The Master Manipulator

“GAME ON”

Meter Reading: 60/100

As much as this season has been a stinker in my eyes, I am continuously amazed by the genius of Saul Berenson. We discover at the end of this week’s episode that Saul has enlisted Carrie (and only Carrie) to carry out his secret plan. The Senate hearings where he named “the case officer in question” as having a relationship with Brody; having Carrie committed to a mental hospital; knowing that Dar Adal would do whatever it took to block the release of Carrie from the mental hospital; knowing that Carrie’s newfound publicity would draw the attention of interested parties hoping to break her out of the mental hospital in exchange for unraveling top-secret CIA information; staging a meeting with the lawyers where Carrie could ask to meet the “interested parties” in-person--- was all a part of Saul’s well-crafted plan.

Saul is the ultimate manipulator, and he is cold and calculated, putting whomever at risk to carry out his plan. He, along with Quinn are the only saving graces of this season and it is a shame, but I understand why, Saul cannot have more on-air time because that would foil the writers’ plan and give away the twist that Saul and Carrie have been working together this whole time.

I’d like to now introduce a new segment I’d like to call, “Did you pick up on that?”.

DID YOU PICK UP ON THAT?:

1.       At the beginning of the episode, the audience sees Carrie in the hospital, sleepless. She then hears screams from another patient down the hall being restrained by multiple doctors attempting to sedate the patient. Scary sight for a woman trying to get herself out of there. This scene reminded me and SCH of the 1975 movie, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. Did you pick up on that?

2.       When Carrie hears the news that she will not be released from the hospital, she urges her lawyer to let her call her family. Whilst speaking with her father (who seems to be doing very well these days, embarking on several chess matches a day and #winning), Carrie expresses her desperation and implores him to call Saul and let him know, “I’ll do whatever it takes to get out of here”. What’s interesting about that is Carrie expresses the same sentiment to her doctor in last week’s episode. While watching, we think, “Wow, this woman is delusional, why would Saul who is trying to keep her down want to talk to Carrie?” Did you pick up on that?

3.       I’m sure you picked up on this next one, but the man, who Fara is tracking down through the missing money, is in Venezuela. Quinn, in the first episode of the season, was in Venezuela tracking down the “Tin Man”. Brody, who we first saw in the last episode was in Venezuela. VENEZUELA VENEZUELA VENEZUELA VENEZUELA VENEZUELA VENEZUELA VENEZUELA VENEZUELA. Did you pick up on that?

4.       Now let’s get to the worst storyline of the season, Dana Brody. What a lost soul. What a dumb soul. “My father was a terrorist. The last true thing he said to me was “goodbye” when I was 8”. Wah, wah, wah, wah. Anyways….we see Leo break out of the youth center, hop in a car and who is driving? Dana! A car, a bad boy and Dana. Sound familiar? Finn…RIP. Did you pick up on that

Character(s) of the Week:

So glad to have Virgil back on air!!!

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Question of the Week:

Will Saul travel to Venezuela this season?