Upstairs, with Franny off to school, Carrie calls Max (but wheres Virgil?)
for help babysitting Quinn.
She warns him that Quinns been acting up, but Max assures her things will be okay.
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And at first, they are.
Quinn pokes his head out of the basement as soon as Carries gone and calmly asks for canned food.
Quinn doesnt answer he just sinks back into his bed and listens to the radio again.
But while Quinn can at least lock his doors and throw a tantrum, Sekou cant do the same.
Carrie and Reda (the small-potatoes professor, remember?)
Sekou bristles at the accusation and says the money was for the trip, not for some nefarious group.
As he gets going, Carrie gets a visit from gasp!
Really, she says.
When Saul scoffs, she uses their last conversation against him.
This is all I do now, right here.
The new paradigm we talked about, this is it, she says, shrugging.
You worry about the fate of the world.
Ive got more important things to do.
Annoyed, Carrie retaliates: You know why I left, Saul?
Its the bulls, you coming all the way out here to say what you said just now.
NEXT: Who is Saad?
Carrie doesnt get a chance to stew over her heated exchange with Saul.
So if Saads an FBI informant, then that means… what, exactly?
This was just another Muslim kid you entrapped, she says, to which Conlin replies, Entrapped?
(I agree, Conlin it’s possible for you to just say trapped, Carrie.
Its like when people say amongst instead of among.
Anyway, back to the story!)
Did I say good news?
I meant news thatll piss Carrie off so much shes going to attempt to fix it no matter what.
Dar Adal, meanwhile, has a headache of his own to deal with.
Rob is incredulous: Is that it?
he asks dismissively, to Dars chagrin.
She already has to help the country avoid war, and shes not even president yet!
When the paramedics arrive, Quinn insists on being taken home instead of going back to the hospital.
Max will have to wait a while to even have a go at relay the news to our heroine.
straight to President-Elect Keane, waiting with Rob inside the 1600 suite.
Keane embraces Carrie warmly, warning that its about to get real now, not just campaign talk.
Keane and Rob arent so sure about Saul they call him the enemy but Carrie talks them down.
Yet even Sauls not sure hes the right man for the job.
Still, Saul defends Carrie, even when Dar starts to talk about Carries involvement.
Shes a menace, Carrie is, he says, without showing Saul the proof.
But if Sauls in trouble, Carrie is, too.
Hmm… sounds like Sekous case is just the beginning of whatever Conlin & Co. is cooking up.
At home, Carrie checks on Franny, whos sleeping soundly.
Carrie calls it a big deal, but Max shuts her down.
Hes not happy, Carrie…
I mean, hesreallynot.
And hes got this strange thing about you which is not helping.
Carrie starts tearing up as she hears that shes part of the problem.
So, after Max leaves, Carrie heads downstairs to see Quinn.
There are no flying coffee mugs this time hes all out of energy for that.
Gently, he tells her to just play the video, and to leave it at that.
The new Quinns reaction is haunting: He just stares at the footage, while Carrie narrates.
You saved me, he says.
Carrie doesnt have an answer not one she can put into words, anyway.
She cries, finally letting go of some of pain shes been holding in for months.
she asks him right back, before apologizing for breaking down.
I dont know about you, but Ive been waiting for this scene.
For now, though, this hour did right by Carrie, Quinn, and Saul.
Well see if the next will do the same for Dar Adal, Keane, and Sekou.
