AFTERBUZZ TV – Homeland edition, is a weekly “after show” for fans of Showtime’s Homeland. In this episode host John Comerford breaks down the “New Car Smell” episode in which Saul (Mandy Patinkin) shows the video of Brody’s confession to Estes (David Harewood). Saul and Estes agree to spy on Brody (Damian Lewis) for the time being, in hopes of getting information on what al-Qaeda is plotting. They don’t tell anyone else in the CIA, other than analyst Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend), who Estes insists be in charge of the operation. Cameras are set up to watch Brody at the Rayburn House Office Building and his phones are tapped. Virgil (David Marciano) and Max (Maury Sterling) are tasked with following Brody when he is outside of the surveillance areas. Carrie and Quinn clash at first; Carrie is surprised that an analyst that she had never even met is running things.
Brody attempts to apologize to Jessica (Morena Baccarin) for his actions but Jessica demands an explanation. Brody says he wants to tell her, but he can’t. Jessica gives him an ultimatum: tell her “something true” about what he’s been up to, or sleep somewhere else. Brody just walks away. Quinn’s team is able to get a feed to the security cameras at the Ashford Hotel where Brody ends up staying.
Quinn asks Carrie to run into Brody, in order to get Brody paranoid and hopefully compel him to make contact with his handler. Carrie meets a surprised Brody outside of Langley. She hints that she is back with the CIA in some capacity. Brody is spooked after the encounter. He speaks with Roya Hammad (Zuleikha Robinson), and tells her that Carrie is back with the CIA and that it must have something to do with him. Roya is not so sure, suggesting that Carrie may have just been brought back in to pursue Abu Nazir.
Lauder (Marc Menchaca) shows up at the Brodys’ house ranting about Brody and refusing to leave until Brody gets home. Jessica, wanting to get him out of the house, calls Brody, who doesn’t answer. When Brody finally calls back an hour later, Jessica angrily tells him that she needed him an hour ago, and that Mike (Diego Klattenhoff) is helping her out instead. Mike drives Lauder home and they discuss Brody. Both agree that Brody is clearly no longer the same guy since he came back. They speculate that Brody and Walker were always a team, and may have been working together for someone, possibly the CIA, on the day Walker shot Elizabeth Gaines.
As he shows her some of the “perks” of being the Vice President’s son, Finn (Timothée Chalamet) takes Dana (Morgan Saylor) inside the Washington Monument while it is closed for renovations. While they admire the view of DC, Dana and Finn start to kiss, but Dana cuts it short, saying she needs to talk to Xander before going any further.
Brody, in the bar of the hotel, calls Carrie and invites her to have a drink and “bury the hatchet”. Encouraged by Quinn, Carrie goes to the bar, and they have a pleasant conversation. Brody admits that he’s on the outs with his wife. They discuss Carrie’s road to recovery and about how she’s now hot on the trail of Abu Nazir. They part ways, and Saul and Quinn congratulate Carrie on a job well done. However, Carrie is dissatisfied, certain that Brody is on to her due to a brief moment of anger she showed in the conversation. Quinn disagrees, and orders Carrie to come back to headquarters. Carrie instead goes up to Brody’s hotel room. She immediately blows her cover, proudly telling Brody she knows who he is, running down everything he’s been guilty of, and finally calling him a traitor and a terrorist. Quinn and Saul, watching in disbelief, immediately dispatch their men to apprehend Brody. Carrie struggles to hold back tears as she watches Brody get taken away. There to help John are co-hosts Jenna Busch, Roth Cornet, and Thaddeus Massey. It’s Homeland’s “New Car Smell” podcast!
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10/22/2012
