国土安全第六季

今年毕业之后就到了离家有一千五公里的城市工作，搬到新家之后一个人每天下班或是周末的闲暇时光除了逛逛超市做做饭洗洗碗，其他大部分的时间就好像在争分夺秒地看homeland。

直到这个周五我看完了第六季，忽然没有特别想追下去的欲望了。

老实说，Perter Quinn这个角色直到第四季我才真正开始注意。

前三季是Carrie和Brody轰烈而悲壮的爱情，是无名英雄的悲赞歌，虽知道他们不会有善果，Brody被绞死的一刻关于他的故事一切尘埃落定，但留给了Carrie永远的创伤，以至Carrie最开始生下Franny后一直逃避女儿的诞生，只因生离死别后只剩下一个人的悲伤无以释解，但后来经历了在伊斯兰堡的惨烈噩梦以及父亲的忽然过世后，Carrie对生死多了一份敬重。

她后来说得最多的话是“I can’t lose anyone anymore”。

这句话，也是对Quinn说过最多次。

Quinn自称向往黑暗孑然一身，在外人眼里是冷酷的军人和杀手，但其实不然。

他会对自己误杀一个九岁的男孩陷入无限自责，会给善良的女孩温暖的微笑，会一直带着自己儿妻的照片，会坚定向Carrie履行保护Franny的承诺，他是the good guy who kills bad guy。

他从何时起爱上了Carrie我无从察觉，但他们一如有着战友间的亲近和相惜。

Quinn从不畏惧死亡，他是勇士，是敢一个人向死而生的黑暗骑士，他说他的心是空的，但我们看得比谁都清楚他在背后对Carrie最深的爱，心是空的是因为没有得到Carrie完全的爱，或是Carrie用错了爱他的方式让他没有感受到Carrie足够的爱。

我不能说Carrie是不爱Quinn的。

现在重看过去几季Carrie和Quinn的互动，还有Quinn与Astrid间的moments唏嘘不已。

多希望一切静止在第四季的结尾，Carrie父亲的葬礼上有了Quinn的陪伴，悲伤也得到了最好的宽慰，如果Quinn能再多给Carrie一点时间，一切都不会是这样的结局了——美梦总是黄粱一梦。

但，生命里又有什么是永远timing又圆满，哪怕能有当下一秒的温存便是最大的庆幸，而更多的心愿只能成为dream里的fantasy。

未来的故事不可知，但唯一可以确定的是Quinn对Carrie的爱永在。

再见Peter Quinn，这句话太难说出口，我想你就是在对Carrie的信里所说，把你想做是海上的灯塔，避开礁石照亮路的前方。

永远怀念你。

这应是quinn最好的结局。

回想刚出现他的意气风发不可一世，到第六季一副流浪汉邋遢鬼模样，他内心怎么会受得了现在的自己啊。

从他加入这个团队开始，他的结局其实就已写好，只是我们都不愿这一刻来的太快。

当他中风后难以恢复，他接受不了，所以他颓废，发狂，像个疯子。

也许我们都有幻想他会坚强的重新站起来然后就恢复了，然后happyending，但是他的性格决定了他不具有自主意识的身残志坚。

他之后所有的努力所有的坚强都只是为了保护他爱的Carrie。

所以当他选择开车冲出去的那一刻，他是微笑的，他愿意为了保护爱的人牺牲自己，顺便解决了自己的痛苦的身心。

可谓一箭双雕，所以他是快乐的所以他微笑。

最后一集也因他的离去变得平静。

整个基调变得灰色暗淡。

没有跌宕起伏的剧情，一切都看似平静如水。

而平静的背后实则暗藏杀机。

Carrie，在看到他去世的那一刻，有悲痛到极限的平静，更多的是惊愕和不相信。

事实上他是不愿相信。

他一直在克制自己的情感，并用工作来转移自己的悲恸，但结果还是相反，当看到照片的那一刻他还是崩溃了情绪爆发。

一直以来他生命中两个最重要的人，女儿和quiin。

Carrie的照片是和自己儿子放在一起的，前情提要可以看出他多么爱自己的儿子，他也早已把cariie当成是自己的亲人。

Carrie也是如此，只是他们都不曾言表。

这张照片可谓是戳破了他们的内心，其实就是这份深藏内心的感情已经说出来了。

是不是说出来的感情会比埋在内心更让人流泪！

再见，quinn。

追了六季头一回评国土，无图，只有对Quinn深深地却又平静的怀念。

一直觉得女主演的太作，但是这一季第二集真的是让我动容，看着曾经神出鬼没的杀手Quin被毒气折磨后的颓唐模样，好强的他却在百货店找东西都蹒跚费力，莫名其妙的摔杯子打碎窗户，沉浸毒品糟蹋自己，自暴自弃生不如死，其内心痛苦可想而知，史铁生双腿瘫痪之后不也是这个样子吗？

“我还活着干嘛，我还不如死了算了”，幸运的是，跟quin一样，他们都有一个爱他们的人，在他们人生最痛苦的时候陪在身边，不离不弃，carrie最后的那两句五味杂陈的 “why？

”，让二人曾经的生死与共在一瞬间历历在目，情绪一下子奔涌而出，真的是一语胜千言，点睛本季

这一季不够精彩，所有阴谋的最终目的是逼madam president-elected就范，要她的命，候任总统和团队被耍的团团转，carrie和quinn走到尽头，我觉得好，carrie始终不够爱quinn，但是quinn以死保护了carrie，也算为爱牺牲，如果为候任总统，不值，换个人也没所谓。

我很爱这剧。

这剧让我对宗教、恐怖主义、国家安全有了真正的认识，美国当年911，我也是欢呼的群众之一，无知、狭隘、没人性。

以后再也不会。

这剧反应的恐怖活动，目标当然是针对美国本土，开始是渗透和反渗透，恐怖分子主要活动区域在中东，到对美国驻外使馆的恐怖袭击，到发生在欧洲的恐怖袭击，到在美国本土袭击候任总统，各种方式，国土安全时刻受到挑战。

Carrie这个人物，敏锐机智果敢，这种品质作为情报人员，并不稀缺，但是那种不达目的不罢休，那种不到最后一刻永不放弃，那种力挽狂澜的勇气与能力，了不起！

Quinn说：他们集结在那里只为一个原因，为哈里发赴死，开辟一个没有异教徒的新世间，这就是他们的战略。

从十七世纪就是如此了。

这是这剧要表达的核心。

Quinn是个职业杀手，身手利落，非常帅！

但是我脑海中不能抹去的画面是在Carrie下达指令用无人机轰炸恐怖分子、不顾Saul的安危时，他抓住她，说：Saul，Carrie，It's Saul.我不喜欢铁汉柔情这个词，但是此刻，找不到更好的词。

不能免俗要谈到人物的爱情，Carrie对Brody的比较爱，对Quinn不够爱。

其实，我觉得这样好，Quinn deserve better.然而，他为她牺牲了。

想从第一季开始，重看一遍，对于中东复杂的局面，不是很懂。

但是并不会，因为被新鲜感吸引，会看新剧。

在我看过的美剧中，这剧不论是吸引力还是对我的影响，可以排第一，但是，我还是希望这季后，不再出新季。

刚开始就是一位当选的女总统对CIA指手画脚，估计当时谁都没想到川普会当选…最后黑天鹅出来了，剧本也来不及改了哈哈。

想起来猎杀本拉登当初也剧本也想拍一个失败的猎杀行动，后来奥巴巴说成功了……接下来会不会有弹劾的桥段，女总统因为过度束缚CIA，被那俩老家伙想办法弄个什么邮件门弹劾下去换成一个白发苍苍的老商人上台呢？

Quinn 被虐的太慘了，身体和心灵的创伤难以承受，还亲眼看着爱他的人因他而死，揪心不忍看。

Carrie 这一季挺正常的，带着娃搬了家，换了新工作新环境，甩掉阴影，努力把生活拉向光明，可是现实把这一切通通打破，身边的人接二连三倒下，只剩下孤独的她，回望着暮云下的白宫。

最后一集Carrie收拾Quinn的遗物，发现了他儿子的照片，还有一张她微笑的照片，她的泪水决堤了。

两人之间的感情是复杂的，超越了同事朋友恋人，都是可以把命运托付的人。

事实上中情局，侯任总统，抗议的群众，愤怒的网民，都是努力地按照自己的方式让这个国家按照正确的轨道前进。

遗憾的是这些绳子缠在了一起变成了一堆乱麻。

不知道在新政府清洗运动，网络喷子肆虐，社会撕裂和反恐形势愈发严峻的情况下，Carrie 和女儿的生活将会怎样。

《国土安全》第六季的剧终集以Quinn牺牲，Elisabeth黑化结束。

剧情的大反转让许多观众不能接受，尤其是有情有义、身世坎坷的Quinn被乱枪打死，这种好人不得善终的结局带给人深深的绝望。

然而，Quinn的死，在上一季已有征兆吧。

他为了救Carrie是真的心甘情愿沉入河底。

他对自己的生命其实已经早就不在乎了。

他牺牲之前在国安局的安全屋里捶着胸口痛苦地说：“这里没有心了！

从来没有过！

”Carrie说：“胡说八道！

”是的，这是胡说八道。

Quinn是这里唯一一个虽历经千万劫仍不改赤子之心的人。

他拥有一颗柔软的心，却无望地挣扎在黑暗里。

Carrie为了目的可以不择手段，这一点不论她在CIA还是离开CIA时都不曾改变。

她可以把自己深爱的Brody送到死亡前线上。

她为了工作可以色诱无辜的男孩，甚至在男孩因为她而死去时也只是皱了皱眉头。

离开CIA之后她连Saul的电话都可以不接，对她恩重如山的导师就这样当作不认识。

Elisabeth哄她几句，她就可以把Saul的丑闻双手奉上。

当Peter Quinn死在她面前，她也不过是抽泣几声便稳定了心神。

她痛苦吗？

是的。

她后悔吗？

是的。

但是她晚上睡得心安理得。

痛苦和悔恨只是生活的调剂。

但Quinn不同。

第四季时他误杀了一个小男孩，顿时精神崩溃自暴自弃，但他为了Carrie毫不犹豫地整顿精神重新出发。

在CIA里没有其他人能做到这一点。

中风后他身心受到重创，往日意气风发的英俊青年变成了一个话都说不利索的瘸子。

他对人生失去了目标，整日沉浸在毒品里，和妓女鬼混，被小混混打劫。

可他虽然对自己已经毫不在乎了，却敏锐地发现有人在监视Carrie，虽然就连特工出身的Carrie都对此浑然不觉。

于是颓废的瘸子不再颓废了。

他从小混混手里抢了支枪，跟踪监视Carrie的人并拍下了爆炸案的证据照片。

Carrie不过对他说了句“照顾好我女儿”，他就奉若圣旨一样，试图以半残的身体对抗整个世界。

Alstrid因为他的失误被人杀死，他痛苦地守护 Alstrid的尸体直到最后一刻，然后拖着瘸腿要与情报部门的老大为敌。

他所做的一切都不是为了他自己。

他听完Carrie把他从毒气室里救出来的经历后，只是问Carrie：“你救了我。

为什么？

”Carrie对这个问题唯有以眼泪相对。

本季的最后，面对海军陆战队士兵的枪口，他无畏赴死，不仅为营救Carrie，也因为死亡本是他追求的结局。

这个冷静而视死如归的眼神，是Peter Quinn本季最帅的一刻

身中数弹，明知死亡即将来临，依然要坚持到最后一刻。

Rupert Friend本季的表演足以为他赢得一座艾美奖。

他在《远大前程》这本书里夹了他从未谋面的儿子从小到大的照片，还有一张Carrie微笑的照片。

勇往直前，从不被任何事情所羁绊的Carrie，也许是他心中期盼的另一个自己，是他对美好生活的向往和幻想。

然而被命运束缚的他无法成为自己想要成为的人，无法过自己想要的生活。

他拥有一颗柔软的心，却无望地挣扎在黑暗里。

他在给Carrie的信里写道：“This death, this end of me is exactly what should’ve happened.” Quinn觉得自己没有心，是因为他已经深深地绝望了。

可是绝望的前提，是他还曾有希望，是他还有一颗赤子之心。

April 10, 2017The following story contains massive spoilers from Sunday’s Homeland finale, proceed at your own peril. And we repeat: Stop reading if you have yet to watch the episode.Peter Quinn used the last of his nine lives in Sunday’s Homeland Season 6 finale, when the ex-sniper took a bullet (or more like 92) for President-Elect Keane and died instantly for his trouble. His impulsive decision to sacrifice his own life for Keane — and Carrie — marks a heroic end to the character’s death-defying five-year journey.Below, portrayer Rupert Friend talks to TVLine aboutQuinn’s improbable Season 6 resurrection, subsequent extinction and why he and Carrie were doomed anyway.TVLINE | I have to ask: Is Quinn really dead? [Laughs] I would love to hear the zombie pitch [for Season 7]. Unless the show is joining up with The Walking Dead, I’m pretty sure that’s not going to happen.TVLINE | Did you know going in that this would be your final season? No. The way that we make this show, none of us — the writers included — really 100 percent know anything beyond the first two or three episodes. It’s written contemporaneously to give them a chance to evolve it as the season progresses. [Planning] a death is very hard because they might change their mind. And they have changed their minds. They changed their minds with Brody at the end of Season 2 and they changed their minds with Quinn at the end of Season 5. They put the story first and I respect that.TVLINE | Do you prefer the ending Quinn got over the ending he almost had in Season 5? Had he died at the end of Season 5, then we wouldn’t have gotten to explore this fascinating and relevant moment where we not only took a character we all thought we knew and flipped him on his head, but we also were able to explore the reality of a modern veteran’s life in whatever society he or she returns to. We were also able to [feature] a leading character with severe mental and psychological difficulties and I’m not sure that’s something we’ve seen before.TVLINE | What was the most challenging part of portraying Quinn’s impairment this season? Certainly the most important thing for me was that it be truthful, and that there’d be no sentimentality or patronizing quality. That this is an incredibly able man with agency and someone who can get it done, despite his [impairment]. The fact that he was struggling to get out of his own way, that was very palpable to me. The more agency one has the more frustrating it must be to find yourself blocked in any way.TVLINE | Are you happy Quinn died a hero? Happy is an interesting word. I think in the moment of his ultimate demise he put America first, hence the title of the episode, [“America First”]. Quinn is a patriot and a soldier and believes in the office of the President, whether or not he believes in his or her policies. And that kind of doctrine is absolutely at the heart of Quinn. Ultimately, he wasn’t an individualist; he’s someone who served. And I do respect anybody who serves.TVLINE | Did you begin to feel like Quinn was immortal? I thought it again this season when he was getting fired upon in that lake and then emerged alive and fairly well. [Laughs] It was just a flesh wound! He is a bit like the Knight in Monty Python who gets his arms and legs cut off and he’s still ready for a fight. He’s a very, very hard bastard, as we say in England. Talk to any soldier and there are so many places in the body you can be shot and [survive]. And there are one or two places where you’re not going to make it. The shoulder is not one of them. Getting shot in the shoulder is not a scary thing. Being gassed from sarin [as Quinn was in Season 5]? That’s an incredible and terrifying ordeal that no one should ever have to go through. How do you even imagine that? Especially in light of recent events. It’s a deplorable and unimaginable act. There is a scale between someone being shot in the shoulder and someone being gassed with chemical weapons.TVLINE | Is it emotional saying goodbye to this character? It is. And that’s because the relationship with a character you play is always a close one. You attempt not to judge or take any kind of objective opinion, but if I were to do that now in hindsight, I just feel the enormous need for this guy to have someone he could genuinely trust. We all need that. And I don’t feel like he ever got that in his life. Everyone he’s been around has let him down or he left them. And for someone to live their whole life never having let anyone in strikes me as deeply sad.TVLINE | Carrie and Quinn fans are bereft that the two of them will never get their happy ending. But let’s face it, even if he had survived, there was really no shot of that happening, right? I totally empathize and understand fans’ disappointment, because I know how beloved these two characters are and how the idea of them together makes so many people happy. But their respective moralities were explored thoroughly in the last two seasons, and Quinn’s dissatisfaction with his own way of life suggested that he was in a position to question his own moral code. And that’s a position of enormous integrity. Whereas there was a very telling moment in the penultimate episode this season where Quinn confronts Carrie with the reality, which is she woke a man up from a coma, risked his life to serve her own end — and doesn’t really see why that’s bad. And, to me, that suggests a lack of accountability and self-examination, which means that Carrie’s moral code is just not compatible with Quinn’s.As I said before, I wanted him to find someone he could ultimately trust, and I don’t think you can trust someone who would do that to you.

看着Quinn中枪，吐血，闭上眼睛，最后缓缓地倒下，心痛到无法呼吸。

在这几秒钟里，感觉脑子一片空白，Quinn的告别来得太突然也太残忍。

在上一季结尾，我已经接受了他将永远昏迷下去的事实，可他却醒了，而这一次我以为他能一如既往地死里逃生，却毫无准备地迎来了最终的告别。

开车驶出停车场的瞬间，Quinn在想什么？

是决定面对必死的命运，还是看到了突围的一线生机？

就在上一集，他对Carrie说“ You gotta let me go. ” 其实这一季他曾很多次告诉Carrie放手，但是这一次，他似乎真正预感到了自己命运的终点。

死亡对于Quinn来说真的是种解脱，从十六岁开始的杀手生涯，每一次任务之后累积起的更多创伤，无数次被现实摧毁的人生信仰，还有对Carrie无法割舍的感情，他遭受了太多，每次当你觉得他的人生已经够艰难的时候，更残酷的事情就把他再次拖入黑暗的深渊。

Quinn从这一次醒来便知道，他的人生已经没有出路，这一切让他选择了这最后一次的行动，正如他人生始终如一的信仰，America first，他用自己的牺牲拯救了总统的生命，他的人生最终定格在这样一个英雄式的结局里。

女总统喃喃地重复了一句“Peter Quinn”，黑屏，死一般寂静的五秒钟后，已经是六周以后。

剧情并没有说到这期间发生了什么，或许正是因为Quinn曾经告诉Carrie，“Don't put a star on the wall for me. Don’t say some dumb speech.” 这一切都是注定的。

上一季的最后，Carrie在病房里读着信，窗外一束阳光照在Quinn的脸上，我以为他再也不会醒来，看着那一幕我大哭不止，而这一次，看着驾驶座上满脸是血的Quinn，心痛却没有哭出来，我释然，真想在最后的时刻抱抱他，告诉他这一切都结束了。

这是Quinn使命最好的结束，应该也是以他希望的方式走到人生的终点。

六周后，Carrie第一次有勇气走进地下室，开始清理Quinn的遗物，只有简单的帽衫和牛仔裤，还有一本狄更斯的《远大前程》，书里夹着一个信封，Quinn收藏着他儿子John Jr.的照片，以及一张Carrie的照片。

看到自己照片的Carrie终于哭了，可我觉得她至始至终都没有爱过Quinn。

整个剧几乎没怎么提到Quinn的过去，除了第二季里Saul为了查Quinn的身份而找到了他前妻，我突然想到，不知Carrie是否知道Quinn的真名叫John呢？

这个深爱着她直到生命最终的男人，这个可以为她付出一切，无时无刻保护着她的男人。

从Quinn第一天认识Carrie起，就注定了这一段纠葛的感情会将他拖入无底深渊。

即使他从小就被训练成一个无情的杀手，每一次面对Carrie，他永远做不到置身事外。

这段感情的开始，是Quinn在竭尽全力地逃避自己的行动对他人所造成伤害之时，亲眼目睹了Carrie所经历的，并希望能够拯救她。

Quinn为了Carrie所做的数不胜数，从伊朗到喀布尔，从柏林到美国本土，甚至愿意放弃放弃一切，他爱得太过深沉，却一直没有认清事实，才会一而再再而三地如飞蛾扑火般想要保护这段感情 。

其实从一开始他们就是两种完全不同的人，对于Quinn来说，每次执行任务，他的内心总会质问自己到底是对是错，他始终挣扎于自己的道德准则之中，想做一个正直的人，所以在精神上不断地经受折磨，同时也不断在逃避。

而相反，Carrie的道德准则是非常模糊，她可以为了任务毫无保留的献出一切，以达到最终目的，可以自私地把Quinn从昏迷中唤醒，即便知道可能危及他的生命。

两个从道德层面上完全不同的人，即使在那个当下能从彼此受到伤害的心灵上找到慰藉，却是永远不可能在一起的。

第四季里，Carrie父亲葬礼后的那一段我很喜欢，美好得非常不真实，好像时间已经停止，周遭的一切喧嚣都退去，只剩下他们两个人，但是就像Quinn的信里所写的，I wasn't allowed a real life or real love.That was for normal people. 这两个人骨子里的性格和所经历的一切注定了他们永远不可能一起去一个没人认识的地方，过平静的生活。

最后还是想把第五季里Quinn写给Carrie的信再复习一遍，Rupert Friend说这封信是他自己以Quinn的口吻写的，并且在开拍之前没有给任何人看，Claire演出的是第一反应。

这让我再看这一幕的时候更加难过！

Carrie,I guess I'm done, and we never happened. I'm not one for words, but they're coming now. I don't believe in fate, or destiny or horoscopes, but I can't say I'm surprised things turned out this way. I always felt there was something kind of pulling me back to darkness. Does that make sense? But I wasn't allowed a real life or real love. That was for normal people. With you, I thought, "ah, maybe, just maybe.” But I know now that was a false glimmer. I'm used to those. They happen all the time in the desert, but this one got to me. And here's the thing, this death, this end of me is exactly what should have happened. I wanted the darkness. I fucking asked for it. It has me now. So don't put a star on the wall for me. Don't say some dumb speech. Just think of me as a light on the headlands, a beacon, steering you clear of the rocks. I loved you.Yours, for always now, Quinn是时候告别了，Quinn终于可以从痛苦的人生中解脱，一切都归于平静。

愿他能在另一个世界找到真正的所爱。

January 15, 2017The sixth season premiere of Homeland finally revealed Peter Quinn’s condition after his near-fatal brush with death last season (premiere episode spoilers below). As played by actor Rupert Friend, Quinn has dramatically changed — his body and mind seriously eroded from his exposure to sarin gas last year. Having given up hope on making any further improvement, Quinn is pushing away his friend Carrie (Clarie Danes) and just trying to escape from his new reality in a VA hospital. Below, we spoke to Friend about his character’s dramatic change.ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Okay, so what was your reaction when you go the premiere script and how dramatically Quinn was changed? Rupert Friend: It’s tricky because the script didn’t say to what extent or in what way he’s changed. There was a lot of room for imagination or creativity because there wasn’t a manual on what we were seeing or hearing with this guy. The Homeland [script writing] style is very sparse, it’s pretty much just the words that actors say and not a lot more, which I happen to really like because there’s a huge amount of freedom afforded. So I saw this as an opportunity to explore something that’s under-explored in our popular narratives — which is a modern returning soldier. Not with fanfare and streamers, like maybe it was 100 or 50 years ago. But modern warfare spits veterans out and forgets about them. Veterans are coming home to us with diseases, ailments, and inabilities that we’re not even really qualified to deal with. PTSD is an obvious one, but chemical warfare being the other one. In wars in the first part of the 20th century you would have been run through or shot, and you had land mines and bombs. But chemical warfare now is a whole other horror story. This is a popular show and a popular character and it’s important we tell this story as truthfully as we can.In terms of the physicality of your performance, how did you go about creating that? There was a lot of research. It wasn’t necessarily clear what was happening to him. I spoke with doctors, neuroscientists, veterans. Weirdly, YouTube was incredibly helpful. There were are a lot of people who have suffered and with the power of YouTube or Vimeo they have made a lot of tutorials they’ve put out to help others. It’s an amazing spirit of people helping others who they’re never going to meet, and it’s a wonderful thing about the Internet because there’s no payback — maybe you’ll get some Likes or something— but it’s people teaching each other how to coop with impossible circumstances. There’s a huge sense of community and generosity.It seems like such a delicate thing to pull off. A few degrees too much it becomes like a caricature. It’s a dramatic difference for Quinn, yet there also has a lot of subtlety to it. Since I felt like I got inside a community of real people the idea of doing anything that didn’t do that justice would have been very insulting to them. While I didn’t want to shy away from the more dramatic effects these things can have on people, you got to do them justice, otherwise it’s, as you say, a caricature, and I’m not interested in doing sideshow freak show stuff. It’s not respectful and not interesting, and it gets boring quickly.Even your voice pitch is different and, if I’m not mistaken, the way you use your eyes is different too. Thank you. It’s a weird thing to try and imagine your entire neurological pathway has been short-circuited and re-wired badly. Having that as an obstacle, the storyline gets into very extreme places very quickly and overcoming those obstacles would be hard enough for somebody who is firing on all cylinders. But I think the hardest thing for Quinn is his confusion — Is this really what I’m seeing?In the first episode, the read on Quinn that you get as a viewer is that he’s clearly in so much pain and just wants to escape. That’s perfect. It’s been nine months, he’s done all the counseling and the tests and the physical [therapy], he’s come to terms with himself. The place where we shot the Veterans Administration was beyond depressing. This is your life. If you’re Quinn, you collect your check, you blow it all on one night to have one night away from it all, then you’re back in prison, effectively. There’s a genuine thing he’s saying to Carrie, Will you just give up on me because I have.Can you tease to what we can expect from Quinn the rest of the season? The altered perception of reality that Quinn has, which is fascinating and scary, his misreading of normal and simple situations, is going to be a huge problem for him and going to cause him to entangle himself into complicated and dangerous situations. We’ve seen Quinn get out of dangers situations but they’re not of his own making due to his inability to comprehend reality. We’re in this weird Fear and Loathing place where reality is a scary place … What’s really interesting is that Homeland is doing something I don’t think any TV show has done before, where you have a character in season 6 and he’s basically unrecognizable from the previous seasons. We’ve seen shows run and run with characters who come back season after season, but the idea that one of those characters comes back after they’ve changed … I think it’s risky and I like that. Some will say, “But where’s my old friend?” But that’s not the way the world works and I applaud Homeland for its bravery.