Homeland (2011–…): Season 4, Episode 8 - Halfway to a Donut - full transcript

Carrie organizes a last-ditch operation. Lockhart and Martha stall the ISI.

Previously on Homeland-

Quinn, I'm at the airport. I'm
looking at Farhad Ghazi as we speak.

[ Grunts ]

[ Quinn ]
What the fuck? Saul.

- Take the shot.
- Carrie!

- We're losing our window.
- It's Saul.

Take the shot, goddamn it!

Are you out of your mind?
That is Saul!

You were one of the last people
to see him before he was taken.

Only because you sent him
on a mission to stir up trouble.

That puts you
at the center of this.



- You said you found something.
- [Dennis ] I used the key you gave me..

to get into
Carrie Mathison's apartment.

Clozapine?

Her place is a fucking pharmacy.

- [ Screams, Gasps ]
- [ Horn Honks ]

[ Siren Wailing ]

No. I'm fine.
Get off of me!

Don't!

You.

Yes, it's me.

[ Sobs ]
Oh.

Hey. Come here. You're safe now.
[ Sobs ]

Brody. Brody.

Who's Brody?



Who's Brody?

[ 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.

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[Sighs]

[ Exhales]

How are you feeling?

Here.
No. I'm fine.

You do seem better
than last night at least.

You were in quite a state.

Is-

Is this your house?

Yes.

How did I get here?

You don't remember?

My men brought you here.

Why?

You were causing a commotion
in the street.

The police had you in custody
by the time we got to you.

Like I said,
you were in quite a state.

You really don't remember.

You told me some things
about yourself last night.

You thought I was someone else,
someone you were fond of.

Someone who died.

[ Ragged Breath ]

Hey. Hey. Hey.

Hey. You need to rest.

No.

[ Shivering ]

[ Exhales ]

So where in the hell is she?

Unclear. We're checking
into that right now.

[ Lockhart ]
Should I be worried?

At this point,
only about Saul.

So are we ready then?

Yeah.
We listen, right?

- Right. - Whatever they say,
however incendiary it seems.

Okay, I get it.
Keep my mouth shut.

It wasn't easy to repair
the damage last time.

Not sure I can do it again.

- You're cutting it close.
- I had an unexpected guest.

I heard.
You did?

Yeah. Do you want to tell me
why you intervened?

I didn't intervene. She was out
in the street acting crazy.

Wasn't going to end well.

I thought the last thing we needed was
another incident with a CIA station chief.

Why do you think that was?

- What?
- Carrie Mathison out of her mind.

What was that about?

Did you bother
to ask yourself?

She has a history of mental illness.
I didn't know.

She would've been on a plane right
now, back home, relieved of her post,

but you got in the way.

You should have told me.

If you had something going on,
you should have said.

- We okay here?
- Not really. - Sure.

Come on. You have kept them
waiting long enough.

- [ Door Opens ]
- [ Men Speaking Foreign Language ]

Get up.

[ Man Speaks Foreign Language ]

Get up.
[ Saul Groans ]

Get up. Out.

[ Saul Breathing Heavily ]

[ Foreign Language ]

[ Heavy Breathing Continues ]

Don't do it.

Don't do it.

Nothing they ask.
Don't do it.

Not anything.
Not a fucking thing.

You tell them
to go to fucking hell!

Tell them to go to fucking hell!

You tell them if he's hurt,
all bets are off.

- They know that.
- Tell them.

- I'll try to convey the message.
- Oh, you'll try.

Abdul Zaheer.

Faysal Ahmad.

Amir Wasif.

- What's he doing?
- Nafiz Jan.

Mustafa Hashmi.

Allahu Akbar.

Those are prisoner names,
aren't they?

Yes, the ones you're
holding at Bagram.

So he wants an exchange.

[ Martha ] Obviously this will take time.
He must know that.

Amir Wasif was responsible for the
marketplace bombing at Karachi, am I right?

Forget what he's done to us.

He killed three dozen
of your citizens that day.

You really want him
back on the street?

These are
Haqqani's demands, not ours.

We're as shocked as you
to hear that name.

You are? Really?

Okay. This is
an unexpected development.

Obviously nothing can happen until we
consult with our respective governments.

I'd like to suggest that we reconvene
same time tomorrow morning.

[ Foreign Language ]

[ Men Shouting ]

[ Groans ]

[ Shouts ]

[ Lock Clicks ]
[ Saul Groans ]

[ Door Closes ]

[ Door Opens ]

So you're feeling better.

Can I get you anything?

Why- Why were your men
following me?

They weren't.

You said they brought me here.

The police notified us
you were acting strangely.

Oh, so the police
were following me.

Only after you beat up
a security guard...

and started shooting people
with your fingers.

Is that what I was doing?

Well, maybe that was because
someone fucked with my meds.

What?

My pills that I rely on.

I'm wondering if someone
tampered with them.

I guess you don't think
it's out of the question.

And what?
You think I did it?

I didn't say that.

But did you?
No.

Well, who did?

I've no idea.

[ Scoffs ]

But you'd tell me, right?
[ Chuckles ]

Mr. Helpful, with your men who just
happened to be out in the streets?

You have this all wrong.
I saved you.

Yeah. Well, thanks.
You need to rest.

Get out of my way.

Where are you going?

Let me drive you
back to the embassy.

I'll get there myself.

Your new meds.

Thank you.
Okay.

Carrie, where have you been?

What happened? We have a
breach here at the embassy.

What? Someone
switched out my meds.

Where's Lockhart? Uh, with
the ambassador, I think.

Pry him away, discreetly.

I need you, him and me in the
secure room as soon as possible.

Just the three of us, until we
figure out who we can trust.

Yeah.

[ Lockhart ]
How could this possibly happen?

It's pretty clear how.
Someone got in my room.

Who could do this?
I don't know.

We need to bring
the ambassador into this.

We need to bring no one into this,
not until we think it through.

Do you know how many people
go in and out of here every day?

Finding the one
working against us?

Or who knows?
Maybe there's more than one.

- Did you brief her on the Saul situation?
- I was waiting for you.

Another clusterfuck.

What Haqqani wants for Saul.

A prisoner exchange.

This is Haqqani's
entire command structure.

We can't do it. That's what
I said in the meeting.

You give up these five, he basically
controls from here to Kabul.

I think that's the point.

So what's the plan?

What plan?
There's no plan.

No one wants this-
not us, not the White House.

Not Saul.
Especially not Saul.

But I will not have
my predecessor...

joining Daniel Pearl and Jim Foley
with their heads in a basket.

So you tell me.
What do we do?

We find another way.
[ Lockhart Chuckles ]

I'm gonna need
something more specific.

In the meantime, I need to let the
ambassador know what happened to you.

- Sir- - I was cross with our
Pakistani friends again today.

She made me promise-
transparency, teamwork.

Ah, there was another
I forget what the fuck it was.

You told me we're gonna
get this place under control.

So you didn't exactly say
what happened to you last night.

I don't know
what happened to me last night.

Really. I-I ended up
at the residence of Colonel Khan.

The ISI counterterrorism chief?

[ Sighs ]

He said his men found me.

Some police lockup, apparently.

And you don't remember?

Not really. Just that it was-
[ Chuckles ]

It was crazy.

Pretty fucking low of 'em.

They exploited a weakness.

They poisoned you.

[ Sighs ]

At least there are no illusions
where anyone stands. [ Door Opens ]

Oh, fuck.

Goddamn it.

[ Exhales ]

Come on.

[ Sighs ]

[ Groans ]
God.

[ Door Opens ]
[ Grunts ]

[ Men Speaking
Foreign Language ]

[ Coughing ]

[ Coughing Stops]

[ Foreign Language Continues ]

You're sure about this,
this breach?

You tell me how else
it could have happened.

Fine. I'll start
the changeover protocol.

New locks, new codes.

I feel like I'm in a fucking war.

What did you expect?

I don't know.

Isn't Pakistan
supposed to be on our side?

I really don't know
how you do it-

sit across from them,
day after day,

knowing all they want
is to stab us in the back.

I'm a diplomat.
It's my job.

To eat shit.
To suck it up.

If that's what it takes to find
areas of common interest.

They hate us.

Good luck finding
common interest in that.

[ Dennis ]
Hey.

He doesn't look too happy.

Neither do you,
for that matter.

These may be
just the thing.

From Reema's.
[ Chuckles ]

I was passing by after work.

These are genuine balushahi.

That's like halfway to a doughnut.

Don't go outside, okay?

What do you mean?

Let someone else teach
your class for a while.

Can you do that?

It's not safe.

[ Sighs ] It's not like I'm an ex-director
of anything. No one's gonna take me.

There are other things
going on.

Like what?

Fine.
I understand.

There's been a breach here,
in the embassy.

You can't tell anyone, okay?

Sure.

Just be careful.

[ Rattling ]

[ Clattering ]

[ Straining ]

[ Both Grunting ]

[ Groans ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Grunts, Panting ]

Fuck.

[ Ringing, Vibrating ]

Hello.

Thank God.
Carrie, it's me.

[ Carrie ] Quinn. Quinn, get up.
[ Knocking ]

Just a second.

Saul escaped.
Where is he?

He doesn't know.
He's on foot.

He's calling back in 15-
11 minutes.

We have to locate him
and put together an exfil plan.

[ Redmond ] Did he call?
Not yet. You ready?

- Good to go. - We needed a
break. Maybe we finally got one.

- [ Cell Phone Rings ]
- Right on time.

Saul.

- What do I do? - Saul, it's Quinn.
We need to locate you first.

- What can you see?
- Nothing. It's pitch-black.

- I can't see my feet.
- The good news is nobody can see you.

We have a GPS signal.

Hold on.
Think we got you.

Give me topo five,
50 miles in every direction.

- So where am I?
- Saul, I need you to calm down. Breathe.

I'm fucking breathing.

I usually walk two blocks
to the deli. It's flat.

Okay. Quiet now.
Sound travels.

Just-

Just tell me what to do.

You said you wanted a break.
Take a look at this.

Makeen.
We have an asset here.

- Saul?
- Yeah.

There's a ridgeline up the hill in
front you. Tell me when you're there.

How far out
is drone support?

Nearest is 350 miles away.

Reroute them. We'll want eyes
on Makeen in the morning.

Can we get Special Forces
in there?

Far as I know,
the road's passable.

Okay, okay.
I'm there.

- Good.
- [ Breathing Heavily ]

Get me out of here.

All right. Listen. We're gonna move you.
Look back the way you came.

To your left, 10:00, you should
see lights on the valley floor.

That's Makeen.
We have an asset there.

- How far is it?
- Uh, 20 miles.

Oh, shit. Oh, God.

No, it's good.
20 miles, come morning-

As far as they know,
could be any direction.

It's 1,500 square miles they have to cover.
You're a needle in a haystack.

The asset's name
is Azam Shah.

He's a grocer in the center of
town, on the Ferozepur Road.

Special Forces will extract you there.
Repeat back to me.

Saul, when we hang up,

we'll be radio silent until
you reach the rendezvous point.

Please repeat
the extraction plan back to me.

Where's Carrie?

Carrie?

Yeah, Saul.
I need to talk to you.

Just you and me.

Carrie, you there?
I'm here.

Just us, right?

Just us.
Listen.

I'm not gonna be recaptured
by those people.

Understood.
That's why we're all here.

That's not
what I'm talking about.

I will not be a pawn
in this prisoner exchange.

I will not play Haqqani's game.

No one should suffer
for my mistakes,

let alone a whole country.

Carrie, you hear me?

Yeah.

You need to promise.

Something goes wrong, you drop
a bomb on the whole mess.

You know what
this exchange plan is about.

You know it can't happen.

Escape or die.
Promise me.

Okay.

No. No, no, no.
Not “okay.”

You need to promise I will not be allowed
to fall back into the hands of the Taliban,

or, swear to God, I'm stepping
off a cliff right now.

Escape or die.
I promise.

Asset is Azam Shah.

Runs a grocery store
on Ferozepur Road, Makeen.

I'm starting now.

Saul?

[ Carrie ] Saul's almost there.
What's the word on Special Forces?

[ Quinn ]
About an hour and a half out.

Is there anything
you want to tell me?

You mean what Saul said to me
last night.

Mm-hmm.

He's not gonna allow himself
to be recaptured.

He said take him out
if it comes to that.

Which is exactly
what you said he'd want.

No one wants that.

He made me promise.

If it comes to that.

Yep.
Which it won't.

Right. That's what
Special Forces is for.

[ Door Opens ]

The Pakistani delegation
just arrived. You ready?

The ambassador has
a list of questions to present.

A stall, basically.

She figures the entire agenda
will take 20 minutes,

after which
we're back here on Saul.

You think they know?

That their great bargaining
chip has vanished?

Please. They were told
the second he escaped.

It's been a series of calls
with the White House.

You can imagine
the levels of scrutiny.

But I'm sure Mr. Lockhart
will be here shortly.

- [ Dennis ] They know.
- What?

About the pills. They know.
Calm down.

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

You told me Carrie Mathison would
be on a plane by now. She's not.

She's on a rampage, trying to
find out who fucking poisoned her.

[ Tasneem ] I'm pretty sure she
has other things on her mind.

I need you to do
something for me, Dennis.

- Forget it. It's too hot.
- It's going to be easy.

Calling it a breach.
That's the word they used.

- [ Martha] Oh. Here they are.
- Sorry for the delay.

We're all ready then.

It can't be a surprise
to anyone...

that the White House
has a number of questions...

about Haqqani's request
for an exchange of prisoners.

To avoid misunderstanding,
I've itemized them here.

Item one.

The president insists that proof of
life be provided on a daily basis.

I'm afraid we have no way to guarantee
daily communications, Madam Ambassador.

[ Martha ] The president requires daily
proof of life to authorize the release.

[ Bunny ]
I will convey the request.

Next. One of the names
on your list-

Not our list.

[ Martha ]
Of course.

One of the prisoners,
Faysal Ahmad,

is undergoing treatment
for a viral infection.

US medical personnel estimate
he can travel in three days.

- [ Bunny ] Estimate?
- Three days.

- Estimate?
- That's what I was told.

Hello?

Azam Shah?

Stop.

Who are you?

Didn't they say?

Who?

- The Americans.
- Shut up.

If you have no idea what I'm
talking about, then shoot me.

But if you do,
I've come for help.

As long as Mr. Ahmad can walk, he should be
on that transport with the other exchangees.

[ Martha ]
Item 7B- Amir Wasif.

I'm sure that everyone here is aware that
this name poses particular challenges.

- These challenges-
- [Carrie ] Excuse me.

These challenges
are only examples-

Carrie.

They know.
They know where Saul is.

[ Elevator Bell Dings ]

[ Quinn ] That was fast.
It's still going on.

Fuck. Fuck!
What is it?

We've been saying they have to locate a
single human being in 1,000 square miles,

a needle in a haystack,
but that's not true.

They don't have to find Saul. All they
have to do is find that, find us.

We have a drone
directly over Makeen.

They not only know
where Saul is,

they know the only direction
help could be coming from.

Check flight operations. I want to know everything
the Pakistani Air Force has been doing.

That's why they were
so smug in there.

Five sorties,
all in the border region.

They know. We've got to get
everyone on the ground a heads-up.

Three-one-Delta.

Three-one-Delta,
this is Islamabad.

- Your position, please.
- Three-one-Delta.

We're closing on M-town.
We're currently four klicks out.

Three-one-Delta,
repeat, please.

- [ Static ]
- Ah.

- Can we do something about this?
- Let me see.

Three-one-Delta,
be advised-

[ Static, Feedback ]

[ Man ] No, it's not coming in.
Signal's down.

Fuck. Back it up.

Looks like the Taliban
are everywhere.

Three-one-Delta.
Wait out.

Rerouting via raw street
seven niner.

Say again-
Raw street seven niner.

It's gonna take them forever.

Haqqani's Taliban-

They showed up
five years ago,

making noise
about sharia law,

demanding to see
people's papers,

asking for IDs
they couldn't even read.

When they shutdown the school,
it was clear what they wanted-

for us to become like them.

My father-

My father stood up to them.

They placed a mine outside his house,
under his favorite tree.

When he died,
everyone else backed down.

The next day,
I called the Americans.

[ Cell Phone Rings ]

[ Foreign Language ] [ Carrie ]
I need to talk to your guest, please.

- Yeah.
- Saul, how you doing?

[ Grunts ]

Ready to get out of here.
Good.

- Uh, there's been a slight
change of plans. - What's wrong?

Nothing. We just want to move you to the
south edge of town, closer to pickup.

There's too many people. We don't
want you stuck in the center.

- Fine. - There's a hospital
about four streets down.

You can get there by the
alleyway, straight out the back.

Okay .
Behind the hospital,

there's a large park
that backs up to the hills.

- We'll meet you there.
- I'm on my way.

Keep your phone on.
We need to track you.

- They said I should take this.
- Good.

You can take that too.

[ Softly ]
Thank you.

- Thank you.
- You're always welcome here.

[ Shouting In Foreign Language]

[ Phone Vibrates ]

I apologize
for my colleagues' absence.

I'm not sure
what's keeping them.

I wonder if we should take
a formal recess.

No. We'll wait.

I'm sure they'll be back soon.

Islamabad,
three-one-Delta.

Hit a roadblock.
Eight enemy.

Stand by.

[ Engine Revving ]

[ Bullets Striking Vehicle ]

- Someone tell me this isn't happening.
- Keep them coming.

- They got to pull back.
- They need to get to town.

Damn it.

Now where did these guys
come from?

Fuck.

Okay. I want these guys tagged, all of
them. We have to track where they go.

[ Man ] Yes, ma'am.
I'm tagging them now.

Get me Saul.

- Yeah.
- Saul?

I need to redirect you slightly.
Turn right- now.

- Okay. Good.
- Something wrong?

Uh, no.

Carrie, what's going on?

We're seeing
some Taliban presence in town.

Not some.

A lot.

And they're searching.

Uh, hold on one second.

Tag these.

Carrie.

They know I'm here.

There are too many of them.
I can't get through.

Just hang tight.
It's not that bad.

You gotta trust me.
I've got the big picture here.

Okay.
Now listen carefully.

No.

- What are you doing?
- What we said.

No. You have to keep moving.

I will not go back
to those people, Carrie.

Saul, we're almost there.

I had a good run of it.

No! No! Saul!
What are you doing?

- You've gotta listen to me. It's not over.
- They're everywhere.

You must see them.

Too many.

No! I'm here.
I'm here in the ops room.

I am looking at the screen, and I
am telling you it is not hopeless.

There is a way.

Saul?

Saul, we will thread the needle,
you and I.

We will get you home, but you need
to put that gun down and focus.

You need to do
exactly what I say.

Saul?

Saul?

- [ Whispers ] Where are Special Forces?
- They're not coming.

Turn them around.
We can't.

Saul, they're waiting for you at the
rendezvous. Don't let them down.

Saul, you're in a courtyard.

You need to exit it now.

He's moving.

Okay.

So at the alleyway,
you're gonna take a right.

That's the way I came.

Well, we're gonna
retrace your steps a bit.

What now?
Uh-

Up ahead, there's, uh,
one, two, three buildings.

Veer left.

- Carrie.
- [ Men Shouting ]

Don't worry. I see them. There
should be a door to your left.

It's locked.

- Try the next one.
- No good.

Okay, okay. I'm in.

Keep moving. You're looking for
an exit across the building.

- Where?
- Uh, t-to your left and then your-

then your right, probably.

I see one.
Good.

That'll take you out to a street,
and the park is two blocks away.

- Okay.
- Just keep moving.

I am.

Carrie.
[ Men Shouting ]

Get 'em off of me!

Carrie!
Get 'em off of me!

You fucking lied to me!
Goddamn you!

You fucking lied!
You fucking lied to me!

Fuck you! Fuck you!
Goddamn you!

Oh, damn you!
You fucking lied to me!

Oh, goddamn you!
Goddamn you!

Just... turn it off.

I think I'll go back
to the conference room.

I was really looking forward to telling
those people to go fuck themselves.

But I don't see that
happening now.

Tell Haqqani
we'll meet his demands.

[ Carrie ] I was trying to
do the right thing for once.

I was trying to keep someone
alive instead of- [ Sighs ]

Steering them to their death.

Which you did.

I don't know what I did.

I betrayed Saul. He was counting
on me, and I betrayed him.

I mean, how- How could saving
someone's life be the wrong choice?

But it was, because
there are only wrong choices.

And it's like I'm-I'm finally...

seeing it now for the first time.

Nothing good can happen in this fucked-up
world that we've made for ourselves.

Can it?

We've been up for two days.

I think we could both
use some rest.

Good night.

[ Cell Phone Ringing ]

[ Ringing Stops ]

Well, you won.

Did We?

You said you had
something to tell me.

What happened to you
the other night with the drugs-

It wasn't me.

You said that already.
I know.

More than once.
I need you to believe me.

Why?

I'm not sure.

Maybe because it's true?

You make everything so hard,
you know that?

Next time you complain about the
distrust between us, you remember this.

Right now.

That was fucked up
what they did to me.

[ Stammers ]
Maybe it was fair.

Maybe it's what we do to each
other all the time, but...

it didn't feel fair.

Not at all.

I believe you though.

I know you're telling
the truth, because...

I remember.

Not-

Not everything, but enough.

The part at the end with you.

You can't do this. You can't
tell me you have something-

It was Dennis Boyd
who switched your pills.

The ambassador's husband.

He's working against you.

That's all I can say.

[ Crickets Chirping ]

[ Keys Clack, Bell Dings ]

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