"Useful Idiot" ( Eng. "Useful Idiot" ) - the ninth episode of the seventh season of the American drama television series " Homeland ", and the 81st in the entire series. The premiere took place on Showtime channel on April 8, 2018.
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| Episode number | Season 7 Episode 9 | ||||
| Producer | Nelson McCormick | ||||
| written by | Deborah Kahn | ||||
| Operator | Giorgio Scali | ||||
| Manufacturer Code | 7WAH09 | ||||
| Delivery Date | April 8, 2018 | ||||
| Duration | 51 minutes | ||||
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Content
Story
When Dante ( Morgan Spector ) wakes up, Carrie ( Claire Danes ) convinces him to talk more about his conspiracy with Simon Martin ( Sandrine Holt ) and the Russians. Dante tells her about the secret code - “Darwin loves Bitcoin” - the use of which is an alarm designed to warn Gromov's agents about the dissolution of their network. Saul tells Keane ( Elizabeth Marvel ) about a plan that pushes legal boundaries: translating code by compromising Twitter servers and violating U.S. citizens' privacy by tracking who posts confirmations in response to a tweet. Keen reluctantly agrees. Keen and Wellington ( Lainas Roach ) introduce Senator Paley ( Dylan Baker ) to the course of events, detailing the roles of Simon and Dante in a complex scheme to undermine the government, and the involuntary role of Paley in the trick.
Clayton ( Thomas J. Waits ) informs Gromov ( Costa Ronin ) that Dante was arrested and is now in the hospital. After Clint successfully launched a cyberattack, Gromov realizes that Dante is probably cooperating with the authorities. He calls his boss, Mirov ( Merab Ninidze ) to ask for help in getting into the hospital and killing Dante, but they only tell him to back off. Gromov ignores the order and meets Clayton in the hospital. Gromov then shoots at Clayton and drags him inside. When he hands Clayton to the doctors, he steals the ID card from one of the doctors. He uses the card to enter Dante's room.
Carrie goes to Maggie’s house to try to reconcile, but she learns from Bill ( Mackenzie Astin ) that Maggie is meeting with a lawyer to get custody of Franny. When Dante accuses Gromov of being poisoned, he denies this and tells Dante to call Carrie and ask her if she is to blame. Dante does just that and realizes that Carrie is lying to him, but nevertheless tells Carrie that Gromov is in the room with him. Gromov lays a pillow on Dante's face. Carrie, who at that moment took Franny out of school, decides to leave Franny at school, hurrying to the hospital, while nearly knocking Franny off with a car. Carrie seems to be getting a breakdown in the hospital, as she was flooded with thoughts about what she had almost done to Franny, and she was also flooded with memories of the death of Brody, Ian and Quinn.
Production
The director of the episode was Nelson McCormick , and the script was written by co-executive producer Deborah Kahn .
Reaction
Critical Reaction
The episode received a 71% rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website based on seven reviews. [one]
New York Magazine's Brian Tallerico rated it 3 stars out of 5, rating it as “an absolutely fine hour, which is, something like this, a downturn after the intensity of the last few episodes, even when it puts interesting pieces in place for the final stretch ". [2] Entertainment Weekly Shirley Lee rated the episode on “B +,” noting that “this episode raised the stakes dramatically.” [3]
Ratings
During the original screening, the episode was watched by 1.24 million viewers. [four]
Notes
- ↑ Useful Idiot . Rotten Tomatoes. Date of appeal April 16, 2018.
- ↑ Tallerico, Brian Homeland Recap: The Useful Idiot . New York Magazine (April 8, 2018). Date of appeal April 12, 2018.
- ↑ Li, Shirley Homeland recap: 'Useful Idiot' . Entertainment Weekly (April 8, 2018). Date of appeal April 12, 2018.
- ↑ Porter, Rick Sunday cable ratings: 'Walking Dead,' 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' improve . TV by the Numbers (April 10, 2018). Date of appeal April 11, 2018.
Links
- Useful Idiot on Showtime
- " The Good Fool ” on the Internet Movie Database
- Useful Idiot on TV.com