Panama hat miners of the California Gold Rush traveled to California via the Isthmus of Panama and Pacific Mail Steamship Company. In 1906 , U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt visited the construction site of the Panama Canal and was photographed wearing a Panama hat, which further increased the hats' popularity. Although the Panama hat continues to provide a livelihood for thousands of Ecuadorians, fewer than a dozen weavers capable of making the finest "Montecristi superfinos" remain. Production in Ecuador is dwindling, due to economic problems in Ecuador and competition from Chinese hat producers. The tamsui hat was a straw hat made in Formosa
Two Hats in viewership from the previous episode. Michael Hogan of "The Huffington Post" had high praise, saying "In 'Two Hats,' arguably the best episode of the season so far, the writers piled intrigue on top of intrigue". Conversely, Willa Paskin of "Salon" described it as "the season’s dullest episode, with the story and the characters feinting one way to go another, yet leaving us — for now — with just the feint." Two Hats "Two Hats" is the ninth episode of the second season of the American television drama series "Homeland", and the 21st episode overall. It originally aired on Showtime