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Homeland Season 1 Episode 5

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AIRED: Oct 30, 2011

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Brody confronts his captor during a C.I.A. interrogation. What happens adds to Carrie's suspicion that Brody isn't a hero after all.

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Homeland: When in Doubt, Speedmetal Works

This week, an interrogation revealed more about the interrogators than the suspect under the bright lights, and Queen Anna from V made an appearance.

By Tim Surette, Oct 31, 2011

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Brody faces his captor.

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By DexterMorgan2, Mar 02, 2013

This episode has probably been the best so far when Brody's captor is brought from Pakistan into interrogation which is where they tried to make him as uncomfortable as possible with loud music coming every few seconds and cold air which soon got him to write down information The part that got me thinking was when Brody pushed David to talk to him and then his captor turns up dead right after This made Carrie believe more than ever that Brody is hiding something but she is so annoyed because she feels she is on her own when all she is trying to do is look out for the country.moreless
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Overall I found this episode to be one of the better in the series so far. I really like the interplay between Carrie and Saul, and we are starting to delve a little deeper into character development. However the series overall has a long way to go...moreless

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By matheson, Nov 22, 2011

I am really enjoying the relationship between Saul and Carrie. We also got to see a little more character development information with the introduction of Saul's wife as well as Carrie's dad who apparently suffers the same mental illness as Carrie. The episode however was fairly dull and predictable as this entire series is sadly.

I really, really want to like this show, but something big needs to happen soon. Maybe I've watched too many shows like this, but it is becoming overly predictable, and we haven't really had a single surprising plot twist.This episode didn't even really develop the terrorist plot any further except that now they have identified some suspects. We saw nothing about what they are planning. Essentially, we are in the same place we were in the first episode...Carrie's suspicious, nobody believes her, we're supposed to suspect Brody's a terrorist, Saul remains suspicious and skeptical, somewhere there is a supposed terrorist plot we know nothing about.

I like the characters but we need some story development. Nothing has really been revealed and I can't remember a single episode ending with a cliffhanger. I feel like I could miss 4-5 episodes at this pace and not really miss too much. It's time for some momentum. I'll stick with it for now but I need some plot development soon.moreless
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By thefanof, Nov 18, 2011

The torturing with the music and then the drunk walk out of the bar by Brody and Carrie, which was hilarious and spot-on I might add, made this episode. Little things like that are why this show is so good and why its viewership is up week to week. It is compelling drama and while it was a few little things that were great as opposed to the overall hour, it was still a good episode.moreless
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why the hell Saul Berenson say Yizkor after the terrorist commit a suecide? how come this is what he says (jewish pray) and not something muslim? i really want to get an answer for that because it does not make any sense for that to happend...............moreless

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By yonihbc, Nov 13, 2011

why the hell Saul Berenson say Yizkor after the terrorist commit a suecide? how come this is what he says (jewish pray) and not something muslim? i really want to get an answer for that because it does not make any sense for that to happend...............
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Claire Danes	Carrie Mathison
Damian Lewis	Nicholas Brody
Mandy Patinkin	Saul Berenson
Morena Baccarin	Jessica Brody
David Harewood	David Estes
Diego Klattenhoff	Mike Faber

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David Marciano	Virgil	Guest Star
Maury Sterling	Max	Guest Star
Navid Negahban	Abu Nazir	Guest Star

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- Saul recites a Kadish for Afsal, which is the jewish prayer for the dead.
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- International Episode Titles:
  Germany: Die Klinge (The Blade)
  France: Angle mort (English Mortality)
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- Additional credits:
  Deborah Ball - Hair Department Head
  John R. Bayless - Make-up Department Head
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- Although credited, Morgan Saylor (Dana Brody) does not appear in this episode.
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Canada: November 22, 2011 on Super Channel 2
  Australia: February 12, 2012 on TEN
  United Kingdom: March 18, 2012 on Channel 4/Channel 4 HD
  Finland: February 3, 2013 on MTV3
  Germany: February 24, 2013 on Sat.1
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- This episode had 1.28 million viewers on its original airing.
  
  Homeland drew its biggest audience yet, the Sunday 10PM airing was up +18% vs. the series premiere on October 2. HOMELAND delivered 1.28 million viewers at 10PM and 1.6 million viewers for the night.
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