President Hayes (
Sam Trammell) receives word that Jalal (Elham Ehsas) will execute Max (
Maury Sterling) if Haqqani's (
Numan Acar) death sentence is carried out. Hayes convinces G'ulom (
Mohammad Bakri) to grant a stay of execution while a rescue mission is conducted, but he abandons that plan on advice from John Zabel (
Hugh Dancy), his brash new foreign policy advisor. Haqqani is eventually killed by firing squad. Jalal and his men subsequently kill Max and leave the scene.
Carrie (
Claire Danes) calls Saul (
Mandy Patinkin) to report what happened to Max. She opts to wait with Max's body and return with Saul when he arrives. Yevgeny (
Costa Ronin) stays with her as she mourns Max. Wellington (
Linus Roache) and Zabel are tasked to draft a speech for Hayes: a non-aggressive one that Zabel is displeased with. In Kabul, Jalal seizes control of the Taliban with a speech in which he claims to have shot down both of the helicopters. A video of Jalal's speech is acquired by Claudette Fletcher (Hilary Jardine), a friend of Zabel. Armed with the video, Zabel is able to pivot Hayes away from the original speech. In a national address, Hayes announces that Jalal was responsible for killing the president, and that Pakistan must turn him over immediately, or face an attack from the United States. Saul arrives with a special ops team to retrieve Max's body and tells Carrie about the impending war with Pakistan. Carrie replies that Max gave her the location of the flight recorder, which could clarify whether Jalal is truly culpable for the attack on the helicopters. As they are leaving, the soldiers accompanying Saul begin to place Carrie under arrest, contrary to Saul's orders. Carrie pulls her own gun, leading to a standoff. Yevgeny alerts the Americans to his presence by firing his weapon into the air; Carrie is able to retreat back to his car, and they drive away. == Production ==