She's now an analyst, ex-case officer. She was 'demoted' because of the events in the pilot episode.

They could have briefly shown her getting there, I agree. But it doesn't really bother me that they didn't. I think the extent of it is that she boards a jet with a fake identity. They may have showed more of the process in Season 2 when she went to Beirut.

Make connections with people in important places, build trust with them and 'recruit' them, build a network of informants, manage and protect the informants as they feed you info.

A. Intense, nerve-wracking, unpredictable, exactly why I watch Homeland

Tower of David doctor performing the abortion?

Carrie isn't the world's most wanted terrorist. I don't think she would have the same issues getting there.

Carrie was a case officer in the Middle East (before the timeline of the show began). She can blend.

I don't think it's so much a disguise, but just that her blonde hair would stand out too much.

Mini-series was never on the table. It's not what Showtime ever wanted, not what Gordon and Gansa signed on for, not what Danes and Lewis signed on for.

It assumes they're not aware of 'the world'. Who says that's the case?

I see the difference between having an opinion, and needlessly attacking someone for theirs

You tell him! We can't have anybody here with such an opinion.

Jerkface's version of the script:

She was 15 when she won the Golden Globe! Probably 14 when she started on the show.

'Falsehoods' on a fictional TV show. We'll get right on that.

Capone had been muscling in on Torrio's power, in a non-hostile way. I think that's what the 'you win' meant.