homeland | the final countdown | “blind spot” “In order to save the day — and her nieces — solo Carrie will have to find some sort of phone booth to duck into: Her previous, less superheroic identities aren’t going to cut it anymore. Which is why the ending of the episode was so effective. There was no big reveal, no tease of action yet to come. It was merely Carrie, sitting on the top step of her sister’s house, looking more alone than even the recently deceased Afsal, back when he was shivering with artificial cold and suffering at the hands of a heavy-metal fan with an itchy finger on the pause button. In trying to catch a traitor, Carrie may have betrayed her closest ally. And so, undermedicated and unable to sleep, she’s left with the one persona she’s the least comfortable with: her true self.” --Andy Greenwald
