Homeland Episode 6 recap: Send in the drones like you just don't care

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The most heart-stopping episode of Season 4, "From A to B and Back Again" drives home a central question in Homeland — what is Carrie Mathison willing to sacrifice for the sake of the mission at hand?

Throughout the first three seasons of the Showtime drama, Carrie went to great (and greatly illegal) lengths to keep Brody — her asset, but more importantly, her love — alive. Sacrificing him was rarely, if ever, an option in her mind.

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But with Brody's death capping off Season 3, Season 4 has revealed a shrewder Carrie, one willing to sever ties with both budding and deeply-rooted emotional relationships: first with her daughter, then with Aayan, then, to the horror of both her task force and viewers at home, even Saul — all for the sake of the broader CIA mission. Read more...

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