Why Is This Night Different?
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| "Why Is This Night Different?" | |
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| Homeland episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | John Coles |
| Written by | Ron Nyswaner |
| Production code | 5WAH04 |
| Original air date | October 25, 2015 |
| Running time | 49 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Why Is This Night Different?" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series Homeland, and the 52nd episode overall. It premiered on Showtime on October 25, 2015.
Allison Carr (Miranda Otto) and Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin) are guests at a Jewish Passover Seder[1] at the home of Etai Luskin (Allan Corduner). Etai compares the slavery of the Jews in ancient Egypt with the treatment of the Jews in the Second World War in Germany.
Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend) tells Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) that he was given an order by Saul to kill her. They stage a scene and take photos to fake Carrie's death, and Carrie prepares to go into hiding. Before she does, Carrie insists on scouting the post office where Quinn gets his assignments in order to confirm whether it really was Saul who wanted her killed. After Quinn drops off his "proof" of Carrie's death in the post office box, a hitman arrives, targeting Quinn, and a gunfight ensues. Quinn is shot but survives, and the hitman is killed. Carrie takes the hitman's phone.
Allison and Saul oversee an operation in which General Youssef of Syria (Yigal Naor) is lured to a bogus clinic in Switzerland where Youssef seeks a kidney transplant for his daughter. Allison and Saul eventually reveal themselves, warning Youssef that he could be arrested on the spot for war crimes, and attempt to persuade him to be their chosen new president of Syria after their planned coup to overthrow current president Bashar al-Assad.
Korzenik (Sven Schelker) goes to a meeting, expecting to sell the CIA documents to the diplomat he made arrangements with, but instead is greeted by Krupin (Mark Ivanir), a Russian SVR agent. Krupin has Korzenik beaten until he gives up the location of the extra copies he made of the documents. Korzenik, along with his girlfriend back at their apartment, are then both killed. Numan (Atheer Adel) later happens upon her body.
General Youssef boards a plane to return to Syria, with Allison and Saul seeing him off. Carrie dials the one contact number she finds in the hitman's phone. Allison answers the call, asking in Russian "yes?" The plane carrying General Youssef explodes seconds later.
Production
The episode was directed by John Coles, with his first directing credit for the series, and written by co-executive producer Ron Nyswaner, with his first writing credit for the series after joining the writing staff this season.
