HitFixs Alan Sepinwall reviews the fifth season of Homeland, the showtime espionage thriller starring Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, and Rupert Friend. 'Homeland' Boss Explains the New Normal: "We're Adopting the Model that 'The Wire' and '24' Set". "Each season we pick up Carrie in a new geographic location and a new emotional 'Homeland' Courtesy of … Read more
Growing numbers of Syrian refugees are returning to their war-ravaged homeland from Jordan because they can't survive in exile after drastic aid cuts, can't afford to pay smugglers to sneak them into Europe or are simply "Homeland" is back! And this Showtime drama hasn't been this good since its triumphant, Emmy-winning first season. Set two … Read more
Terrorist plots, unexpected betrayals and executions have made for a plethora of memorable goodbyes on the Showtime series. So before we reunite with Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) for Sunday's season 5 premiere, take a look back at all of Homeland's In this Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 photo, Syrian refugees wait to sign up for a … Read more
HOMELAND. Showtime, 9 p.m. (ET/PT). Where we left off: After the CIA drama went off the rails in its second and third seasons, most critics agreed that it got back on track with a seismic, action-packed fourth outing. In last December's finale, Saul "Showtime's new OTT service is one of the company's new digital initiatives … Read more
I've never had my bipolar medication switched for LSD by a national intelligence agency – not to my knowledge, at least – but in last night's episode of the political thriller Homeland, CIA operative Carrie Mathison dealt with the fallout from exactly Tonight's “Homeland” episode could be viewed as the moment when Carrie Mathison finally … Read more
Prince William & Duchess Kate Are Huge 'Homeland' Fans, Says Damian Lewis Damian Lewis holds up his Officer of the Order of the British Empire medal on Wednesday (November 26) at Buckingham Palace in London, But the fact that it wasn't impossible to imagine for a second that the show would bring him back only … Read more
“Homeland” lacks the idealism of these shows, and their glossed-over tactics, too: Where “Madam Secretary” in particular doubles down on the inherent goodness of the American Way, “Homeland” is loath to offer any such comfort. The character drama of I'm not quite ready to say that Showtime's Homeland is back — it still has quite … Read more
Tonight's “Homeland” episode could be viewed as the moment when Carrie Mathison finally stopped her well-perfected enfant terrible routine and began, grimly, to grow up. Claire Danes has put a toughness, groundedness It's been frequently noted, on and off the comment section of these recaps, that “Homeland” seems lately to be joining “24” in serving … Read more
If you're like me, you approached the start of “Homeland” Season 4 with anticipatory disappointment, maybe even a bit of dread. How, after all, was the show to go on with Nicholas Brody dead, hanged in a Tehran public square, legs splayed stiff like Could it be that Homeland is about to get back to … Read more
Warning: If you haven't watched the season 4 premiere of "Homeland" there are massive spoilers ahead. The season 4 premiere of "Homeland" aired on Showtime Sunday night in back-to-back episodes. During the series' second hour, we're introduced to Homeland is back. It's not the meandering tale of two lost souls who connected after one was … Read more