12. America First

Complete story — includes the ending

Carrie and Quinn rush to Keane's headquarters, where the staff receive word of a bomb threat in the building. As they evacuate, Dar calls Carrie and warns that the threat is a ruse to lure Keane out of her hotel so she can be assassinated, with Quinn to be framed as the killer. Carrie stops Keane's car from leaving just before a bomb detonates outdoors. Quinn finds Carrie and Keane and escorts them to safety by driving through a barricade of armed soldiers sent to kill Keane; he is shot and dies once they are safe. Six weeks later, Keane has been inaugurated, and Carrie is working as her liaison to the intelligence community; several senior intelligence officials, including Dar, have been incarcerated. Dar tells Saul he did not intend what ultimately happened; he simply lost control of what he set in motion. Carrie is given a favorable report by her caseworker, which means she should be able to regain custody of Franny. She gets a call from Saul, who is being arrested, and learns that Keane is having dozens of innocent government officials apprehended in retaliation for the assassination attempt.