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EPISODE
SEASON
Homeland - Season 4 Episode 06: From A to B and Back Again
In this season, following an air strike that supposedly killed some people, a survivor of the air strike, Aayan Ibrahim, after losing his family, returns to medical college where his friend uploads the wedding video from Aayan's phone.
22 August 1969, Tennessee, USA
10 October 1975, San Angelo, Texas, USA
24 December 1979, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
28 August 1981, Richmond, Virginia, USA
December 21, 2014
A recurring theme of Season 4 is that Carrie has lost her moral spectrum, but it's unclear if even the death of a man she seduced, used and sent off to die will be enough to bring her back from the brink of losing her soul.
December 21, 2014
It was a fairly fast and furious hour. Carrie was all business (after the disgusting kisses) with Aayan as she was ready to get him to "London."
December 21, 2014
"From A to B and Back Again" is vintage Homeland, spiraling toward the conceit the series has always used to frame its chase down the rabbit hole of American foreign policy: that way madness lies.
December 21, 2014
For the whole Aayan story to have essentially been a runaround -- taking us from A to B and back again -- seems like a bit of a cheat.
December 21, 2014
"From A to B and Back Again," served as a miniature encapsulation of what's happened in the fourth season so far.
December 21, 2014
A naïve asset unwittingly helps the CIA's Carrie Mathison close in on a terrorist plotting against Americans. But the covert operation ultimately backfires with tragic consequences on "From A to B and Back Again."
December 21, 2014
"From A to B and Back Again" may be the most satisfying episode since the season 3 premiere.
December 21, 2014
A strong, portentous episode of Homeland closes out the Carrie/Aayan thread in a sad if satisfactory manner, while also setting up the second half of the season.
December 21, 2014
Every week it becomes increasingly harder to root for her. That she was willing to sacrifice Saul without even blinking destroys whatever empathy she had left after seducing Aayan and berating Fara. Have the writers painted themselves into a corner?
December 21, 2014
Ultimately, the strength of "From A to B and Back Again" stemmed not so much from that shocking head shot -- a moment of violence made even more devastating by its emotional stakes -- but in the questions it raised about Carrie's priorities.