He was vulnerable as he was in a state of post-divorce, he was lonely, and would be easily tempted by Allison. As we would find out this week from Ivan Krupin, Saul was specifically targeted to be trapped in the folds of Allison’s duplicity. Each time there was a negative repercussion.īut Saul’s biggest failing this season was Allison Carr. Saul mostly did not have a good season – just in the previous episode he left Marwan alone in that hotel room, as well as leaving Allison alone in the hospital room. While it is true that Carrie herself was in the main, the sun to the orbiting planets (the men in her life), it is also true that at times, she was the moon to Saul’s planet Earth. Over the years, he’s been Carrie’s mentor, teacher, and trainer, her ally, her friend, co-conspirator, and part-time foe. That decision will likely open the next season. Then later, by season’s end, Carrie would feel guilty about Peter Quinn, be offered a new job with full autonomy by Saul Berenson, have Jonas break off their relationship, decide she needed time to once again take on the role of mother, save Berlin from a sarin gas attack, and lastly – hear an offer from Otto Düring, which was a job offer – become my partner – and a marriage offer rolled into one. Not the kind of life, any one might dream of, but as always, Carrie embraced it.Īfter Peter Quinn decided that he could not kill Carrie, and they faked her death, that would squarely put him in the cross-hairs. Then there was the stolen documents, and the circumstances of the ‘rogue’ reporter, Laura Sutton. As this season began, Carrie would decide to go off her meds, survive an assassination attempt thought to be directed at Otto in a refugee camp, when in fact Carrie was the target, and then be placed on a kill list.Ĭarrie would have to go on the run for a while, and then follow a trail to Amsterdam. The second major plot line waiting for resolution is that of Allison Carr, who has absconded from the hospital as well.Īnd we will get to those, but for now let’s stick with the ephemeral Carrie. He’s had brain surgery, is comatose, and the odds of him both recovering and recovering with all of his cognitive powers intact, is, according to the doctor, remote. One was the fate of Peter Quinn, who is now hospitalized and is in a critical state. What I am saying, is that it kind of put the rest of the episode into a bit of a decompressed state.įrom there, it was a matter of resolving the two still dangling story lines. I’m not saying the placement of the scene was totally wrong. But what it did was to release almost all of the tension that had built up. Surprisingly, this event opened the episode, and it was less compelling than expected. We knew what was at stake – she had to stop a pair of terrorists from releasing the deadly sarin gas. She worked for Otto’s humanitarian foundation (Otto is below), and was set up as a mother, and homemaker with Jonas.Īs the finale for Season Five began, Carrie was entering a tunnel in the bowels of the Hauptbanhof – Berlin’s largest rail station. However he did work for Otto Düring.Ĭarrie began this season as a mother and with her young daughter Frannie, was living nicely in Berlin. Of these, only one, Jonas Hollander (above), was outside of Carrie’s usual professional circles. While the list is not legion, there’s at least seven major players: In the Homeland universe, there’s no doubt that Carrie Mathison was the sun around whom all the other major male characters orbited. Please be advised that what follows are serious spoilers, so proceed only after seeing the episode yourself. To wrap the season, I thought I’d take a look at some of the major players for this season, and offer some analysis and some personal impressions. The season’s final episode, called A False Glimmer aired last night. Season Five of Showtime’s Homeland has aired and is in the books.
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