well, finnished all three season of Homeland......... and I like

I think the portrayal of bipolar is quite realistic (yay for showing a BP person being obsessed about something else than having random sex). And kudos for not beating the reader with the label as excuse for all unreasonable action Carrie made.

And I could so relate to how Carrie "needed" a green pen. When I was in manic episode while writting my thesis I would make lots and lots of flow charts... and I do often carry a notebook with me to jot down "totally important" ideas.