Well, sure. But let's peel back some of the layers on this: while the crime itself wasn't politically motivated, the bomber obtained the shrill from a worker in a nationalized mine, whose father died as a result of oppressive labor practices, and who was then arrested and almost assassinated for speaking out against…

Though not as awkward, apparently, as Stahma bathing by herself. Ha! And let's not kid ourselves: on HBO, everybody in that tub is naked. Let's see if Alak ever lips off to her again.

Of course there's no sense of irony from Berlin as she claims how surveillance is necessary to make people safer while in the process of looking for a terrorist that her surveillance network failed to prevent.

That said, he's certainly popular with the ladies!

So that's funny, because I thought the "Han Solo/surveillance is good" scene was the weakest part of the episode. First off, there's the issue of suddenly finding ourselves in the middle of character exposition when they're supposed to be locating a terrorist. But I don't think she's right either. As mentioned…

I think this review (though not just this one) completely misses the significance of the reveal that Bassam is the one who performed the execution. That sets up a rather fundamental structural problem for the series. If the conceit of the show is to ask (and show) how a basically decent man becomes a ruthless tyrant…