Fucker Shot Me

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"Fucker Shot Me"
Homeland episode
Episode no.Season 8
Episode 7
Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter
Written by Chip Johannessen
Patrick Harbinson
Production code8WAH07
Original air dateMarch 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)
Running time57 minutes
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"Fucker Shot Me" is the seventh episode of the eighth season of the American television drama series Homeland , and the 91st episode overall. It premiered on Showtime on March 22, 2020.

Contents

Plot

Yevgeny (Costa Ronin) takes Carrie (Claire Danes) to the location where Max (Maury Sterling) is being held. Carrie briefly speaks with Max, who tells her what happened to the flight recorder. Yevgeny tries to negotiate Max's release, but instead Max is abruptly taken to a new location. Yevgeny and Carrie follow the group.

A date for Haqqani's (Numan Acar) trial is set. The United States has the recording of Haqqani's conversation with his son about wanting to end the war. Saul (Mandy Patinkin) wishes to formally enter the recording as evidence, but is forbidden by President Hayes (Sam Trammell). Saul and Tasneem (Nimrat Kaur) successfully appeal to one of the judges (Zineb Triki) to grant a continuation. However, on the day of the trial, it becomes apparent that G'ulom (Mohammad Bakri) swapped judges at the last minute. With the new presiding judge (Nasser Memarzia), there is no pretense of a trial. Haqqani is immediately found guilty and sentenced to death. Saul calls Wellington (Linus Roache) and asks him to convince Hayes to intervene. Wellington replies with skepticism, explaining that Hayes just had a private conversation with G'ulom, and that his own influence on Hayes is slipping.

Observing the new hideout from afar, Carrie and Yevgeny see Jalal Haqqani (Elham Ehsas) arrive on the scene. Carrie calls Mike (Cliff Chamberlain) to request a special ops team be deployed to extract Max. Jalal asks Max if he knows who shot down the helicopter. Carrie sneaks closer to see if Max is still alive. She watches as Max is forced into an orange jumpsuit and being readied to be videotaped.

Production

The episode was directed by executive producer Lesli Linka Glatter and co-written by executive producers Patrick Harbinson and Chip Johannessen.

Reception

Reviews

Scott Von Doviak of The A.V. Club gave the episode a "B+" grade and commented "suddenly this does feel like a final season in the making. Things are coming full circle". [1]

New York Magazine's Brian Tallerico rated the episode 3 out of 5 stars, and called it "kind of a thin episode. There’s some nice work by Claire Danes as Carrie is faced with reliving the repercussions of a major decision that she made back in season four, but we haven’t really moved the ball much down the field by the end of this episode". [2]

Ratings

The original broadcast was watched by 1.09 million viewers. [3]

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References

  1. Von Doviak, Scott (March 22, 2020). "Carrie's past actions come back to haunt her on a treacherous Homeland". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  2. Tallerico, Brian (March 22, 2020). "Homeland Recap: Show of Strength". New York Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  3. Metcalf, Mitch (March 24, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.22.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.