A character in Homeland
Played by Mandy Patinkin
Homeland · 54 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Homeland: in 18 of its 54 quotes
Most scenes with: Carrie Mathison (7), David Estes (2), Peter Quinn (2)
SaulEveryone lies in this business, I accept that. But we all draw lines somewhere, and the two sides of that line are us and them. And whatever we had you and I, whatever trust we built up over a decade of me protecting you and teaching you everything I know, you destroyed it when you lied to me and you treated me like them. Like every other schmuck in this building. So when you say you understand, is that what you mean? Is this interesting?
Saul[to Carrie] Hey, your source came through. I won't have you call this anything but a victory.
Saul[discussing Virgil's findings about Quinn's ascetic lifestyle] He's a CIA analyst. His personal life is a little wanting.
SaulWhat were his exact words, please?
An American prisoner of war has been turned.
SaulHe said this in English?
Yes, he whispered it into my ear right before the guards pulled me away.
SaulWhy would he use the expression "turned"?
He mentioned turned, working for Abu Nazir.
SaulWhy am I just hearing about this now?
Because until ten minutes ago, I didn't know there were any POWs alive in Iraq or Afghanistan.
SaulSo you're suggesting that Abu Nazir planted intelligence on his own safehouse just so we could recover Sergeant Brody?
I realize it sounds like a reach.
SaulTo say the least. Why not just drop him near a checkpoint and make it look like he escaped? Why would you sacrifice thirteen trained fighters?
Because Abu Nazir is playing the long game. This way no one suspects a thing.
SaulExcept you.
Yeah, except me!
I-I'm just making sure we don't get hit again.
SaulWell, I'm glad someone's looking out for the country, Carrie.
I'm serious. I-I missed something once before, I won't... I can't let that happen again.
SaulIt was ten years ago. Everyone missed something that day.
Yeah, everyone's not me.
So tell me what's so important that it couldn't wait.
BerensonAbu Nazir, David. Remember him? Two horns, long tail, a strong scent of sulfur? I think we found out how he's financing his attack.
SaulIt's been a very complicated day.
Your life is a very complicated day.
I don't want you to come with me.
SaulWhat?
I want to go alone. I need to go alone.
SaulWhy?
I just do.
SaulFor how long?
I don't know.
SaulA week? A month? What?
I don't know.
SaulThe new job was just a ploy. Your way of letting me down gently.
Saul... we're like good friends, sharing a house. You do the dishes, I water the garden. You are watching football, I watch cooking shows. You play golf, I do yoga.
SaulSounds perfect.
SaulMr. Al-Zahrani, I'd like you to go back to your house now. Put that drawing in your window tonight. Tomorrow afternoon, I'd like you to proceed as you normally would to meet Tom Walker. Okay?
So I'm bait?
SaulYou're bait. You're free to go now.
What happens to me after all of this?
SaulGo about your business. Live your life. We say nothing to Saudi Intelligence about your connections to Abu Nazir, you say nothing to Abu Nazir about our little get-together. You work for us now. Welcome to the CIA.
Al-Zahrani's got diplomatic immunity. That may not mean much to you people, but to us mere mortals in the State Department, that's a serious issue.
SaulWe're not dragging him to Tunisia. We're not waterboarding. We'll be very polite and gentle. I just want to ask him some questions during his lunch hour.
CIA's not even supposed to be operating on American soil. It's against your own charter. This is the FBI's job.
SaulAl-Zahrani's running a terrorist cell out of the Saudi embassy. He and Tom Walker are planning an attack on the United States. Fuck the charter.
He doesn't mean that.
SaulYes, I do.
SaulThanks for getting back.
I'm guessing this isn't a social call.
SaulNo.
What's going on?
SaulI can't talk. We're on an open line, but we need your help. I know, I hate myself for even asking.
Well can't it wait until tomorrow?
SaulI'm afraid not. David Estes is sitting outside your house right now.
Well tonight is Thursday. I cook dinner for the family on Thursdays. I'm making vegetable lasagna with vegetables I picked this morning from the garden. [sighs] Don't make me talk to him, Saul. I don't ever want to see him again. I've put all that away.
SaulPlease, Carrie.
Why did you stop calling, Saul?
SaulDoctor Rosenberg said I reminded you of work. I was having a deleterious affect on your prognosis.
[smiles] That sounds like him.
SaulEver think we'd be doing this again?
I hoped. I know, I know. Don't get used to it.
You're not in Beirut?
SaulCame straight here from the airport. I hear you were turned away from the debrief at Langley today.
I was the one who recovered that intel. He wouldn't even let me present it!
SaulWell, I can only imagine how shitty that must have felt. Still feels.
Before the Beirut trip, I really thought I'd finally found a way to cope with being out of the company.
SaulBefore you dig that hole any deeper, I have to show you something. Is this your computer?
Yeah.
Saul[removes a flash drive from his breast pocket] Here. I'll only fuck it up. That's the one piece of intel recovered in Beirut that Estes and his men haven't seen yet. I came straight from the airport because I think you deserve to see it first.
[Carrie inserts the flash drive and presses play]
[pre-recorded video] This is Nicholas Brody and I'm a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. People will say I was broken, I was brainwashed. People will say I was turned into a terrorist.
Oh my God.
Taught to hate my country. My actions this day is against such domestic enemies. The vice-president and members of his national security team, who I know to be liars and war criminals --
[quietly] I was right.
-- who are responsible for atrocities they must be held accountable for.
Saul[whispers] You were right.
This is about justice for eighty-two children whose deaths were never acknowledged and whose murder is a stain on the soul of this nation.
[crying] I was right.
Sweet hardware!
Yup. CIA has the best shit.
So, who are these guys?
Uhm, the same guys who've already watched Brody for 300 hours. Who are you?
The guy [who's] running things.
[surprised] Is that right?
Saul[resignedly] Yes. It is.
And I don't like surprises.
Err, I'm not crazy 'bout them, either.
[mockingly] Crazy? Interesting word. --- [shaking hands with Carrie] Peter Quinn.
Uh, Carrie.
Mathison.
Yes. I know.
I like your work.
[warily] Uh, Peter Quinn from where?
Same place as you.
Officer?
Analyst.
SaulEstes brought him in.
Ah.
So. Let's talk shop.
[unwilling to take the information for granted] What... How many years?
Six at Langley, four on the Venezuela desk.
The cartels?
Like that. --- Are we done with the meet and greet?
SaulYes. Moving on?
So, we run a small team on Brody twenty four-seven. My team already hooked into the security cameras in the Rayburn building, tapping his home phone and cell. Anywhere else he goes, we have a man on him.
And what team is that?
You'll never see them.
Saul and I already have a plan.
[patronizing] Hold that thought --- Brody has a meeting this morning at the CIA, and we want to throw him a jolt. So we figured go for his Achilles heel. --- Which is you.
So I'm in the building. I... I run into him?
Let it drop you're back at the CIA. That should trigger his fear that your theory about him is now back in play. And that should send him to his handlers, where you guys... will be there with cameras.
Roger that.
Yeah, OK.
So, you want to tell us your plan now?
Uh, actually, it was the same.
The same plan?
Same plan. So...
[ironically] So... I'm only half a moron.
[leading Saul to Aileen's cell] This one's a piece of work. A spitter, a hitter, and a shitter.
SaulThat doesn't sound like her.
Then you don't know her too well.
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