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{{Infobox television episode
{{Infobox television episode
| Title = Good Night
| series = [[Homeland (TV series)|Homeland]]
| Series = [[Homeland (TV series)|Homeland]]
| image =
| Image =
| caption =
| Caption =
| season = 3
| Season = 3
| episode = 10
| Episode = 10
| airdate = {{Start date|2013|12|01}}
| writer = [[Alexander Cary, Master of Falkland|Alexander Cary]]<br/>Charlotte Stoudt
| Airdate = {{Start date|2013|12|01}}
| Writer = [[Alexander Cary]]<br/>Charlotte Stoudt
| director = [[Keith Gordon]]
| Director = [[Keith Gordon]]
| guests = *[[Nazanin Boniadi]] as Fara Sherazi
| Producer =
| Guests =
*[[Nazanin Boniadi]] as Fara Sherazi
*[[Tim Guinee]] as Scott Ryan
*[[Tim Guinee]] as Scott Ryan
*[[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]] as Mike Higgins
*[[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]] as Mike Higgins
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*Jaylen Moore as Eric Baraz
*Jaylen Moore as Eric Baraz
*Peter Bradbury as Bill Pfister
*Peter Bradbury as Bill Pfister
| Production = 3WAH10
| production = 3WAH10
| Length = 47 minutes
| length = 47 minutes
| season_article = Homeland season 3
| Episode list = [[Homeland (season 3)|''Homeland'' (season 3)]]<br />[[List of Homeland episodes|List of ''Homeland'' episodes]]
| Prev = [[One Last Time (Homeland)|One Last Time]]
| episode_list = List of Homeland episodes
| Next = [[Big Man in Tehran]]
| prev = [[One Last Thing (Homeland)|One Last Thing]]
| next = [[Big Man in Tehran]]
}}
}}


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==Plot==
==Plot==
On their way to the command center where they will monitor Brody's progress, Quinn ([[Rupert Friend]]) tells [[Carrie Mathison|Carrie]] ([[Claire Danes]]) that while she was in surgery, he looked at her medical records and learned that she's pregnant. He suggests that Carrie sit out the remainder of the mission because she will not be able to be objective regarding Brody. Carrie is insulted by the idea and denies that the baby is Brody's.
On the way to the command center where they will oversee the CIA mission, Quinn ([[Rupert Friend]]) tells [[Carrie Mathison|Carrie]] ([[Claire Danes]]) that he looked at her medical records while she was wounded and knows she's pregnant. He suggests that for the rest of the mission, Carrie ought to sit out. Carrie angrily responds by denying that the baby is Brody's.


A team of special ops soldiers have brought [[Nicholas Brody|Brody]] ([[Damian Lewis]]) to Iraq, where they await nightfall to make their way to the Iranian border. They are approached by three Iraqi police officers who question the team and do not believe their cover story. When the policemen get a look at Brody, team leader Azizi ([[Donnie Keshawarz]]) says "good night" which signals the soldiers to kill the policemen. Brody runs away from the car in a panic. Azizi has to chase Brody down and get him calm and focused on the mission.
The special ops soldiers have brought [[Nicholas Brody|Brody]] ([[Damian Lewis]]) to the Kurdish Regional Government region of Iraq, near the Iran-Iraq border, and they are waiting for nightfall. Kurdish police officers approach them and ask the ops team questions, and not believing their cover story, the officers draw their firearms. The special ops leader, Azizi ([[Donnie Keshawarz]]), says the codeword "good night", which signals the soldiers to kill the policemen. Seeing the violence, Brody becomes scared and flees, but Azizi makes him calm down.


The operation is being watched over at the White House by Dar Adal and Mike Higgins, the White House Chief of Staff. Higgins is upset by the police officers being murdered and orders that two people, Senator Lockhart and JSOC Commander Bill Pfister (Peter Bradbury), be sent to the operations room as advisers.
The team splits up, with Azizi driving Brody to the border. Before they arrive, their truck strikes a land mine, blowing the vehicle in half. Brody escapes serious injury, but Azizi's left leg is blown off. Brody administers first aid and alerts the rest of the team. The explosion attracts further attention, resulting in the team soon being pinned down under heavy gunfire.


Azizi drives Brody to the border while the other special ops soldiers stay back. Before they get there, the truck runs over a land mine, likely one left over from the Iran-Iraq war, and it is blown in half. Both men are shaken up and Azizi loses his left leg. The special ops soldiers rush to help them. The explosion attracts the Kurdish Peshmerga, who start firing at the group.
Recognizing that the situation is now strictly military in nature, Saul ([[Mandy Patinkin]]) relinquishes command to [[Joint Special Operations Command|JSOC]] Commander Bill Pfister (Peter Bradbury), who orders the team to fall back and abort the mission. Brody refuses to follow the order, opting to try to make it to the border on his own. Carrie gets on the communication line with Brody and demands that he abort, stating that he cannot get out of there alive with no support team and no way of extraction. Brody continues with the mission nonetheless, ending communication by telling Carrie she'll find a way to get him home. Turani (Jared Ward) accompanies Brody, offering to supply cover fire while Brody makes a run towards the border. They then realize that they have been surrounded by Iranian military forces. Brody announces himself as the perpetrator of the CIA bombing and requests asylum. Brody and Turani are taken into Iran and placed in a holding cell.
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Carrie tells Fara ([[Nazanin Boniadi]]) that they have a field agent in Iran who has lost his support system and will need to be extracted from Iran at a precise time. She asks Fara whether her uncle in Iran would be able to supply a safehouse. Fara is initially resistant to put her family at such a risk.


Saul ([[Mandy Patinkin]]), believing that the intelligence mission has failed and this is now a military operation, yields command to Pfister and leaves the room. Pfister orders the team to fall back and abort, and soldiers start falling back, but Brody refuses, planning instead to dash for the border while the machine gun fire continues around him. Carrie gets on the line and asks him to give up, but he is insistent. One of the soldiers, Turani (Jared Ward), decides to hang back for a minute and help Brody by supplying covering fire. Just as Brody is about to run for it, the Iranian army appears and captures both of them. Brody announces that he is the perpetrator of the CIA bombing and is requesting asylum. The two of them are put in a holding cell.
Majid Javadi ([[Shaun Toub]]) enters the cell where Brody and Turani are being held. Javadi shoots Turani in the head and asks Brody whether he's ready to go to [[Tehran]].

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Carrie tells Fara ([[Nazanin Boniadi]]) that they have a field agent in Iran who has lost his support system and will need to be extracted at a precise time. She asks Fara whether her uncle in Iran would be able to supply a safehouse. Fara is reluctant to put her family at risk.

Majid Javadi ([[Shaun Toub]]), now being blackmailed by the CIA, enters the cell and is ready to take Brody to [[Tehran]]. Brody asks what will happen to Turani, at which point Javadi shoots Turani in the head.


== Production ==
== Production ==
The episode was directed by [[Keith Gordon]] and written by executive producer [[Alexander Cary]] and Charlotte Stoudt.
The episode was directed by [[Keith Gordon]] and written by executive producer [[Alexander Cary, Master of Falkland|Alexander Cary]] and Charlotte Stoudt.


==Reception==
==Reception==
===Ratings===
===Ratings===
The original broadcast was watched by 2.06 million viewers, which marked a season high to date.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|title=Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, + 'Talking Dead', 'Soul Train Awards', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' & More|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/04/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-wins-night-talking-dead-soul-train-awards-real-housewives-of-atlanta-more/219569/|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=December 4, 2013|date=December 4, 2013}}</ref>
The original broadcast was watched by 2.06 million viewers, which marked a season high to date.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|title=Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, + 'Talking Dead', 'Soul Train Awards', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' & More|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/04/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-wins-night-talking-dead-soul-train-awards-real-housewives-of-atlanta-more/219569/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207013342/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/04/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-wins-night-talking-dead-soul-train-awards-real-housewives-of-atlanta-more/219569/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 7, 2013|work=TV by the Numbers|access-date=December 4, 2013|date=December 4, 2013}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.sho.com/sho/homeland/season/3/episode/10#/index "Good Night"] at Showtime
* [http://www.sho.com/sho/homeland/season/3/episode/10#/index "Good Night"] at Showtime
* {{IMDb episode|2916314|Good Night}}
* {{IMDb episode|2916314|Good Night}}
* {{TV.com episode|homeland-2011/good-night-2984918|Good Night}}


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Latest revision as of 13:39, 7 September 2024

"Good Night"
Homeland episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 10
Directed byKeith Gordon
Written byAlexander Cary
Charlotte Stoudt
Production code3WAH10
Original air dateDecember 1, 2013 (2013-12-01)
Running time47 minutes
Guest appearances
Episode chronology
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"One Last Thing" 		Next →
"Big Man in Tehran"
Homeland season 3
List of episodes

"Good Night" is the tenth episode of the third season of the American television drama series Homeland, and the 34th episode overall. It premiered on Showtime on December 1, 2013.

Plot

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On the way to the command center where they will oversee the CIA mission, Quinn (Rupert Friend) tells Carrie (Claire Danes) that he looked at her medical records while she was wounded and knows she's pregnant. He suggests that for the rest of the mission, Carrie ought to sit out. Carrie angrily responds by denying that the baby is Brody's.

The special ops soldiers have brought Brody (Damian Lewis) to the Kurdish Regional Government region of Iraq, near the Iran-Iraq border, and they are waiting for nightfall. Kurdish police officers approach them and ask the ops team questions, and not believing their cover story, the officers draw their firearms. The special ops leader, Azizi (Donnie Keshawarz), says the codeword "good night", which signals the soldiers to kill the policemen. Seeing the violence, Brody becomes scared and flees, but Azizi makes him calm down.

The operation is being watched over at the White House by Dar Adal and Mike Higgins, the White House Chief of Staff. Higgins is upset by the police officers being murdered and orders that two people, Senator Lockhart and JSOC Commander Bill Pfister (Peter Bradbury), be sent to the operations room as advisers.

Azizi drives Brody to the border while the other special ops soldiers stay back. Before they get there, the truck runs over a land mine, likely one left over from the Iran-Iraq war, and it is blown in half. Both men are shaken up and Azizi loses his left leg. The special ops soldiers rush to help them. The explosion attracts the Kurdish Peshmerga, who start firing at the group.

Saul (Mandy Patinkin), believing that the intelligence mission has failed and this is now a military operation, yields command to Pfister and leaves the room. Pfister orders the team to fall back and abort, and soldiers start falling back, but Brody refuses, planning instead to dash for the border while the machine gun fire continues around him. Carrie gets on the line and asks him to give up, but he is insistent. One of the soldiers, Turani (Jared Ward), decides to hang back for a minute and help Brody by supplying covering fire. Just as Brody is about to run for it, the Iranian army appears and captures both of them. Brody announces that he is the perpetrator of the CIA bombing and is requesting asylum. The two of them are put in a holding cell.

Carrie tells Fara (Nazanin Boniadi) that they have a field agent in Iran who has lost his support system and will need to be extracted at a precise time. She asks Fara whether her uncle in Iran would be able to supply a safehouse. Fara is reluctant to put her family at risk.

Majid Javadi (Shaun Toub), now being blackmailed by the CIA, enters the cell and is ready to take Brody to Tehran. Brody asks what will happen to Turani, at which point Javadi shoots Turani in the head.

Production

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The episode was directed by Keith Gordon and written by executive producer Alexander Cary and Charlotte Stoudt.

Reception

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Ratings

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The original broadcast was watched by 2.06 million viewers, which marked a season high to date.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (December 4, 2013). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, + 'Talking Dead', 'Soul Train Awards', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
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