r/homeland • u/NicholasCajun • Feb 23 '20
Discussion Homeland - 8x03 "False Friends" - Episode Discussion
Season 8 Episode 3: False Friends
Aired: February 23, 2020
Synopsis: Carrie arranges a meeting. Haqqani finds trouble at home. Saul cuts a deal.
Directed by: Keith Gordon
Written by: Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon
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u/iliketomakeartalot Feb 25 '20
If anyone wants potential spoilers just look at the episode list on IMDB, they already have a very brief synopsis for a few episodes ahead and a cast list which shows who will be in the final episode. Also, have a rewatch of the season 8 trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXFZ4fEPRJ8. It answers a few of the theories being raised here about next weeks episode like who's heli was shot down. Pay special attention to 1:45 if you want to know Max's fate.
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u/ughdrunkatvogue Feb 25 '20
I'm so glad this ep 100% confirmed that Yevgeny wasn't a hallucination. I never thought in a million years that they would introduce that kind of story-line in a final season (like maybe season 4 or 5 as a mid series arc I could see it happening, but not the final season), yet so many people here seemed so sure that was the case, I was questioning myself haha.
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u/black_dizzy Feb 25 '20
It looks like shit is about to hit the fan in the next episode, but this ep was strong too. I love how they got right into it this time, no more time to set up things and prepare the rest of the season.
Yevgeny seems so believable with that puppy-eyed smile, but I'm 99% sure he is not there with good intentions.
I was almost rooting for Haqqani this episode, had to constantly remind myself what he did in the season 4. He and Saul bounce off one another so good. And not killing his son is going to destroy the peace negotiations, isn't it?
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u/blairwaldorf2 Feb 25 '20
i forgot why Saul and Haqqani are so buddy buddy. didn't Haqqani blow up the US HQ few seasons ago and escaped?
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u/fleurgirl123 Feb 25 '20
Didn’t they get to a place of mutual admiration when he got kidnapped the first time?
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u/ImportExport97 Feb 24 '20
So...
1- Jenna is totally a double agent for Russia isn’t she
2- Carrie is totally gonna fuck (in both senses) Yevgeny isn’t she
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u/polynomials Feb 25 '20
Carrie always fucks the most ill-advised man available, so yes, she is currently right on track for that
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u/ca_work Feb 24 '20
anyone catch the smirk that Mike and his crony gave each other when the president wanted to congratulate Carrie on the Skype call? classic
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u/DiligentRaise Feb 24 '20
After bingeing seasons 1-7 its hard to wait for new episodes to.come out weekly. Ugh.
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u/heavy_infantry Feb 24 '20
It is killing me! I would pay 50 usd for each episode to watch them now! :D
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u/Trlgn Feb 24 '20
Some of the soldiers left school a few years too early, obviously.
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u/valerierw22 Mar 03 '20
So true! Why do they seem like frat boys all the time?? Honestly they show no discipline whatsoever, especially on the first episode where they were challenging orders from their superior to escort Max to the mountains...and then are planning to leave just because they don’t understand the purpose of being there...like I’m pretty sure that’s not how it works in the military
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u/Trlgn Feb 24 '20 edited Feb 24 '20
So, David Wellington was at Princeton University like Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon and Vice President Ben Hayes 'only' graduated from The Ohio State University.
[It's "The Ohio State University", not just "Ohio State University"]
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u/john1green Feb 27 '20
"We are just strong enough never to lose and just weak enough never to win.” 👏