We assume he's a manifestation of Frank's precarious mental state, a symbol of his shaky grip on his own sense of manhood, as though Frank is compensating for his feelings of degradation by inventing a model of exaggerated visibility.
After last week's episode, the central question in "Homeland" was whether Brody, in his shaky post-heroin addiction and vulnerable mental state, could be trusted to deliver for CIA while in Tehran.
Right now, her mental state on big points is shaky, and her tentative serve has yet to improve in recent years.
It is altogether possible that Trump's mental state is both one that is capable of criminal intent and one shaky enough that our potential nuclear annihilation should not depend on it.
His mental state deteriorated.
His mental state had deteriorated rapidly.
How will it affect their mental state?
"It's strictly a mental state.
You can't predict your mental state.
You fear for his mental state.
This mental state is never quite convincing.
