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Set two years after the previous season. Now, estranged from the CIA and living a self-imposed exile in Berlin, Carrie struggles to overcome her past while working at a private security firm.
This taut, 46-minute long episode of Homeland - written by Chip Johannessen and Ted Mann and directed by Alex Graves - was essentially a game of chess, putting players in position for showdowns ostensibly yet to come.
After weeks of heavy focus on the action/thriller component of the series, it was refreshing to have an episode where the season's clear theme was at the forefront.
Questions still remain about the direction of this season, but this tight concentration on a character that desperately need it was a darn smart choice for a show that has alternated between greatness and repetitiveness.
Homeland Season Five has been a complex and scattershot affair, introducing new characters and new power dynamics at every turn. Six episodes in, it's begun to fight the sprawl by narrowing its focus to Carrie, Saul, and Quinn.