke to the press (while endearingly calling each other "babe" throughout) about everything from their living arrangements to upcoming Bachelor Sean Lowe to when they plan to have kids.

Currently splitting the difference between Ashley's residency in Philadelphia and J.P.'s job in New York City by bunking in Princeton, NJ, Ashley and J.P. represent just the third couple from the "Bachelor" franchise

Jessica Lange -- Sister Jude on "American Horror Story: Asylum" -- has played Big Edie Beale, Frances Farmer, Blanche DuBois, and a gorilla's girlfriend, so she's no stranger to pushing herself as an actress… fortunately, since "American Horror Story" has taken "pushing" to a new level since its debut last year. Lange's clearly the woman for the job; she added to her awards-hardware shelf with a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy for her portrayal of Constance Langdon on last season's "AHS," and she's expected to pick up more nominations this year for the Sister Jude role.

Lange spoke with reporters last week about Sister Jude's journey, trusting creator Ryan Murphy, and what happens after the leading-lady window closes. The actress was asked almost immediately whether she ever looks at a script and feels Murphy has gone too far. Occasionally, she admitted, but "that's not been too often" -- and part of it is, well, part of acting. "I think as an actor you have to trust," Lange said.

Nick Wechsler -- the long-suffering, and sometimes rather dense-seeming, Jack Porter on ABC's "Revenge" – got his first big TV break on "Team Knight Rider" back in the '90s. He's also played Kyle Valenti on "Roswell" and guested on "It's Always Sunny" and "Without a Trace." Yahoo! TV spoke to Wechsler last week about how to play a character as innocent, not dumb; building a bridge while you're driving; and whether we can expect a "Roswell" reunion movie. (Spoiler: nope.)

What is it like to be the only mostly good character on a show that's about how entertainingly evil everyone can be?

(Laughs)

Do you like playing that good guy or is being a villain more fun for you?

It's been… bad guy after bad guy until this, pretty much. And that is a lot of fun. It's funny, it's a grass-is-greener kind of situation, every time, 'cause you play bad guys your whole career and you're like, "God, I wish somebody would just" -- you know, you just get bored with playing that, and you just wish somebody

Carrie is alive, and Carrie is correct… again. She emerges unscathed from the pitch-dark room we saw her walk into; wanders around a bit before emerging like a deer into the literal headlights of the CIA tac team sent to the mill to find Nazir; lies to Quinn that she escaped because she "was lucky," and pretends she doesn't know Vice President Walden had to die to spare her; and even though she's all banged up, hasn't slept in about a week, and wrongly accuses Galvez of trying to escape the mill perimeter with Nazir in his car, Carrie slips into an interrogation room with Roya, gets cursed out, picks up on a minor point of Arabic usage to figure out that Nazir is still in the mill's tunnels somewhere, goes back to the mill to hunt him down, and lures him into the circle of tac-team gunfire that kills him just as he's reaching into his breast pocket to detonate something.

Did you get all that? Here's the short version: season-long critical comparisons aside, Carrie Mathison isn't

Monday, December 10
Watch: Anderson Cooper visits "The Talk," and we hope he dishes the dirt on the end of his show. "Rachael Ray" devotes a whole hour to the cookie (and to Valerie Bertinelli), and the holiday gift-grab giveaway fortnight on "The Wendy Williams Show" starts today -- try to get into the studio audience for those freebies. If you're short on dough this holiday, check out "Good Morning America," where Travel Channel's Jordan Hemdrough teaches you how to get cash for your vintage toys. And "Killer Karaoke" with Steve-O (formerly of "Jackass") sounds too weird to pass up on "Access Hollywood Live," but if you're more interested in straight-ahead charm, "Kelly & Michael" has our favorite Tonys host, Hugh Jackman.

Skip: Kristen Stewart of "Twilight" (as opposed to the Kristen Stewart who's on "Wall Street Week"...sorry, we know you know who she is) is on "The Late Late Show," just in case you thought Twi-madness was over. (She's also talking to Tavis Smiley today, which could