"Blind Spot" is the fifth episode of the first season of the psychological thriller TV series Homeland.
Carrie (Claire Danes) visits her father, Frank (James Rebhorn), with the intent of pilfering some of his pills (he also has bipolar disorder).
She manages to get some, but her visit is cut short when she gets a call telling her that the CIA has Afsal Hamid (Waleed Zuaiter) in custody, who was the lone survivor of the raid where Brody (Damian Lewis) was rescued in Iraq.
Meanwhile, Saul (Mandy Patinkin) is at the airport, picking up his wife Mira (Sarita Choudhury) as she returns from India.
Saul similarly gets a call about the captured terrorist and has to leave immediately, not even able to take Mira home.
Hamid is then left in the interrogation room with the lights blinking, the air conditioning on full, and intermittent blasts of loud metal music are played.
The address is eventually traced back to the university where the previously investigated Raqim Faisel is working.
Carrie initially suspects a tip-off from within the CIA, especially with Hamid also mysteriously ending up dead.
Saul is also angry that Brody was permitted to meet with Hamid, but refuses to take Carrie's suspicions up the chain of command, as there is still no hard evidence.
Co-executive producer Alexander Cary wrote the episode, his second of three writing credits for the first season.
[2] Jesse Carp of Cinema Blend thought the interrogation scene was "one of the most memorable in an already unforgettable series".