When the CIA’s Berlin Station Chief, Allison Carr (Miranda Otto), climbs into bed with the CIA’s European liaison, Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin), it’s shocking not because it’s implausible, but because it doesn’t fit with the fight they’ve been having in which each tries to have the other take the fall for the data breach that occurred in Germany.
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The background in the new series of US TV hit “Homeland” is supposed to look like a Syrian refugee camp, but one of the graffiti slogans that Central Intelligence Agency agent Carrie Mathison walks past declares, in Arabic: “Homeland is racist”. Allison and Saul run an operation, and more! Quinn, on the other hand, has been given orders to kill her.
Tonight, Carrie’s (Claire Danes) lovely boyfriend Jonas met the old Carrie, and things did not go well.
This Sunday, don’t forget to tune in to “Homeland” season 5, episode 3, where both Saul and Quinn are on the hunt for Carrie. Carrie reveals that she will compose a list of the names of enemies she suspected to be a threat. Their teamwork derails and then so does Carrie. Wave goodbye to stable Carrie, people. Who do you think is trying to kill Carrie?
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While Carrie may come off as totally insensitive and bats*** insane, referring to Jonas’ kidnapped son as merely a pawn to get to her right to Jonas’ face, her intuition and quick instinct are actually right on target. The episode is called, “Why Is This Night Different?” Saul and Allison are going to run an operation. This makes no sense. There’s even a brief moment of sorrow shared between the two based on the fact that both are expats, unable to return to their homelands: They’re motivated by the violations of free speech that left them isolated. Something feels off here, and it’s not just because these two characters have zero chemistry.
