The Choice» is the twelfth and final episode of the second season fly yoga montreal the American television drama series Homeland, and the 24th episode overall. It originally aired on Showtime on December 16, 2012. They discuss their futures, and whether it’s possible for Brody to have a fresh start. Brody, has tracked Carrie and Brody and is across the lake watching their every move.
The next morning, Brody alone goes outside to pray, giving Quinn, carrying a sniper rifle, an opportunity to kill him. Quinn has Brody in his sights but doesn’t pull the trigger. Brody’s political career is over, he’s no longer a threat, and that his information was instrumental in catching Abu Nazir. Quinn says that the only reason to kill Brody now is for Estes’ personal reasons, and that the collateral damage would be wrecking Carrie’s life yet again, and so he refuses to do it and threatens Estes should anything happen to Brody. Brody goes back home to pick up a suit for the memorial service that the CIA is holding for Vice President Walden. Dana reflects on the day that Carrie told her that Brody was going to carry out an attack at the Vice President’s summit, remarking that it all «adds up», and that it’s the only thing that makes sense.
Saul finds Carrie and tells her that he’s going to recommend her promotion to station chief. When Carrie is less than thrilled, and says she has to think about it, Saul sees that her problem is that she wants to be with Brody. The conversation gets heated as Saul admonishes Carrie for throwing away her career to be with a terrorist. Carrie retorts that she doesn’t want to be alone all her life like Saul. Carrie and Brody attend Walden’s memorial service at Langley. At the same time, the Navy holds a ceremony to bury Abu Nazir at sea, which Saul oversees. While David Estes is delivering the eulogy, Carrie and Brody sneak away to Saul’s office to talk.
Carrie reveals to Brody that she’s decided to forsake her career and be with him. Saul surveys the damage at Langley and is distraught to learn that the death toll is near 200 and rising, and that Carrie was present at the ceremony but is unaccounted for and presumed dead. Saul survived, and says that she is returning to the U. Saul is also informed he will be meeting with the President as he is the new Acting Director. Carrie takes Brody to a storage unit where she has hidden some cash and a fake passport for herself.
They then go to get a fake passport made for Brody. The episode was written by executive producers Alex Gansa and Meredith Stiehm, and was directed by executive producer Michael Cuesta. The original American broadcast received 2. 29 million viewers, which decreased in viewership from the previous episode. Out of 21 reviews of the episode indexed by Metacritic, 13 were positive, six were mixed, and two were negative. Tim Goodman criticized the episode as being indicative of Homeland having strayed too far from being a grounded spy thriller.