Homeland's third season, we are sooo into you right now.

Ever since the episode featuring Brody's (Damian Lewis) heroin withdrawal, arguably one of the best episodes of the season, our obsession with the Showtime drama has been dialed up to 11. And it wasn't a sudden happenstance; we've been on board (again) with Homeland ever since the episode it was revealed that Carrie (Claire Danes) was pregnant and Javadi (Shaun Toub) went all crazy and killed his daughter-in-law and ex-wife.

But we weren't exactly offboard with Homeland this season, despite a wide array of fans and critics rolling their eyes at recent twists (Carrie planned her mental breakdown with Saul) and huffing over the lack of Brody. What some people called "slow episodes" in the beginning of the season, we called a "slow burn" that is leading up to the final run, which will no doubt bring us back to that season-one finale feeling of "Omigod, I'm overcome with anxiety, what the hell is going to happen?!"

Let's talk about the reasons why we have been loving the third season of Homeland: