Homeland (2011–…): Season 3, Episode 1 - Tin Man Is Down - full transcript

Previously on "Homeland"...

I'm shredding documents and I see it...

A gold pack of Nafisi's cigarettes.

Mossad must have been briefing
him in that room before I arrived.

You think the whole thing was a charade?

- Awaiting confirmation.
- What kind of confirmation?

Javadi.

You want me to babysit?

Would you?

Terrorist!

I want my mommy. I want my mommy!



It's not safe.

Got to get downstairs and out of sight.

The shooter's position is confirmed.

- Let's do it.
- No! You cannot do this!

Did you hear me?! My
daughter is in there!

- Move in!
- No!

He's down!

You said...

"P-Protect Franny."

Yes.

Then you took me down.

When my back was turned.

What's this?

Taken four hours before the explosion.



You recognize the van?

Who's that?

I tracked down that blue Jeep,

which then disappeared while I
was inside a very strange place.

Strange how?

I'm thinking we should
discuss in person.

Can you get out to my house?

Sure.

Where's my daughter?

- Ms. Mathison.
- Where is she?

Hey, sweetheart!

The first revolution

is when you change your mind
about how you look at things

and see there might be
another way to look at it

that you have not been shown.

The brutality against protesters,

the para-militarization
of law enforcement.

That's why we have to keep trying.

We don't need a police
state in this country

to fight terrorism.

We need a new strategy.

The revolution will not be televised.

The system of indefinite detention...

FBI and the CIA targeting
Muslim communities...

Security. Got an agitated
non-compliant patient.

- Get away from me!
- What's his name again?

- Peter Quinn.
- Peter Quinn.

You will not be able
to stay home, brother.

You will not be able to plug
in, turn on, and cop out.

- It's a very alarming charge.
- The Russians

hacked our committees.

The continuation of endless war.

Can't you get that
through your fucking skull?

The revolution will put
you in the driver's seat.

The U.S. continues to engage

in a covert war with
very, very high stakes.

I made promises and didn't keep them.

This world began right after 9/11.

The revolution will not be televised,

not be televised.

There will be no rerun,
brothers and sisters.

The revolution will be live.

Which agency?

I can't say that here
in an open hearing, sir.

You saved me.

Yes.

Why?

Peter?

You okay?

It's me... Astrid.

What are you doing up?

They said you'd be out for
another 12 hours at least.

Hey.

Wh-Where am I?

It's a good question.

Middle of nowhere's the answer.

Someplace called Upper Chateaugay...

If that's even how you pronounce it.

Astrid?

Yeah. It's me.

You're... You are...

I'm here.

Everything's gonna be fine now.

What's happening?

Nothing, nothing.

You're just feeling the effects

of the sedative the doctor gave you.

What doctor?

The one at the hospital.

Don't let me forget.

What, Peter?

What?

Carrie said...

What?

What did Carrie say?

What?

You getting this, Carrie?

It's good.

What about the backyard?

Just press the star key.

Yeah. It's good, too.

Okay. Great. I'll be right in.

See anything over there?

No.

Yeah.

Me neither.

I had eyes on the building all night.

Did you get any sleep?

No.

Look, Carrie, I'm happy to
set up an alarm, cameras.

I'll even stand guard at
the door with a rifle, but...

I told you, I can't call the police.

A bomb has been planted.
An FBI agent is dead.

I-I don't know who these people are,

but they are serious.

And they're connected.

I'm worried about you.

It's Franny's school.

I'll get to work on the alarm.

- Hello?
- Carrie?

This is Beth from St. Martha's.

Is Franny okay?

She's fine.

But I think you should get over here.

- What's wrong?
- Nothing. It's just...

There's someone here
from Children's Services.

What?

Talking to her about what happened

at your house two days ago,

that police action.

- My God.
- I thought you should know.

Okay, I'm on my way.
Tell Franny I'm coming.

Carrie, this is Christine Lonas.

Hi, I'm from the Administration
for Children's Services.

Hi.

I need to speak to Ms. Mathison alone.

Of course.

Well, I've been talking to Franny...

I want to see my daughter.

Here, take a seat.

Please.

So, our agency is required by law

to investigate any situation

in which a child may have been harmed.

She wasn't harmed.

Not physically maybe.

She was upset, n-naturally.

Anybody would be. I was.

But w-we talked the
whole thing through.

She just...

She just wants to get
her life back to normal.

Well, that's not what I got
from my conversation with her.

Really?

What I saw was a bright,
sensitive little girl

who was... traumatized
by a horrific event.

"Traumatized" is a strong word.

And her trauma was deepened
when you returned her

to the site of the event only
one day after it happened.

We talked about going
home. She was good with it.

It's not safe psychologically
for her to be there.

Look, I d... I don't agree with you,

but I-I can take her
somewhere for a few days,

to a hotel if you think that's best.

For how long?

After my talk with Franny,
I made a determination

that she's at imminent
risk for further harm.

What?

She's been taken out of school

and placed in a
state-registered youth home.

You mean she's not here?

She's my daughter! You
have no right to do this!

Ms. Mathison, please, this
is just a temporary step

until my office can further
assess the situation.

No, the situation is, I need
to see my daughter right now.

There are steps that need to be taken.

No, you cannot just put
her in some institution!

I agree. It's not ideal.

Is there a-a family member

who could take her in the meantime?

- My sister.
- Good.

How do I reach her?

- You can't.
- What do you mean?

Her husband's a professor.

They're in Rome for
a year on sabbatical.

This... This is bullshit.

Thank you.

Sorry.

Look, this... isn't an appropriate place

for us to be having this conversation.

My office is ten minutes from here.

What do you say we continue
the discussion there, okay?

Okay.

Good.

Protesters greet a delegation
of Iranian finance ministers

on a diplomatic mission to
expedite the easing of sanctions

under the controversial
nuclear-arms treaty.

Iran is insisting they have dismantled

their nuclear-weapons program

while claiming the U.S. is slow-rolling

the promised economic relief.

Gentlemen, I have your passports.

Mr. Alibadi.

- Thank you.
- Mr. Kasem.

That's for you.

Thank you.

Mr. Karrubi.

That's me.

Welcome to New York.

Thank you.

- Mr. Falhadi.
- Right here.

And, finally, Mr. Mohada.

My colleague will
escort you to your cars.

Enjoy your stay.

Go back to your own country!

You've never spoken publicly

about your son.

W-Why the change of heart?

I realized I might've been giving people

the wrong impression.

What impression is that?

Well, that somehow,
I wasn't proud of him

or the sacrifice that he
and so many others made

in this war.

You were proud of him.

Yes. Very much so.

He loved his country. He
believed in the mission.

He was...

the light of my life, and I miss him

every single moment of every day.

What was he like? What
can you tell us about him?

Well, he never dreamed
of being a soldier.

I can tell you that.

- No?
- No.

Physics was his passion...

Aerospace engineering, to be exact.

9/11 changed all that.

That's when he decided
to enroll at West Point?

Yes.

You didn't try to talk him out of it?

You couldn't talk
Andrew out of anything,

not once his mind was made up.

And once he graduated, he
served three tours in Iraq?

Two full tours.

He was killed just at the
beginning of his third.

And by then, you had
come out against the war.

Yes, and he was furious about it.

I remember he criticized
your Senate-floor speeches,

saying they were aiding
and abetting the enemy.

Yes.

It was a very difficult
time for us as a family.

He was doing what he believed was right,

and I was doing what
I believed was right.

When was the last time you saw him?

2007, in Baghdad.

The Pentagon was in the
middle of a charm offensive.

"The surge is working.

Victory is just over the horizon."

I was there with a group
of skeptical senators.

Well, now it's almost ten years later,

and we are still there,

and American soldiers are still dying.

What a cunt.

One of the longest war in our history.

Yes, that's right. In fact, Syria

is now the 14th country
in the Islamic world

where U.S. forces have
invaded, occupied, or bombed,

and that's just since 1980.

She's winning the argument.

She's a Gold Star mom.
She's tough to argue with.

At lea... for now she is.

On the ground, so we're talking...

Did you know Javadi's in town?

I was alerted the minute he
boarded the plane in Tehran.

Well, what are you gonna do about it?

He and Saul cannot meet.

Otherwise, everything unravels.

They won't.

Some do.

And there's always
going to be that debate,

and that's... that's part
of the joy of a democracy.

[elevator bell dings.

How'd it go?

Well, he got the ticket, sir.

- Good.
- Mr. Berenson?

You're needed in the conference room.

What's this about?

I can't say, but
apparently, it's urgent.

Sure.

Saul, Rachel Crofts... Deputy
in Counter-Intelligence.

I know who you are. What's this about?

We have a bit of an issue.

I'm listening.

The Director's asked me to debrief you

on your recent visit to the West Bank.

You're kidding.

You came all the way up from Washington

to ask me about a dinner
I had with my sister?

Come on, Saul.

You're there the same night
a senior Rev Guard commander

is reported crossing
the Jordanian border.

Says who?

The Israelis.

So that's what this is...

Tovah Rivlin setting a backfire.

Well, anyway you look at
it, the optics aren't good.

I'm too old to worry about optics.

If I did, I'd never look in the mirror.

This isn't a laughing matter.

The Director has been on
the receiving end of some

very heated phone calls, and
not just from Tovah Rivlin.

Look, I know this is a pain in the ass,

but the Director is
hoping you'll cooperate

so he can get Mossad off his back.

Consider it a personal favor.

I need to make a call first.

This is awkward, but I need your phone.

Why do you need my phone?

To track your movements
in the West Bank.

Is this a debrief or an interrogation?

We just want to present a
thorough explanation to Mossad

so we can close the
chapter on what I hope

is just a misunderstanding.

The sooner we begin,
the sooner we finish.

Here you go.

Look, I-I know what this is about.

There was all this
craziness at my house,

and somebody called your
agency, one of the neighbors or

- a parent from Franny's school.
- Ms. Mathison...

But they don't know me,
and they don't know Franny,

and they don't know
what really happened.

Well, that's why we're here

so that you can tell me what happened.

- I am a good mother.
- I understand.

Why don't you start and
tell me about that day?

- The day of the bombing.
- That's right.

Okay. Well...

I got a call from Reda Hashem,
my... my business partner...

informing me that one of our clients

was apparently driving
the truck that blew up.

Imagine that was quite a shock.

Yeah, to say the least.

His family was distraught.
I had to get over there.

And that's when you left
Franny with, Mr. Quinn?

It was for ten minutes.

Her nanny was on her way.

Yes, ne of my colleagues spoke to her.

The point is,

I had to go, and there was no one else.

Plus, Franny adores Quinn.

Tell me about him.
What's your connection?

We're former colleagues.

We worked together at the
Central Intelligence Agency.

Why is he living with you?

Well, we're also friends,

and he was recovering
from a brain injury

at the Brooklyn V.A.,
but that didn't work out.

So I couldn't let him
live on the street.

I just got off
the phone with the V.A.

I understand that Mr. Quinn suffers

from bouts of rage and depression.

Yeah.

Yeah, there's some psychological issues.

Including violent outbursts.

He hated it at the V.A.

Still, you moved him into your house.

No, in-into the basement.
It's a separate apartment.

There's a door that locks.

There were very strict rules in place.

E-Everything was fine.

Right. Until the bombing.

Yes, the press came to my house.

There were people throwing rocks.

There were police everywhere.

Well, weren't they
there because Mr. Quinn

was holding Franny
and your nanny hostage?

- No! That is not accurate.
- He wasn't holding them hostage?

Not from his point of view.

Quinn is... Is a highly trained soldier.

He believed that Franny was in danger,

which, you know, she was,

sh... from people throwing
rocks, from the police.

He was doing what he
could to keep her safe.

Do you think that Franny felt safe?

W... I'm sure she was frightened,
but she's a strong girl.

There's something I
want to share with you.

What?

During our conversation,

Franny disclosed that she
didn't feel safe with Mr. Quinn.

In fact, she said she was terrified.

She thought she was gonna die.

Yeah, I know that that is hard to hear.

Sorry.

Just...

M-Ms. Lonas, when...

when can I see her?

What do I have to do?
I will do anything.

You're doing it.

Y-You are... helping
with the investigation.

And how long will this take?

I will try and get your case
before the judge tomorrow.

And then Franny comes home?

That's up to the judge.

Now, do you have a lawyer?

Peter?

Peter?

Peter!

Peter!

Peter!

Peter!

Peter.

What are you doing?

What's it look like?

Freezing to death.

Come on, let's at least
get you into the car,

- where it's warm.
- No.

I have to get back to New York.

Well, that would be a mistake.

We'll see.

Peter.

You will be arrested again.

That's the deal...

You stay out here,
out of the public eye.

What deal?

The deal Dar Adal made.

Right now, you're an important
national-security asset.

Break the terms, and you're
a national-security risk.

Do I like a f-fucking risk to you?

You shot a civilian, Peter.

In the...

safe place!

Yeah, with a handgun, from distance.

'Cause they were coming for me.

Who is?

The people.

W-What people?

The people who... built the bomb.

What do you mean, the kid?

No, not the kid!

Peter, I-I don't understand.

Exactly. I have to go find out.

Hey!

Hey!

You folks okay?

Hey, can I ride get a ride into town?

Yeah, hop in.

- Whoa, sir, trust me.
- Hey!

You don't want to do this.
My husband's not well.

I'm not her husband. She just lied.

- Ignore him.
- Why are you lying?

- He's off his...
- She's a German spy woman!

He's off his meds.

- She has me trapped in a...
- Yeah. I'm sorry.

- Sorry, buddy. Not today.
- No! You have to help me!

Whoa! Hey!

Come on!

Hey!!

They got him.

Good.

At any point in the
course of the evening,

did you leave the location,

or did you receive a message there?

Saul, I'm sorry.

I just heard this was happening.

I think we're done here, Rachel.

But the Director asked me to...

Let me handle the Director.

You can go.

I'm getting too old for this.

They grilled you about your
trip to the West Bank?

Yeah.

Heads-up sure would've been nice.

What do you mean?

Come on, Dar.

Counter-Intelligence wouldn't
send one of their shit-stirrers

to debrief me... without your blessing.

I didn't know she was here,
Saul, till a minute ago.

I swear.

Got my phone?

Yeah.

Thanks.

Yeah, I understand.

Yeah.

Yeah. Got it.

Okay, you've got my contact info,

so just call me directly
if anything else comes up.

Thank you.

Here's what I've been able to find out.

They're moving Franny to a private home.

She has a home.

They're a highly regarded family.

They've got two kids of their own.

One is close to Franny's age.
It'll be like a sleepover.

With people she doesn't know.

Wh-What are they telling
her? She must be freaking out!

It's one night, Carrie.

We're scheduled to be in
court tomorrow afternoon.

I can't just sit here
and allow this to happen.

You've got no choice.

Look at it this way.

Franny has been through
something terrifying.

The caseworkers are just doing
what they're supposed to do,

protecting the child in question.

Franny doesn't need their protection.

And when the judge
realizes that tomorrow,

he'll send her home.

For the most part,

Ms. Mathison is an
involved, concerned parent.

Recently, she moved to Brooklyn
and started a new career

in an effort to become a
more consistent presence

in Franny's life.

However, I found that
Ms. Mathison's efforts

to provide a stable
environment for Franny

have been undermined
by some... blind spots.

For example, she brought a
mentally disturbed veteran,

Peter Quinn, into her home.

I-I thought I explained that?

This led to an incident
which Mr. Quinn held.

Franny and her nanny
hostage for several hours.

I described it in detail in my report.

I've read it.

Your Honor, Quinn thought
he was protecting Franny.

You'll have your chance to
address the court, Ms. Mathison.

I'm sorry, but y-you should know

that Quinn is no longer
living in my home.

It's an important point, Your Honor.

If the main issue is Franny's
exposure to Mr. Quinn,

that problem has been resolved.

Your Honor, even with Mr.
Quinn removed from the home,

Franny continues to be at risk.

From who.

Well, from her mother.

This morning, I conducted my
second interview with Franny.

In this conversation, she
disclosed a disturbing fact.

Two nights ago, she woke up

and discovered her mother in her room.

So?

Ms. Mathison was sitting on
the floor near Franny's bed,

asleep, with a gun in her lap.

Ms. Mathison, is that true?

I did have a gun, but I was not asleep.

That's not what her daughter said.

Was the gun loaded, Ms. Mathison?

Answer the question.

Yes, it was.

Putting aside for a moment
whether or not you were asleep,

can you explain what you were doing

in your daughter's
room with a loaded gun?

I had reason to fear

for my safety, Your Honor, and Franny's.

Why didn't you call the police?

If you felt you were in danger,

why not call the police?

Your Honor, I'm a former
intelligence officer.

I used to work for the CIA.

Go on.

I've been trained to handle firearms

and deal with threatening situations.

Lately, at my home,
there have been times

when that I felt that
Franny and I were in danger,

so I responded in the
way that I was trained.

By spending the night

next to your daughter with a loaded gun?

The safety was on.

But the gun was loaded.

Your daughter's
sleeping a few feet away.

Do you think that's reasonable?

Two days before, I had
people out on the street

throwing rocks at my house,
calling me a terrorist.

Aren't the police prepared to
handle a situation like that?

Well, the last time the
police came to my house,

things didn't turn out so well.

So you're saying you can
handle a dangerous situation

better than the police?

No.

No, I-I do not mean that.

I mean I have worked
intense environments

in... in Baghdad and Islamabad.

I-I don't panic in dangerous situations.

I can keep my head clear.

But in terms of my home,

the demonstrators haven't come back,

so that danger has passed,

and Quinn is no longer
living in the house.

So I'm confident that Franny
will be safe at home with me.

Your Honor...

Ms. Mathison's neglected to
tell the court an important fact.

Go on.

She suffers from bipolar disorder.

- What?!
- That is out of line.

Is this true?

Yes, but I take medication.

I haven't had an episode in over a year.

She's been hospitalized
for her disorder twice

and received electroconvulsive therapy.

Your Honor, depriving a
parent of her custodial rights

because of an illness is
blatant discrimination.

Not if the illness endangers a child.

And Ms. Mathison's claims
about mysterious threats

and distrust of the police

sound exactly like
symptoms of a manic episode.

There were threats.

They had nothing to do with my illness.

Quiet, please.

What is the agency's recommendation?

Bottom line, Your Honor,

Ms. Mathison fell asleep
in her daughter's bedroom

with a loaded gun.

Our assessment is that, this fact alone

meets the legal requirement
of imminent risk.

I'm going to accept the
agency's recommendation.

Ms. Mathison, you'll be required

to undergo psychiatric evaluation.

Ms. Lonas, I'd like you
to prepare a home study

and a deeper background investigation.

Yes, Your Honor.

Franny will remain in foster care

until more information is
provided at further proceedings.

- No!
- This session is adjourned.

I'm gonna talk to her.
I'll be right back.

Popcorn! Cotton candy!

Excuse me.

Sure you have the right seat?

You're Saul.

I am. Who are you?

Amir.

You and I have a friend in common.

Where is our friend?

Someplace safe, waiting for you.

Why didn't he come?

He'll explain when you see him.

Come, I'll take you to him.

Our friend said I should send greetings

from Sergeant Brody.

Let's go.

Majid.

Kindly explain what
the fuck is going on.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

If it wasn't for that
loyal man in the car,

I'd be dead right now... Maybe worse.

What happened?

I was picked up by my own service,

accused of being a traitor.

Who knew I was coming to New York?

No one.

No one?

Then who was aware of our
meeting in the West Bank?

The Israelis suspected it.

But only one other person knew for sure.

Dar Adal... I told him about it myself.

The same Dar Adal who's
been trying to undermine

the nuclear deal every step of the way?

That was over three years ago.

If he was gonna burn you...

time was then, not now.

Not if he thinks that we are
building a bomb in North Korea.

Are you...

building a bomb in North Korea?

Who's this?

Your friend the banker, Farhad Nafisi.

He's a little hard
to recognize, I admit.

Wild guess... He's working for Mossad.

For the past eight years.

Including the little
show they put on for you

in Abu Dhabi.

You have him on camera
admitting as much?

Show me.

First, I want political asylum.

Of course.

Plus, I want 'round-the-clock protection

and access to my $45 million.

That's gonna be a little trickier.

Wait a minute.

I'm listening.

I can put you in front of someone

who can make it happen.

The President-elect.

Go on.

And she can hear it
from your own lips...

Iran isn't cheating on the deal.

There's no parallel
program in North Korea.

Nothing would give me greater pleasure.

Believe me.

Amir!

I'll set up the meeting.

Hello. Saul Berenson.

Well, I need to speak
to him immediately.

It's urgent.

Yes...

Majid...

for Chrissake.

What?

No loose ends.

You taught me that, Saul.

Come on.

Help me put him in the trunk.

Where is he?

Down by the lake.

He hasn't said a word...
not since I called you.

But he knows I'm coming?

Seemed to calm him down.

I didn't know what else to do.

No, no, you did the right thing.

What have you told him?

What I know, which isn't much.

Maybe this wasn't such a good idea,

me coming.

Listen.

Convincing him was never gonna be easy.

You being here is gonna
make all the difference.

Trust me.

So, you want to do this alone or...

Alone.

What the hell is this?

Feeling sorry for yourself?

Go fuck yourself, Dar.

Because if you are,
that would be a first.

You grew up in a hard
school, no time for self-pity.

It's the first thing
about you that impressed.

Not the first thing.

Yeah, well...

we're all beautiful when
we're young, aren't we?

Fucking... dirty old man.

Fair enough.

For the record, though, I...

I never forced myself on anyone.

I'm not staying here.

Yes, you are. Astrid will look after you

till you can look after yourself.

No.

The alternative is
prison or the psych ward.

That's the truth, Peter.

And what's so bad?

Isn't this what you always dreamed of?

A house on a lake. Or do
I have that wrong, too?

Why don't you just
put me in a fuckin'...

Collar.

Collar! Thank you.

What's so important you
have to get back to New York?

Astrid mentioned on the phone

you were talking about the attack.

The bomb that went off...
Why are you so interested?

What's it to you?

Well, if you won't say, I will.

It's Carrie Mathison.

Her foundation represented the bomber.

She's what's pulling you back
to New York, isn't that it?

No.

The sway she holds over you... and Saul,

I'll never understand...
Fuck, it's cold out here!

I believe they had a name
for her in Kabul, didn't they,

when she was Station Chief there.

What was it again?

"The Angel of Death"?

"The Drone Queen."

Yeah.

And in Berlin?

Just stop, Dar.

I assume you never
heard the whole story...

of your medical ordeal there.

Yeah, I did. Carrie told me.

What'd she say?

That I...

flatlined and was
dead for three minutes.

Not exactly.

What do you mean?

You were in a coma, Peter, a deep coma.

Carrie ordered the
doctors to wake you up.

She did this despite repeated warnings

about the risks of the procedure.

She thought you might have information

on the terror cell that
was plotting the attack

on Hauptbahnhof.

She was wrong.

W-What risks?

The main one was massive
cerebral hemorrhage.

Stroke.

You think she's been

taking care of you all these months

out of love?

Sounds a lot more like
guilt if you ask me.

I bought you this one chance.

There won't be another.

Hello. This is Carrie Mathison.

C-Can you, put me through
to the President-elect?

Yes! I know what time it is. I'm sorry.

Yes. I know.

It's... It's urgent.

Carrie?

Madame President-elect.

Is something wrong?

Children's Services has
put Franny into foster care.

I don't... I don't know where she is.

They won't... They won't tell me.

I-I haven't... I haven't
been able to see her.

I'm sorry.

I-I was thinking that with
all your contacts in Albany,

that m-maybe y-you know
someone who oversees the agency

or... or... Or the judge.

Just... someone you could call.

Call to...?

To... To vouch for me, you know?

T-To...

To tell them how... How wrong this is.

I can't use the office of the President

to solve a personal problem.

Well, it's just a call.

It's unethical.

I'm surprised you would even ask me.

My daughter is in... Is
in some stranger's house,

just lying there, thinking
I've abandoned her!

Have you been inking?

No. No!

I just...

I just thought that... That...

That you, of all
people, would understand.

I me...

You lost a child.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Yeah, may...

M-Maybe that was... That was too far.

I'm sorry. I just...

Jesus. I-I... What...
What am I supposed to do?

I don't know.

But I can't help you. I'm sorry.

I have to go.

Hello?

Hello? It's Christine Lonas from ACS.

I just wanted to let you know
that Franny's in foster care.

She'll stay there for
the foreseeable future.

I don't enjoy taking a
child from her mother,

but in this case, it's
clearly the right thing to do.

That's why I contacted you.

Well, I appreciate it.

The information you
supplied was very helpful.

Thanks for letting me know.