Brody (Damian Lewis) wakes up in a panic from a nightmare in which he was commanded by his al-Qaeda captors to bury his friend Tom Walker.
He lies in bed sobbing while Carrie (Claire Danes) watches and takes notes from her home.
He sinks into the corner of his bedroom and sits there in silence for the entire day, as though he is back in his cell in Iraq.
He apparently has some leverage over this judge and asks to be granted a FISA warrant, in order to make Carrie's surveillance of Brody technically legal.
Mike (Diego Klattenhoff) talks to Brody after dinner, encouraging him to re-enlist, when he will be given a promotion and financially taken care of.
She gives Lynne the device needed to download the Prince's phone data hidden in a makeup compact.
Maggie expresses concern that she is jeopardizing her own practice by doing so, but Carrie says she has no other option, as if she pursued any kind of treatment on her own, her secret would be out and she would surely lose her security clearance with the CIA.
He puts his newly purchased carpet down on the floor and kneels down on it; he begins to pray, reciting Al-Fatiha from the Quran.
The episode's teleplay was written by co-executive producer Alexander Cary, with story credit going to series co-creator Alex Gansa.
The painting Saul comments on during his meeting with the judge is Mending the Nets by Dutch-Jewish painter Jozef Israëls.
[1] Scott Collura of IGN gave "Grace" an 8/10 score, and praised the development of the two lead characters.
[2] Alan Sepinwall of HitFix felt that this episode successfully maintained the promise and high quality of the pilot.