After the massacre in Gettysburg Saul goes to a maximum security prison to see terrorist Aileen Morgan to see if she knows the identity of the mystery man Roya met in the previous episode. Aileen claims to know who he is but she has one condition that must be met before she will tell Saul what he needs to know; she wants a room with a view. Unfortunately the prison warden isn't keen to grant Saul's request; clearly he sees the prison as his bailiwick and he won't let an outsider tell him what to do. Saul won't take no for an answer though; he takes it all the way to the attorney general; he just has to hope the information Aileen is offering is accurate and useful. Meanwhile Brody and his family have gone to a fund raiser at the country house of a wealthy party backer. While here Dana comes clean about the accident but rather than wanting to do the right thing Vice President Walden and his wife just want to hush everything up; Brody is willing to take Dana to talk to the police but when he gets there he finds Carrie waiting for him; what she says will have serious implications for Dana and her father.
After the surprising action in the previous episode it won't come as much of a shock to find this instalment is more restrained. That doesn't mean there is no drama though; the scenes between Saul and Aileen are nicely tense as we can't tell if she is just playing him or if she genuinely wants to help; Mandy Patinkin and Marin Ireland put in fine performances in their scenes together. The scenes at the fund raiser are good too; Damian Lewis does a fine job portraying the awkwardness Brody feels in the situation. The various people's reaction to Dana's confession was hardly a surprise but it did advance the plot by driving a wedge between Brody and the Vice President that will no doubt effect later episodes.
After the surprising action in the previous episode it won't come as much of a shock to find this instalment is more restrained. That doesn't mean there is no drama though; the scenes between Saul and Aileen are nicely tense as we can't tell if she is just playing him or if she genuinely wants to help; Mandy Patinkin and Marin Ireland put in fine performances in their scenes together. The scenes at the fund raiser are good too; Damian Lewis does a fine job portraying the awkwardness Brody feels in the situation. The various people's reaction to Dana's confession was hardly a surprise but it did advance the plot by driving a wedge between Brody and the Vice President that will no doubt effect later episodes.
