I interpreted it as Carrie being able to react to Aayan's resistance and thinking on her toes. Carrie definitely pulled out all the stops but it's her experience that means she even knows that the "stops" are.

Good point about Carrie and Quinn both developing feelings for the person they were surveilling. I feel like if this show has one overarching and consistent message it's how volatile that surveillance can be from an emotional and psychological standpoint. Something meant to be detached and impersonal becomes really,…

Carrie is a seasoned pro at this. She's obviously done it before. She knew how to initiate physical contact with him (preventing him from leaving by blocking the door) then get him closer (pretending to hear a noise outside) and then not really giving him a chance to say no. Fara was all "are you in trouble" whereas…

I think Quinn is the kind of guy who waits for someone else to make the first move. And Carrie is the kind of person who has no problem doing so. But the entire time they've known each other it's been either "Brody Brody Brody" or "can't think of anything outside myself because Brody is dead"

Actually the ending reminded me of the beginning when she told Redmond that she got the job by "asking nicely."