Carrie and Saul are sharing screentime in tonight’s Homeland.
So of course it’s good.
Especially when it makes unexpected turns.
Of course, thats where theyve thrived the most in the past too.
Indeed, this hour is very Carrie and Saul centric.
He asks, incredulously, why Carrie hadnt already come to him.
She replies, Honestly, I didnt know whose side you were on.
Sauls non-answer to her explanation confirms that weve entered a brave new world onHomeland.
The entire journey for Carrie and Javadi left me suspicious.
Perhaps theyll be ambushed and Javadi murdered?
But if that were to happen, Dar Adal wouldve played his hand too broadly.
Its apparently a nice shady space hidden in some pine trees.
In this case, he willingly stoked the flame of war for the president-elect with lies.
Meanwhile, Keane rather foolishly makes the hard cut from Carrie in this moment.
Indeed, the hour is titled Alt.
What is slightly more surprising is that Dar Adal shows up to watch the tape and is thrilled.
For starters, he can trust the alt-right media to make its own propaganda without his help.
He doesnt needthisto undo Keane.
Whats trampling on the grave of a dead serviceman to achieve his ends?
For that reason, it appears now is the time to tie up other loose ends…
Which brings us to who is certainly the soul of season 6, Peter Quinn.
In many ways, it was odd that he even bothered to invite Astrid back into the show.
Maybe he really did want to see if he could essentially buy Quinn off?
But Adal doesnt seem like the kind to bet on silent obedience.
But not before Quinn gets paranoid and fantasizes that there are spies where there are none.
Then he took horrible things even further by punching her.
I dont believe that Astrid, before or after the accident, meant nothing to Quinn.
Astrid probably should have left him flat no matter what after that instant.
Despite his issues, he has now been physical.
For a brief moment, I finally saw Astrid as something Carrie will never be: stability and patience.
And that is when they take her away, because of Quinns paranoia regarding her gun, no less.
So here we are, the only chance Quinn actually had for peace is gone.
So lets see where the pieces move, because its become irresistible to look away.
Rating:
4.5 out of 5
