Achilles Heel (Homeland)

"**Achilles Heel**"
"Achilles Heel"
Homeland episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 8
Directed by	Tucker Gates
Written by	Chip Johannessen
Production code	1WAH07
Original air date	November 20, 2011
Running time	50 minutes
Guest appearances
	Chris Chalk as Tom Walker; Afton Williamson as Helen Walker; Jaden Harmon as Lucas Walker; Sarita Choudhury as Mira Berenson; Hrach Titizian as Danny Galvez; Linda Purl as Elizabeth Gaines; Billy Smith as Special Agent Hall; Ramsey Faragallah as Mansour Al-Zahrani;
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"Achilles Heel" is the eighth episode of the first season of the psychological thriller TV series Homeland. It originally aired on Showtime on November 20, 2011.

As Carrie and Saul reel from the news that Walker is alive, the intelligence community clashes on the best way to capture him; Brody learns a shocking truth about his captivity.