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"The important thing now is the green pen!"
The penultimate episode of Homeland Season 1 begins with a mysterious man constructing a bomb vest. Who could this garment of death be meant for, we wonder, if not our Sgt. Brody? His is a suicide mission, we realize. Yes, deep down, we always knew that to be the case, we guess, but now it's all becoming so real. Not just for us, but for Brody too.

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Carrie really has hit bottom, derailing as we've always known she could. What I found most interesting about this, however, was Saul's quiet observation of the off-the-wall Carrie, his realization that his pupil is deeply troubled. And that he may be part of the reason why she has wound up where she is now. When Saul tells her, "I can't follow you, you're talking very fast, I can't understand," and the tears well up in her eyes as she realizes what's happened to her… It's as if Claire Danes just won every acting award she'll soon be nominated for.

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All the "Estes is the mole" conspiracy theorists have more reason than ever now to keep on believing, what with Brody using him to short-circuit Carrie's discovery. At the very least, Estes' obliviousness and/or bullheadedness is making him an unwitting accessory to Brody's soon-to-be crimes. But if I had to pick a familiar face as the mole, it would be Agent Galvez. His name and face were thrown around a bit too conspicuously this episode.

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It's also painful for us, the audience, when Brody tries to paint himself as being similar to the Gettysburg hero Joshua Chamberlain. The device works, and we understand that Brody really, truly believes that what he is about to do is for the greater good. But it bears remembering at this juncture that Brody is, for all intents and purposes, a terrorist. No, he hasn't done anything yet, but he's ready to suicide-bomb his way into the history books. And we the viewers are on his side, in a way.
Scott Collura is a Movies Editor at IGN. Sometimes he watches stuff. You can follow him on Twitter at @ScottIGN.
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