If you’re having trouble remembering where we left off with season three, here’s your reminder: Brody was killed while Carrie was pregnant with their child. A few months later, Carrie picked up and went to Istanbul to be the station chief. (Kind of a big deal, but we were all too stuck on her being pregnant to care about the promotion).
The first hour of the new season kicks off in Kabul on Carrie’s birthday. Her coworkers present her with a cake that reads “Happy Birthday Drone Queen” which is pretty fitting for the action to follow.
Basically Carrie is told that they’ve targeted the #4 guy on their most wanted list and she gives the OK to take him out. As it turns out, Mr. #4 was attending a large wedding. Don’t worry…the drone hit him and 40 wedding guests…oops!
When Carrie assesses the damage via some (eerily real) drone camera technology, she sees a single guy who turns out to be the only surviving member of his family. He appears throughout episodes one and two, so we’ll probably be seeing more of him and Carrie will probably be in touch.
Eventually, CIA chief Sandy is put in major jeopardy when his picture is released to the press. Aayan, aka the boy Carrie saw on Drone TV, had a video of the wedding, which his college friend so kindly posted online. Anyway, Carrie goes to Islamabad and reunites with Quinn. The two of them swoop in and attempt to save the day for Sandy, but unfortunately he’s a one–episode kind of character.
The locals rip Sandy from the car and kill him on the street. Carrie and Quinn have to leave him behind, and are ultimately flown home to Langley.
Episode two begins with Carrie arriving back home. Upon entering her driveway she hears her baby crying so, like any loving mother would do, she tries to run. Her sister Maggie opens the door, shocked to see Carrie home.
She hands the red–headed baby to Carrie who would clearly rather be holding Osama Bin Laden than this child.
Quinn is drunk for a large portion of this episode, and Carrie has to come to to bail him out of jail after he beats up two guys who were making fun of his landlord–turned–one–night–stand.
Carrie spends the 60 minutes trying to get Lockhart to send her to be station chief in Islamabad because is miserable at home and has no intention of staying there to be with her daughter Franny.
In fact, on their first day alone together, Carrie takes Franny to Brody’s old house and explains to the infant that her father was excited that she was on the way. This statement is followed by Carrie telling Franny that since Brody is gone, she can’t remember why she had Franny.
As if this weren’t enough, Carrie briefly scares us all while bathing Franny. There was a moment of “is she really going to do this” panic while Carrie allowed Franny to slip under the water in the bath. Though Carrie ended up pulling her out of the water, it’s safe to say that she won’t be winning the Mother of the Year award anytime soon.
Throughout the whole premiere, Saul is clearly unhappy with his current life. He is living in New York City, working for a private security firm and wishing he were back at Langley with Carrie.
As we all knew she would, Carrie figured out the sketchy Islamabad business that led to Sandy’s photo being leaked to the press. After harassing a grounded agent, Carrie puts the puzzle together to discover that Sandy had a “dark source” who was feeding him intel and therefore allowing him to hit the targets that the CIA hadn’t been able to find. The kicker is that Lockhart knew about this exchange of information but totally didn’t care because killing the bad guys was making him look pretty good.
With proof that Lockhart committed treason, Carrie blackmails him into sending her to Islamabad. After being home for under a week, Carrie must say goodbye to her not–so–beloved baby.
Carrie’s sister is pissed to say the least. Maggie unhappily says, “it’s not even diagnosable what’s wrong with you”…not too comforting coming from a therapist. With an abandoned baby and a mission, Carrie boards the plane to Islamabad.
It’s hard to be sure what The Carrie Show season 4 will bring, but we can promise wine, medication (and probably also a lack thereof) and lots of Carrie’s ugly crying face.
