Homeland 4.3 FAQ
What’s it called?
“Shalwar Kameez.”
Who’s responsible?
Teleplay is credited to Alexander Cary (“Lie To Me”).
What says Showtime?
“Carrie ventures a delicate alliance with her counterpart at Pakistan’s secretive Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Fara fails to recruit a key asset, forcing Carrie to intervene. Still reeling over events in Islamabad, Quinn zeroes in on a potential lead.”
How does it start?
In Islamabad, Pakistan. Carrie, just off of a long flight, orders her driver to make a stop.
Does anyone comment on how ISI is just one letter way from ISIL and ISIS?
Not this week.
Is Shalwar Kameez the “key asset”?
No. It’s a traditional way of dress in Islamabad.
Does Carrie sleep with the “key asset”?
There’s a bathroom. There’s some tussling.
Is Peter Quinn still boning his landlord?
It appears so!
Does Saul become CIA director this week?
Saul sits out the first half of the episode then shows up in a surprising way. He is not CIA director by episode’s end.
Are you saddened that the late Howard Stern Show regular Eric The Actor died before he could be cast as Balloonman?
What?
The big news?
Carrie is taken aback by a U.S. ambassador’s history.
What else is Showtime not telling us?
I’m pretty certain Carrie does not this week venture “a delicate alliance with her counterpart at Pakistan’s secretive Inter-Services Intelligence.” I suspect that might actually be happening next week.
What’s good?
“Young lady, let’s have a chat.” “I believe they call it retraining.” “Have a nice life.”
What’s not so good?
My expectations for Nazanin Boniadi nudity are greatly diminished by Fara’s failure to recruit the key asset.
How does it end, spoiler boy?
“Yeah,” says Quinn, hanging up his phone.
9 p.m. Sunday. Showtime.
