Saul (Mandy Patinkin) visits Carrie (Claire Danes) at her home and finds her distraught about losing her daughter.
At the meeting, Javadi tells Keane that Nafisi did make payments to North Korea and that there is reason to believe Iran is contravening the nuclear agreement.
When Quinn confronts Astrid with his suspicions and only gets denials, he punches her in the stomach and leaves to track down the neighbor, having seen his truck at a motel.
The episode received a rating of 73% with an average score of 6.59 out of 10 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's consensus stating "Highlighted by masterful performances, 'Alt.Truth' increasingly focuses on the core vulnerabilities of Carrie, Saul, Quinn and Astrid, setting up explosive confrontations to come in the final act".
[2] Ethan Renner of The Baltimore Sun described the episode's climax at the lake house as "another in a series of great, intense action sequences this season".