Another very very good episode. I've always thought that this show, along with The Americans, was one of the masters of tension, and this episode was yet another piece of evidence of that. The closing part of the episode was heart-racing, and I just admire the way the writers are able to link together so many plot threads, and have been doing so for years. On the surface, Homeland plots are always quite simple, yet they're always intricately planned. The final shot of Carrie was telling. This is a woman, for all the good she's tried to do, whose actions have gotten dozens of people killed. Not always directly, like here, but her arrest of that spec ops team ended up getting them blown up. The driver's story was tragic, and another thing I admire about the show is its human, individualistic approach to what are large scale conflicts between countries. The writing does a superb job of inspecting the actions of what seem like entire states, when actually they are those of relatively just a few people. Now that Carrie's arrested, I'm not sure what lies ahead for her, whether she'll betray Saul or not. I was thankful for Saul's own position on never betraying Carrie. We'll have to see whether Carrie waves the same flag, but I'm sure the conclusion won't disappoint us
Mid 8
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