In Memoriam

In Memoriam
Written by:	Chip Johannessen
Directed by:	Jeremy Podeswa
Production number:	2WAH11
Running time:	52 minutes
Original airdate:	December 9, 2012
Viewers (millions):	2.36

In Memoriam is the eleventh episode of Season 2 of Homeland. It aired on December 9, 2012.

Synopsis[]

A Big Day, the search for Abu Nazir continues. Meanwhile, Saul Berenson has to undergo a lie detector test. Jessica and Nicholas Brody finally talk about their relationship.

Episode guide[]

Carrie searches the warehouse for Abu Nazir in vain. When she goes outside, several FBI TAC teams are already there. Carrie can't believe she's lost sight of Abu Nazir, but Quinn stops her from looking for him any further. When he asks her how she managed to escape, Carrie replies that she was very lucky. Then Quinn informs her that Walden died of a heart attack. Meanwhile, Jess makes it clear to Brody that it's time to think seriously about their relationship. Before Brody can answer, he receives a call from Carrie. Brody tells her how relieved he is that she's okay.

A man named Larry comes into an interview room with a lie detector, where Saul is already waiting for him. Saul is upset because he thinks Estes is just trying to slow him down. Larry explains to him that he won't be the one conducting the interview, but someone else. A man then comes over and asks Saul questions about Aileen Morgan. Finally, he asks if Saul got Aileen the gun she used to kill herself. Saul then becomes even angrier because Estes tries to get rid of him with this accusation. This way, no one stands in his way when he wants to execute Brody after they have caught Abu Nazir.

Quinn tells Carrie that they cannot find Abu Nazir and that they have to consider that he may have escaped. Carrie cannot believe this and claims that she heard him in the warehouse shortly before the TAC teams arrived. If Abu Nazir really escaped, she thinks he must have had help. Carrie therefore wants to know who is leading the search besides Quinn. He replies that Galvez is still in charge, but he drove away a few minutes earlier. Carrie is sure that Galvez has Nazir with him. With the help of an FBI team and Quinn, they follow Galvez. However, they discover that he was on his way to the hospital alone because the stitches on his broken arm had come undone.

The next morning, Dana is annoyed to find that they no longer have any milk in the house and accuses her father of being to blame for them not being allowed to leave the house. She also says that she wants to go back to school and that they would be better off with Mike than with Brody. Jess finally calms things down.

Carrie and Quinn arrive in Langley, where they are met by Estes. Estes asks Quinn to question Roya and emphasizes that he does not want Carrie present during the questioning. Since Carrie does not notice this, she ends up being the one questioning Roya. Carrie tries to make it clear to her that Abu Nazir's goals are not the same as hers. Roya then asks her if she has ever known anyone who made her do things that are not like her. Carrie answers yes, whereupon Roya freaks out and accuses her of not knowing what she wants and what Americans have already done to her family. Carrie then leaves the questioning room in a state of dismay and is sent home by Quinn.

Estes is told by the man who questioned Saul that he has achieved his goal and that Estes now has the opportunity to fire Saul. He also tells Estes that Saul has started talking about killing a US congressman. At the same time, Carrie is on her way home. Halfway there, however, she turns around and tells Quinn on the phone that she wants to return to the old warehouse. Since Roya mentioned that Abu Nazir would never escape, she wants to look around the warehouse's tunnels again. When she gets there, she only finds one man from the FBI, with whom she goes into the tunnel.

Estes has a short conversation with Saul, who is now sure that Estes wants him out of the way so that he can carry out the assassination attempt on Brody without any obstacles. Estes makes it clear that Brody is a terrorist and then fires Saul. Meanwhile, Carrie has found a hollow space in the warehouse where she thinks Abu Nazir is hiding. In fact, they find a sleeping bag there, but Nazir is not there. Carrie then makes her way outside to call the other members of the TAC team, but as soon as she has left, she hears the FBI man being killed. Carrie then flees from Abu Nazir and is soon supported by the rest of the TAC team. When they try to arrest him, Abu Nazir makes a sudden movement that causes the TAC team to shoot him. Nazir is killed in the process.

A short time later, Estes gives Quinn the green light to kill Brody. Meanwhile, his family tells him that Abu Nazir has been killed and that they can finally go home. Brody is speechless and starts to cry. Later, he sits in the car with Jess and the two talk about their relationship again. Jess says that she tried to please him after he returned, but it was obviously not enough. Brody doesn't blame her and then wants to tell her the truth about the day Tom Walker died. However, Jess interrupts him and says that she no longer wants to know the truth. What she does know, however, is that Brody loves Carrie. Brody asks how they're going to tell the kids about their breakup, but Jess replies that the kids already know.

Later, Brody rings Carrie's doorbell and spends the night with her. Quinn watches from the car.

Reviews[]

Some other thoughts:

* James Urbaniak returns as genial polygraph expert Larry, but unfortunately doesn’t get to stick around to conduct the interview with Saul, replaced by an Estes goon played by Chance Kelly.

* Best example of embracing a cliche: Carrie literally washing the blood off her hands after she told no one about Brody’s role in Walden’s death, or Dana literally crying (or, at least, throwing a tantrum) over spilled milk?

* Oddly, this episode was called “The Motherf–ker with a Turban” for a very long time. Now, though, “In Memoriam.”

* As many others (including Nussbaum and Libby Hill) noted on Twitter, Brody telling Carrie that choosing between her and Walden was no contest isn’t really the compliment he wanted it to be, given how much he despised Walden – and how Carrie knows this. - ALAN SEPINWALL

Quotes[]

“For the longest time, all I wanted was for you to tell me the truth,” Jessica tells Brody in the parked car that is their relationship. “I don’t have to know anymore. I just don’t want to.”

Carrie — “Have you ever had someone who somehow takes over your life, pulls you in, gets you to do things that aren’t really you?”
Roya drops the hammer — “Well, I’ve never been that stupid. You idiot whore! … You think this is some fucking game?!?”

“The test is a goddamn farce,” Saul barks.

Mitchell Clawson: [to Estes] He went on this crazy rant about an assassination plot against a U.S. Congressman. The machine said he was telling the truth.

“We just went along – one thing to the next. I think maybe this is a time to stop and think.” -Jessica

Carrie Mathison: Walden's dead.

Nicholas Brody: Look... all that matters to me right now is that you're safe.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Starring[]

Co-Starring[]

Dane Northcutt as TAC Team Leader
Kim Dean as Newscaster
Scott Miles as Police Officer
Jason Davis as Search Tech
Hakim Callender as Guard

Notes[]

Although credited, Diego Klattenhoff, David Marciano and Jamey Sheridan do not appear in the episode

Gallery[]

Videos[]

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#202	"Beirut is Back"	#208	"I'll Fly Away"
#203	"State of Independence"	#209	"Two Hats"
#204	"New Car Smell"	#210	"Broken Hearts"
#205	"Q&A"	#211	"In Memoriam"
#206	"A Gettysburg Address"	#212	"The Choice"