202: 'Beirut Is Back'
Written by Chip Johannessen
Directed by Michael Cuesta
Synopsis: CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) takes a risky
position. An informant tells her that Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban) will be
in Beirut the next day, but David Estes (David Harewood) does not believe the intel. Meanwhile, Brody (Damian Lewis) receives an invitation to the Pentagon.
Review: An episode that fires on all cylinders and pulls no punches. Picking up the gauntlet thrown down by last week's 'The Smile', 'Beirut is Back' offers more thrills, spills and squeaky bum time clenchers than you can shake a proverbial at, throwing Carrie and Saul smack bang in the middle of the action and wasting no time in reuniting Brody's agenda with that of our favourite ex-CIA agent. The juxtaposition between the scenes involving Abu Nazir in Beirut and Brody in the Pentagon is superb, chock full of dramatic tension. And just when you think it can't get any better... the production crew only go and unleash one hell of a battle sequence on us as Carrie loses her mind (well, maybe) and goes scurrying around her informant's apartment. On top of all this, there's another fuck-tonne of scintillating character moments, including Carrie's heart-to-heart with Saul on the rooftop, and that ending, which is, right now, the biggest 'holy shit!' moment since Lost's infamous first flash-forward. A cracking hour of television. (9)
No comments:
Post a Comment