The Best Episodes Written By Alexander Cary

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.9/10(36 votes)

   #1 - Good Night

   S3:E1012/1/2013

   Brody embarks on a high stakes mission, but his fragile condition threatens the entire operation. Quinn makes an uncomfortable discovery about Carrie, while a sudden crisis forces Fara to rejoin the team.

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   7.8/10(43 votes)

   #2 - Blind Spot

   S1:E510/30/2011

   Brody confronts the lone survivor among the insurgents that held him, leading Carrie to believe she may be proved right about Brody once and for all - but Brody's reunion with his captor surprises everyone; the agency is hot on the trail of the lovers who bought a house near the airport with funds from a stolen necklace.

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   7.7/10(31 votes)

   #3 - Krieg Nicht Lieb

   S4:E1112/14/2014

   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.

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   7.5/10(42 votes)

   #4 - Crossfire

   S1:E911/27/2011

   After his attempt to sever ties with Abu Nazir, Brody finds himself reliving his captivity and recommits to his mission; Carrie finds herself in the middle of a public relations nightmare on the heels of the mosque shooting.

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   7.5/10(34 votes)

   #5 - Still Positive

   S3:E611/3/2013

   Carrie turns the tables on the mastermind of the Langley bombing, but recruiting one of Iran's most powerful operatives has dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, Saul struggles to keep an intrusive Senator Lockhart at bay, and Dana makes a radical decision that will change the Brody family forever.

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   7.4/10(37 votes)

   #6 - State of Independence

   S2:E310/14/2012

   Colonel Lubaid, who briefly detains Saul at the Rafic Hariri airport in Beirut as Saul is leaving Lebanon

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   7.3/10(50 votes)

   #7 - Grace

   S1:E210/9/2011

   Carrie receives new evidence from an undercover agent and stays glued to the surveillance footage of Brody's home, which reveals a man struggling with his traumatic memories.

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   7.1/10(38 votes)

   #8 - Two Hats

   S2:E911/25/2012

   Brody makes a necessary phone call. Saul teams up with Virgil and Max to dig up some information on one of their own. Carrie finds herself preparing for the most important meeting of her career.

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9. 

   7.1/10(33 votes)

   #9 - Shalwar Kameez

   S4:E310/12/2014

   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.

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    6.9/10(34 votes)

    #10 - Redux

    S4:E711/9/2014

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

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    6.5/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah

    S1:E112/8/2022

    In the wake of Kim Philby’s escape to Moscow, his closest friend in Britain’s Secret Service, Nicholas Elliott, is under investigation.

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    6.4/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Allegory of the Catholic Faith

    S1:E312/8/2022

    Philby begins to understand that the KGB can never fully trust him now that he’s in Moscow, and as far as they’re concerned, his life as a spy for them is over.

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13. 

    6.3/10(7 votes)

    #13 - No Man's Land

    S1:E612/8/2022

    Lily has forced Elliot to remember more than he perhaps ever wanted to about Philby. Months later, Elliott receives a letter from Philby asking for a meeting in an East Berlin bar.

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    6.1/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Snow

    S1:E512/8/2022

    Elliott and Lily fear that no one can be trusted. They must get to Blunt before anyone else to interrogate him and confirm their suspicions.

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    6.1/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Vodka

    S1:E412/8/2022

    Elliott rattles Blunt’s cage to make him panic and then follows him to a clandestine meeting in the middle of the night.

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    6.1/10(7 votes)

    #16 - The Admiral's Glass

    S1:E212/8/2022

    Investigator Lily Thomas understands that Elliott is never going to divulge anything of value in a conventional interrogation process so she manipulates him.

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