The episode’s most surprising turn happens early, when Paley goes to meet with a familiar face: Dar Adal! In what looks like a very lonely prison yard, Dar tells Paley that he has no idea why Saul is in Russia, but advises the senator to find a Russian expert. While this mayhem is happening, the political fire under President Keane is reaching a boiling point in Washington. Carrie and Saul are going to need another plan. As Yevgeny talks and talks, we see the team arrive at the safe house … only to be ambushed! A member of Anson’s team is killed, and they don’t get away with Simone. It’s all really a distraction for the real operation, which is Anson and his team trying to get to Simone.
involvement in Eastern Europe and other parts of the world. Yevgeny denies it and then goes off on a rant about U.S. How are they going to extricate Simone and/or Yevgeny with everyone watching? They hatch a plan that involves distracting Yevgeny by giving him a chance to monologue: Under the guise of a diplomatic meeting about U.S-Russia relations, they accuse Yevgeny of being involved in the death of General McLendon, the false news reports that led to bloodshed in Lucasville, and the murder of Dante Allen. “All In” begins as Carrie and Saul arrive in Moscow, and the villainous Yevgeny knows they’re there. And then, there’s the stunning final act that doubles as a classic Homeland move, in which Saul Berenson and Carrie Mathison decide that the time for politics is over, blackmail a world leader, and essentially start a riot. When Senator Paley’s chief of staff says that they must continue in their quest to defeat their political enemy at all costs, Trump supporters might recognize the refrain of politicians trying to take down their hated rival no matter what. When Russian operative Yevgeny denies the photographic evidence placed in front of him and says, “Everything you think you know is fake, built on fallacy,” it’s easy to read that as an iteration of President Trump’s war on the media. Homeland is holding up a funhouse mirror to real-world scandals about fake news, Russian collusion, and information warfare, but perhaps the most remarkable thing about this season is how deftly it allows several political viewpoints to have a place in its narrative.
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