Homeland Season 6 Episode 1 recap revisited: Carrie fights shadows in the new America

Homeland Season 6 opens with significant changes for its main characters. On January 15, 2017, the episode Fair Game was released on Showtime. Carrie Mathison is no longer in Berlin, but in Brooklyn with her little daughter Franny, and is employed by a non-detective organization to protect the rights of Muslim Americans. Peter Quinn survived sarin gas poisoning and has PTSD and partial paralysis.

The episode establishes that the season takes place between the election and inauguration of Elizabeth Keane, America's first female president. Meanwhile, the CIA continues to operate under leaders Saul Berenson and Dar Adal, who have different views on the incoming administration. One of the IMDb users said,

“Tonight, close to New Year's celebrations, I was expecting some 'fireworks' to wake up the old man's body in the premier.”

In the episode, a young Muslim American named Sekou Bah enters the scene, and his arrest due to the allegations of supporting terrorism becomes the focus of Carrie's new work. This debut sets the stage for a season shaped by political change, healing, and possible conspiracies, while challenging the main characters in entirely new ways.

Read more about Homeland Season 6 Episode 1.

Who is Sekou Bah in Homeland?

Sekou Bah is a young Black Muslim American who posts videos online about past domestic terrorist attacks. FBI Special Agent Ray Conlin arrests Sekou, who owns plane tickets to Nigeria and 5,000 dollars in cash. Carrie learns about Sekou and, through her nonprofit work, takes it upon herself to help him. In Homeland, Sekou's case becomes important for Carrie because she believes his rights are being violated.

The FBI believes Sekou is connected to Boko Haram, but Carrie questions whether this accusation is truly fair. She accepts his case to protect him in what she perceives as wrongdoing towards Muslim Americans. The example of Sekou reveals how the series addresses the question of security issues and civil liberties in the new America.

Where does Quinn end up?

Peter Quinn is struggling greatly after the events of the previous season. In Homeland, Quinn is at a veteran's hospital trying to recover from sarin gas exposure. He becomes frustrated with his rehabilitation and escapes the hospital without permission. Quinn then goes to a drug den and engages in substance abuse to escape his pain. When someone tries to rob him of his government check, Quinn gets hit on the head and becomes unconscious.

After finding him in this terrible situation, Carrie brings him to an apartment below her own, even though Quinn resists. In this series, Quinn is locked in this apartment, where Carrie tries to help him recover. His condition reveals the hard road ahead for him to return to normal life.

What does Dar Adal fear about Keane?

Saul Berenson and Dar Adal come before President-elect Elizabeth Keane to brief her regarding CIA operations. In the series, Dar discovers that Keane might want to remove military forces from certain regions. Dar becomes very concerned because Keane's son was killed while serving in Iraq.

Dar fears that if Keane reduces the CIA's power and military operations, it could hurt long-term security goals. In Homeland, Saul takes a different view and believes Keane might actually open dialogue about better approaches. Dar then secretly meets with Israeli intelligence officials, called Mossad, to speed up certain secret operations before Keane takes office.

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