13 Hours in Islamabad

13 Hours in Islamabad
Written by:	Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon
Directed by:	Dan Attias
Production number:	4WAH10
Running time:	45 minutes
Original airdate:	December 7, 2014
Viewers (millions):	1.95

13 Hours in Islamabad is the tenth episode of Season 4 of Homeland. It aired on December 7, 2014.

Synopsis[]

This Is No Exercise, the embassy is overrun by Haissam Haqqani and his men and Peter Quinn is the only one left to stop the terrorist while Carrie Mathison and Saul Berenson continue to be shot at.

Episode guide[]

When Carrie comes to, she first sees John, who has a piece of glass stuck in his throat. His face is smeared with blood. Saul, who is also conscious, tries to calm an upset Carrie. Martha explains to Quinn that the ISI knows about the tunnel to the embassy and the accident is probably just a red herring. Quinn then contacts the Navy at the scene of the accident. He is told that six have died, including John Redmond, but that Carrie and Saul have survived. He tells the man on the phone to return to the embassy with his people immediately. A second after he hangs up, he is shot. More snipers start firing, and Carrie and Saul duck for cover. She calls Aasar, who promises to send help but is stopped by Tasneem. She asks him to wait ten minutes. Aasar immediately understands that Haqqani is involved and can't believe Tasneem is working with him. However, Tasneem insists on her position and insists that support will not be sent to the scene of the accident for another ten minutes.

As Quinn searches the tunnel, Lockhardt informs the embassy staff to prepare all their documents and hard drives as they may need to be destroyed immediately. Then Lockhardt is handed a list containing all the contact details of her allies. Hensleigh explains that the list is particularly valuable and there is no copy, so they must take it to the vault together. Shortly thereafter, Haqqani arrives at the offices with his men and gradually begins shooting everyone in the room. Hensleigh counters and tells Lockhart to take the list off. Shortly thereafter, Quinn tries to reach Hensleigh, but to no avail as he is also murdered. Quinn then follows a group of Taliban in the tunnel with a Marine soldier. Haqqani realizes with frustration that the most important document is missing. Some of the employees, including Max and Fara, were taken hostage. He asks Fara to tell him where the list is. When Fara refuses, he points out to her that she is a Muslim herself and yet kills other Muslims.

Haqqani finds out through another employee where the list is and then informs the Taliban in the tunnel, which Quinn overhears. After the conversation, Quinn and the soldiers kill all the Taliban and grab one of the devices they use to communicate with Haqqani.

At the scene of the accident, Carrie tries to understand why Haqqani attacked her while at the same time being armed to kill a sniper. She also wonders why the ISI has not yet appeared to help.

Lockhardt is in the embassy vault with Martha, Boyd, and a few others. Martha tries to get help over the phone, but to no avail. Haqqani, meanwhile, arrives in front of the vault, where he demands over the surveillance camera that the door be opened. When no one responds, one of the hostages is killed. Before he has to kill anyone else, Martha steps in and tells Haqqani over the intercom that she won't open the door as she needs an order from Washington to do so. Haqqani wants to speak to Lockhart, whereupon Martha claims that he is not in the vault. Two more people are shot, then Haqqani grabs Fara and threatens to cut her throat, causing Lockhart to stop watching. Martha tries to stop him, but Lockart just pushes her out of the way. Since the door has a countdown, he has to wait another minute before it opens.

Meanwhile, Quinn and his henchman have also arrived at the scene and are getting an idea of what happened. As Quinn ponders her next steps, the door to the vault opens. Lockhart hands the list to one of Haqqani's men. Haqqani kills Fara anyway, whereupon Quinn immediately intervenes and a shootout ensues. Ultimately, it's the prone Max who can finish it off. However, Haqqani escaped with the list, so Quinn and the soldier immediately follow him. One of Haqqani's companions has a small explosive device with him, which he uses to block access after them. Quinn then returns to the others. Max has the dead Fara in her arms. At the scene of the accident, Carrie finally receives support from the ISI, but most of the soldiers are already dead.

Four hours later, Martha and Lockhart are watching TV when Martha gets a call. At the same time, Max and Carrie stare at Fara's corpse. He tells her that Fara just wanted Carrie's approval, but she never had a kind word for her. Carrie replies that, looking back, she wishes she had praised Fara. Lockhart arrives and asks Carrie for a private chat. He explains to her that they will all be sent back to America and that the diplomatic relationship with Pakistan will come to an end. Carrie understands this, but insists on being one of the last to go to save as many of her allies as possible. However, Lockhart makes it clear to her that the President does not want Carrie to continue to lead missions. But he also blames himself for handing the list to Haqqani. Carrie replies that it was a brave decision nonetheless.

Martha visits Boyd, who has been locked in a cell again and wants to speak to her. He asks her to give him her belt. Martha immediately understands that he would rather end his life than spend his life in prison as a traitor and responsible for the deaths of 36 people. He also makes it clear to her that his death would save her career. Martha can't believe it. She tells him she can't give him her belt but runs to the locker where Boyd's belt is. She hesitates, but Boyd begs her to do it for his family. Martha tosses him the belt and then disappears without another word.

Quinn asks Saul where he was being held by Haqqani before the trade, since Haqqani may be there now, especially since Quinn shot him and he needs medical attention. Quinn asks Saul numerous questions and becomes increasingly impatient and aggressive when the exhausted Saul is unable to give him helpful answers. Carrie arrives and tells Quinn to give Saul a break. Quinn tries to convince her how important it is and that this is her last chance to find Haqqani before he disappears again. Carrie tells him about the retreat from Pakistan, but Quinn doesn't care, reminding Carrie that he's only here for her. However, Carrie gives him the order to pack his things so that he can also fly to America the next morning.

After Quinn disappears without a word, Carrie inquires about Saul's well-being. He blames himself because many people have died because of him, but Carrie makes it clear to him that attacking the embassy was Haqqani's plan from the start. Quinn goes to the Taliban bodies and claims to photograph them for later identification. Instead, he searches them for objects and actually finds a cell phone. Meanwhile, Carrie calls Fara's father to tell him about his daughter's death.

Quinn and Parvez leave the embassy. When they get to town, he thanks Parvez for his help and tells him not to tell Carrie. He then gets out, being pursued by the ISI, including Ghazi. Quinn is aware of this and causes chaos at the market by starting a fire. This is how he can escape. He then threatened Ghazi, who was waiting in the car, with a gun. He tells him to drive to a building where Quinn has already prepared everything for a torture. He asks Ghazi where Haqqani is and when he won't answer him, he knocks him out. In his trouser pocket he finds the same mobile phone as the deceased Taliban's.

Departure is scheduled for the next morning. Carrie tells Lockhart that Quinn is missing. She asks for five days to find him. Lockhart does not want to agree at first, but then grants her the short period of time. Martha says she's missing someone too, her husband, to which Carrie explains that he's under special guard and already in one of the cars. Martha then goes to the car and realizes that Boyd is actually still alive.

Carrie says goodbye to Saul. He understands that she hasn't gotten to the point where she's ready to give up and tells her to be careful.

Quotes[]

"Give it to me and no one else dies!"
"You could have said something nice, just once. It would have meant so much."
"I'm not the one who keeps insisting the enemy is our friend."
"Give me your belt."
"You're the one who got me here, you're the one who said all this was important."
Quinn to Carrie: "Here's the thing. It's not up to you. You've had your chance.... so if you've lost your way - or your nerve, fine. What you have to do now is get out of my way."
“I’m old. I’ve made a fool of my time.” - Saul

Trivia[]

What the banner flying over the walls of the US embassy says? “JIHAD OF ISLAM” to live or be guided by Islam (religion) it’s read from right to left!

Politically in Homeland, the grievance was even greater, particularly on Pakistan's involvement in terrorism: repeated evidence that Pakistan's intelligence agency [ Inter-Services-Intelligence ] is complicit in protecting terrorists at the expense of innocent civilians is true, and also an insult to irrevocable sacrifices of thousands of Pakistani Security members in the war on terrorism... Homeland makes it appear that Pakistan despises Americans and their values and principles.
As a director of series television Dan Attias has received the Directors Guild of America award for outstanding direction of dramatic television and has been nominated for multiple Emmy awards for his comedy directing. He continues to work on some of the most celebrated and critically acclaimed American television shows, including Homeland.

Reviews[]

“…In this case, that open window is Peter Quinn in FULL supersoldier mode, tiptoeing through the embassy destroying Haqqani’s men with extreme prejudice. For a long time, his alleged badassery has been very ‘tell, don’t show,’ with only glimpses of his off-book, black-ops missions. But now we finally got to see what peak Peter Quinn is, and it is excellent. He is excellent.” – Price Peterson

I could be completely wrong and shouting nonsense into the void, but hey — I'm starting to get how Homeland operates, and a forbidden affair between a super-attractive, high-ranking ISI man and a super-attractive, high-ranking CIA woman? Totally their MO. - Rosie Narasaki

An Intelligence Expert Weighs In - By Sarene Leeds

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Starring[]

Co-Starring[]

Nick Boraine as Alan Hensleigh
Meren Reddy as Parvez
Tamer Burjaq as Farhad Ghazi
Thabo Rametsi as Private Bryce
Luke Tyler as Young Analyst
Anton Jeftha as Sergeant Mullen
Mogamatdien Basadien as Vendor
Ernest St. Clair as Taliban Fighter
Mzu Mtantiso as Marine Sergeant
Zain Mia as Mohsen
Annika Larsen as News Anchor
Candice D'Arcy as Marine Private
Nic Rasenti as Marine
Charlie Bouquenon as Captain Fox

Videos[]

Homeland 'A Diversion' Official Clip Season 4 Episode 10

Season 4

#401	"The Drone Queen"	#407	"Redux"
#402	"Trylon and Perisphere"	#408	"Halfway to a Donut"
#403	"Shalwar Kameez"	#409	"There's Something Else Going On"
#404	"Iron in the Fire"	#410	"13 Hours in Islamabad"
#405	"About a Boy"	#411	"Krieg Nicht Lieb"
#406	"From A to B and Back Again"	#412	"Long Time Coming"