I just finished watching season 1.

Wow.

The first season follows Carrie Mathison, a CIA operations officer who has come to believe that Nicholas Brody, an U.S. Marine Sergeant, who was held captive by al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war, was turned by the enemy and now poses a significant risk to national security. …

The season received universal acclaim, scoring a Metacritic rating of 91 out of 100 from 28 critics. TV Guide named it the best TV show of 2011 and highly applauded the performances by Damian Lewis and Claire Danes.

… The series won both the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for this season. …

Click PLAY or watch a trailer on YouTube.

Mandy Patinkin is great, as always.

Season 1 is currently being run on Calgary TV.

I hear season 2 is even better. But it’s not out on iTunes or Amazon, as yet.

So I bought season 1 of The Wire, instead.