Carrie's lawyer showed up and gets her out on bail and into Saul's custody. Interesting that the lawyer is played by the actor who was Frankie's brother-in-law in HBO's recent mini-series 42nd Street, who ran the massage parlor/whore-house. Is the message here that being a lawyer is like running a whore-house? Is the message the massage? You decide.
Yevgeny has led Carrie to believe that Saul has a long-term, highly placed asset in the Kremlin. And that the asset has been a double agent for Saul for decades. Saul of course denies this to Carrie, but it is true.
Rather reluctantly, Jenna Bragg helps Carrie trace who might be the Russian double agent that Saul turned back in his 1986 East Berlin days. In Pennsylvania, Carrie meets someone who is themselves not a possibility, but someone who might be able to point to the someone who is a double agent.
It all revolves around passing information through editions of a somewhat rare book. Using books in trade craft, especially old trade craft, is common, and this one involves placing a message inside the spine of the book.
Saul makes a trip to New York where he in effect has made contact with his agent, who is a trusted translator for the Russians at U.N. sessions. She in turn goes to a rare bookstore, buys the book that Saul will recognize as coming from her, and inserts her message about Yevgeny and the black box. (It's really orange.) She sends the book to Saul's hotel room where Saul has been waiting. (Saul tips the courier.)
Carrie has of course figured out how Saul has been receiving golden intel from the Russians all these decades. And she does it the old fashioned way, without post-it notes splattered on a whiteboard full of arrows, but by arranging books from Saul's library on the floor (Carrie's been staying at Saul's place, and right now he's in New York.) next to index cards depicting the years of major Russian/U.S. happenings.
The message in the book Saul gets is basically it is Yeygeny's operation, and he will set the price for the return of the flight recorder. Meanwhile, Carrie has been contacted through a proxy real estate agent that she will be able to communicate with Yevgeny if she comes with her to an empty mansion that's been on the market for two years because the owners are asking waaaay too much for it. (Asking price is not disclosed.)
Once inside the empty mansion, Carrie is led to a table and chair where there is a laptop that has a feed from Yevgeny, who ostensibly is in Moscow.
Coronavirus is not mentioned at all in any of the episodes, but it's like Carries is taking a Zoom class from Yevgeny. Carrie confirms there's a double agent, but doesn't have a name.
This isn't good enough for Yevgeny. Carrie tells him Saul will never give up his asset. It is pointed out by Yevgeny that if Saul is near his demise, he will inform someone who the asset is. He will leave "legacy" information, and that someone he will leave it to is Carrie.
Yeygeny's chilling answer to getting Saul to give up his asset is to tell Carrie to "kill Saul."
What? Knock off a co-star of the show, a co-producer no less, in what may not be the final episode? Does Mandy Patinkin's agent know the Russians have put a contract out on Saul, and Carrie has been appointed by them to carry it out?
Due to the coronavirus, Broadway is not open, so Mandy's agent is not likely to get him any parts in any upcoming shows. New York is kaput these days. You can't even buy a dirty water frank or an over-salted pretzel from someone on a corner right now. Fuhgetaboutit!
Under any circumstances, will Saul give up his asset for world peace? Carrie has a lot to think about.
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