The third episode of Homeland answered the clamour of fans to get a glimpse of former war hero Nicholas Brody, and Entertainment Weekly reports that both Brody and Carrie are shown trapped in their own, separate nightmares of a life in "Tower of David".

First off, fans get to learn that fugitive Nick Brody has been fatally shot, and his rescuers, who are complete strangers, tell him that he's actually in Venezuela. Thanks to Carrie Mathison, Brody is safely stashed away in a location where fugitives - like a reputed terrorist - may spend their days, miserable but safe.

His guardian/captor is a man called El Niño (Manny Perez) and his daughter Esme (Martina Garcia) serves as Brody's nurse and bodyguard. An impatient, Brody meets a motley crew of characters like him, such as Dr.Graham (Erik Dellums), who tells him there's no other place that could accept their kind, according to Grantland.

Brody finally gets the itch to escape his Venezuelan prison, and hatches a (foolish) plan to seek refuge in a mosque. Helped by Esme, he manages to escape, finds a mosque and is welcomed by the Imam. However, just when he thinks he is finally safe, he is dragged and beaten by the police; the Imam betrays him, telling him he is not a Muslim but a terrorist. Fortunately, El Niño and his men storm through the room, and drags the former Congressman back to the hideout.

Meanwhile, Carrie is trapped in her own prison, at the mental hospital where her family left her to get better. It's excruciating to watch Carrie break down, asking her doctors to tell Saul she is getting better. In her desperation, she even bangs her head on the bathroom mirror. The nurse tells her she has been getting a frequent visitor, a certain man, and Carrie desperately hopes it were Saul.

Unfortunately, it's a stranger, a lawyer named Paul Franklin (Jason Butler Harner) who tells Carrie he's on her side. Carrie walks out on him, telling him "You think I'm vulnerable, you think I'm weak," reports Entertainment Weekly. Later on however, Carrie finally acknowledges that she does need her meds.

This episode of Homeland left fans hopeful that the next instalment will pick up the pace for both Brody and Carrie, the central figures of the show. Fans had been critical of the show's previous episode, wherein there was reportedly too much screen time for other non-essential characters like Dana (Morgan Saylor), Brody's teenage daughter.