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Active Measures is all about picking up the pieces after the disaster at the end oflast weeks episode.
Can President Keane pull it back together?
First, Saul confronts Brett OKeefe about his role in this national nightmare.
He points out his fake accounts and bullshit tweets.
You turned a clusterfuck into a goddamn massacre, he tells him.
Brett claims he had no real power, and Saul realizes that perhaps there was another force at play.
Perhaps it wasnt Brett that spread the fake news that the FBI was ignoring J.J. on the operating table?
Could it actually have been … the Russians?
Heal the country, and then figure out who was responsible for the wounds.
The most important new face seems to be a rebel named Anson, played by James DArcy.
Hes gonna be the wild card to Dantes conservative superspy.
Theyre planning to take Martin tonight, but Dante is already worried that theyre moving too quickly.
Five of the dead were FBI agents, and their deaths are tragedies too.
David and Keane are watching on TV and it isnt looking good.
Keane orders water cannons and tear gas, but no guns.
That may not be feasible.
At the last minute, Goodman and two other widows arrive in the church.
These two women who both lost someone will sit next to one another.
Maybe there can finally be peace, especially after Keane gives a remarkably inspirational speech about shared grief.
Could this actually bring the country back together?
Not if Carrie Mathison proves that the White House chief of staff had a general murdered.
Carrie is on that specific trail as one of her men cuts the power to Simones building.
Two men grab Simone and Anson does most of the talking.
The idea is that shell go to David for the money, and then theyll have him.
As Dante explains, they still have Simone admitting to the hit and then running to David.
Thats all they need.
Carrie runs into a van where Max has been watching the scene.
Whats going on here?
Was Davidnotbehind the hit?
In the age of information warfare, you cant always believe what you see.
Other Notes
Is there anyone better at playing smartest guy in the room than Mandy Patinkin?
Maybe it really is the Russians!
Hes a big enough actor that Anson will probably be around the rest of this season.
So much of the intro sequence this season relates directly to Carries condition.
Its doubtful weve seen the last of it.
