to decode this moniker.

AsHomelandviewers and as totally innocent bystanders on this planet, we’re prisoners, too.

We’ve never been exactly sure where her loyalty lies this year and, frankly, neither has she.

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Like it’s a leftover bagel and not the most sought-after item in the intelligence world.

to find out how Yevgeny wants her to kill Saul.

(She’s supposed to poison him and then signal a GRU kill team.)

She goes straight to Maggie’s house, while Maggie is over at Saul’s (convenient!

Saul waits for her, creepy classical music blaring, knowing that something is up.

Carrie wouldn’t ignore Franny and Maggie unless she had a sinister plan readied.

They wind up barricaded in a basement room, the GRU in the process of breaking down the door.

Carrie’s grand deal with Yevgeny is successful, but no one is at peace with it.

Saul lost the most dedicated agent (and, potentially, friend) of his career.

Carrie lost Saul’s trust.

Scott Ryan had to see Anna shoot herself with his gun.

Cut back to Moscow, a jazz concert (and a Kamasi Washington cameo!)

“Greetings from Moscow, Professor,” Carrie reads in a voiceover.

“The Russian S400 missile defense system sold to Iran has a backdoor.

It can be defeated.

More updates to follow.

I’d like to think it was the former, and I’ll take it one further.