Homeland

R Is for Romeo

I've said before that Homeland is at its best when it combines action and intrigue with emotional moments between its main characters. That's exactly what Homeland Season 6 Episode 11 delivered.  Rupert and Claire hit the ball out of the park with the explosive confrontation between Quinn and Carrie. Part of what I've loved about this season is the Carrie/Quinn role reversal. A calm and rational Carrie dealing with an out-of-control Quinn has exposed new dimensions to explor... more

The Flag House

As the season rounds the corner into its final act, Homeland Season 6 Episode 10 brings the three main characters to a turning point in their respective arcs.  For Carrie, Quinn, and Saul, Homeland Season 6 has been about what it means to be a hero. While Carrie asks herself, “Can I be a hero and a good mother?”, the question facing Quinn has been, "Can I be a hero and a 'mutant'?" For Saul, nearing the end of his career, the question is, “Can I be... more

Sock Puppets

Things seem to be looking up for Carrie in Homeland Season 6 Episode 9, which can only mean one thing, she's in for a rough ride in the three remaining episodes of the season. With intrigue and action, "Sock Puppets" brought the characters into emotional confrontations as they tried to sort out who to trust and where their own loyalties ultimately lie.  Of Quinn and Franny During a court-mandated therapy session, Carrie finally came clean on ... more

Homeland Final Season Trailer: Can Carrie Broker Peace in Afghanistan? (And Fight Off Her Own Demons?)

Carrie Mathison has a few battles left to fight in Homeland‘s final season… and one’s inside her own mind. In the official trailer for Season 8 — which you can watch below — Saul, now working as national security advisor for the newly installed President Warner, is tantalizingly close to brokering a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan. But he needs help from his old pal Carrie, and asks if she’ll join him in Kabul to iron out the agreement. A freshly... more

Homeland: Carrie's Hazy Memory Gets Grilled in First Teaser for Final Season

[YouTube=ksE36sCW_Co] Carrie Mathison is (finally) back on the case as Homeland returns for its final season… and hey, where’s she been all this time? Well, she doesn’t exactly know, to be honest. We get our first look at Season 8 of the Showtime spy thriller (debuting Sunday, Feb. 9 at 9/8c) in a new teaser — which you can watch above — in which Carrie gets interrogated about whether she’s ever conspired with a foreign government. “Are y... more

Homeland Final Season Pushed to Fall

Showtime is backing off plans to launch Homeland‘s final season this summer. Speaking at the Television Critics Assoc. winter press tour on Thursday, the pay cabler’s entertainment president, Gary Levine, announced that Season 8 will now bow in the fall. “We previously announced a June premiere but because of [international] production demands… we’re moving the final season premiere back to the fall,” he told reporters. As TVLine was first to report, Homeland‘s 12-episode farewell... more