Hold on to your hats, folks.
Two episodes in to its fifth series and Homeland just got seriously good, seriously fast.
It has been the show’s traditional style to ramp up its complex, layered storylines gradually, ratcheting the tension from week to week.
Last year’s Brody-less, relocated series didn’t really get going until its mid-point with Saul’s abduction and Aayan’s shocking death at the hands of his own uncle.
Not this year.
What was already a masterfully tense episode moved up another level with a double gut punch in its closing moments.