This conversation prefaced an entire hour that explored just what getting one’s hands dirty can mean, but I think it was prophetic beyond this episode. “You’re too sensitive for this line of work,” sniffed Dar Adal. “I still prefer to figure the problem out, not obliterate it,” Saul responded, matching patronizing tone for patronizing tone. “Still afraid to get your hands dirty, Saul?” he asked. Instead of answering, Dar Adal turned back to his waffles, already tired of this conversation. “Why wouldn’t trust me?” Saul asked with that leading tone of his. (Yeah, I don’t think that’s what your black ops boys have been doing.) So Dar Adal tried a different tactic, pointing out that Quinn’s presence may be more about keeping an eye on Saul. Pissed off to be questioned like this, Dar Adal returned the favor, bluntly admitting Quinn was one of his, an off-the-books black ops “soldier” - a word that Saul knew immediately meant “killer” even after Dar Adal tried to back away from it with talk of soldiers fixing airplane engines and cooking bad food. Boy, this bunch…” (This should have been your first warning, Saul, to keep an eye out on Carrie and Brody.) But soon enough, Saul charged into the purpose of his visit with his characteristic bull-headedness, asking Dar Adal point blank about Peter Quinn. “The Soviets didn’t shoot us we didn’t shoot them. Saul and Dar Adal started up with the kind of small talk only old CIA spooks could enjoy, reminiscing about the comforting tidiness of the Cold War, where one could live at a fixed address and not fear reprisals.
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