Following a tip from Al-Amin, she tracks down Dr. Hussein, who brings Carrie to Qasim's (Alireza Baryam) apartment where the terrorist cell had been residing.
Allison (Miranda Otto) receives her final assignment from the SVR: she must ensure that the chemical attack on Berlin succeeds.
When the CIA learns that Zaheer, slain member of the cell, was enrolled at TU Berlin, Allison volunteers to talk to professors she knows there.
Saul starts to question Allison as to what happened at the university but is interrupted when a doctor arrives to drain her wound.
The episode received a rating of 75% with an average score of 7.8 out of 10 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's consensus stating "As 'Our Man in Damascus' sets the ticking clock for Carrie, Homeland strands a few ongoing plots to make room for an explosive season finale".
[1] The Baltimore Sun's Ethan Renner had high praise, calling it "an awesome episode, packing the best of Homeland into one of the most intense, dramatic hours of television all year".