The Best Episodes of Homeland Season 4

A trade with the Taliban for Saul's life angers Lockhart, forcing Carrie to improvise to salvage her mission. The CIA closes in on a security leak.

Director: Seith Mann

Writer: Chip Johannessen, Patrick Harbinson

The security breach has far-reaching consequences as Carrie and Saul get caught in an attack on their convoy and Haqqani's men infiltrate the embassy.

Director: Daniel Attias

Writer: N/A

Carrie and Quinn organize a last-ditch operation. Saul extracts a painful promise from Carrie. Lockhart and Martha stall the ISI.

Director: Alex Graves

Writer: Chip Johannessen, Patrick Harbinson

While Quinn takes an objective approach, Carrie puts her operation in motion and her life on the line to prevent a terrorist strike.

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter

Writer: Chip Johannessen

When the embassy is evacuated and Quinn resists leaving Islamabad, Carrie puts her life on the line to get her whole team out of Pakistan.

Director: Clark Johnson

Writer: N/A

Lockhart comes to negotiate. Haqqani uses Saul as his shield. Carrie's investigation gets complicated, especially when someone tampers with her pills.

Director: Carl Franklin

Writer: Alexander Cary

As CIA Chief of Station in Kabul, Carrie makes a critical decision when her counterpart in Islamabad delivers urgent intelligence on a high value target. Saul struggles to adjust to his new role in the private sector.

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter

Writer: N/A

Carrie is forced to intervene when Fara fails to recruit a key asset. Still reeling over events in Islamabad, Quinn zeroes in on a potential lead.

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter

Writer: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

Carrie gets a tip from Redmond regarding Quinn's lead. Saul calls in a favor from an old friend in the Pakistani military. Fara uncovers a conspiracy.

Director: Michael Offer

Writer: Howard Gordon

Carrie tries to earn the trust of a frightened asset. Saul catches a break when he spots a familiar face. Quinn and Fara stake out a new suspect.

Director: Charlotte Sieling

Writer: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

An official inquiry brings Carrie back to the States, where she struggles with her ambivalence towards motherhood. Quinn spirals out of control, while a disgraced former case officer reveals disturbing new information.

Director: Keith Gordon

Writer: Alex Gansa

Carrie and Saul investigate what she saw in Islamabad; Carrie tries to cope with the return of her estranged mother as her father is laid to rest.

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter

Writer: N/A