Homeland: The Man in the Basement (2017)
Season 6, Episode 2
1/10
Reformed sinners are boring
27 April 2021
As I feared, Carrie is now atoning for her past, being snooty with former mentor Saul. All that she proves to me is that she is ungrateful and an unredeemable liar. In fact, Carrie's only constant feature is her lying to everybody to suit her needs. Her sneaking behind people's back is also none too endearing, but Carrie must get what she wants.

Elsewhere, Carrie proves to be a liar (I already mentioned it, but it's just so glaring) with the only emotional and true scene at the end with Quinn, Homeland unsung hero.

PS just in case the authors think they're making Carrie a post-modern, anti-hero, role model because she's now a mother doing pro-bono work (or whatever), I think the result is quite the opposite. Carrie is an unreliable, unbalanced, selfish, self-centred woman with an "holier-than-thou" attitude - see her telling Saul that she doesn't have time to "save the world" because she's doing something more important (eyes roll).
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