Recap: Homeland – My Milkshake Brings Al Aqeda to the Yard

Carrie and Quinn discuss Brody’s frantic call in Command Center HQ and decide that being a double agent is not wearing well on Nick Brody. Apparently he needs a sense of control. And Quinn thinks Carrie knows just how to handle that.

 “But I can’t get off unless I’m on top!”

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Saul is in the Warden’s office asking for an expedited favor for his favorite little terrorist. He admits that a formal request can be enacted but as a matter of national security he would appreciate a quick bypass of protocol. The Warden is not one to debunk the stereotype of a small town despot and lets Saul know that he is butt-hurt over getting less funding than the big-city operations and intends to flex whatever microscopic amount of power he has in this instance. He also says Saul may be a big shot with big credentials from the big city with a “heaven may care” sense of grooming, but he’s not going to budge without orders.

 “Are you calling me The Man or a hippie?”

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Carrie is meeting up with Mike. She gives him a hard line to “cease and fucking desist” and scolds him for not taking heed the first time the CIA warned him. She lets him in on the knowledge that an attack is imminent and they need Brody to thwart it and all Mike’s Nancy Drewing around is just messing things up. Mike is surprised by this new piece of information and then Carrie goes in for the kill letting him know she is aware his motives are tinged by his sustained love for Jessica. She lays out the whole history of them and how they almost moved in together as a matter of CIA knowledge. Carrie weaves in a lot of sympathy for someone who wants something or someone he can’t have(ahem), and advises Mike to stick close and be there for when Jess needs him.

“So I take it you guys know I’m wearing lacy panties right now?”

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At the party Brody is regaling the WASPS with stories of imprisonment. One particularly dense sweater set is amazed that POWs sometimes have bones broken and is breatless to know what else happened.

“Was the threadcount under 600?!?”

Estes is upstairs being grilled about Gettysburg by the VP. Apparently letting a lot of agents be killed and not thwarting an impending plot is causing a lot of pearl clutching that just ruin a pool party.

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Saul returns to let Eileen know he hasn’t succeeded with the bastard warden, but he will get her the room. Saul implores her to give him information on the basis of his word. Despite his owl-like Gaze of Trust, Eileen is firm in her own tiny area of power.

 “I took the warden’s seminar on negotiation, sorry”

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