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" As seems to be the norm these days, the first half of the episode was wasted on gratuitous waiting - for a plot, while a protagonist acts out a hysterical part better suited to a teenage play. This time it was Brody, coming off the pain killers he had become addicted to in Caracas. The parallel hospitalisation - Carrie due to her shot wound, Brody now in a Virginia cell thanks to Saul&amp;#039;s rescue - was not lost on us, a reflection of the beginning of the series, when their respective captivities was played out too. But if the audience notices a director&amp;#039;s tricks, said director is doing something wrong. When Brody professes his wish to die half way through, and is escorted to a lake in the middle of the night to test his ability to carry it through, I rather hoped he would. But by the end i was glad he didn&amp;#039;t. It is only when witnessing the Carrie/Brody chemistry again, nine episodes in, that I realised quite why this series has floundered. Without it, the show is severely depleted. Now that it is back, though repetitive, it regained momentum and - that vital ingredient - emotion. For the first time since it started, I actually cared what happened. Now that Brody has rejoined the marines and taken off to Iran, however, it might be a while before I feel it again.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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