President Keane (Elizabeth Marvel) makes pleas to the wives of the FBI agents who were killed in Lucasville, asking them to also attend the memorial.
With the objective of connecting the McClendon assassination to David Wellington, Carrie (Claire Danes) assembles a team of friends from her CIA days.
Fully expecting Simone to immediately report to her handler, the team is gratified when her first phone call is to their prime suspect, Wellington (Linus Roache).
The website's critical consensus is, "'Active Measures' wrings some juicy suspense from an impromptu sting chock full of twists and eerily relevant subtext.
"[1] Shirley Li of Entertainment Weekly' rated the episode a "B+", concluding that it "activated several new mysteries to pursue, and this latest twist leaves me intrigued to see more".