In Season 4, Homeland turned the tables on Saul (Mandy Patinkin) and gave him a dose of Brody’s time as a captive, if the commercials, and a few lines in particular that we keep hearing as Season 5 gets under way are anything to judge by, in Season 5, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) will discover what it is like to have the shoe on the other foot. She won’t be doing time as a POW however, instead of hunting Taliban members and terrorists, she’ll be the one hunted, feeling the pressure she once put on Abu Nazir and Haissam Haqqani put on her. With what we know of Carrie’s medical history, that pressure could be a lot more than this already tense personality can handle.
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in Homeland (Season 4, PR Art). – Photo: Jim Fiscus/SHOWTIME
I will admit, to having particularly enjoyed the season 4 episode in which Damian Lewis was briefly seen, and in which ISI character Aasar Khan (Raza Jaffrey) seemed to have a turning point. Aasar Khan went from being just another character on the other side, to being one I wouldn’t mind seeing come back in Season 5 in give Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend) a run for his money.
As it stands, Carrie seems to have successfully left behind any allies of strength, and to currently be surrounded by people who either do not trust her, or lack the skills to guard her back should the need arise. As the season evolves, a time may come, very soon, when she hopes either Aasar Khan, or more likely Peter Quinn, steps out of the shadows to deliver the infamous line from Terminator, “come with me if you want to live.”
