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Homeland
GenrePsychological thriller
Serial drama
Created byGideon Raff
Developed byHoward Gordon
Alex Gansa
Starring
Opening theme"Terminal 7" by Tomasz Stanko Quintet
ComposerSean Callery
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes14 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Production locationCharlotte, North Carolina
Running time50–60 minutes
Original release
NetworkShowtime
ReleaseOctober 2, 2011 (2011-10-02) –
present

Homeland is a drama/thriller series developed for American television by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa and based on the Israeli series Hatufim (English title: Prisoners of War) created by Gideon Raff.[1][2] The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a Central Intelligence Agency officer and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, a U.S. Marine. Mathison has come to believe that Brody, who was held captive by Al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war, was turned by the enemy and now threatens the United States.

The series is broadcast in the United States on the cable channel Showtime, and is produced by Fox 21. It premiered on October 2, 2011.[3] The first episode was made available online, more than two weeks before broadcast, with viewers having to complete some tasks to unlock access.[4][5] The series has received critical acclaim, as well as several industry awards, including winning the 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Damian Lewis and Claire Danes respectively. Showtime renewed the series for a second season of twelve episodes,[6] which premiered on September 30, 2012.[7]

Overview

Main article: List of Homeland episodes

The series follows Carrie Mathison, a CIA operations officer who, after conducting an unauthorized operation in Iraq, is put on probation and reassigned to the CIA's Counterterrorism Center in Langley, Virginia. In Iraq, Carrie was warned by an asset that an American prisoner of war had been turned by Al-Qaeda. Carrie's job grows complicated when her boss, Director of the Counterterrorism Center David Estes, calls Carrie and her colleagues in for an emergency briefing. Carrie learns that Nicholas Brody, a U.S. Marine Sergeant who had been reported as missing in action since 2003, has been rescued during a Delta Force raid on a compound belonging to terrorist Abu Nazir. Carrie comes to believe that Brody is the American prisoner of war that her asset in Iraq was talking about.[8] However, the federal government and her superiors at the CIA consider Brody a war hero. Realizing it would be nearly impossible to convince her boss to place Brody under surveillance, Carrie approaches the only other person she can trust, Saul Berenson. The two must now work together to investigate Brody and prevent another terrorist attack on American soil.

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast

  • Hrach Titizian as Danny Galvez, a CIA agent of Guatemalan and Lebanese origin.
  • Chris Chalk as Tom Walker, a U.S. Marine who was captured along with Brody.
  • Amy Hargreaves as Maggie Mathison, Carrie's sister and a psychiatrist.
  • Maury Sterling as Max, Virgil's brother aiding in the surveillance of Brody.
  • Taylor Kowalski as Xander, Dana Brody's boyfriend.
  • Jason Hatfield as Pittman, a CIA cryptologist.
  • James Rebhorn as Frank Mathison, Carrie's father.

Production

Development history

File:Homelandposter.jpg
Promotional poster of season 1 of the series.

Based on Gideon Raff's Israeli series Hatufim, Homeland was developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa in early 2010. The two previously worked together on similar show 24. [9][1] On September 19, 2010, Showtime placed a pilot order for Homeland as the first project David Nevins had undertaken since leaving Imagine Entertainment to become president of Showtime.[1] Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa and Gideon Raff wrote the pilot, Michael Cuesta directed the pilot, with Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Gideon Raff, Avi Nir and Ran Telem serving as executive producers.[1][10][11]

On April 7, 2011, Showtime green-lit the series with an order of 12 episodes.[12][13][14] It was announced that Chip Johannessen would be joining the series as a co-executive producer, while Michael Cuesta, who had served as the director on the pilot, would join the series as an executive producer.[15][16]

On July 21, 2011, at the San Diego Comic-Con, Showtime announced that the series would premiere on October 2, 2011.[3] Along with the announcement of the premiere date for the series,[3] the network also announced that the names of the characters portrayed by Claire Danes and Damian Lewis had been renamed Carrie Mathison and Nicholas Brody, from Carrie Anderson and Scott Brody, respectively.[17][18] The series is produced by Fox 21.[13]

Casting

Casting announcements began in November 2010, with Claire Danes first to be cast. Danes portrays Carrie Mathison, "a driven CIA officer battling her own psychological demons."[17][19] Next to join the series was Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson, "the smart and politically savvy CIA Division Chief Saul Berenson who is Carrie's main champion in the intelligence upper echelon and her sounding board."[20][21] Laura Fraser was next to be cast as Jessica Brody, "Nick Brody's smart, strong wife."[22] Next to join the series were Damian Lewis and David Harewood, with Lewis playing Brody, "who returns home after spending eight years as a prisoner of war in Baghdad", while Harewood was cast as David Estes, "a rising star in the CIA, Carrie's boss David Estes is the youngest director of the Counterterrorism Center in the Agency's history."[18] Diego Klattenhoff, Morgan Saylor and Jackson Pace were the last actors to join the main cast, with Klattenhoff playing Mike Faber, "Brody's close friend and fellow Marine, Mike Faber was convinced that Brody was dead, which is how he justified falling in love with Brody's wife Jessica", Saylor playing Dana Brody, "The Brodys' oldest child", and Pace playing Chris Brody, "Nick and Jessica's eager-to-please, self-conscious thirteen year-old son."[23][24][25]

Showtime announced that Laura Fraser would not be continuing past the pilot and her role had been re-cast with Morena Baccarin taking over the role of Jessica Brody.[26] It was later announced that Jamey Sheridan, Navid Negahban, Amir Arison and Brianna Brown had joined the series as recurring guest stars. Sheridan was cast as the Vice President of the United States, Negahban was cast as Abu Nazir, with Arison playing Prince Farid Bin Abbud and Brown playing Lynne Reed.[27][28][29]

Filming

The series is filmed in and around Charlotte, North Carolina. The location was chosen because it offered better tax breaks than other locations, and it serves as a great match for Virginia and Washington, D.C., where the series takes place.[30] Also, it is easier to get around the area's small towns than in large cities, and the weather is better in the South.[31] Another frequent setting is nearby Mooresville. Executive producer Michael Cuesta said Mooresville is "played for quite a few rural-type one-stoplight main-street type of towns."[31]

The Brody family house is in Mountainbrook, a Charlotte neighborhood near SouthPark Mall. Queens University of Charlotte is Morgan's college. CIA headquarters is Cambridge Corporate Center in University Research Park. Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, the Ritz-Carlton, the old courthouse and Zack's Hamburger's in Charlotte, as well as Rural Hill in Huntersville and Lake Norman, have also served as filming locations.[31]

Production for season two began in May 2012 where the series filmed in Tel Aviv, Israel for two weeks. The rest of the season is filmed in Charlotte and Concord, North Carolina.[32]

Episodes

Main article: List of Homeland episodes
Season Episodes Originally aired DVD and Blu-ray release date
Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
1 12 October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02) December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18) August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28)[33] September 10, 2012 (2012-09-10)[34] September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19)[35]
2 12[6] September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30) December 16, 2012 (2012-12-16) — — —

Reception

Critical response

The first season received widespread acclaim, scoring a Metacritic rating of 91 out of 100 from 28 critics.[36] TV Guide named it the best TV show of 2011[37] and highly applauded the performances by Damian Lewis and Claire Danes.[38] Metacritic determined Homeland to be the second best TV show of 2011 according to major TV critics, by aggregating the critics' year-end top ten lists.[39]

Hank Stuever of The Washington Post gave the pilot episode an A−, saying "What makes Homeland rise above other post-9/11 dramas is Danes' stellar performance as Carrie—easily this season's strongest female character" and that "The latter half of the first episode is exhilarating. I'm hooked."[40] Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe said it was his favorite drama pilot of the season, giving it an A.[41] Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker gave it an A−, stating "It's the fall season's most intriguing, tense puzzler."[42] IGN TV gave it a positive review, saying that it was an "ace thriller" that also managed to have something to say about the War on Terror.[43] The seventh episode, "The Weekend", received overwhelming critical acclaim and was described by both the creators of the show and Damian Lewis as a "watershed" episode.[44][45] However, Greg Dixon of The New Zealand Herald criticized Homeland's thin plotting, Danes's "insane levels of overacting" and Lewis's "passivity".[46]

U.S. President Barack Obama has praised the show.[47][48][49]

Ratings

The original broadcast of the pilot episode on October 2, 2011 received 1.08 million viewers, becoming Showtime's highest-rated drama premiere in eight years. The episode received a total of 2.78 million viewers with additional broadcasts and on demand views.[50] The finale episode of season one received 1.7 million viewers, making it the most-watched season finale of any first-year Showtime series.[51] The series also performed well in the UK, where it aired on Channel 4, with the pilot episode drawing 3.10 million viewers, and the finale drawing 4.01 million viewers.[52]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Homeland

In its debut season, the series received several industry awards and nominations. At the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, the series received nine nominations winning six awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, Claire Danes for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Damian Lewis for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the pilot episode. The series also won awards for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series and Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series.[53]

At the 69th Golden Globe Awards, the series won the award for Best Television Series – Drama, and Claire Danes won for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, with Damian Lewis receiving a nomination for Best Actor – Television Series Drama.[54]

International broadcasting

Country Network Premiere date
 Afghanistan Tolo TV April 9, 2012
 Australia Network Ten January 22, 2012 (season 1)
October 14 2012 (season 2)
 Brazil FX March 4, 2012
 Canada Super Channel November 1, 2011
 Canada Télé-Québec September 12, 2012
 Denmark DR1 January 4, 2012 (season 1)
October 3, 2012 (season 2)
 France Canal+ September 13, 2012
 Germany ProSiebenSat.1 TBA[55]
 Greece FOX October 1, 2012
 Hong Kong Fox Movies Premium April 6, 2012
 India STAR World TBA
 Iran Farsi1 2011
 Ireland RTÉ January 13, 2012[56]
 Israel Yes Oh January 21, 2012 (season 1)
October 6, 2012 (season 2)
 Italy Fox February 6, 2012
 Japan Fox Crime Japan June 14, 2012
Latin American countries FX March 4, 2012
 Netherlands BNN January 1, 2012[57]
 New Zealand TV3 February 13, 2012 (season 1)
October 1, 2012 (season 2)
 Norway TV 2 November 21, 2011 (season 1)[58]
October 8, 2012 (season 2)
 Philippines Fox Philippines May 7, 2012
 Poland Fox March 1, 2012
 Portugal Fox January 16, 2012[59]
 Russia IVI 2011
 Singapore Fox Movies Premium April 6, 2012
 South Africa M-Net April 18, 2012
 Spain FOX Spain April 9, 2012
 Sweden Sveriges Television November 23, 2011[60]
  Switzerland Radio Télévision Suisse September 23, 2012[61]
 Thailand Fox Movies Premium April 6, 2012 (season 1)
October 14, 2012 (season 2)
 United Kingdom Channel 4 February 19, 2012 (season 1)[62]
October 7, 2012 (season 2)
 Vietnam STAR Movies April 6, 2012

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