The Covenant (Homeland)

3rd episode of the 6th season of Homeland

"The Covenant"

Homeland episode
Episode no.| Season 6
Episode 3
Directed by| Lesli Linka Glatter
Written by| Ron Nyswaner
Production code| 6WAH03
Original air date| January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29)
Running time| 50 minutes
Guest appearances

* Hill Harper as Rob Emmons
* Dominic Fumusa as Ray Conlin
* Patrick Sabongui as Reda Hashem
* C.J. Wilson as Porteous Belli
* J. Mallory McCree as Sekou Bah
* Bernard White as Farhad Nafisi
* Jacqueline Antaramian as Dorit
* Mickey O'Hagan as Clarice
* Hadar Ratzon-Rotem as Tovah Rivlin
* Ian Kahn as Roger
* Bobby Moreno as Tommy
* Natacha Karam as Mina Becker
* Leo Manzari as Saad
* James Mount as Agent Thoms

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"The Covenant" is the third episode of the sixth season of the American television drama series Homeland, and the 63rd episode overall. It premiered on Showtime on January 29, 2017.

## Plot

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Carrie (Claire Danes) breaks the news to Sekou (J. Mallory McCree) that the plea offer was revoked, due to Carrie's having conferred with Saad. Carrie reaches out to Roger (Ian Kahn), an ex-contact of hers, and asks him to obtain a recording of a particular phone conversation between Saad and Conlin (Dominic Fumusa). The recording confirms that Conlin was trying to entrap the innocent Sekou. Carrie goes to Conlin with the evidence, threatening to send it to the attorney general unless Conlin drops all charges against Sekou.

Saul (Mandy Patinkin) arrives in Abu Dhabi to interrogate Farhad Nafisi (Bernard White). Saul confronts Nafisi with financial records obtained from his phone showing a large transfer of funds from a covert account. Nafisi denies any involvement with North Korea, making a convincing case that during his recent travels, he was merely buying Russian anti-aircraft equipment. Saul is convinced Nafisi is lying, deducing that there is no reason for Nafisi to utilize a covert account to make a legal purchase of anti-aircraft guns, but gets nothing actionable from the interrogation; he reports this to Dar (F. Murray Abraham). However, Dar tells President-elect Keane (Elizabeth Marvel) during a briefing that Saul was able to confirm Iran's parallel nuclear program, calling the evidence "conclusive." Carrie meets Keane later and is immediately skeptical of Dar's report. As they speak, Dar is shown to be listening to a live feed of their conversation. Saul leaves Abu Dhabi and travels to The West Bank to meet his sister, whilst there he also arranges a rendezvous and is picked up by someone at night, though it is not clear by whom.

Quinn (Rupert Friend) grows increasingly paranoid that someone is invading Carrie's apartment. He contacts Clarice (Mickey O'Hagan) so she can lead him to Tommy (Bobby Moreno), the man who mugged Quinn. Quinn assaults Tommy and takes his gun, calling it payback for the money stolen from him. Now armed, Quinn lurks outside of Carrie's apartment with his gun drawn.

## Production

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The episode was directed by executive producer Lesli Linka Glatter and written by co-executive producer Ron Nyswaner.

## Reception

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### Reviews

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The episode received a rating of 70% with an average score of 6.44 out of 10 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's consensus stating "'The Covenant' moves slow and pushes little plot forward, yet strong character moments and a growing conflict between Dar and Carrie appear to be setting the table for an explosive showdown."[1]

### Ratings

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The original broadcast was watched by 1.13 million viewers.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "The Covenant". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
2. ^ Porter, Rick (January 31, 2017). "Sunday cable ratings: Pro Bowl dips, SAG Awards rise vs. last year". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 31, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.

## External links

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Episodes|

| Season 1|

* "Pilot"
* "Grace"
* "Clean Skin"
* "Semper I"
* "Blind Spot"
* "The Good Soldier"
* "The Weekend"
* "Achilles Heel"
* "Crossfire"
* "Representative Brody"
* "The Vest"
* "Marine One"

|

Season 2|

* "The Smile"
* "Beirut Is Back"
* "State of Independence"
* "New Car Smell"
* "Q&A"
* "A Gettysburg Address"
* "The Clearing"
* "I'll Fly Away"
* "Two Hats"
* "Broken Hearts"
* "In Memoriam"
* "The Choice"

Season 3|

* "Tin Man Is Down"
* "Uh... Oh... Ah..."
* "Tower of David"
* "Game On"
* "The Yoga Play"
* "Still Positive"
* "Gerontion"
* "A Red Wheelbarrow"
* "One Last Thing"
* "Good Night"
* "Big Man in Tehran"
* "The Star"

Season 4|

* "The Drone Queen"
* "Trylon and Perisphere"
* "Shalwar Kameez"
* "Iron in the Fire"
* "About a Boy"
* "From A to B and Back Again"
* "Redux"
* "Halfway to a Donut"
* "There's Something Else Going On"
* "13 Hours in Islamabad"
* "Krieg Nicht Lieb"
* "Long Time Coming"

Season 5|

* "Separation Anxiety"
* "The Tradition of Hospitality"
* "Super Powers"
* "Why Is This Night Different?"
* "Better Call Saul"
* "Parabiosis"
* "Oriole"
* "All About Allison"
* "The Litvinov Ruse"
* "New Normal"
* "Our Man in Damascus"
* "A False Glimmer"

Season 6|

* "Fair Game"
* "The Man in the Basement"
* "The Covenant"
* "A Flash of Light"
* "Casus Belli"
* "The Return"
* "Imminent Risk"
* "alt.truth"
* "Sock Puppets"
* "The Flag House"
* "R Is for Romeo"
* "America First"

Season 7|

* "Enemy of the State"
* "Rebel Rebel"
* "Standoff"
* "Like Bad at Things"
* "Active Measures"
* "Species Jump"
* "Andante"
* "Lies, Amplifiers, Fucking Twitter"
* "Useful Idiot"
* "Clarity"
* "All In"
* "Paean to the People"

Season 8|

* "Deception Indicated"
* "Catch and Release"
* "False Friends"
* "Chalk One Up"
* "Chalk Two Down"
* "Two Minutes"
* "Fucker Shot Me"
* "Threnody(s)"
* "In Full Flight"
* "Designated Driver"
* "The English Teacher"
* "Prisoners of War"

Characters|

* Carrie Mathison
* Nicholas Brody
* Tasneem Qureishi

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