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Homeland – Season 4, Episode 5 About a Boy

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Carrie tries to earn a frightened asset's trust; Saul spots a familiar face on his way out of town; Quinn and Fara stake out a new suspect.
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Homeland — Season 4, Episode 5

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Even though Carrie continues to make dubious decisions, "About a Boy" is an exciting build-up episode with both international and interpersonal tensions.

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Claire Danes

Carrie Mathison

Mandy Patinkin

Saul Berenson

Rupert Friend

Peter Quinn

Tracy Letts

Andrew Lockhart

Nazanin Boniadi

Fara Sharazi

Laila Robins

Martha Boyd
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Ben Travers IndieWire 12/21/2014
As much as I wasn't a fan of watching a retread of the Carrie/Brody dynamic, [this] follow-up episode sounded like a direct message to fans: we know what we're doing. Trust us. I will, especially after a week like this one. Go to Full Review Matt Brennan Slant Magazine 12/21/2014
With the same terse, fragmented structure as "Iron in the Fire," tonight's episode of Homeland ably frames its accelerating narrative as a clash between competing intelligence agencies, one that threatens to ensnare unsuspecting innocents. Go to Full Review Josh Modell AV Club 12/21/2014
So... another fine episode, but one in which the game wasn't really changed in too many ways. Go to Full Review Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez Tom & Lorenzo 06/08/2018
This will all come back to Carrie in some explosive way, we're sure, but for now it feels like a silly conceit to add tension to a season that, so far, has been lacking it. Go to Full Review Cory Barker TV.com 12/21/2014
As long as Homeland continues to show us some of the repercussions of Carrie's odd decisions and tightens the connections between what is now a cast of nearly a dozen players, there could be something very good here. Go to Full Review Kevin Yeoman Screen Rant 12/21/2014
All of this seems to be building to a big reveal, but like Aayan, there's not enough evidence of what's at stake for any of it to be rousing or engaging, beyond the obligatory curiosity of what will happen next. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Carrie tries to earn a frightened asset's trust; Saul spots a familiar face on his way out of town; Quinn and Fara stake out a new suspect.
Director
Charlotte Sieling
Screenwriter
Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Gideon Raff
Network
Paramount+ with Showtime
Rating
TV-MA (L|V)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 26, 2014
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