"Andante" is the seventh episode of the seventh season of the American television drama series ''

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'', and the 79th episode overall. It premiered on

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on March 25, 2018.

Plot

Saul (

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) apprises Wellington (

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) of the situation with Simone Martin — that she intends to implicate Wellington in the plot to assassinate General McClendon, and that she's in league with Russian interests. A stunned Wellington sends a letter of resignation to President Keane (

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). Keane pays a visit to Wellington to inform him that she does not accept his resignation, as he is needed more than ever with her administration under attack.

Carrie Carrie may refer to: People * Carrie (name), a female given name and occasionally a surname Places in the United States * Carrie, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Carrie, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Carrie Glacier, Olympic Nati ...

(

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) and her crew leave Dante's apartment with as much evidence as they can collect, though they don't find anything immediately incriminating. The next day, an argument with Maggie (

Amy Hargreaves Amy Hargreaves (born January 27, 1970) is an American actress who has worked in film, television, video games and theater. She had a recurring role on ''Homeland'' as Maggie Mathison. In 1994, she starred in ''Brainscan'' with Edward Furlong. I ...

) leads to Carrie taking Franny and moving out, albeit with no other place to live. Dante (

Morgan Spector Morgan Michael Spector (born October 4, 1980) is an American actor. Spector has appeared in the TV series ''Allegiance'' (2015), '' The Mist'' (2017), ''Homeland'' (2018), and ''Pearson'' (2019), as well as the films '' The Drop'' (2014), ''Chris ...

) offers to let them temporarily stay with him. Carrie snoops around Dante's apartment some more and learns that his ex-wife, Audrey (Tricia Paoluccio), works for the Department of the Treasury. She tracks down Audrey and poses as FBI, claiming to be doing a background check on Dante for a job. Carrie learns from Audrey that some things Dante had said about his past — having a drinking problem, his wife being bipolar — were lies, and also that he had harbored resentment for "a CIA station chief" in Kabul, which was Carrie. Meanwhile, Dante goes to Maggie's house to search Carrie's room, under the pretense of fetching some of Franny's belongings, and discovers research that Carrie had been compiling on him. Using his knowledge of Max's surveillance cameras as leverage, Saul forces Max (

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) to join his task force, with the stipulation that all findings are to be reported to him, not Carrie. Saul is unable to convince a federal judge via a

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to gather information from Simone Martin ahead of her hearing with Senator Paley, and decides to focus on Dante instead when Max deduces that Dante and Simone travelled to five European cities at the same time. That night, Carrie and Dante tease each other with the knowledge that they were spying on one another. As the tense confrontation transitions into sex, they are interrupted when agents charge in and take Dante away in handcuffs on Saul's orders.

Production

The episode was directed by executive producer

Lesli Linka Glatter Lesli Linka Glatter (born July 26, 1953) is an American film and television director. She is best known for her work on the AMC drama series ''Mad Men'' and the Showtime series ''Homeland'', for which she's received eight Primetime Emmy Award nomi ...

and co-written by executive producers Patrick Harbinson and

Chip Johannessen George Frederick "Chip" Johannessen (born November 16, 1955) is an American writer, editor, and producer of several popular television series. He is credited with work on ''24 (TV series), 24'', ''Homeland (TV series), Homeland'', ''Dexter (TV ser ...

Reception

Reviews

The episode received an approval rating of 78% on the review aggregator

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based on 9 reviews. Scott Von Doviak of ''

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'' gave the episode a "B" grade, noting that it advanced the season's story arcs significantly, but also that it leaned too much on drama surrounding Carrie's family.

Ratings

The original broadcast was watched by 1.28 million viewers.

References

External links

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* {{Homeland 2018 American television episodes Homeland (season 7) episodes Television episodes directed by Lesli Linka Glatter