Homeland: Why Is This Night Different?

October 27, 2015 9:42 AM - Season 5, Episode 4

Answers elude Carrie. Saul and Allison run an operation.
posted by roolya_boolya (7 comments total)

I thought the AVClud hit the nail bang on the head with this outstanding precis of the episode:
The core message of Homeland comes through loud and clear: Never trust a ginger.
posted by coriolisdave at 4:23 PM on October 27, 2015

Hilarious.

So what's her motive?
posted by Justinian at 7:17 PM on October 27, 2015

She is the mole from Season 1!
posted by Falconetti at 7:40 PM on October 27, 2015 [1 favorite]

Like I can remember the details of season 1. I can't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday.
posted by Justinian at 9:57 PM on October 27, 2015 [1 favorite]

I'm kind of hoping this is the last season of the show. I like it, it's fun TV, but I think they've kind of run out of ideas for Carrie. Also out of ideas in general; nothing puts the L in Lazy Scriptwriting quite like "sex worker girlfriend gets murdered" as a general intensifying plot device.

I'm a little fascinated by the Evil Ruskies angle though. So do we know who The Mole is this season? Or is it all a ruse? I mean, she was speaking Russian like 5 feet from her boyfriend CIA spymaster, maybe he noticed? Either way, the show is fearless in addressing current events head on. I wonder when they started filming this if they had any idea the Russians would end up running airstrikes in Syria too?
posted by Nelson at 10:06 PM on October 27, 2015

They already revealed the mole in season one. He was the Muslim analyst.
posted by ubiquity at 3:45 AM on November 4, 2015

Really? Are you sure? I have absolutely no memory of that and a quick google indicates that the mole was never revealed, but I may be wrong.
posted by Falconetti at 1:55 PM on November 9, 2015 [1 favorite]