The embassy still has no idea where Carrie is but at the moment they're concentrating on Saul. Lockhart, the ambassador, and other U.S. officials attend a meeting with the Pakistani foreign minister, Aasar Khan, Tasneem and the rest of the Pakistani delegation. Before both parties sit down with one another, Tasneem berates Aasar Khan for his interference with Carrie and that he foiled her plans to have Carrie shipped out of Islamabad because of her breakdown. But Aasar Khan indicates that he didn't know their operation and that he took her into his care to protect relations with the Americans. Hmm ... so I guess Aasar Khan, is not in cahoots with Tasneem but is he truly a good guy ?
The delegation and the embassy sit down to discuss Saul's 'kidnapping' but this time Haqqani's men have put Saul on camera. Saul tells them not to give in to any of the demands as well as some not so nice words which made Haqqani's men pull Saul out of the camera’s view. Haqqani makes his own demands and mentions names of prisoners he wants released in exchange for Saul. Saul is taken back to his cell and manages to procure some rusty nails secretly along the way. The delegation alleges that they're shocked by Haqqani's demands, Lockhart is fuming, and the ambassador remains calm and pragmatic, suggesting they all meet again the following morning with a plan of action.
Carrie wakes up again, still at Aasar Khan's, and goes to the bathroom to freshen up and take her meds. When suddenly she realizes that her meds taste different and makes the connection that they've been tampered with. When Aasar Khan arrived, she asked if he knew about the switch but he insists that he doesn't know. So Carrie leaves and goes straight to the doctor at the embassy. She meets with Quinn and tells him her theory of a possible security breach. Lockhart and Quinn also brief Carrie on Haqqani's demands for Saul. Carrie is flabbergasted at the list of the names Haqqani's asking for - all Haqqani's closest associates! Lockhart and Carrie resolve that they need to find a different way to get Saul so Lockhart leaves to tell the ambassador about the breach. After Lockhart leaves, Carrie tells Quinn the true details of her "kidnapping".
Lockhart meets with the ambassador to discuss the breach with Carrie then as he was leaving, Dennis the traitor arrives. The ambassador confides in him about the breach and also tells him to try to stay inside so he can stay safe. Meanwhile, in his cell, Saul uses his stolen nails to attempt to pick the locks on his handcuffs. After much struggling, he succeeds. Then he fakes his own suicide-by-hanging and takes out the guard who tries to cut him down, and escapes. While escaping, Saul also managed to grab a cellphone and he calls the embassy. They locate him via GPS and direct him toward the nearest CIA asset where they can extract him -- a location 20 miles on foot from where he currently is. He requests to speak to Carrie alone and Saul makes her promise that if he gets recaptured, she must do everything she can so that Haqqani's demands do not get met. Saul forces her to promise that she will kill him if they can't extract him. Carrie tells Quinn what Saul told her and Lockhart tells Carrie that he and the ambassador will stall the Pakistani delegation while Saul gets to safety. Dennis approaches Tasneem to tell her that they know about the pills and she calms him down and gave him another task to do...all this time Aasar Khan look on as they talk quietly.
A very dirty and exhausted Saul finally arrives at the extraction point at the same time that Carrie suddenly realizes why the Pakistani delegation is quite calm despite knowing Saul's escape. Carrie realizes that the reason is because they know where Saul is headed so she leaves the meeting and goes to the control room, finding another way to get Saul safe. She finds the CIA forces waiting at the outskirts of town to see if they can extract Saul but the Taliban had them surrounded. So Carrie contacts the CIA asset to inform Saul that he needs to head to a new extraction point. Saul then leaves and with Carrie on the phone giving him directions of where to go to find safety. But the Taliban forces were just too many for Carrie to be able to get to Saul and Saul realizes that so he stops at a courtyard and puts a gun to his head. Carrie talks him out of killing himself by lying to him and saying that she's going to direct him to a safe zone. Instead, Carrie directs Saul directly into the arms of the Taliban and the last we see of Saul is him getting taken away, while screaming invectives at Carrie.
A dejected Lockhart goes back to the Pakistani delegation and tells them that they will meet Haqqani's demands. The delegation silently leaves and Tasneem tries hard to hide the smile on her face. Carrie feels terrible for lying to Saul, but she knew it was the only thing left to do to keep Saul alive. Quinn reminds her that she hasn't slept in two days and suggests she do so. But before she could sleep, Aasar Khan calls and they meet in the middle of the night to discuss Carrie's pill situation -- Aasar Khan reiterates that he had absolutely no idea that anything was being done to thwart her. Carrie struggles to accept this as fact but ultimately realizes that he's being truthful and tells him so. Aasar Khan then informed her that it was Dennis that swapped her pills but still left out Tasneem's complicity in the entire operation.
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