The Covenant 

Saul goes to Abu Dhabi. Carrie delivers bad news. Quinn senses something.

Director:

Lesli Linka Glatter

Writers:

Gideon Raff (based on the original Israeli series "Prisoners of War" by), Alex Gansa (developed for American television by)

Stars:

Claire Danes, Rupert Friend, Elizabeth Marvel

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Claire Danes	...	Carrie Mathison
Rupert Friend	...	Peter Quinn
Elizabeth Marvel	...	President Elizabeth Keane
F. Murray Abraham	...	Dar Adal
Mandy Patinkin	...	Saul Berenson
Hill Harper	...	Rob Emmons
Dominic Fumusa	...	Ray Conlin
Patrick Sabongui	...	Reda Hashem
C.J. Wilson	...	Porteous Belli
J. Mallory McCree	...	Sekou Bah
Bernard White	...	Farhad Nafisi
Jacqueline Antaramian	...	Dorit
Mickey O'Hagan	...	Clarice
Hadar Ratzon Rotem	...	Tova Rivlin (as Hadar Ratzon-Rotem)
Ian Kahn	...	Roger

Storyline

Now Quinn remembers his near gas-poisoning, the nightmares get even worse, and his lust for unresponsive 'nurse' Carrie. Dar briefs the president-elect and chief of staff Rob Emmons on nuclear security, notably Iran and North Korea. At an Abu Dhabi conference, Saul gets to question Mossad-caught rogue Iranian arms buyer Farhad Nafisi, open to blackmail on his affair with an Isreali agent, who convincingly claims there never was an actual Iranaian nuclear program, just a deal to stop the sanctions, but Saul spots an oddity and goes check in the West Bank. Sekou is desperate and furious when Carrie admits her intervention wrecked even his change at a plea bargain.

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Plot Keywords:

begins with a dream | begins with a nightmare | waking up from a nightmare | american abroad | mother daughter relationship | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 January 2017 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Mill Neck Manor, Mill Neck, Long Island, New York, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

49 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the President Elect is talking to Dar Adal, she pours some water from a pitcher into a glass. In the next shot, the glass is empty and she starts pouring again. In the following shot, the glass is once again empty and the pitcher is no longer in her hand. She picks it up and starts pouring again.

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Soundtracks

Homeland Theme
Written by Sean Callery
Performed by Sean Callery Feat. Chris Tedesco

User Reviews

We get your agenda loud and clear.

The strength of this show used to be the vulnerability and imperfections of it's characters regardless of the personal political agenda, beliefs or message of the writers or producers. Perhaps today that's no longer possible. Perhaps today it's all about 'hooray for my side'. I'm sure it meaningless but this show has lost one loyal viewer who's watched since the show's beginning. I suspect it's not only one. In my opinion there's an blatantly obvious pattern with the current cast of characters. The good people, with their only good intentions, and the bad people who's ideology blinds them to anything but their own self-serving agenda. A wise old journalist once said "in seeking the truth you have to get both sides of the story". In my opinion good drama is much the same. No spoiler here. Cheers.