HOMELAND- Is that a cucumber Quinn or are you pleased to see us? NO SPOILERS PLEASE WE'RE BRITISH

[TheSpottedZebra]

Da.

Who allows a double agent, who is essentially under arrest, to go for a fag outside the front door of the building anyway? She could easily have been taken by the Russians. Never mind secret signals.

And she cunningly flattered him into not noticing undercover Pink Coat....

I usually shove the children off to school on a Monday morning then watch Homeland. So am sadly missing out on decent SaulSnacks. Too early for gin & olives Just tried something my son loves, mix between an apple and a pear (I think) called a "nashi". Tastes of absolutely nothing.

Meanwhile - 9 days Carrie? Quinn poss bleeding to death & disappeared for 9 days.

Allison & the dog woman, well done useless 'watcher' - who doesn't believe Hair's a baddie anyway. The Berlin Station seems to be a jewel in the CIA's crown. The Germans are better I reckon, don't believe they wouldn't have come up with the tile finding thing, but as it's Homeland it had to be Carrie

Agree with everyone about the writing being so clunky and lazy.

Carrie with a gun. Really? Did they forget Carrie is not CIA anymore?

Quinn is like the Terminator - almost impossible to kill - Quinninator?

Is Dar human after all?

Best thing about it was Astrid. Love Astrid.

I love Astrid too. So much so, that last night as I was musing on Homeland instead of falling asleep I was wondering if I could get away with naming my unborn child Astrid if it's a girl...

Zebra's spy kit for her son has made me all nostalgic for the time my s1 was younger and had the glasses, code books & took a make-up brush of mine for his fingerprint kit. Would spend hours inventing things to 'investigate' & planting 'evidence'.

Tbh he'd be better than Carrie. And tbh I'm ignoring the fact that he's now 18 & was DJ'ing all weekend & was a right grump-pot this morning.

Well he says he was D J ing
He might have been undercover.
When DD2 was small she wanted to be Thelma from Scooby Doo and needed a kit to investigate strange happenings.
We spent a, week trying to figure out what "seagulls" were. She needed them for her kit.
Turned out to be binoculars.

at seagull binoculars.

You're right, maybe he was undercover & in Berlin. Although judging by the annoying frequency of letters I get from Deutsche Bahn demanding money for train tickets he didn't buy & how often he got caught, I think his spy skills have diminished since he was 8.

Ah well.

at Seagull Binoculars too. I may need a set of binoculars for my spy set. Or a 'scope'. Sorry, I meant DS's spy set. Slip of the tongue. It's a big fat shame that the walkie talkies come in a set of two (obvs), and his sister won't want to play. I suspect I shall have to step up... I am excited about reigniting my invisible ink skills, which were pretty skill tbh (80s child spy), and writing notes to my sister who is coming for new year.

Having said that, I'd be a crap and easily hoodwinked spy, as it has only just occurred to be that Blu was conduct foam experiments to see if Quinn could possibly survive, and not just for fun.

Thursday do it! Either that or a parkrun inspired name. Astrid is a great name.

Zebra I was going to suggest an invisible ink kit. Those are ace.

I love Astrid too! Maybe they'll bump off Carrie next and Astrid can be the new female lead after admitting that she's actually an American double agent?!

Where can you get invisible ink kits? I want one!!

I hear what you're all saying about clunky writing & I do agree, however I felt stressed that entire episode as the whole thing just seems so real now! Frightens the life out of me!

I like Astrid too. Mainly for herself but also she's more helpful to Quinn than Carrie in most respects.

Halle!

Invisible ink kits?
Pft!
Any old milk or lemon juice will do.
Amateurs. You'd never survive on your own behind the lines.

Yy Lweji. Onion juice works too. Or, er, semen. But i won't be telling DS that last one. I've not actually done milk before though - do you still heat it to reveal message?

Astrid and Carrie going to look for Quinn together alone, with guns and torches was so unrealistic but had me cheering Yay!
The ending scene when Saul pulled up a chair was so emotional... the original trio. Although he should have pulled a chair up for Carrie's chin too. It has a life of its own. Probably has it's own trailer on set too.

In Carrie's defence, during the 9 days she had checked all the hospitals, because she told Astrid none had seen him.

Zebra: tell your DS that as a spy it is important to go to the loo as soon as you need to. I often think you wouldn't want to suddenly go on a mission, or follow someone, or be kidnapped if you were distracted by being bursting for a wee. I am sure it is covered in a basic trade craft manual somewhere.

'Carrie is ace and all, and a super-sleuth, but she really ought to get some quieter shoes.'
Yes!
When they both got out of the car wearing boots I thought,' Not them shoes Carrie!'
At the very least she could have strapped her wig to the soles to muffle the sound. Surely Astrid has a pair of trainers in the boot for occasions such as these?

Carries chin was certainly in
Overdrive this episode!

Have had a sudden terrible thought - hairs signal to get carrie assassinated was to light up a fag! Maybe her big smoke in front of red setter lady signalled revert to the plan of killing Carrie?

I've just bought invisible ink pens, complete with UV lights in the caps, from Tesco's

Thanks - will head to Tesco quick sharp