“Tom [Walker] lost his way; he just went through too many things and he couldn’t get right again.”
Did you pick up on that quote from Brody during the car ride to the fundraiser at the horse farm in Virginia? It stuck out to me as a possible view that Brody has on himself. Could Brody be far too damaged to ever function as the man he was before his time in captivity? Could this be any indication of where his allegiance lies?
During “The Clearing” we get to visit an old character from season one: Aileen Morgan (Marin Ireland). With a fragile appearance and dark circles under her eyes, she is noticeably rotting away in solitary confinement. In exchange for a cell with a window, Aileen agrees to look at Saul’s picture to try and help identify the man the CIA is looking for. She says she knows the man and spouts off a name and general location of where he lives. Saul rushes out of the room to inform the CIA of the information. Shortly after, the CIA raids the house only to find out it’s not the man from the photograph. Saul returns to Aileen only to see her on the ground bleeding profusely from a self-inflicted wound. She was able to take a lens from glasses Saul left and break the piece into a sharp stabbing weapon. Saul certainly let his emotions get the best of him, and the CIA is left with yet another dead-end.
Dana Brody was able to convince Finn that they should confront their parents about the hit-and-run accident from a week ago. After much argument about “doing it at the right time,” Dana shouts out what happened in front of her mother and Cynthia Walden. The kids are quickly escorted into the mansion to discuss the details. Mrs. Walden takes control by saying that she’ll take care of it. Jessica isn’t fond of this and leaves to find Brody.