New Car Smell (Homeland)
| "New Car Smell" | |
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| Homeland episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | David Semel |
| Written by | Meredith Stiehm |
| Production code | 2WAH04 |
| Original air date | October 21, 2012 |
| Running time | 49 minutes |
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"New Car Smell" is the fourth episode of the second season of the American television drama series Homeland, and the 16th episode overall. It originally aired on Showtime on October 21, 2012.
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 to make him paranoid and hopefully compel him to contact 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.
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