In “Homeland,” Season 1, Episode 4, “Semper I,” Carrie is being redirected from Brody to trying to locate the money trail between the Saudi prince’s aide and Abu Zamir. But Carrie knows (or at least thinks he does) that Brody is the key. Nevertheless the wiretapping and video surveillance equipment at Brody’s house is taken down.
Some spoilers may follow.
For all the world to see, Brody seems to be slipping into his role as returning hero well. He is giving inspirational speeches to Marines being deployed to the combat theater. He is even being mulled for a possible political career by an ambitious aide to the Vice President.
But there is something disturbing underneath. At a family party, Brody shoots an errant deer in his backyard, frightening the guests and disturbing his wife and children. There are other things as well, such as his inability to have sexual intercourse with his wife, as well as his hallucinations. Finally he is persuaded to go to a support group for veterans at his church. Yes, he is openly attending a Christian church while secretly praying to Allah.
Meanwhile the trail of the purloined necklace leads to several people who has visited a laundry known to be a money laundering operation for terrorists. One of them is Rakim, the man who bought the house near the airport with his wife. He is an engineering professor who has taken a number of trips to Pakistan, to lecture it is supposed. Was there more? Carrie follows Rakim but someone unknown warns the wife, who puts out signal that causes him to drive right by the house.
David, Carrie’s immediate supervisor, is trying to find out if she is hiding something from him. Also it seems that they have a history together.
Carrie is hiding something, that being her continued interest in Brody. She follows him to the church where the veteran’s group is meeting. She connects with him, pretending that she too visits support groups such as this because of experiences that she had in Iraq. Now she has him, having established a relationship. What will she find out and how much will it cost?