Having let Saul be recaptured Carrie and the CIA agree to the prisoner transfer. Carrie hasn't lost sight of the fact that this release cannot be Haqqani's main objective; he caught Saul by chance rather than as part of some grand strategy
he must have a greater ultimate goal. While preparing for the exchange she starts to question the ambassador's husband although he denies all knowledge of the information passed to the Pakistanis. After a tense prisoner exchange it looks as if everything has gone to plan then it all goes very wrong in a way that leaves us wondering if key characters have survived and a realisation of what Haqqani is planning to do.
This is shaping up to be the best season of Homeland to date and this is one of the best episodes. After last week's dramatic escape and recapture of Saul I expected a quieter episode so when the episode reached its dramatic conclusion I was shocked. Most series would have brought up the end credits straight away but here we get a double cliff-hanger! The cast are all on top form making the dramatic events utterly believable even when we should be thinking 'that would never happen in reality' of course that is the key to a great drama. As the end credits rolled I was desperate to see what happens next.
This is shaping up to be the best season of Homeland to date and this is one of the best episodes. After last week's dramatic escape and recapture of Saul I expected a quieter episode so when the episode reached its dramatic conclusion I was shocked. Most series would have brought up the end credits straight away but here we get a double cliff-hanger! The cast are all on top form making the dramatic events utterly believable even when we should be thinking 'that would never happen in reality' of course that is the key to a great drama. As the end credits rolled I was desperate to see what happens next.