We need to talk about predictions.
This isnt the first time thatHomelandhas written things into existence, but this occasion does feel especially prescient andeerie.
It seems like within minutes of these episodes airing, the real-life U.S. government startedpeace talkswith the real-life Taliban.
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But now into False Friends.
The CIA team says yes, but only to potentially prove thatCarriesactually the one working with theRussians.
Its kind of like the first time you saw your dad cry.
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As they say in Italy,thats a-mole.
Haqqani summons Jalal to the hideout in Peshawar and things already dont look good for mini Haqqani.
Haqqani is oddly subdued and humble, whereas Saul is oddly adulatory, and I am again unsettled.
Haqqani: Im just a man.
Saul: Then youre a man like Faisal was to the Saudis, Jamal to the Turks.
There, now you’ve got the option to be unsettled, too.
Sauls requirement for a peace deal is that the Taliban start de-commissioning their weapons.
He promises Haqqani that his wealth and influence will expand, which doesnt sound preferable to me,tbh.
But Haqqani agrees because he gets more wealth and influence!
and the two declare a cease-fire.
Saul then makes his way to the Kabul CIA station plot convergence!
to speak with the president, alongside Carrie more plot convergence!
about the Doha framework and said cease-fire.
President Warner
And in Washington, D.C. (LOL,remember Washington?)
we see Chief of Staff David Wellington (LOL remember Wellington?)
When…did that happen?
Thats not rhetorical: Im genuinely wondering if I missed this appointment.
If I were anyone with any involvement in this secret presidential visit Id watch my back.
