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9. Useful Idiot

Carrie has problems at home. Saul and Wellington work on Paley.

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Saul and Wellington meet with Senator Paley and convince him of the Russians' subterfuge, including Paley's own unwitting role. In a hospital, Dante tells Carrie he will cooperate by confirming he and Simone were Russian assets; he informs her that the Russians have a secret Twitter code that would alert Yevgeny's agents to dissolve their network. Saul's team deploy the Twitter code to identify other members of the network; on being informed that the code has been deployed, Yevgeny realizes that Dante is cooperating with the authorities, and defies his handlers by tracking Dante down at the hospital. Carrie learns from Maggie's husband, Bill, that Maggie is consulting a lawyer about taking custody of Franny; she races to Franny's school to leave with her. Dante calls Carrie and warns her that Yevgeny is in his hospital room; she rushes to save him, nearly hitting a frantic Franny with her car as she leaves the school. She arrives at the hospital only to learn that Dante is already dead, and suffers a severe psychotic break triggered by the shock of nearly killing her own daughter.

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