'Homeland' Season 6 introduces a female president-elect, but whose side is she on?

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This recap contains spoilers for Homeland Season 6, episode 1, titled "Fair Game."

Homeland is back for Season 6 with "Fair Game," an episode that finds the key players a bit scattered when the season begins — but it's only a matter of time before they converge.  

Carrie's fight

After years of globetrotting in order to wage a war on terror, Carrie (Claire Danes) has settled down in Brooklyn and is trying to raise Franny while helming an organization that protects and defends Muslims from unjust prosecution.

It's a noble cause, to be sure, as viewers are introduced in the premiere to Sekou Bah (J. Mallory McCree), a Muslim teen who seemingly wants only to share a counterpoint view to heinous U.S. military activities, but whose website is something the FBI has deemed "material support" for terrorism. FBI Special Agent Ray Conlin (Dominic Fumusa) — who should be a fun mustache-twirling a-hole for this season — claims that they worry Sekou's rhetoric will incite others to violence. So Sekou is arrested and Carrie and co. are brought in to represent him, and already we smell something else brewing with this storyline. Read more...

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