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Homeland – Season 5, Episode 8 All About Allison

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Homeland – Season 5, Episode 8

All About Allison

Aired Nov 22, 2015

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Mossad holds Saul while negotiating with the CIA for his release; Carrie seeks assistance from Allison; Saul manages to escape; Carrie's sudden recollection leads her to realize the mole's identity.

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Homeland finally provides a compelling backstory for Allison's character, though too few narrative pieces snap into place in "All About Allison."

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Shirley Li

Entertainment Weekly

11/23/2015

This was the episode we'd been waiting for - at least, those of us invested in Allison's history - and it delivered.

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Joshua Alston

AV Club

11/23/2015

If "Allison" isn't Homeland's dullest episode to date, it's certainly close.

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Matt Fisher

Observer

11/23/2015

"All About Allison" spends most of its time walking back those changes and most of the rest reviewing information that was laid out with a lot more finesse in previous episodes.

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Scott Collura

IGN Movies

11/23/2015

8.3/10

Miranda Otto's take on Allison was as strong as always and the revelations about how she wound up where she is today were worth the wait.

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Cory Barker

TV.com

11/23/2015

This reveal did what all great flashback reveals do: made the audience reconsider some of the assumptions they had about a presumably villainous or treacherous character.

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Carissa Pavlica

TV Fanatic

11/23/2015

4/5

At least Carrie has finally figured it out, perhaps a little bit later than would have been optimal, but she got away with her life. So huzzah!

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Synopsis

Mossad holds Saul while negotiating with the CIA for his release; Carrie seeks assistance from Allison; Saul manages to escape; Carrie's sudden recollection leads her to realize the mole's identity.

Director: Dan Attias
Screenwriter: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Gideon Raff
Network: Paramount+ with Showtime
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Nov 22, 2015

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