Homeland
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Carrie Mathison and President Elizabeth Keane are both faced with life-changing decisions this week.
Carrie ends up making the right decision when shes at that crossroads; Keane almost certainly does not.
And its not the last eyebrow-raiser this week.
While Carrie is getting better, the second arc of Clarity begins to play out in the nations capital.
Last week, Paley believed Saul and said it all made sense.
But Warner isnt buying it … yet.
He tells David that the president has nothing to worry about.
Despite those suspensions of disbelief, the episode draws a really interesting parallel between Carrie and Keane.
Theyre both struggling to hold on to things.
Carrie learns that Maggie wants sole custody and is offering visitation every third weekend.
Otherwise, there will be a hearing and Carrie may not be allowed to see Franny at all.
In other words, Carrie has information that could get destroy her sisters medical license.
Will she use it?
Theyve figured out Simone and Yevgeny were lovers and theyre likely together somewhere in Russia.
They need an extraction team, and Saul wants Carrie to lead it.
Of course, we dont either.
Shes been under attack, sometimes literally, for the last year.
Shes on tilt, acting through fear and emotion.
She agrees to give up custody if she can visit every other weekend.
Its the right decision and Danes sells the emotional tumult of it all very well.
If Carrie Mathison seems to finding the titular clarity this week, Elizabeth Keane keeps losing it.
VP Warner marches in when the Cabinet firing news breaks.
He informs her that her panic was for naught.
He never signed a document.
He needed time to think, and so didnt answer Keanes calls.
In the end, he chose to side with his president but not if she does something this insane.
Power without authority is tyranny, he tells her.
Will Keane trust him?
If hes lying or changes his mind, she could be seen as unfit.
And she chooses not to take that risk.
Its tender and emotional.
And then Carrie marches out the door with her bag.
After ten episodes, the seventh season ofHomelandis finally going overseas.
Go do what you were born to do, Maggie tells her sister.
Other Notes
Could Anson be next years Quinn?
Remember, Quinn started as more of a supporting character becoming a fan favorite.
It feels like we havent seen the last of Anson.
Will she continue to do so for the final two episodes?
And has President Keane crashed right into them?
