Showtime's 'Homeland' begins season four with a complete reset

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 its roots?! My god, we can only hope. After the funeral is over, Quinn finds Carrie alone and she gives him the lowdown on what information she obtained from Harris as well as what happened with Lockhart.

Nicholas Brody may be gone from “Homeland,” but as all “Homeland” fans can attest, his departures are never quick and clean. The fourth season of the award-winning Showtime drama launches Sunday night at 9 p.m. with, nominally, a full-blown reset.

Homeland's fourth season begins with Carrie Mathison far from home, back in the field, working as Chief of Station at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. She's tasked with protecting U.S. interests in the region from the Taliban forces and

Homeland hit the reset button Sunday night with a gripping season 4 premiere that was squarely focused on Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) in her new role as CIA's station chief in Kabul.