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" It may have been slow coming but there was at least some sort of plot to return to this week: Carrie\u2019s pregnancy (surely Brody\u2019s?), Javadi\u2019s double murder and capture, the new CIA chief and the consequent imminent demise, if not extinction, of Saul. Altogether it was a more captivating episode, with Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend) fast becoming the star of the show and my favourite cast member by far, also accused of carrying out Javadi\u2019s crime thanks to an errant photograph. His obvious inner torment at his role in the murder was masterfully pulled off. Javadi\u2019s acting remained \u2013 how to put this? - \u2018suspect\u2019 throughout, and our incredulity was stretched to new heights when he was asked to \u201Clook into Saul\u2019s eyes\u201D and spill the beans on who lay behind the Langley bombing. His voluntary return to Iran is similarly unbelievable \u2013 one minute murdering his ex wife with a bottle, the next boarding a private plane back to Iran, supposedly on Saul\u2019s side. The highlight was undoubtedly Saul\u2019s childlike pleasure in locking the incoming Head of the CIA in a conference room \u2013 and I am left unsure who\u2019s side Dar Adal is really on. But although this episode may have been an improvement on last ones, it comes too late for me. I see little past old themes, with a tired cast, and I am willing the series\u2019 end \u2013 \u201CI don\u2019t know what the point of the CIA is any more,\u201D says a disillusioned Quinn at the episode\u2019s end. Indeed. And I am no longer sure of the point of Homeland, either. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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