Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban) puts him into a fully furnished bedroom and bathroom and gets him a shave and haircut.
As they spend time together, Brody teaches Issa to speak English and takes on a fatherly role, and the two form a close relationship.
Later on, Abu Nazir and Brody watch a speech made by Vice President Walden (Jamey Sheridan) addressing the strike.
Carrie (Claire Danes) meets with Special Agent Hall (Billy Smith) from the FBI at the mosque.
The imam (Sammy Sheik) of the mosque is outraged that two innocent worshipers were gunned down and is publicly disputing the FBI's claims that their agents did not shoot first but were merely returning fire.
After doing some shopping, Brody is attacked in the parking lot by two men who beat him, knock him unconscious, and take him away in their car.
She warns the imam about the potential backlash facing him, and the mosque, if he was harboring and protecting a man who ultimately committed a terrorist act.
It does not take long for the CIA to use this information to identify Saudi diplomat Mansour Al-Zahrani (Ramsey Faragallah) as Walker's handler.
Al-Zahrani walks into the room and tells Brody that Vice President Walden is going to ask him to run for office.
Club's Emily VanDerWerff gave "Crossfire" a "B" grade, and felt that the editing was lacking in an otherwise good episode.
[3] Cinema Blend's Jesse Carp was disappointed with the episode, finding Brody's motivations to be unconvincing and the CIA's storyline to be inconsequential.