She did indeed and said "da?", yes in Russian. It raises that possibility that Allison is actually Russian, was trained to be an American as a child and was planted in the CIA as a mole. If so, it sounds like the movie "Salt" with Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber both playing deep cover Russian moles in the FBI. She could also be a legit CIA operative who was turned by the Russians into a double agent for any of a number of reasons. It did appear that Carrie recognized Allison's voice so I'd imagine that she'll try to contact Saul in some way. Who knows what involvement Dar Adal has in this situation. He's a pretty slimy character.
Dar Adal is ruthless, but he does understand loyalty - he used Quinn's loyalty to the other soldiers in 'Group' to draw Quinn back into the CIA when he sent Quinn's teammate to the motel at the end of last season. Carrie ruled out Saul because he would have to be stupid to send Quinn to kill Carrie, Dar should be ruled out for the same reason.
Besides, whilst I do believe Dar would sacrifice his own people to achieve an important enough goal, I don't think Dar would give up an asset like Quinn lightly. He has always emphasised that Quinn is his guy, and at the start of the season he said 'I'm worried about Peter' after Quinn went off-script during the briefing. Presumably the hit was put onto Quinn to prevent Saul finding out who the Quinn's last target was, but as Dar is senior to Saul he didn't need Quinn killed to prevent that - if Quinn had gone through with the killing Dar could have either ordered Quinn to keep quiet about it or ordered Saul to accept it.
Huge, HUGE improvement from last week's dud episode. I'm not a shipper, but Carrie and Quinn working together makes the series much better. And I don't think it's a coincidence that the best episode of the season so far, IMO, is the one that finally put them together.
So is this episode exactly the next day after Quinn kidnapped Carrie? Because if so, Carrie did make quite a recovery from her bumbling, incoherent self to her more normal self, even with just one pill. I guess Quinn could have given her some off camera. But see, this episode shows why we don't need crazy Carrie anymore - Quinn's smart, but even he didn't figure out that Saul would NEVER send him to off Carrie, which Carrie did. And Carrie acted swiftly and remarkably in that shooting scene, not only saving Quinn, but having the brainpower to take something from the other guy which would give them clues later on. Carrie doesn't give herself enough credit - she's more than capable enough if she stays on course with her medication.
Did Allison just say hello in Russian? Or did she say something else? Because while I immediately believed that the number Carrie called was Allison's, a few minutes after the episode, I thought what if the scenes between Carrie calling and Allison answering is just a red herring, to make it look like Allison's the bad guy? What if Carrie called someone else's number, and the show just thought of showing Allison answering her phone, but in reality she's answering someone else's call? A call related to the bombing perhaps? I dunno, I just don't quite get why it would be Allison. It's predictable, like most have said here. But why? Sure, she's shown to be a shady character, but I would think an elite intelligence officer like her would be above jealousy, why looks like the only motive so far. And it's not like she seems to be crazy in love with Saul, it looks like more a convenient arrangement for her own career than something really genuine.
Homeland just turned a corner. I hope it would be for good.
I think that the pills helped Carrie, but also the sedative Quinn gave her that probably made her sleep several hours. She has been off meds before - at the start of Season 3 before we knew of her pregnancy - and although she wasn't as together as she was at the start of this season she wasn't totally manic either. The first 3 days of the pills she may have kept a stable routine for the sake of Franny, but once the kid was gone she worked on an intense project for many hours and took stimulants instead of sleeping.
They cut back between Carrie and Allison a couple of times, so I believe that it was her at the other end. So I am convinced that she ordered the kills, although not necessarily that she is working for the Russians. The guy in the car wasn't given the job of tracking and killing Carrie himself so may not be a highly trained spy. Allison needed him for simpler task of sitting at one location and shooting the target when he comes by - it might be that the only hitman she knew how to hire without using CIA resources happens to be Russian.
S05.E04: Why Is This Night Different?
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Dar Adal is ruthless, but he does understand loyalty - he used Quinn's loyalty to the other soldiers in 'Group' to draw Quinn back into the CIA when he sent Quinn's teammate to the motel at the end of last season. Carrie ruled out Saul because he would have to be stupid to send Quinn to kill Carrie, Dar should be ruled out for the same reason.
Besides, whilst I do believe Dar would sacrifice his own people to achieve an important enough goal, I don't think Dar would give up an asset like Quinn lightly. He has always emphasised that Quinn is his guy, and at the start of the season he said 'I'm worried about Peter' after Quinn went off-script during the briefing. Presumably the hit was put onto Quinn to prevent Saul finding out who the Quinn's last target was, but as Dar is senior to Saul he didn't need Quinn killed to prevent that - if Quinn had gone through with the killing Dar could have either ordered Quinn to keep quiet about it or ordered Saul to accept it.
I think that the pills helped Carrie, but also the sedative Quinn gave her that probably made her sleep several hours. She has been off meds before - at the start of Season 3 before we knew of her pregnancy - and although she wasn't as together as she was at the start of this season she wasn't totally manic either. The first 3 days of the pills she may have kept a stable routine for the sake of Franny, but once the kid was gone she worked on an intense project for many hours and took stimulants instead of sleeping.
They cut back between Carrie and Allison a couple of times, so I believe that it was her at the other end. So I am convinced that she ordered the kills, although not necessarily that she is working for the Russians. The guy in the car wasn't given the job of tracking and killing Carrie himself so may not be a highly trained spy. Allison needed him for simpler task of sitting at one location and shooting the target when he comes by - it might be that the only hitman she knew how to hire without using CIA resources happens to be Russian.