Homeland (2011–…): Season 4, Episode 12 - Long Time Coming - full transcript

Previously on Homeland-

This man, Saul Berenson,
chief of the CIA,

will bring us back our brothers.

I've made a fool of my time.
You haven't.

[ Saul ]
People are dead because of it.

I wanted to be able to see you.

- Why? What happened?
- Dad died last night.

Is there something going on I should
know about? With the Pakistanis.

- Not that I know of. Why?
- I'm not sure. Something's up.

I only care about one thing.
Getting us safely home.

And that includes Peter Quinn.



He thinks he can find
Haissam Haqqani.

You can't do this.
Bomb goes off, he'll know it's you.

Move the fuck away.

I can't lose you, Quinn.

[ Chanting ]
Haqqani! Haqqani!

Haqqani! Haqqani!

- Haqqani!
- What the fuck?

No, no! No. Look.

Look who's in the car, Carrie.

[ Military Radio Chatter ]

Maneuvering
on your position.

We 'll be setting up
for an engagement.

[ Martha ] It's Alice
in fucking Wonderland.

[ Man On Radio ]
PID confirmed. Engage. Engage.



- [ Carrie] Where are you?
- [ Quinn ] I'm at a safe distance.

- Clipped an artery.
- [ Screams ]

[ Saul ]
I know a way.

[ Speaking Farsi ]

[ Female Newscaster ] First, the US
found and killed Osama bin Laden-

[ Crowd Shouting ]

[ Carrie ]
You will die over there!

[ Hillary Clinton ] Well, you can't
keep snakes in your backyard...

and expect them
only to bite your neighbors.

[ John Kerry ] You know, there are
things that the Pakistanis have done,

as complicated
as the relationship has been-

[ Radio Beeping ]

[ Man On Radio ]
Roger. I'll try and get eyes on.

- [ Carrie ] Oh, God.
- [ Saul ] I'm so sorry.

[ Brody ]
I have to say good-bye now.

[ Carrie ]
Just for a few more seconds.

Ripped By mstoll

His razor.

Okay.

- Can't throw it out.
- Then don't.

Stupid, right? I don't want
to throw any of these out.

I don't want him
to be gone.

You okay?
Yeah.

No.
[ Scoffs ]

[ Sighs ]

It was bad over there, huh?

It was horrible.

Maybe you need to get some help.

I have to ask.
You taking your meds?

Yeah.

I'm walking the line.

That's good.

Can't blame it on that.

- Blame what?
- [ Doorbell Rings ]

I got this.

[ Doorbell Rings ]

Carrie.

Hello.

Aren't you gonna ask me in?

Um, the baby's sleeping.

Ah.

I'm, uh, sorry
about your father.

Thank you.

Is there somewhere
we can talk?

I'm looking
for Peter Quinn.

Haven't seen him.

Heard from him?
Nope.

That's it?
[ Sighs ]

For all I know,
he's still in Islamabad.

Doing what?

Hunting Haissam Haqqani.
I presume you were briefed on that.

I presumed he'd come
to his senses,

especially with Haqqani
back in the tribal areas.

Is that true?
Is that where Haqqani is?

Enjoying the full protection
of the Pakistan Armed Forces.

Untouchable.
Pretty much.

But we take him out
first chance we get, right?

Right.

Well, I, for one,
am looking forward to that day.

We all are, but until then-

- What?
- One adapts to the terrain.

Meaning?

Meaning we get through the congressional
hearings before we do anything else.

[ Sighs ]

I want to know the minute
you hear from Peter.

If I hear from him.

I'll see myself out.

[ Car Door Closes ]

Washington has repeatedly
exploited Pakistan...

and interfered in our affairs.

No self-respecting state
can accept such dictates,

not even from a superpower.

It's a stain on our honor.

If they want to break relations
with us, I say good riddance.

[ Female Reporter ] A career
official in the foreign ministry,

Tasneem Qureshi has emerged in
the last few days as a leading-

Hey.

You're gonna drive yourself crazy.

I wish it would
just happen already.

Maybe it never will.

Sitting at Haqqani's side
on a leash.

Of course he'll release the video.

And there is nothing
you can do about it.

Hmm. Fuck this.

Wait and see, Saul. People might be
more understanding than you think.

Aaron Gage didn't waste any time
sending over a severance package.

With a check for a year's salary.

That buys you time to decide
what you want to do next.

I know what I want to
do next, goddamn it.

I want back in.
Want to make this right.

Baby, that's not gonna happen.

I'm gonna get in the shower.
Late for my meeting.

Hi.

[ Chuckles ]
[ Giggles ]

Is that Frannie?

What- You know her?
Sure.

We see her all the time
with Frank.

Oh.

Where's he been lately?

Oh, no. Yeah. It was sudden.

Oh, damn.

You were park friends?
Yeah.

Yeah.

You must be Carrie.
[ Chuckling ] How'd you-

Frank talked about you a bunch.
Oh. No kidding.

I'm Billy.
Hi.

He was crazy about her,
you know.

He was the closest thing
she had to a father.

Or mother, for that matter.

He knew you'd
come back for her.

He said that?
Oh, yeah.

I know you had troubles at first,
which my wife did too,

so we talked on that.
Really?

But Frank always said,
“That girl's made of strong stuff.

She'll get better.

She'll be here for Fran.”

Boy, he really shared.
[Laughs]

Looks like he was right.

Thank you.
Thanks for telling me that.

Is there a service?

Tomorrow.

[ Grunts ]

Hi.
Ah.

Thank you.

Look who showed up.

Carrie.

What is this?

I saw the obituary.
I had to come.

You have a lot of nerve.

- I wanted to be here.
- Why?

You haven't been here for 15 years.

- Carrie.
- No, no, no.

No, you don't get to play
grieving wife all of a sudden.

[ Maggie]
Would you calm down?

Maggie says
you have a daughter.

I'd love to meet her.
Too bad.

Really?

You're not in our lives.

Look, I made a hard decision a
long time ago, and I'm sorry.

I'm sorry a thousand times.

You know what this is called?
Too little, too late.

So that's it?

Should I just get back in my car
and drive away...

and never darken your door again?
That sounds good.

- Not to me.
- I'd like to make amends.

- Get out.
- Excuse me. This is my house.

Fine. Then we're leaving, 'cause we're not
spending another second with this woman.

- If that's what you want.
- Yeah, that's what I want!

[ Door Closes ]
No.

Hold on! Mom!
No.

What are you doing?
Let her go.

She's my mom too.
Fuck her!

You don't get to speak
for both of us.

Good going. Now we won't see
her for another 15 years.

Works for me.

Saul.

Joe, how are you?

I'm well. Come on in.

Right there.

Nice to have you back
on American soil.

What an ordeal.

You have no idea.

I do though.

I've been reading your debrief.

I think I know why you're here.

Okay.

Wondering how
we're gonna play this.

Well, I wish
I had good news for you.

I was hardly
expecting good news.

Still, with Lockhart on the ropes,

I was hoping we could
get you back in the ring.

Doesn't have to be
as director, Joe.

Give me a division, a station.

I'll take anything.

The video
is the problem, Saul.

Once it's out there- I officially
become persona non grata.

It would derail any confirmation
hearing before it got started.

Any idea why Haqqani hasn't put
it up on the Internet yet?

None.

I need to ask you
something about that.

Off the record.

Sure.

[ Carrie ]
I thought you hated her.

I thought so too.

But she's the only mother
I have.

So she turns on the charm, and
you're ready to forgive her?

Not forgive her, exactly.

She walked out on us.
What kind of person does that?

Well, you.

No.

No, that is not the same thing.
It's not?

I was always coming back, I was
in touch and I had reasons.

I'm sure she had a reason.
We know the reason.

It's just too much,
you know? I'm-

I'm sick about Dad.
Islamabad was a mind fuck.

I can't deal with her too.

We don't even know
where she is.

She didn't leave a number?

When would she have
left a number?

You had a fucking pitchfork out.

[ Carrie ]
He had to have popcorn,

soda and Sno-Caps
at the movies.

Jigsaw puzzles-
no less than 3,000 pieces.

And watching
every single Orioles game,

- yelling at them to stop stinking
up the diamond. - [ Laughing ]

These were some
of Dad's favorite things.

Extremes, of course, because-

because that's who he was.

He loved me and my sister
like that.

Like crazy.

He had demons-
everyone here knows that-

but... he lived with them.

And he taught me
how to live with them.

This past year,
he helped me with my daughter.

He took care of her.

He loved her with that same...

crazy love when I couldn't.

I don't think Frannie
will remember him.

But I'm taking over now, Dad,

and I'll remember for her.

[ Babbles ]

[ Minister ] If everyone could please
turn to page 48 in their hymnals.

- [ Bells Chiming ]
- [ Chattering ]

Hi.

[ Murmurs]

[ Gasps ]
Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Oh, thank God.

Thank God.

Hey.

Hey.

God, I was so worried about you.

Things were worrisome
there for a while.

You okay?

Yeah.

How'd you get out of there?

German intelligence
was helpful.

Astrid?
Yeah.

I hid out for a while,

hoping for another chance at
Haqqani, but he was gone.

I'm not sorry, Quinn.

Yeah, I get that.

I had a chance at him too.

Right after.

He stood up out of the sunroof
suddenly, waving to the crowd.

I was moving on him, but...

Khan stopped me.

Jesus, Carrie.

Now you know how I felt.

Yeah, well, anyway,
that's all over now.

Hopefully.
What's that mean?

Dar Adal came looking for you.

When?
Yesterday.

Any idea why?

He didn't say.

Personally, I'd stay away
from that motherfucker.

Oh, I plan to.

Good.

Who knew Dad
had so many friends?

Who's that? Oh, he's one
of mine- from work.

Quinn.

Don't think I ever heard you
mention him before.

Mmm, I don't think
I ever have.

Well, he and Frannie
seem to have hit it off.

[ Saul ] ...the Middle East.
[ Continues, Faint ]

Can I borrow him for a minute?

Of course.

What'd you find out?

Crocker swears up and down there was no
engagement with Islamabad of any kind.

What about an overture
to Haqqani?

He calls that unthinkable.
Political suicide.

How does he explain Dar Adal
on the ground then?

He doesn't.
What do you mean?

I mentioned no names.

For now, you and me are as big
as this club gets, okay?

Okay.
Not even Quinn?

[ Exhales ]
He'd go ballistic if he knew.

Absolutely sure
it was Dar Adal in that car?

It was him, all right.
Okay.

I'll do some more digging.

Am I interrupting?

No. Not at all.

How'd your dad feel
about Irish whiskey?

Nice.

[ Laughing ]

I'm learning so much about
my dad that I never knew.

Like what?

Like he was arrested on the
Mall, protesting the Iraq War-

six times.

- [ Saul ] I seem to recall that.
- You do?

All his letters were forwarded to me.
Remember?

- What letters?
- Hundreds he wrote to George Tenet,

demanding you be reassigned
home from Baghdad.

You never told me that.
[ Lockhart] Hello, all.

Hey. Look who's
a nice guy.

I would have come earlier. I was in
a marathon meeting with my lawyers.

That's fun.

Barrel of monkeys.

Anyway,

my wife made a lasagna.

I know. Who wants lasagna
at 10:00 at night?

I do.
[ Chuckles ]

Thanks.

Well.

Sorry about your dad.

- Hey, join us.
- Yeah, take a chair.

Okay.

Whiskey?

I would love a beer. Oh,
there's some inside.

Forget it. I'll have what you're having.

Thanks.

Cheers, everybody.
Cheers.

Cheers.
Cheers.

I'm gonna go check on Frannie.

So.

That's done.

Tired?

Yeah, wrung out.

Were you there too?

Pakistan? Yeah.

I've never seen Carrie
so thrown after a job.

A lot went wrong.

[ Frannie Giggles]

Hi, sweet girl.

Everything okay?

Yeah, I NyQuil'd her.

Just kidding.
She's fine.

Ready?
Ready.

I'll be right back.

Well, it was nice meeting you.

Nice to meet you.

[ Carrie ] Frannie took
a shine to you. Yeah.

We made friends.

You've been quiet.

Thinking.

About?

This.

What do you mean?

Being home.
Being away from all that.

Yeah.

Normal life. [ Chuckles ] Yeah.

Feels good,

lust...

laughing, you know?

Yeah.

Tonight was fun.

God, is that awful?

No. Not at all.

It was sad, but...

fun.

Quinn, I'll just fuck it up.

No, you won't.
I will.

I do.

I know how this goes.
It ends badly.

Till it doesn't.

Come on. You know my shit.
You know mine.

But you don't have my condition.

I've seen you...

at your worst.

You should be heading
for the hills.

Look, Islamabad was ugly.

It was a black hole,

and I don't want anything like
that in my life ever again.

I want to get out. Stay out.

Yeah.
But I can't do it on my own.

I've learned that.

Well, I haven't
exactly been helpful.

But you could be.

You want out too.

We get out together.

Well, you think about it, Carrie.

[ Car Door Closes ]
[ Engine Starts ]

[ Sighs ]

You don't even know
where she lives.

Missouri plates. I saw
the tag number. And?

I'll have her address
in an hour.

You're just gonna show up?
That's what she did.

And you kicked her out.

I want her to look me in the eye
and explain herself.

Can she stay?
I got her.

It's a long drive.

I don't want to leave her again.
Babies and road trips, bad mix.

Are you sure that's okay?
Positive.

It's only a couple days.

I could use some time to think.

Okay. Bye, sweetheart.

Say bye-bye.

[ Engine Starts ]
Bye-bye, Mommy.

Yeah.
[ Chuckles ]

Douche bag.

Asshole.
Hey, welcome back.

Thanks.

Just in time.

- For the holidays.
- For the next thing.

Group's been looking for you.

Yeah, I lost my phone.

Fuck off. Or maybe I
took a hammer to it.

We got a location on three
high-value IS targets...

in some fortified shithole
in Aleppo,

and a very narrow window
before they fuck off again.

And?
We fly tomorrow night.

Without me.

Hey, group orders.
All hands, no exceptions.

I quit the group, Rob.
Since when?

Since right now, I guess.
Stop fucking around.

Shit, shower, shave
and let's go.

No, I'm serious.

I'm out.

Moved on.
To what?

You care?
Not really.

Hmm.

I just care about you showing up
to the airframe tomorrow.

Can't do it.

Do you want me to take a new guy on this?
He's got to learn sometime.

Peter.

My estimation?

We're 20% less likely
to pull this off without you.

Twenty percent more likely
to lose guys.

I'm sorry.

Right.

Then this is your job.

Let's hope we get this done
without you,

and you don't have to
deliver any of those.

Happy holidays.

[ Sighs ]

Hi. Can I help you?

I'm looking for Ellen.
She's at work already.

Um, at school?
Yeah.

Jefferson. Who are you?

I'm a friend.

I can come back.

Okay.

Um, kind of late myself.
Oh, sure.

Yeah.
Sure.

Okay.

[ Engine Starts ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Children Chattering, Laughing ]

[Woman ]
Plop it down here, sweetie.

[Wind Chimes Tinkling ]
[ Man, Faint]

Play nice, you guys.

Can you look after her
for a minute?

Okay, sure.

[ Sighs ]
Carrie.

Hi, Mom.

What are you doing here?

I drove. All night.

I went to your house.

Did you?

There was a boy there.
He told me where to find you.

Tim.

Who is he?

Your brother.

Half brother.

So you left your children to go have
more children? [ School Bell Rings ]

Sorry, that was-

What I deserve.

[ School Bell Rings ]

You have to go.

Can we meet at 3:30?

At the house?

Sure.

Hey, let's go.
Come on in.

Egg whites, scrambled-

It's not exactly Walter's.

Out of business, huh?
Walter retired.

It's now a Pain Quotidien.

Things change.
Things go to shit.

Yeah.
How are the waffles?

Not bad.

I did. I heard you
met with Crocker.

Well, what about?

Damage assessment.

And? Two torpedoes in my
side, taking on water.

[ Chuckles ]

Lockhart's resignation will be on the
president's desk by the end of next week.

So I hear.

What if I told you...

I can put your name back on the
short list to replace him?

I'd say you were having
a major senior moment.

What's that?

It's the video
of you and Haqqani.

I've been assured
it's the only copy,

but even if it isn't, I've been
assured it'll never be released.

Don't look so shocked.

We have to see events
for what they are.

Good morning. Can I get you
gentlemen started with anything?

Coffee?
Can we have a minute?

Take your time.

What have you done to get this?
It's not what I've done.

It's what I got in return.

What have you done?

I reached out to Haqqani.

I told him I'd take his
name off the kill list...

in exchange for a commitment not to
harbor terrorists in Afghanistan.

He's the fuckin' terrorist.
Is he?

He just massacred 36 Americans.

Menachem Begin killed 91 British
soldiers at the King David Hotel...

before becoming
prime minister.

You know what
this conversation is?

Sedition.
Saul, steady.

Well, it's wrong. Just plain wrong.

In the two months since we handed
over combat operations in Helmand,

the Taliban has reclaimed district
centers in all but one city.

Haqqani will be in Kabul
by Christmas.

And what makes you think
he'll keep his word?

Why anyone keeps their word.

Because it's in their self-interest.

Plus...

he offered a show
of good faith.

And let's face it,

not every choice we make is
blessed with moral clarity,

especially in our business.

What's that line?

"We are the no men
of no-man's land.”

Come back.

Lead us.

The Agency is waiting
for you with open arms.

[ Sighs ]

[ Cell Phone Ringing ]

Quinn.
Hi.

Hey.

There is a rumor you're in Missouri.

Yeah.

Found out where my mom is.
And drove there.

It's out of the blue. I know.

Um, I should have called you.

It's just been a whirlwind.

How are you?

I'm wondering about you.

Yeah.

Um, we should talk, obviously.

You want me to join you?
I could fly out.

Uh, no. No.

You sure?

Yeah. I'm kind of
in the middle of something.

I have a brother, it turns out.

What?
Yeah. See, I-

I have a lot to deal with. I can't
think about anything else right now.

Hey, look, if it's a no, just say.

It's not. I- I just-

I've been dealing
with this other stuff.

No problem.

God, look at me, Quinn.

I'm on a crazy road trip
like my dad used to take.

I'm no good for you.

Or anyone else.

So it is a no.

I didn't say that.
Don't pressure me, okay?

Okay.

Look, I gotta go. Um-

I'll be back in a few days.
We'll talk then.

Right.

Bye.

[ Wind Chimes Tinkling ]

[ Vehicle Approaching ]

Hydrangeas.

Your dad-

“They'll take all your water,
but they're worth it."

So should I be bracing
to meet Tim's father?

No.

He left
before the baby was born.

And how old is Tim?
He's 14, 15?

Fifteen.

Why didn't you just...
tell us you were pregnant?

I couldn't.

But you could just vanish?

It's hard to explain.

Well, how about you try?

I guess I wasn't very good
at being married.

You mean you weren't very good
at being married to Dad.

To anyone.

I don't get it.

[ Sighs ]

Let's go inside.

Did Dad know?

Not about Tim's father, no.

Wh-What do you mean,
not about Tim's father?

There were others?

Oh, yeah. There were others.

How did I not know about this?
Dad never said a word.

He was loyal like that.

He'd forgive me, and then I'd...

go out and do it all over again.

Until it ruined us.

He always said that-that
you left because of him.

Because he was
too impossible to live with.

No.

I mean, it wasn't easy.

It was a circus at times.
You know that.

Yeah.

But I broke it apart.

I got pregnant and...

couldn't face up
to what I'd done.

Uh, so don't blame him.

Blame him?

Blame him- No, I-I don't.

Good.

He stayed. You're the
one who let me down.

Right when I needed you
the most, by the way.

What's that mean?

I got sick.

Like Dad.
The first month of college.

And then a professor
walked me into the ER,

and then
I'm on a psych ward,

and then I'm in a room- just me and a
mattress and a cage on the window.

Oh, my God.

All I wanted was my mom,
and you were not there.

You were nowhere.

How do you not call?

How do you not send
a fucking Christmas card?

I always meant
to get in touch,

but I couldn't say what I'd done.

I'd hurt so many people already.

I just had to stop.

I had to stop and do one...
right thing-

focus on Tim.

And so I did.

I have to go.

Are you okay?

I've always thought
that being bipolar...

meant that you couldn't
be with people,

not for the long haul,

'cause they'll up and leave
you soon enough. No.

Well, that's what I've thought.
All this time.

It's not true.
Please believe that.

I don't even know
if that's possible anymore.

It's possible.

[ Dialing ]

[ Line Ringing ]

[ Line Clicks ]
Quinn.

[ Woman 's Voice ] The number you
have dialed has been changed,

disconnected
or is no longer in service.

[ Dialing ]

[ Line Ringing ]

[ Line Beeps ] The number
you have dialed...

has been changed,
disconnected or is-

[ Dialing ]

[ Chimes ]

[ Line Ringing ]

[ Adal's Voice ]
I'm unreachable at the moment.

Please leave a message.
[ Beeps ]

Where is he?
Where's Quinn?

[ Man ]
All right, put those with the M4s.

Next to the generator,
over there.

Who's the new guy?

Dale.

I'm going. You're not.

What?
Take these.

This is fucked up.

Yeah.

Take 'em.

[ Doorbell Chimes ]

[ Doorbell Chimes ]

Call back would've been nice.

You were the one who was supposed
to be in touch with me...

after you heard from Peter.

Where is he?

Not out here.

Where is he? I imagine somewhere
on the Turkish border by now,

about to cross over into Syria.

I need to speak to him.
Impossible.

Don't give me
that bullshit.

If he's on a mission,
there's a way to reach him.

Actually, there's not. They went
dark a little over an hour ago.

I was just on the phone
to Ops 4.

When do they check in next?
They don't.

What do you mean?
The mission is open-ended.

They're responsible
for their own extraction.

From Syria?

From Iraq, most likely.

I need to speak to Quinn.

And I said no.

I saw you in Islamabad.

In the backseat of an SUV
with Haissam Haqqani.

What are you playing at, Carrie?

I call it give me
what I fucking want.

You're not listening.
I can't.

I will leave here and go
straight to the Washington Post.

- No, you won't.
- Watch me.

You might consider
talking to Saul before you do.

He'd explain to you
what's at stake here.

I know what's at stake.

You make a deal with Haqqani,
you dishonor every officer,

every soldier at the embassy
who died at his hands.

Saul would spit in your face.

Ask him yourself.

[ Groans ]
[ Engine Starts ]

[ Keys Clack, Bell Dings ]

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