r/homeland • u/NicholasCajun • Mar 08 '20

Discussion Homeland - 8x05 "Chalk Two Down" - Episode Discussion

Season 8 Episode 5: Chalk Two Down

Aired: March 8, 2020

Synopsis: Carrie chases answers. Max attempts a rescue. G’ulom takes an opportunity.

Directed by: Alex Graves

Written by: Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen

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u/minty_cyborg Mar 09 '20

“Recover the flight recorder” seems like the first order one would expect after transmitting that the aircraft fuselage is intact

Max also pulled some sort of small module out of the cockpit in addition to grabbing the dead president’s phone and personal effects

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u/greece-lightning Mar 09 '20

Except military aircraft (incl. helos) do not have a Flight Data Recorder (FDR)