But Ill leave the eerie non-parallels of the setting behind for now.
Its because Carrie has nothing to do with Saul or the spy game at all.
You cant blame her for benching herself.
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When she tries to encourage him to keep getting better, he yells at her to leave.
She finally does when his doctor says his treatment team thinks shes only agitating him with daily visits.
There, Otto During waits.
If its not me, Carrie, he says.
Let it be someone else.
Yet, Quinn is in no condition to be Carries significant other.
But the check for what?
Oh, for …this.
On the plus side, he says.
It didnt last long.
If the war isnt winnable, what are we still doing there?
Saul and Dar look vaguely shell-shocked before Keane moves on to their classified briefing.
Saul says she has no authority over covert actions for now.
I didnt think so, she says.
Why dont we just skip ahead to the good stuff, then?
Later, the two discuss their strange meeting with the PEOTUS.
Saul looks on the bright side, saying shell learn to work with them in time.
Dar doesnt feel the same way: He says hes concerned about her personal ties to foreign policy.
Dar decides to act on what he wants, just in case.
Theyre meeting without Saul but Dar isnt concerned.
Its probably for the best, he says.
Outside, he and a friend drive to a Marriott hotel on the east side of Manhattan.
All in all, its questionable, conspiratorial talk, but at this point, its just talk.
Sekou chides the mans amateurism but also notes to his viewers that there are two sides to every story.
Know that, he says, with a fierce glint in his eyes.
Its a harsh warning, but hes right to deliver it.
What aretheysupposed to do?
Tell the other side of the story, for now.
Carrie and her small potatoes professor, Professor Hashem, are called to take the case.
Clearly, Sekou didnt tell Carrie that last bit, and Carries left speechless after her argument with Conlin.
In fact, he says hell be happier living on the street than going back to the VA.
But this is Carrie, and Carrie doesnt let someone she cares about spiral like this.
Quinn is still quite out of it when he moves in.
What is that wallpaper?
he asks, jaw open like a little child.
There isnt any wallpaper, she responds.
Well make it work.
The episode ends with a montage of our new and oldHomelandplayers preparing for their next steps.
For now, shes not about to let him in her other life, her comfortable life with Franny.
Every story has two sides.
I do hope she reenters the CIA fray or at least Sauls inner circle soon.
If so, that gap betweenHomelandand reality widens and Im not sure I like it.
