Adam Lenhardt
Senior HTF Member
I didn't read it quite as a Florence Nightingale situation; I think the hard part of her that's the CIA spy was steadfast in her belief that he'd been turned and was the enemy. At the same time, she watched him for hours and hours on end for a month, experienced the complexities of his life and situation, and fell in love with him. She sort of separated in her mind Sgt. Brody the suspected terrorist and Nick Brody the human being, segregated them into different spheres of her life. Probably BECAUSE she thought he was a terrorist, he was someone she could be with without feeling judged. Or maybe through her surveillance she just realized he was someone who is as broken as she is, and that resonated with her.Carrie's role also shifted; it's obvious that while she viewed him as someone who had been "turned" the other thought in her head was also: "this is a guy who was turned under the worst of circumstances.. I can be the one who turns him back". I think she honestly is drawn to him in some ways as someone who can bring her a lot of personal redemption, and that if she can save him it's the forgiveness she's really after.
One other detail I found fascinating: the daughter, while getting stoned with her friends who are clearly "badder" than she is, still insisted on honoring her mother's punishment. She mouths off to her mother about fucking around, but when there's no enforcement present her instinct is still to listen to her mother. It's counter-intuitive, but I believed it. Her speech to Mike also reminded me strongly of Amber's speech to Seth on "Parenthood".