Carrie and Conlin investigate Quinn’s photos and the conspiracy deepens
TheHomelandconspiracy has always been larger than it seemed.
That someone turns out to be a nameless corporation straight from aBlack Mirrorepisode.
In fact, so much of this hour felt likeHomelandcrossed with a dystopian drama of some sort.
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Keane is just as annoyed.
She encourages Keane to talk more about her son and Keane looks thoughtful as she listens.
He looks like you, he says, leaving Conlin speechless.
Afterward, Conlin goes to meet Carrie at her brownstone.
Conlin also does Carrie one more solid and gets her a chance to see Quinn in Bellevue.
She thanks him for his good faith; he just shakes his head.
Nothing good about any of this, he replies.
He can say that again.
She replies, confusingly, that hell have to talk to accounting, and theyre still at lunch.
This corporation is private and has access to tons of data federal agencies would never let employees touch.
The scene morphs into a horror film, almost, with a sense of dread overwhelming every corner.
The woman who led the group walks in on him and immediately knows hes up to no good.
By then, the Jeep is gone, but the troubles just begun.
Before the call, Carrie had been inside Bellevue, visiting Quinn.
You said, Protect Franny, and I did, he wheezes.
Then you took me down… when my back was turned.
She sneaks her way in through the back andjustmisses seeing another man inside.
Upstairs, she finds Conlin dead in his bathroom with a gun still in his hand.
But if Carries had a rough day, Saul is certainly about to have one.
Shes off the leash, he says, referring to Tova.
Saul turns to his other contacts.
Whats wrong with your own surveillance?
You cover the Israelis like paint.
It looks like Sauls on the outside looking in but why?
The same question applies to Keane.
New Yorkers dont scare easily, she says.
Thats who we are.
Thats who John and Andrew were.
Two men remove him from his bed and wheel him outside to a waiting van.
Inside, a woman peers over Quinns face.
(Yay Astrid!)
Hello, Peter, she says, smiling.
Sometimes,Homelandgoes big to underline the dangers of playing the spy game.
Other times,Homelanddilutes its thesis down to glances and pauses in conversations.
This episode swung both ways and mostly succeeded in balancing the two.
Will he confront his fellow spy?
Will he give a shot to go at it on his own?
Its impossible to tell.
Other moments didnt land: Yet again, Keane is the biggest question mark.
What was the point of removing her from New York if the story led nowhere?
Was it simply to double-check she would want to bring up her son again?
In the end, it doesnt seem to have changed her mind about the way America should confront terrorism.
Still, maybe its all setting up for the day shedoesscare and Im interested to see what thatll take.
