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What I loved most about this episode was when Rick is driving to and from the spot 18 miles out. Shane keeps seeing the walker in a suit strolling through a field. To me that is powerful symbolism or possible foreshadowing and that through Shane's expression as he watches the walker, I feel he believes now that somehow that walker is soon to be his fate as well, and that is the moment he realizes it. I attribute this to both him being put in his place by Rick about Laurie and the baby being Rick's but I can see Shane's pain of knowing he's losing a good friend in life-that being Rick, and he's maybe sad it's come down to this point. Also the closing song, "Civilian" by Wye Oak really sets that reflective mood and adds emotion and depth to this episode.

I've now watched all 8 seasons of Homeland for the third or fourth time. Even though I knew what was coming and how Carrie's episode would end, enough time had passed since my last viewing that while I anticipated it being awesome, it was even better than I remembered. Her current financial situation, being coerced to pay money she didn't have, felt more relevant this year than the last time I watched this episode. Sadly, this type of scene plays out for real people far too often now compared to then. So, I give this whole episode a 10, especially for Carrie's final scene, and Claire Danes delivered an awesome acting job. I was amped by the last scene. When you see it, you'll know it. It features Carrie in complete kickass style, along with an adrenalized, hyped outro musical score to boot. For that, this episode gets 10 stars. Very rare for me to do that for any show!

I laughed so hard many times, and almost cried once or twice too! Steve Carrell is just an awesome comedian, and one of the funniest characters, as Michael Scott, in any television series I can think of. Also, although Dwight annoyed me more times than making me laugh, in this episode he was absolutely hilarious and fantastic in his scenes. When he went to look for the iPad, didn't find it but instead found mold and proceeded to fix the problem, I swear it was just a work of art. Especially with him taking a sledge hammer to the walls with heavy metal music blasting. Great stuff. Finally, just a note here but this review applies to both this episode And it's companion episode, The Delivery Part 1.