Ilizwe lakowenu . (ifoto: Ixesha lokubonisa) Kwiveki ephelileyo, siyibonile intsimi entsha Ilizwe lakowenu izakugubungela: iinzame zokulwa nobunqolobi zaseJamani, umsebenzi omtsha kaCarrie kwicandelo labucala, kunye nokuwa okuvela kwi-Snowdenesque evuzayo yolwazi oluhleliweyo. Eyona nto yayingekho, yayingumbuzo wongquzulwano lomntu. Ilizwe lakowenu kukhanya ngokuqaqambileyo xa ubuqili bezopolitiko kunye nomdlalo wokudlala umpu ukhanyisa iindlela uCarrie kunye neqela lemigulukudu bazabalaza (kwaye bahlala besilela) njengezinto zokuziphatha. Isiko lokungenisa izihambi liyagoba kulo mbuzo womlinganiswa, ukubonisa ngokucacileyo izikhonkwane eziza kubekwa uCarrie, uSawule, noQuinn.
UCarrie ufikile eLebhanon, ehlola inkampu yeembacu ngaphambi kokufika kuka-Otto Düring. Umphathi osemthethweni wenkampu upeyinta umfanekiso otyhafisayo wemeko yokhuseleko lwasekhaya xa uCarrie neqela lakhe bethathelwa ngaphandle ukuya kudibana noWalid, umphathi weHezbollah oqhuba idolophu. Emva kokubhengeza ukuba uthatha umba othile kubantu abathengise uCarrie indawo ekhuselekileyo kwindawo yokuqala, kwaye emva kokwamkela enye i-40,000 yeedola ezinkozo, wenza isithembiso sakhe sokugqibela: iyure enye yokukhusela uDüring, emva koko akanakukuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lomntu. Uqhankqalazo lwakhe ecaleni, uCarrie ubonakala eyamkela ukuba iyure enye, abantu bakhe baya kukhuseleka kancinci okanye kancinci, nto leyo ebuza lo mbuzo: loluphi uhlobo losongelo lokhuseleko olunokuthi luthathwe iyure, kodwa hayi iyure kunye nemizuzu eli-15?
Kanye kwishedyuli, utyelelo lukaDüring luya kwi-haywire, okokuqala xa indoda enebhombu isondela kwiqela kwaye ibulawa, emva koko xa umqhubi kaCarrie no-Otto bezama ukuqhuba isithuthi sabo ngohlobo oluthile lweziqhushumbisi. UCarrie uyakwazi ukwalusa uDüring ngaphandle kwelizwe, kodwa unyanzelisa ukuhlala eLebhanon ukuze afumanise okwenzekileyo, kwaye into ayifumanayo imbeka kwimeko: I-Hezbollah ityhola ukuphazamiseka kwendoda yabo yalapha, uWalid. UCarrie ubona ukurekhodwa kukaWalid engcungcuthekiswa, ngela xesha athi uCarrie wayejolise ekuhlaselweni kodwa akalityhili iqela okanye amaqela ambeke kulo.
Ngeli xesha, emva eJamani, uLaura Sutton uyakhala kumabonwakude malunga nokutyhilwa kwakhe kokuhlola ngelixa bonke abanye abadlali bejongile. USaul noAllison Carr, umphathi wesikhululo seCIA eBerlin, balinganisa umonakalo onokwenziwa nguSutton kwaye baqwalasele unxibelelwano lukaSutton noCarrie ngeDüring Foundation. I-Astrid kunye ne-Intelligence yaseJamani bayamamela ngelixa bekhangela indlu kaSutton kwaye bagqiba kwelokuba bambambe. Abagculeli baqinisekile ukuba lifikile ixesha lokunikezela ngamaxwebhu angaphezulu kwaye bagqiba kwelokuba bamothuse ngaphandle kwesitudiyo sikamabonwakude. Njengoko ehlasela isitalato, nangona kunjalo, ubanjiwe.
USawule, esebenzisa olona hlobo luchukumisayo anokuluhlanganisa, uxelela uCarr ukuba uzakuthatha ukophula umthetho wezokhuseleko kwaye uya kuphinda akhunjulwe eMelika. Emva kokuchasa amatyeli ambalwa ngezizathu ezibonakalayo kunye nokukhumbuza ngokungagungqiyo uSawule ukuba inkxaso yakhe incedile ekugcineni ukuma kwakhe kwi-Arhente, uCarr ubiza uDar Adal eLangley kwaye ucebisa ngomdlalo okhaliphileyo: ukuba uSawule atshiswe endaweni yakhe. UDar Adal, mhlawumbi engekasithathi isigqibo sokuba ngubani angathanda ukumchasa ngeli xesha lonyaka, akenzi zithembiso.
UQuinn, kwelakhe icala, ebephandle kwizitrato zaseBerlin, efumana umvuzo wakhe ngokusebenzela iimfuno zaseMelika. Zeziphi izinto onomdla kuzo, kule meko, kukulandela umkhondo nokubulala owasetyhini oqokelela abasetyhini abasebatsha kwi-Islamic State. UQuinn ubukele njengoko ethatha abafazi abathathu, ebona amaphepha abo, amabali agubungelayo, kunye nemali epokothweni, aze abanike omnye umntu onxibelelana naye. Ngokukodwa, mhlawumbi, uQuinn akajonganga naliphi na kwaba bafazi ukuba bazibandakanye okanye bathethe ngemisebenzi yobunqolobi, kodwa ubeka ezinye iiarhente kubathathi kwaye abulale umqeshi ngokufanayo. Ubuyela kwidrophu efileyo kwaye athathe isabelo sakhe esilandelayo: omnye uCarrie Mathison.
Ke kuyabonakala ukuba uSawule ufuna uCarrie asweleke, kodwa olo dubulo kubudlelwane obusembindini womboniso ngokungathandabuzekiyo luya kufumana umthunzi njengoko ixesha liqhubeka. Umbuzo osebenzayo, okwangoku, kukuba amandla adlalayo uQuinn nxamnye noCarrie ayekwangabo abo bazise uhlaselo eLebhanon. UCarrie ufumanisa phantse ukuba wahlukane ngokupheleleyo nemibutho enokumkhusela. I-CIA iyamthuka ngokutshintsha amacala, ngokungathi kunjalo. Isiseko seDüring simgcina kubude bengalo ngenxa yokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba uyabahlola abantu baseMelika. Ukhulisa intombi yakhe kunye nesoka lakhe eBerlin ngelixa ebaleka iibhombu kwihlabathi liphela. Apha kubonakala ngathi Ilizwe lakowenu Iqhuba ibuyela ngakwimpikiswano yayo: ukungenelela kweCarrie's bipolar disorder kunye nokusetyenziswa gwenxa kweziyobisi kwimizamo yakhe yokugcina ilizwe lijikeleza. Ingxaki leyo evuyiswa ngovuyo nguClaire Danes, nangona ibilisa ukuya kwelinye ityala lokungabikho komfazi.
Kuyakha ke, ukuba kubonakala ngathi siphosa uSawule noQuinn emanzini afanayo ngeli xesha lonyaka. Bazibophele kwinqununu: uSawule ukuqinisa isikhundla sakhe ngaphakathi kwe-CIA kunye neQuinn ukwenza ukubulala kwakhe ngaphandle kokuqwalaselwa kokuziphatha. Ngoku kubonakala ukuba bazimisile ngokuchasene noCarrie, abathe bobabini bambala njengesihlobo esithandekayo, siza kubona ukuba bangumntu ongqwabalala kangakanani.
