"The Good Soldier" is the sixth episode of the first season of the psychological thriller TV series Homeland.
They check into Aileen's background, and it is discovered she lived in Saudi Arabia for five years as a child.
He is agitated from the beginning, and the polygraph indicates he is lying when he denies giving the razor blade to Hamid.
Brody delivers the eulogy while fighting back memories of beating Walker to death.
Brody takes the test and easily passes on every question, including the one asking whether he gave Afsal Hamid the razor blade.
Carrie is flustered, but has one more gambit - she tells the interviewer Larry (James Urbaniak) to ask Brody if he has ever been unfaithful to his wife.
The episode was written by consulting producer Henry Bromell, his first of two writing credits for the first season.
It was directed by Brad Turner, who was a primary director on 24, which Homeland developers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa worked on.
[1][2][3][4][5] The original broadcast had 1.33 million viewers, which marked a fourth consecutive week of growth in viewership.
[6] "The Good Soldier" received positive reviews from critics, who praised the development of the relationship between Carrie and Brody.
Dan Forcella of TV Fanatic rated "The Good Soldier" a 4.5/5, citing Homeland's unpredictability as one of its strong suits.
[7] Alan Sepinwall of HitFix praised the chemistry between Danes and Lewis, saying "their scenes together the last few weeks have been tremendous".