Carrie attempting to ruin the operation was quite baffling and I just didn’t buy it. As much as she wants to identify the bomber and bring him to justice, I don’t think she’d just dive in and jeopardise the operation in such a dunderheaded way. If Quinn hadn’t have shot her at literally the very last moment, I don’t think she’d have had a chance. Franklin was so cold and calculating that he wouldn’t have thought twice about shooting her twice in the head. She was lucky to get away with a shot in the arm.
The fact that she’s pregnant, and had a check-up this episode, casts her shooting in a very different light. I’m guessing the shock of a gunshot combined with such a dramatic fall is enough to cause a miscarriage, so we’ll have to wait and see what happens. Carrie didn’t seem too enthusiastic about having the child at all – she pointedly didn’t want to know the sex, saying so in a deliberately nonchalant way – but it seems like her dedication to Brody might just be her only reason to keep the baby. It’s a sad irony that the only reason for keeping the baby might just be the very thing that kills the baby. How this story turns out will determine if Carrie is ultimately a tragic figure swallowed up by the machinations of international terrorism, like Ophelia drowning in the river.
And Brody. Brody Brody Brody. Just what the hell is Saul planning? Is he going to make Brody the interim president of Iran? He’s still strung out in the Tower of David, under the control of El Nino, and looking in a very bad way. Saul’s got nine days to pull off whatever he’s planning, and it seems like he gets bolder every episode. I don’t know about you but I can’t wait to see what happens next on Homeland!
Random Robservations:
- When Franklin was dissolving the bomber’s body in acid, all I could think of was my Breaking Bad chemistry knowledge. If we learned anything from that show, it’s that bath tubs are no good for dissolving bodies in hydrochloric acid. That’s just basic.
- Could they have found a bigger guy to check up on Fara? He was like 6″6, 250lb. Was that necessary?
- So the sniper aiming at Franklin wasn’t allowed to shoot Carrie? Why?
- Who’s shaving Brody?
