Beirut Is Back
| "Beirut Is Back" | |
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| Homeland episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Michael Cuesta |
| Written by | Chip Johannessen |
| Production code | 2WAH02 |
| Original air date | October 7, 2012 |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
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"Beirut Is Back" is the second episode of the second season of the American television drama series Homeland, and the 14th episode overall. It originally aired on Showtime on October 7, 2012.
Carrie (Claire Danes) meets with her asset, Fatima Ali (Clara Khoury), after Friday prayers at a mosque. Fatima reveals that she's prepared to defect to the United States and gives Carrie the time and place that her husband, Hezbollah district commander Abbas Ali, will be meeting with Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban). Carrie meets Saul (Mandy Patinkin) at the safehouse and they relay the news to Estes (David Harewood) via Skype. Estes grills Carrie about the reliability of the tip, and Saul speculates that the information might be phony and that their men are being led into an ambush. It becomes clear to Carrie that Saul and Estes don't trust her judgment.
The Brodys attend a function where the Waldens are also present. Vice President Walden (Jamey Sheridan) informs Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) that one of Iran's nuclear sites survived the air strikes, but that the President is reluctant to take further action as his term is running out. Walden asks Brody to speak to the Secretary of Defense to try to convince him that urgent action is required. Meanwhile, the Brodys become further ingratiated with the Walden family as Cynthia Walden (Talia Balsam) invites Jessica (Morena Baccarin) to co-host a fundraiser with her, and Dana (Morgan Saylor) runs into Finn Walden (Timothée Chalamet) and takes a liking to him.
Saul talks on the phone with Estes about whether to attempt to capture Abu Nazir, and the conversation turns to Carrie's reliability, and whether it was a good idea to send her to Lebanon. Carrie hears the entire conversation and begins to have a breakdown. She retreats to the roof of the safehouse, where Saul finds her. Carrie confesses that she no longer trusts her own instincts after she was so completely wrong about Brody. She admits that in her current state, she shouldn't be trusted, but that the Carrie of eight years ago can be trusted, and she's the one who recruited Fatima, gained her trust, helped her through some terrible ordeals, and would not doubt any information that Fatima came forward with. After some thought, Saul gives the green light to the mission to capture Abu Nazir.
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