The Elizabeth Keane presidency resembled the Ron Lyle-George Foreman heavyweight fight from decades ago. She's down; she's up; she's down and out again. Even if her leaving office was voluntary, it did follow her being reinstated after being forced out under the 25th Amendment, which of course followed her winning the election in the first place. The New York Times is probably still writing about it.
All of which goes to show that Beau Bridges's agent won out over Elizabeth Marvel's agent and Beau gets to stick around as president, it will be assumed at least until sometime into the next season.
As much as there is presidential see-saw, Carrie Mathison takes center stage. We knew from the last episode she's going to get caught. Detained at best. And sure enough, she lands in a Soviet basement prison, I'm sure looking like the infamous Lubyanka.
Carrie's prison guard, Alexander, at first seems like he's sympathetic with her. He brings her a good book to read. She seems to allude to offering sex for her medication. He dutifully delivers one pill, which turns out to be a placebo. Can't Carrie tell the difference? Doesn't she know the markings?
We don't really know if she made his knees buckle the night before, but we do know it's all over for her when Yevgeny tells her Alexander is being promoted away from the prison, and that there will be no more pills, even sugar pills.
Carrie's not willing to compromise herself and tell the Russian people on tape that everything has been a C.I.A. plot. She's holding fast, and tells Yevgeny, "fuck you," two words everyone seems to understand no matter what their native tongue is.
As predicted, The Bridge of Spies gets worked into the story when Carrie is exchanged for three Russians the Americans have been holding, presumably for a long time. One is the infamous Goren. Whatever he did, it must have been bad, because he wasn't even on any of the initial lists. He becomes the spy to be named later, when he is inserted into the trade package.
Carrie, as you would expect after being held for seven months without her bi-polar medication, is a mess. A real mess. Her eyes are wild, and she doesn't seem capable of talking. She's alive, but mentally...where is she? This doesn't look good.
The big question that is going to need to be answered between the seasons is if Carrie gets covered under any health insurance plan. Did Saul sneak her onto the government plan for federal employees? Are pre-exsisiting conditions waived? Will Obamacare get worked into the script?
Or, is Carrie a 1099 employee and needs her own health plan? She might be in trouble here, considering she was maxed out on credit cards, and didn't seem to have a reliable source of income.
Carrie's sister is of course a doctor, albeit a pediatrician, but she has cared for Carrie in the past on the sly. And considering that Carrie didn't throw her under the bus at the custody hearing for Franny, Maggie will probably come through when needed.
Aside from medical care, Carrie is going to need a lawyer. Like, is she going to get back pay for this past confinement? But, since the story is centered in Washington, D.C., she should have absolutely nooo trouble finding one. All she needs to do is turn on a cable station and one will appear in between, what?...ads for medication, of course.
As season finales go, it was quite a finale. More shoes to drop than are outside a mosque, or a Buddhist temple.
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