List of Homeland episodes

Homeland is an American espionage thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War created by Gideon Raff, who serves as an executive producer on Homeland. The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a CIA operations officer. The first three seasons focus on Mathison's belief that an American prisoner of war, Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) was turned by the enemy, and now poses a significant risk to national security. The subsequent seasons follow Mathison's continued covert work. The series premiered on October 2, 2011, on Showtime, and concluded on April 26, 2020, after eight seasons and 96 episodes.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	12	October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)	December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18)
	2	12	September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)	December 16, 2012 (2012-12-16)
	3	12	September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29)	December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15)
	4	12	October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)	December 21, 2014 (2014-12-21)
	5	12	October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)	December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20)
	6	12	January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15)	April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09)
	7	12	February 11, 2018 (2018-02-11)	April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)
	8	12	February 9, 2020 (2020-02-09)	April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)

Episodes

Season 1 (2011)

Main article: Homeland (season 1)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Michael Cuesta	Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa & Gideon Raff	October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)	1WAH79	1.08
Carrie Mathison, working as a CIA case officer in Iraq, is told by an informant prior to his execution that an American prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda. Six months later, Carrie is working in the CIA's counterterrorism office in the United States, where she learns that Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody has been rescued from an al-Qaeda compound eight years after going missing. Carrie concludes that Brody is the turned POW and begins illegally surveilling his household. Brody reunites with his wife, Jessica, and children Dana and Chris, unaware that Jessica has begun a relationship with Brody's friend and fellow Marine Mike Faber. Carrie discovers evidence that Brody may be communicating coded messages in his televised appearances, and shares this with Saul Berenson, her mentor and former boss at the CIA. Brody meets with the widow of Tom Walker, the other Marine captured alongside him, and claims to have not been present during Walker's death. However, Brody is later shown to remember beating Walker to death under command from al-Qaeda leader Abu Nazir.
2	2	"Grace"	Michael Cuesta	Story by: Alex Gansa Teleplay by: Alexander Cary	October 9, 2011 (2011-10-09)	1WAH01	0.94
Saul obtains a warrant temporarily legalizing Carrie's surveillance of Brody. Carrie meets with Lynne Reed, a CIA informant working as a consort for the Saudi Arabian Prince Farid Bin Abbud, and learns that she has video evidence of the Prince meeting with Abu Nazir. CIA deputy director David Estes denies Carrie's request to put a security detail on Lynne and instead requests that she download the content of the Prince's phone. Carrie visits her sister Maggie, a psychiatrist, to receive anti-psychotic medication, believing that undergoing formal treatment would end her security clearance at the CIA. Carrie is unable to watch Brody's garage, since her surveillance team failed to install cameras there. Brody is revealed to have converted to Islam and is seen going to his garage to recite Muslim prayer in private. He later emerges to the press in full uniform, ready to embrace his public stardom.
3	3	"Clean Skin"	Dan Attias	Chip Johannessen	October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16)	1WAH02	1.08
Brody and his family prepare for a TV interview. Brody omits details of how Abu Nazir offered him food and comfort amidst his torture. Lynne manages to discreetly download the contents of Prince Farid's phone, but the data is of no use. That night, with no CIA security detail protecting her, Lynne is assassinated while at a nightclub with the Prince's entourage, and a diamond necklace she received as a gift from the Prince is removed from her person. The necklace is later sold for $400,000, consistent with Saul's observation that jewelry is often used to quickly transfer funds relating to terrorist activity. A young couple is seen purchasing a house in proximity to an airport.
4	4	"Semper I"	Jeffrey Nachmanoff	Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa	October 23, 2011 (2011-10-23)	1WAH03	1.10
Brody is promoted to the rank of gunnery sergeant amidst his recent wave of public appearances, prompting talk of having him run for public office. Carrie's surveillance warrant on Brody expires and she is forced to uninstall her recording equipment from his home. The CIA begin investigating a number of potential recipients of the money transfer via Prince Farid's sold diamond necklace. Carrie and her team begin investigating Raqim Faisel, the man who bought the house near the airport with his girlfriend, Aileen Morgan. Brody shoots a deer during a dinner party at his house; Jessica admonishes him over his erratic behavior and demands that he seek counseling. The next night, Carrie, stripped of her surveillance cameras, follows Brody to a veterans' support group meeting and gets his attention. Brody recognizes her from the debriefing; the two instantly bond and have a flirtatious conversation.
5	5	"Blind Spot"	Clark Johnson	Alexander Cary	October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30)	1WAH04	1.28
The CIA detain Afsal Hamid, the lone survivor of the raid on the al-Qaeda compound where Brody was rescued. Carrie summons Brody to consult on Hamid's interrogation; Brody recognizes Hamid as his guard while in captivity. Hamid gives up an email address belonging to a university where Raqim Faisel is employed. With this, the CIA are soon able to locate Raqim's home address, but find it vacated upon arrival. Brody meets with Estes and demands an opportunity to confront Hamid, his torturer, face-to-face. Hamid provokes Brody into physically attacking him, and is later found to have killed himself in his cell using a razor blade. Carrie suspects that Brody slipped the blade to Hamid during their altercation, but Saul is unable to report these findings up the chain of command given the lack of evidence.
6	6	"The Good Soldier"	Brad Turner	Henry Bromell	November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)	1WAH05	1.33
In an attempt to find out who helped Hamid kill himself, Carrie has a polygraph administered to everyone who was in contact with Hamid, including Brody. Raqim and Aileen discover that al-Qaeda is also attempting to eliminate them; Raqim is later killed, while Aileen manages to escape. The CIA begin tracking Aileen. After Walker's funeral, Brody attacks Mike over his affair with Jessica. He calls Carrie to a bar that night to socialize; the two get drunk and end up having sex, but not before Carrie reveals the purpose of the polygraph test to Brody. The next day, Brody passes every question on his polygraph, including whether he slipped Hamid the razor. Carrie requests that Brody be asked whether he has ever been unfaithful to his wife; Brody says no, and passes the polygraph. Carrie realizes that Brody is a skilled liar, though Saul believes he is no longer a suspect. Outside the CIA office, Brody has Carrie get in his car, and the two drive off.
7	7	"The Weekend"	Michael Cuesta	Meredith Stiehm	November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)	1WAH06	1.42
Carrie and Brody drive to her family's remote cabin and enjoy a day of sex and romance. Aileen attempts to flee to Mexico, but Saul intercepts her and drives her back to Langley. She discloses that her task was to buy a home near the airport and await a visitor, who spent an hour on the roof. The roof is discovered to have a direct line of sight to a landing pad for Marine One, the President's helicopter, within a sniper's range. At the cabin the following morning, Carrie inadvertently indicates to Brody that she has been spying on him, prompting him to confront her. Carrie accuses Brody of being an agent of al-Qaeda; Brody maintains his innocence, but admits that he converted to Islam, that he beat Walker to death under coercion, and that he harbored an affection for Abu Nazir during his captivity. Saul calls Carrie and reports that Aileen has identified the "visitor" at her house as Tom Walker, who is revealed to be both alive as well as the POW turned by al-Qaeda. A shocked Carrie attempts to apologize to Brody, but he rebuffs her and drives away.
8	8	"Achilles Heel"	Tucker Gates	Chip Johannessen	November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20)	1WAH07	1.20
The CIA inform Tom Walker's family (but not Brody) that Walker is still alive. Walker is shown to be homeless in Washington, D.C.; he receives a key and note from Mansour al-Zahrani, a Saudi diplomat. Walker is discovered to be routinely calling his family to hear their voices; the FBI traces the next call between Walker and his wife Helen, but Helen warns him to run. The FBI chases Walker through a mosque where they accidentally kill two attendees; Walker uses his key and note to retrieve a sniper rifle from a storage unit. Carrie visits Brody and reveals that Walker is alive and working for al-Qaeda; that night, Brody attacks al-Zahrani at his home and tells him that he is done talking to Abu Nazir, revealing that he has remained in contact with Nazir despite proclaiming his innocence.
9	9	"Crossfire"	Jeffrey Nachmanoff	Alexander Cary	November 27, 2011 (2011-11-27)	1WAH08	1.35
In flashbacks to three years ago, Abu Nazir is shown to have ended Brody's torture, given him comfortable living quarters, and placed him in charge of teaching English to Nazir's young son Issa. Over time, Brody developed a fatherly love for Issa, until Issa's school was destroyed by an American drone strike that killed Issa and several other children. Vice President Walden claimed that any images of dead children were terrorist propaganda, enraging Brody. In the present, the CIA identify Mansour al-Zahrani as Walker's handler, but Carrie and Saul are limited in their options given al-Zahrani's diplomatic immunity. Brody is kidnapped by Nazir's men and put on a video call with Nazir himself, who reminds Brody of his commitment to al-Qaeda's mission. Al-Zahrani enters and instructs Brody to accept an offer from Vice President Walden to run for public office.
10	10	"Representative Brody"	Guy Ferland	Henry Bromell	December 4, 2011 (2011-12-04)	1WAH09	1.22
Vice President Walden offers Brody a chance to run for the House of Representatives in an upcoming special election; Brody accepts. Carrie and Saul interrogate al-Zahrani and learn that he is to meet Walker at Farragut Square the next day. Brody visits Carrie at her home and informs her of his bid for public office, having come to confirm that no one knows of their affair. During the planned meet with al-Zahrani the next day, Walker remotely detonates a bomb inside a briefcase belonging a lookalike, killing al-Zahrani and several bystanders, and giving Carrie a concussion. Saul visits Carrie at the hospital, and the two conclude that there must be a mole inside the government. At the same time, Brody announces his candidacy on television.
11	11	"The Vest"	Clark Johnson	Meredith Stiehm & Chip Johannessen	December 11, 2011 (2011-12-11)	1WAH10	1.32
Saul finds Carrie in a manic, delirious state after a week of recovery in the hospital, and learns from her sister Maggie that she has bipolar disorder. Saul stays with Carrie at her home while her medication takes effect, and helps her produce a detailed timeline of Abu Nazir's activity. Brody takes his family on a trip to Gettysburg, where he secretly meets with an al-Qaeda contact at the back a clothing store and receives an explosive suicide vest tailored to him. Carrie identifies a period in her timeline when Abu Nazir was inactive (which, unbeknownst to her, coincides with Issa's death). She calls Brody, who offers to come over and discuss it; however, Estes arrives instead, and reveals that Brody disclosed details of their affair and her illegal surveillance of the Brody family. He confiscates Carrie's classified documents and suspends her from the CIA.
12	12	"Marine One"	Michael Cuesta	Story by: Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon Teleplay by: Alex Gansa & Chip Johannessen	December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18)	1WAH11	1.71
Brody records a video explaining his impending attack on the Vice President. The following day, Walden and other lawmakers convene at the State Department for a policy summit, which Brody attends while wearing the suicide vest. Walker snipes at the crowd and kills three people; Walden, Brody, Estes and others are ushered into a bunker. Carrie realizes that the shooting is a diversion to get the Vice President and other high-value targets in the same room as Brody, who is to carry out the actual attack. Carrie drives to the Brody household and frantically warns Dana about her father's plans. Brody, seconds from detonating the vest, relents upon hearing his daughter's pleas to come home. Brody secretly meets with Walker that night and tells Nazir over the phone that he can now act as al-Qaeda's mole inside the White House. Nazir has Brody kill Walker. Carrie decides to undergo electroconvulsive therapy for her bipolar disorder; right before she is rendered unconscious by her anesthesia, she remembers Brody calling out Issa's name in his sleep at the cabin, and realizes that the two had a connection.

Season 2 (2012)

Main article: Homeland (season 2)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
13	1	"The Smile"	Michael Cuesta	Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon	September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)	2WAH01	1.73
Six months after the first season, tensions rise in the Middle East when Iran vows retaliation for Israel's bombing of their nuclear sites. Carrie, adjusting to life outside the CIA, is asked by Estes and later Saul to extract information from one of her assets in Beirut, who claims to have information on an imminent attack on America. Carrie reluctantly agrees, and successfully evades Lebanese surveillance on her way to meet her contact. Walden approaches Brody as a potential running mate in the former's presidential campaign. Brody accepts, and is later tasked by his new Al-Qaeda handler, White House correspondent Roya Hammad, to retrieve a CIA hitlist from Estes' office. Dana accidentally lets slip at school that her father is a Muslim, leading Jessica to find out herself and confront Brody.
14	2	"Beirut Is Back"	Michael Cuesta	Chip Johannessen	October 7, 2012 (2012-10-07)	2WAH02	1.66
Carrie travels to Beirut to meet up with her asset, Fatima, who gives her information on Abu Nazir meeting with Fatima's husband, the head of Hezbollah. Saul and Estes doubt Carrie's judgment, but Saul ultimately authorizes a mission to eliminate Nazir. During the meet, Brody – who is present in the situation room observing the operation – covertly tips off Nazir, allowing him to narrowly escape. While transporting Fatima to safety, Carrie breaks protocol by searching Fatima's apartment for her husband's connections, narrowly evading a mob on the way back. Saul discovers a hidden compartment in a bag Carrie retrieved from the apartment, and is stunned to find a memory card containing Brody's recorded confession to his planned suicide attack.
15	3	"State of Independence"	Lodge Kerrigan	Alexander Cary	October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14)	2WAH03	1.48
Brody learns from Roya that the CIA are onto the tailor in Gettysburg who crafted Brody's suicide vest, and is tasked with transporting the man to a safehouse. Because of the mission, Brody is unable to attend Jessica's planned fundraiser for veterans; Jessica gives a speech in his place, which is well-received. During a stop, the tailor, Bassel, attempts to escape; Brody ultimately kills him during a struggle. Saul returns to the U.S. and shows Carrie the video he obtained of Brody's confession; Carrie realizes her suspicions were correct all along.
16	4	"New Car Smell"	David Semel	Meredith Stiehm	October 21, 2012 (2012-10-21)	2WAH04	1.75
Carrie, Saul and Estes set up surveillance of Brody at a CIA safehouse; Estes places analyst Peter Quinn in charge of the operation, and reinstates Carrie to the CIA. Jessica demands that Brody either tell the truth or leave the house; Brody takes the latter option and books a night at a hotel. Under surveillance from Quinn's team, Carrie visits Brody at the hotel bar and has a friendly conversation with him. Pushing to obtain a confession, Carrie disobeys orders and goes up to Brody's room, where she accuses him of being a terrorist and a traitor. As a confrontation is about to ensue, Saul's team breaks into the room and arrests Brody.
17	5	"Q&A"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Henry Bromell	October 28, 2012 (2012-10-28)	2WAH05	2.07
Brody is brought to a safehouse to be interrogated. Quinn questions him first; Brody admits his love for Issa and animosity towards Walden, but denies wearing a suicide vest, leading Quinn to stab him the hand with a knife. Carrie takes over the interrogation, shuts off the cameras, and uses her personal connection with Brody to gradually disarm him. Brody ultimately admits to wearing the vest, reveals that Abu Nazir is planning an attack on the U.S., and gives up the names of his contacts, including Roya. Carrie decides to recruit Brody as the CIA's asset against Nazir. Dana goes on a date with Finn Walden, the vice president's son, but the two end up hitting a pedestrian.
18	6	"A Gettysburg Address"	Guy Ferland	Chip Johannessen	November 4, 2012 (2012-11-04)	2WAH06	1.74
The CIA monitor Roya, who meets with an unknown man while avoiding surveillance. Brody informs the team that the Gettysburg tailor is dead; Carrie and Quinn send a team to the shop to pull the surveillance and investigate it for forensics. However, Nazir's men, led by Roya's contact, ambush the shop, killing several officers and wounding Quinn; they extract a large case from the shop. Brody denies his knowledge of the ambush to Carrie. Mike independently investigates Brody; despite being talked down by the CIA, he learns that Brody killed Walker. Dana visits the hospital to check on the woman she and Finn hit on the road, and learns that she has died of her injuries.
19	7	"The Clearing"	John Dahl	Meredith Stiehm	November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11)	2WAH07	1.91
Brody admits to Jessica that he killed Walker, characterizing it as a botched CIA mission. Saul visits Aileen Morgan in prison in hopes of identifying Roya's contact; however, the information turns out to be a hoax, and Aileen is found to have committed suicide. Brody attends a political fundraiser hosted by a major donor to Walden's campaign, who endorses Brody as Walden's running mate. Dana admits to her parents that she and Finn were involved in a hit-and-run and decides to report it to the police despite the Waldens' insistence on covering it up; Brody accompanies her, but Carrie forbids him from filing the report, as it would cause tensions between him and Walden and thus jeopardize his relationship with Nazir.
20	8	"I'll Fly Away"	Michael Cuesta	Story by: Howard Gordon & Chip Johannessen Teleplay by: Chip Johannessen	November 18, 2012 (2012-11-18)	2WAH08	1.87
Dana spends longer than anticipated at Mike's so she doesn't have to face her parents, and eventually visits the family of the woman Finn killed. Brody tells Roya he is through and goes into hiding with Carrie, who convinces him to remain committed to helping her; the two have sex while the CIA listens in. The following day, Brody calls Roya to make amends; the two meet up at a remote location that night, where they are picked up a helicopter. Brody is taken to meet with Abu Nazir, who has arrived in the U.S.
21	9	"Two Hats"	Dan Attias	Alexander Cary	November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25)	2WAH09	2.02
Brody finally surfaces after 12 hours, revealing that Nazir is in the U.S. and plotting an attack on a military homecoming event hosted by Walden and covered by Roya. Brody's family (along with Mike) are placed under CIA protection; Jessica and Mike rekindle their relationship. Saul investigates Quinn and learns that he is in fact an assassin reporting to black ops specialist Dar Adal, Saul's former colleague. The CIA follow through on Brody's information and successfully foil the terror plot, arresting Roya in the process but failing to capture Nazir. Quinn is revealed to have been ordered by Estes to assassinate Brody had Nazir been caught.
22	10	"Broken Hearts"	Guy Ferland	Henry Bromell	December 2, 2012 (2012-12-02)	2WAH10	2.20
Abu Nazir kidnaps Carrie and uses as leverage to force Brody to give him the serial number for Walden's pacemaker. Brody breaks into Walden's office and provides Nazir the number in exchange for Carrie's freedom. One of Nazir's men uses the number to hack into Walden's pacemaker and induce a lethal heart attack, which occurs as Brody tells Walden he is withdrawing his candidacy for Vice President and rebuffs him as he dies. Saul meets with Dar Adal to discuss Quinn's involvement in Estes' operation, and accuses Estes of plotting to assassinate Brody to mask his own complicity in the drone strike that killed Issa. Estes later has Saul detained in an interrogation room. Carrie returns without backup to the abandoned mill where Nazir held her, believing he is still hiding there.
23	11	"In Memoriam"	Jeremy Podeswa	Chip Johannessen	December 9, 2012 (2012-12-09)	2WAH11	2.36
CIA and FBI teams search the mill where Nazir held Carrie, but come up short. Carrie interrogates Roya; though Roya does not cooperate, Carrie senses from her answers that Nazir may indeed be hiding in the mill, and orders a second SWAT search of the premises. They find a hidden room from which Nazir emerges, kills a SWAT officer, and chases down Carrie until he is cornered and commits suicide by cop. Estes orders Quinn to go through with killing Brody in the wake of Nazir's death. Brody and his family are debriefed on Nazir's death and released back home. Brody and Jessica amicably separate; Brody goes to visit Carrie, with Quinn watching them from afar.
24	12	"The Choice"	Michael Cuesta	Alex Gansa & Meredith Stiehm	December 16, 2012 (2012-12-16)	2WAH12	2.29
Carrie and Brody spend another night at her weekend cabin, where Carrie realizes she must choose between her relationship with Brody and her career at the CIA. Quinn tracks them, but relents from killing Brody, realizing that it would serve no use but to protect Estes at the cost of Carrie's wellbeing. Saul is released from his detention by Estes and attends Abu Nazir's burial at sea. Carrie and Brody attend Walden's memorial service at Langley, where the two decide to be with one another; however, they notice Brody's car parked outside the building right before a bomb goes off, killing over 200 people including Estes, the Waldens, and several Cabinet members. Al-Qaeda takes responsibility for the attack and releases Brody's confession video to the public, framing him as the culprit. Saul arrives at the scene of the bombing and learns he has been named Acting Director due to Estes' death. Carrie procures fake passports for herself and Brody and helps him escape across the Canadian border, vowing to clear his name. She decides not to run away with him and instead returns to Langley, where she reunites with Saul.

Season 3 (2013)

Main article: Homeland (season 3)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
25	1	"Tin Man Is Down"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa & Barbara Hall	September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29)	3WAH01	1.88
Fifty-eight days after the bombing of the CIA headquarters, Carrie and Saul are both called to testify before Congress. Dana is released from the hospital following her suicide attempt. Saul's wife Mira returns to the U.S. to stay with him following the Langley attack. The CIA coordinates six simultaneous attacks across the world to kill the people responsible for planning the CIA bombing; Saul's ultimate goal is to capture Majid Javadi, the Iranian intelligence official who financed the attack. Leaks emerge in the news regarding an unnamed CIA officer having a sexual relationship with Brody; Saul testifies before the Intelligence Committee, where he does not provide Carrie's name but does disclose her bipolar disorder.
26	2	"Uh... Oh... Ah..."	Lesli Linka Glatter	Chip Johannessen	October 6, 2013 (2013-10-06)	3WAH02	1.83
After Saul outs Carrie as bipolar to Congress, Carrie attempts to get her side of the story to the press. However, Dar Adal intervenes and has her committed to a psychiatric institution. Dana sneaks out of her house to continue her relationship with Leo, a boy she met in therapy. Saul brings in Fara Sherazi, a young Iranian-American financial analyst, to investigate ties between HLBC bank and the Langley attack; the bank's managers are initially uncooperative but eventually turn over their records after Quinn threatens the CEO. Saul and Fara find past transactions from the Iranian government to Abu Nazir's network.
27	3	"Tower of David"	Clark Johnson	Henry Bromell & William Bromell	October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13)	3WAH03	1.81
Brody resurfaces in Caracas, where he is found with two bullet wounds. He is taken to the "Tower of David", an unfinished skyscraper now serving as a slum, and treated by a group of mercenaries who are aware of his identity and have CIA contacts. Brody is forbidden from leaving the tower, but soon escapes to a nearby mosque where he attempts to seek refuge. However, the imam recognizes him and calls the police; the mercenaries intervene, killing the police officers as well as the imam and his wife. They confine Brody to a cell, where he begins developing a heroin addiction. Carrie is met by Paul Franklin, a mysterious legal associate who offers to get her released from the psych ward if she speaks with a partner at his firm. Carrie refuses, believing that the firm is trying to turn her against the CIA.
28	4	"Game On"	David Nutter	James Yoshimura & Alex Gansa	October 20, 2013 (2013-10-20)	3WAH04	1.77
Dana and Leo run away together. Fara and Saul trace the money behind the Langley bombing to an Iranian cover identity belonging to Majid Javadi. Carrie is released from the psych ward, prompting Saul to freeze her bank account, impound her car, and put her under surveillance. Franklin meets her in her home, naming his firm responsible for her release. He introduces her to his client, Leland Bennett, a lawyer for a bank with ties to Iranian terrorists including those who carried out the Langley attack. Carrie tentatively agrees to give Bennett insider information about the CIA in exchange for protection against the agency's reprisals against her. She then visits Saul, where it is revealed that her entire breakdown and hospitalization were an elaborate ruse to convince Iran she could be turned, thus allowing her to infiltrate the terrorist network.
29	5	"The Yoga Play"	Clark Johnson	Patrick Harbinson	October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27)	3WAH05	2.00
Saul recruits Quinn to his and Carrie's mission and places him in charge of watching over her. Dana learns from news reports on her disappearance that Leo is a suspect in his brother's death; she confronts Leo, who admits that his brother died while the two played Russian Roulette at his suggestion. Dana rebuffs Leo, turns herself in, and returns home. At a hunting retreat where Saul is expecting to be named CIA Director, he is nonplussed when Senator Andrew Lockhart, a staunch critic of the CIA's practices, is given the nomination instead. He returns home to find Mira having dinner with a former colleague. Men break into Carrie's apartment and take her to meet with Majid Javadi, who has arrived in the U.S.
30	6	"Still Positive"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alexander Cary	November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03)	3WAH06	2.00
Javadi attempts to interrogate Carrie, but she reveals her ruse and blackmails him with knowledge of his embezzlement of government funds, which would make him an enemy of the state in Iran. Javadi agrees to meet with Saul and is placed under surveillance. Carrie is revealed to be secretly pregnant. Dana adopts her mother's maiden name and moves out of the house. Saul informs Fara of his past with Javadi; the two were allies during the Iranian Revolution in 1979, but when Javadi betrayed Saul by sending four of his assets to their deaths, Saul took revenge by helping Javadi's wife and child flee to the U.S. On his way to meet Saul, Javadi takes a detour to the house belonging to his ex-wife and daughter-in-law, and brutally murders them both before allowing himself to be captured by Carrie and Quinn, who were unable to intercept him on time. Javadi is brought to a CIA safehouse, where Saul punches him in the face.
31	7	"Gerontion"	Carl Franklin	Chip Johannessen	November 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)	3WAH07	1.85
Saul reveals to Javadi that he plans to send him back to Iran as a CIA asset; Javadi protests, but relents when he realizes his only alternative is to return home as a traitor. Before leaving, he confirms to Saul that Brody was not responsible for the Langley attack. The police investigate the murder scene of Javadi's ex-wife and daughter-in-law; Quinn, in no danger of prosecution, falsely confesses to the killings to protect the Javadi operation. Saul debriefs Dar Adal and Senator Lockhart of his plans with Javadi; Lockhart attempts to halt the operation, wanting to prosecute Javadi in the U.S., but Saul and Dar lock him in a conference room. Carrie escorts Javadi to his plane back to Iran; before he boards, he informs her that the real Langley bomber is still at large and that Leland Bennett knows his identity.
32	8	"A Red Wheelbarrow"	Seith Mann	Alex Gansa & James Yoshimura	November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17)	3WAH08	1.78
Saul tells the White House Chief of Staff that his plan is to have Javadi move up the chain of command in Iran's intelligence network in hopes of ushering regime change. Carrie, now 13 weeks pregnant, takes a sonogram. The CIA initiate a plan to flush out the Langley bomber, having Carrie feed Franklin false information that the bomber has been identified and linked to Bennett. Upon hearing this, Bennett orders Franklin to exfiltrate the bomber out of the U.S. The CIA track Franklin to his planned meeting with the bomber; Carrie realizes Franklin is about to kill the bomber and attempts to stop the operation, knowing she needs the bomber alive to clear Brody's name. Dar Adal orders her to stop; when Carrie refuses, Quinn shoots her in the arm, while Franklin kills the bomber. Saul arrives in Caracas and pays $10 million for Brody's release; he discovers a catatonic Brody surrounded by heroin needles.
33	9	"One Last Thing"	Jeffrey Reiner	Barbara Hall	November 24, 2013 (2013-11-24)	3WAH09	1.94
Saul and Dar Adal oversee Brody's agonizing heroin withdrawal; Brody is given ibogaine on Dar's recommendation to speed up the process, leading to a series of violent hallucinations. Saul tells Carrie his plan to have Brody seek political asylum in Iran, enabling him to assassinate Danesh Akbari – the leader of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – which would allow Javadi to inherit the position and advance American interests in the Middle East. Carrie visits a recovering Brody and convinces him to agree to the mission; over sixteen days, a team of special ops soldiers train Brody back to peak physical condition. Carrie takes Brody to see Dana shortly before his departure; Dana, now working as a maid at a hotel, rebuffs Brody and asks to never see him again. Brody bids farewell to Carrie and departs for Iran with his team.
34	10	"Good Night"	Keith Gordon	Alexander Cary & Charlotte Stoudt	December 1, 2013 (2013-12-01)	3WAH10	2.06
Brody and his special ops team are brought to Kurdish-controlled territory near the Iran-Iraq border. During the journey that night, they are confronted by three Kurdish police officers whom they are forced to kill. En route to the border, the team's car hits a landmine, dismembering the team leader's leg and attracting the attention of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, who open fire on the group. The JSOC commander orders the operation aborted, but Brody refuses and makes a run for the border with the aid of one of the soldiers. The two are captured by the Iranian army; Brody requests asylum. The Iranian army bring Brody and his fellow soldier to a holding cell; Javadi enters and shoots the other soldier in the head.
35	11	"Big Man in Tehran"	Daniel Minahan	Chip Johannessen & Patrick Harbinson	December 8, 2013 (2013-12-08)	3WAH11	2.09
Saul convinces Mossad to help them with their mission in Iran. Carrie goes to Iran posing as a Swiss tourist and uses the home of Fara's uncle as a safehouse. Javadi reports to Akbari, his superior, that Brody has propaganda value for Iran, and suggests a face-to-face. Brody is given a cyanide needle Carrie acquired from Mossad for him to use on Akbari. However, Akbari abruptly leaves their planned rendezvous and has Brody taken to the home of Abu Nazir's widow to be vetted. Over the next six days, Brody makes appearances on Iranian television denouncing the U.S.; Lockhart and Dar Adal, having lost their faith in Brody, decide to eliminate him. Carrie, realizing the plan, alerts Brody and helps him escape. Brody arranges for a personal meeting with Akbari, where he reveals his and Javadi's roles in the CIA operation, only to kill Akbari immediately afterwards. He calls Carrie and asks to be extracted from Iran.
36	12	"The Star"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa & Meredith Stiehm	December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15)	3WAH12	2.38
Brody leaves Akbari's body in his office and escapes the building, where he meets up with Carrie to go to a safehouse; while there, Carrie reveals that she is pregnant with his child. Saul attempts to have them extracted, but Lockhart discloses Brody's location to Javadi, whose men capture and imprison Brody. Javadi informs Carrie that Brody has been sentenced to a public hanging; Carrie calls Brody, who implores her not to attend, but Carrie goes anyway and watches helplessly as Brody dies. Four months later, Iran offers the IAEA access to its nuclear sites in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. Saul joins the private sector, having been fired from the CIA by Lockhart. Carrie has delivered her baby; Lockhart promotes her to station chief in Istanbul. She requests that Brody be given a star at an upcoming CIA memorial; Lockhart refuses, but Carrie stays back after the ceremony and draws a star with a marker in Brody's memory.

Season 4 (2014)

Main article: Homeland (season 4)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
37	1	"The Drone Queen"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa	October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)	4WAH01	1.61
Carrie, now operating as the CIA station chief in Kabul, authorizes an airstrike on an Islamabad farmhouse believed to be the whereabouts of Taliban leader Haissam Haqqani. However, reports soon emerge that the airstrike occurred during a wedding, killing Haqqani and 40 other civilians. Among those killed were the family of medical student Aayan Ibrahim, who survived the airstrike and has a video of the wedding he was filming on his mobile phone at the moment of the strike. One of Aayan's friends uploads the video online against his wishes, creating a rift between the United States government and Pakistani armed forces. Carrie travels to the Islamabad embassy to meet with its station chief, Sandy Bachman. Before Carrie arrives, Sandy leaves the embassy unprotected to meet with the secret source of his intelligence on Haqqani. At the same time, Sandy's identity is leaked to the Pakistani press as the one responsible for the airstrike. Carrie and Quinn attempt to pick up Sandy, but a violent mob surrounds their vehicle and beats Sandy to death. Carrie and Quinn narrowly escape.
38	2	"Trylon and Perisphere"	Keith Gordon	Chip Johannessen	October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)	4WAH02	1.61
Carrie and Quinn return to Washington; Lockhart recalls Carrie from her posting in Afghanistan as punishment for the botched airstrike. Carrie struggles to form a bond with her infant daughter Frannie, who has been under the care of Carrie's sister Maggie in her absence. Quinn, meanwhile, lapses into alcoholism while coping with the events in Islamabad, for which he feels responsible. He has a sexual encounter with his landlady and is later arrested for beating two men at a restaurant. When Carrie bails him out, he gives her the name of Jordan Harris, a former Islamabad case officer who was removed from his posting despite an exemplary record. Carrie tracks down Harris and learns that Lockhart had him transferred out of Islamabad after Harris reported that Sandy was buying information using state secrets. Carrie uses this information to leverage Lockhart into placing her in charge of the Islamabad station, taking over for Sandy.
39	3	"Shalwar Kameez"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alexander Cary	October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12)	4WAH03	1.22
Carrie arrives in Islamabad as the new station chief and learns that it has been placed on lockdown under Martha's orders. However, Carrie has set up an alternate base of operations with Fara and Max, aiming to establish contact with Aayan (who has been threatened out of talking to the media). After Aayan refuses to speak with Fara, Carrie makes contact herself, posing as a journalist, and offers Aayan protection as well as safe passage to London where he can continue his medical studies. Saul arrives in Islamabad to meet with U.S. ambassador Martha Boyd, and old friend and colleague, as well as offer Carrie assistance. Meanwhile, Quinn submits his resignation to the CIA, but faces pressure to stay from Dar Adal, who goads Quinn with his failure to protect Sandy. While watching video footage of the mob's murder of Sandy, Quinn discovers evidence that it was a premeditated attack and reports this to Carrie, who implores him to return to Pakistan. Quinn reluctantly agrees.
40	4	"Iron in the Fire"	Michael Offer	Patrick Harbinson	October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19)	4WAH04	1.35
Aayan discovers that he has been expelled from his university for stealing medicine samples. With nowhere else to go, he accepts Carrie's offer. Carrie receives confirmation from Aayan that the man who threatened him was ISI agent Farhad Ghazi, the same man Quinn identified as having coordinated the attack that led to Sandy's death. Carrie and her team begin surveillance on Ghazi. Dennis Boyd, the ambassador's husband, is approached by ISI agent Tasneem Qureishi, who has discovered that Dennis was Sandy's secret source of U.S. intel. She uses this to blackmail him into becoming her informant. Fara follows Aayan and discovers that Haqqani – his uncle – is alive, having never died in the airstrike, and is receiving deliveries of medicine from Aayan. Carrie realizes that she can use Aayan to get to Haqqani. She installs Aayan at a safehouse, claiming that they must wait several days for his passport and visa, a ploy which buys her time to interrogate him and earn his trust. As part of her recruiting strategy, Carrie seduces Aayan.
41	5	"About a Boy"	Charlotte Sieling	Meredith Stiehm	October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)	4WAH05	1.52
Carrie interviews Aayan about his relationship with Haqqani, his uncle, but he panics when she broaches the rumor that Haqqani may be alive. On his way back to the United States, Saul spots Farhad Ghazi at the airport, but is captured by Ghazi's men, who are working with Tasneem. Fara and Quinn follow a cleric who was seen to be accompanying Haqqani, but are unable to proceed past a checkpoint, unaware that a kidnapped Saul is being transported in the cleric's car. Quinn confronts Carrie over her lack of assistance in the mission in favor of recruiting Aayan, and accuses her of sexually exploiting the boy. Aayan later confides in Carrie that Haqqani is alive.
42	6	"From A to B and Back Again"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Chip Johannessen	November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02)	4WAH06	1.54
Carrie gives Aayan his new passport and rehearses him on the details of his identity. He and Carrie are attacked by several men at the safehouse, but Aayan is able to escape. The break-in is revealed to be a ruse engineered by Carrie to prompt Aayan to seek refuge with his uncle, Haqqani. Dennis Boyd later tracks down the safehouse and reports back to Tasneem that Carrie has procured a new identity for Aayan along with evidence of Carrie's bipolar disorder. Quinn learns that Ghazi never left Islamabad and that Saul is unreachable. Carrie, Fara and Max use a GPS tracker in Aayan's passport to monitor him as he travels to a rendezvous with Haqqani, where a CIA drone is positioned overhead. However, Haqqani emerges with a captured Saul, aware that he is under watch, and executes Aayan for leading him into a trap. An enraged Carrie orders a drone strike even with Saul present at the site, but Quinn talks her down, allowing Haqqani and his men to leave with Saul in tow.
43	7	"Redux"	Carl Franklin	Alexander Cary	November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09)	4WAH07	1.55
News of Saul's capture reaches the United States, prompting Lockhart to travel to Islamabad. With Saul's presence protecting him from an airstrike, Haqqani holds Saul captive at a compound near the Afghanistan border, where he plots to negotiate Saul's release in exchange for several prisoners. Dennis breaks into Carrie's apartment using a key given to him by Tasneem, and replaces her medication with a hallucinogenic substance. Carrie unwittingly takes the replacement drugs and begins suffering increasingly severe paranoid delusions while following one of Aayan's contacts. Carrie is soon taken off the streets by the police and delivered to a house where she has a vision of Nicholas Brody. Carrie breaks down crying in his arms, unaware that it is a hallucination and that she is actually in the presence of ISI colonel Aasar Khan.
44	8	"Halfway to a Donut"	Alex Graves	Chip Johannessen	November 16, 2014 (2014-11-16)	4WAH08	1.66
Carrie awakens in Khan's house with no memory of how she got there. She surmises that she has been poisoned, but Khan denies his involvement. Khan later learns from Tasneem that the poisoning was engineered to remove Carrie from Islamabad, and that his intervention foiled the ISI's plans. Over live video, Haqqani presents a captured Saul to the U.S. embassy and names the prisoners he wants released, but Saul begs the U.S. to refuse Haqqani's demands. That night, Saul escapes his captivity, and is guided by Carrie and Quinn to a nearby CIA refuge. During a meeting between the U.S. embassy and the ISI, Carrie realizes that the Pakistanis already have Saul's location. Unable to extract Saul, Carrie reluctantly directs him back into the hands of the Taliban, refusing Saul's wish to die rather than be recaptured. Lockhart decides that the U.S. will accept Haqqani's terms in the prisoner exchange. That night, Khan informs Carrie that Dennis Boyd is the ISI's mole in the embassy.
45	9	"There's Something Else Going On"	Seith Mann	Patrick Harbinson	November 23, 2014 (2014-11-23)	4WAH09	1.77
Carrie has Dennis detained at the embassy with Martha's help. During the prisoner exchange, the Taliban use a young boy wearing a suicide vest as leverage to ensure the release of the five prisoners. Saul refuses to move, hoping to prevent the exchange from succeeding, but Carrie convinces him to get up. However, their convoy is struck by two RPGs on the way back to the embassy, prompting Lockhart to send the embassy's security forces to the scene. Dennis realizes that the security personnel are being diverted from an incoming attack on the embassy, and admits to Martha that he told Tasneem of the embassy's hidden underground entrance. As they speak, Haqqani and a troupe of armed soldiers use the tunnel to enter the embassy.
46	10	"13 Hours in Islamabad"	Dan Attias	Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon	December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)	4WAH10	1.95
Carrie and Saul escape the Taliban's assault on their convoy; Carrie phones Khan for help, but Tasneem forces him to stall his backup, revealing to him the ISI's allegiance to the Taliban. Haqqani and his soldiers storm the embassy, slaughtering numerous personnel. Lockhart, carrying a package detailing the CIA's informant network in Pakistan, joins Martha and Dennis in a secure room. Haqqani and his men begin killing off survivors of the attack until the package is handed over. When Haqqani threatens to kill Fara, Lockhart relents and gives up the package in exchange for her life, but Haqqani executes her nonetheless, and ultimately manages to escape. The White House cuts relations with Pakistan and prepares to evacuate the remaining embassy staff; Quinn, however, goes rogue and kidnaps Farhad Ghazi in hopes of locating Haqqani. Carrie is given permission to stay in Islamabad for five more days in order to find Quinn.
47	11	"Krieg Nicht Lieb"	Clark Johnson	Alexander Cary & Chip Johannessen	December 14, 2014 (2014-12-14)	4WAH11	2.11
Quinn visits his former lover Astrid, a German intelligence officer stationed in Islamabad, and receives her help in locating Haqqani's current whereabouts. He has Aayan's ex-girlfriend upload a video of his execution to the internet, prompting public protests intended to draw Haqqani out of hiding, and assembles a bomb that he plans to detonate during the demonstration. Tasneem sends a group of pro-Haqqani counter-protesters to the scene in response. While searching for Quinn, Carrie is devastated to learn from her sister that their father has died of a stroke. She arrives at the protest and manages to talk Quinn down from detonating the bomb, but attempts to kill Haqqani herself when he arrives to greet his supporters. However, Khan prevents her from shooting Haqqani, alerting her to Dar Adal's presence in Haqqani's vehicle.
48	12	"Long Time Coming"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Meredith Stiehm	December 21, 2014 (2014-12-21)	4WAH12	1.92
Dar Adal informs Saul that he made a deal with Haqqani, who agreed not to harbor terrorists in Afghanistan in exchange for being removed from the CIA's kill list. Dar assures Saul that the video evidence of his capture by Haqqani will not be publicized, preserving Saul's chances of becoming CIA director. Carrie returns home from Islamabad for her father's funeral. She and Quinn reunite and share a kiss later that night; Quinn suggests to Carrie that they leave the CIA together, but Carrie believes she is incapable of upholding a relationship. Carrie tracks down her estranged mother, who apologizes for abandoning her family and assures Carrie that her bipolar disorder does not prevent her from having a healthy relationship. Carrie attempts to call Quinn, but he has already accepted a high-risk mission in Syria with Dar's group, believing Carrie turned him down. Carrie visits Dar Adal and confronts him over his dealings with Haqqani, claiming that Saul would never approve; however, she is dismayed to find Saul already at Dar's house, and realizes that he in fact agreed to the deal.

Season 5 (2015)

Main article: Homeland (season 5)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
49	1	"Separation Anxiety"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Chip Johannessen & Ted Mann	October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)	5WAH01	1.66
Two years after the events of season 4, Carrie has left the CIA and works as a security consultant for the Düring Foundation in Berlin, where she lives with her daughter Frannie and her boyfriend and coworker Jonas. The foundation's head, Otto Düring, makes plans to travel to a Syrian refugee camp in Beirut to secure relief funds, against Carrie's warnings. Carrie secures safe passage to the camp for Otto after requesting help from a Hezbollah commander. Two hackers in Berlin obtain classified CIA documents revealing that the CIA and German intelligence are illegally spying on German citizens for counterterrorism purposes; they leak one of the documents to Laura Sutton, a journalist at the Düring Foundation. Saul, who has fallen out with Carrie after she derailed his bid for CIA Director, arrives in Berlin, where the BND orders he and Berlin station chief Allison Carr to end the surveillance program immediately. Saul independently continues the program, enlisting Quinn to assassinate confirmed targets.
50	2	"The Tradition of Hospitality"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson	October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11)	5WAH02	1.40
On the way back from the humanitarian event in Lebanon, Carrie and Otto are almost killed by an IED explosion. Carrie stays behind to find out who was behind the attack, and soon learns that she was the target, not Otto. Laura goes public with the leaked document revealing the CIA's illegal surveillance program. Under demand for repercussions from the German chancellor, Saul informs Allison that she is being recalled from her position as station chief, but Allison reaches out to Dar Adal in an attempt to have Saul recalled instead. Quinn receives the name of his next assigned kill: Carrie Mathison.
51	3	"Super Powers"	Keith Gordon	Alex Gansa & Meredith Stiehm	October 18, 2015 (2015-10-18)	5WAH03	1.11
Carrie sends her daughter to the U.S. for safety and takes refuge in a secluded cabin with Jonas while trying to find out who is after her. She decides to temporarily go off her bipolar medication, feeling her intellect is sharper without it. Saul confronts Allison over her attempt to get him recalled, and informs her he has negotiated with the BND to allow both of them to keep their postings in Berlin. The two are later shown to be in a sexual relationship following Saul's recent divorce from Mira. Numan, one of the hackers who leaked the classified documents, contacts Laura in an attempt to give her the remainder, but learns his partner Korzenik has stolen them and plans to sell them to Russian intelligence. Quinn kidnaps Jonas' son to draw him away from Carrie; he arrives at the cabin that night and incapacitates Carrie.
52	4	"Why Is This Night Different?"	John Coles	Ron Nyswaner	October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25)	5WAH04	1.63
Quinn keeps Carrie in a warehouse and informs her of his orders to kill her; they take photos staging her death. She and Quinn scout the post office where Quinn receives his assignments to confirm whether Saul gave the kill order; they are ambushed by a hitman who wounds Quinn before being killed in a gunfight. Korzenik, expecting to sell the CIA documents to a Russian diplomat, is instead taken to meet with SVR agent Ivan Krupin, who tortures Korzenik for the location of additional copies of the documents before killing him. Saul and Allison lure General Youssef of Syria to Switzerland and persuade him to take over for president Bashar al-Assad after a planned coup. As he boards the plane, Carrie calls a contact number on the hitman's phone, and Allison answers in Russian. Youssef's plane explodes seconds later.
53	5	"Better Call Saul"	Michael Offer	Benjamin Cavell & Alex Gansa	November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01)	5WAH05	1.30
Allison is shown to be working for Ivan, who shows her Quinn's staged photo "confirming" Carrie's death. Allison suggests to the CIA that Israel is behind the bombing of General Youssef's plane; she manipulates Saul into suspecting Etai Luskin, his friend and Israel's ambassador to Germany, while leading Dar Adal to wonder whether Saul and Etai conspired the attack. Dar orders surveillance on Saul. Carrie learns from Astrid, Quinn's former lover who works for the BND, that the hitman who shot Quinn works for the SVR. Laura tells Carrie that the leaked documents are in Russia's possession, meaning the CIA is their only route to recovering them. Quinn's condition due to his injuries worsens; Jonas tries to take him to the hospital, but Quinn, fearing capture, escapes and later attempts to kill himself to protect Carrie. However, he is stopped by a passerby before falling unconscious.
54	6	"Parabiosis"	Alex Graves	Chip Johannessen & Ted Mann	November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08)	5WAH06	1.35
Quinn is nursed to health by Hussein, the passerby, who turns out to be a doctor residing with a group of Syrian jihadists in Berlin. Quinn convinces them he is a mercenary and kills the group's leader in self-defense. Carrie tells Saul about her theory that the Russians want her dead; Saul refuses to believe her, but becomes suspicious when he realizes he is being followed, and learns that Allison and Dar Adal ordered the surveillance. Jonas tells Carrie that Quinn escaped and leaves her when she opts to continue her operation. Carrie then goes to Otto and requests a private plane to help her disappear. Saul covertly makes copies of the leaked documents and gives them to Otto before being detained by the CIA; Otto presents Carrie with the documents.
55	7	"Oriole"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa & Patrick Harbinson	November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15)	5WAH07	1.35
Carrie reviews the documents and finds one linking her to one of her Iraqi informants. She calls the informant, who reports that he saw corrupt Iraqi lawyer Ahmed Nazari resurface after being presumed dead. Carrie tracks down Nazari to Amsterdam. Saul admits to Allison that he delivered his copy of the leaked documents to Carrie; Allison reports this to Ivan. While searching Nazari's house, Carrie is ambushed by Ivan's men and narrowly escapes. She later calls Allison and requests a meet. Dar Adal orders Saul to be taken back to Langley, but Saul has Etai's men extract him. Quinn learns that Bibi, the group's leader, is the nephew of a high-priority CIA kill target; seeing an opportunity, Quinn agrees to accompany the jihadists to the Syrian border after receiving Dar Adal's authorization.
56	8	"All About Allison"	Dan Attias	Ron Nyswaner	November 22, 2015 (2015-11-22)	5WAH08	1.47
In flashbacks to 2005, Carrie arrives in Baghdad for the first time to replace Allison as a case officer. Allison introduces Carrie to Ahmed Nazari, one of Allison's high-value assets. Nazari is shown to be working for Ivan, who blackmails Allison into becoming a double agent for the SVR in exchange for millions that Nazari stole from the government, as well as information that will help her rise the ranks of the CIA. In the present, Etai helps Saul escape to a secure location after Mossad and the CIA reach a deal for Saul's return. The jihadists load a delivery of chemical weapons onto their truck, restrain Quinn, and head back to Berlin. Carrie meets with Allison and asks her to review the case fields pertaining to Nazari. Carrie and Numan hack into Nazari's computer and find a photo taken at a beachside bar that Carrie recalls Allison mentioning in 2005, leading Carrie to realize that Allison is working with the SVR.
57	9	"The Litvinov Ruse"	Tucker Gates	Story by: Howard Gordon & Patrick Harbinson Teleplay by: Alex Gansa	November 29, 2015 (2015-11-29)	5WAH09	1.42
Carrie and Saul enlist the BND's aid in helping them prove Allison's allegiance to the SVR. Saul plants a bug and microphone in Allison's belongings while she is asleep. The BND discloses to Allison that a top Russian agent plans to defect to Germany, triggering a panicked Allison to go to a Russian safehouse and meet with Ivan while under drone surveillance from the CIA. Allison and Ivan are arrested, but Allison claims to Dar Adal that Ivan was her asset and not vice versa. Quinn is held captive by Bibi's jihadist group, who are planning a sarin gas attack on Berlin. Quinn attempts to convince Qasim, a young and inexperienced member of the group, to prevent the attack. Quinn is brought to the jihadists' gas chamber as a test subject, but Qasim covertly injects him with atropine shortly before he is placed inside. The gas is released, and Quinn begins convulsing.
58	10	"New Normal"	Dan Attias	Meredith Stiehm & Charlotte Stoudt	December 6, 2015 (2015-12-06)	5WAH10	1.74
Ivan admits that the SVR engineered the plane bombing. Dar Adal demands further evidence of Allison's guilt and elects to resolve the situation quietly in order to avoid a political scandal. The BND arrest Faisal Marwan, a suspected jihadist who the Düring Foundation learns may have information about an attack on Berlin. Bibi releases a video demanding that the UN recognize the Islamic State lest a chemical attack is unleashed on Europe within 24 hours; footage of Quinn suffering the effects of the sarin gas is included to legitimize the threat. Carrie and Astrid scan the video for clues as to where it was filmed. Bibi executes one of his group members as punishment for saving Quinn's life, aware that Qasim – his cousin – was responsible, but unwilling to kill a family member. While investigating one of several suspected locations of Bibi's hideout, Carrie and Astrid find Quinn alive and take him to the hospital, where he is placed in intensive care.
59	11	"Our Man in Damascus"	Seith Mann	David Fury	December 13, 2015 (2015-12-13)	5WAH11	1.84
Carrie and Saul convince the doctors to revive Quinn to find out what he knows about the impending terrorist attack, but he goes into respiratory arrest and is placed back in a coma. Carrie finds clues in Qasim's apartment suggesting that the attack will occur at the Hauptbahnhof train station. Saul attempts to get information from Faisal Marwan; Laura goes on air and threatens to leak the remaining CIA documents unless Faisal is released. Faisal, however, commits suicide while left alone. Allison receives her final assignment from the SVR: to ensure the chemical attack succeeds. She tracks down the professor who designed the jihadists' sarin chamber, kills him as well her CIA escort after receiving the time and location of the attack. She then misdirects the BND by claiming the attack will occur at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. Carrie spots Qasim at Hauptbahnhof station and pursues him alone, texting Saul that Allison misled them; Saul receives the text and finds that Allison has escaped her hospital room.
60	12	"A False Glimmer"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Liz Flahive & Alex Gansa & Ron Nyswaner	December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20)	5WAH12	2.07
Carrie convinces Qasim to stop the attack in the subway tunnel. Qasim confronts Bibi, who shoots him. Carrie intervenes, shooting Bibi dead and thus stopping the attack. Ivan tells Saul the SVR's plan to extract Allison in exchange for witness protection in the U.S.; Saul and his team intercept the car carrying Allison out of Germany and kill everyone inside. Numan is arrested by the BND; Astrid threatens to have him deported to coerce Laura into making a public statement denouncing Faisal as a terrorist, thereby avoiding another scandal. Carrie attempts to rekindle her relationship with Jonas, but he declines out of concern for his family's safety. Saul attempts to convince Carrie to rejoin the CIA, but she rebuffs him. Quinn suffers a possibly fatal brain hemorrhage. Dar Adal gives Carrie the letter Quinn wrote her before departing for Syria. Carrie continues watching over Quinn at the hospital even after several days of no recovery.

Season 6 (2017)

Main article: Homeland (season 6)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
61	1	"Fair Game"	Keith Gordon	Alex Gansa & Ted Mann	January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15)	6WAH01	1.08
Three months after the events of season 5, Carrie is living in New York City, helping run a nonprofit defending the civil liberties of American Muslims. Her latest client is Sekou Bah, a young Muslim man arrested by the FBI for possible terrorist ties after posting a series of online videos sympathizing with Al-Qaeda. Carrie additionally looks after Quinn, who is recovering from his stroke at a veterans' hospital. After Quinn leaves the hospital to indulge in drugs with prostitutes and gets his gun and veterans' check stolen from him, Carrie provides him shelter in her home. Saul and Dar Adal advise President-elect Elizabeth Keane on the state of the CIA. Dar, concerned that Keane may demilitarize the CIA due to her son's death while serving in Iraq, covertly plots with his cabal of senior government officials to undermine Keane.
62	2	"The Man in the Basement"	Keith Gordon	Chip Johannessen	January 22, 2017 (2017-01-22)	6WAH02	1.45
The FBI find $5,000 under Sekou's mattress, which Sekou claims was loaned to him by his friend Saad for a family trip to Nigeria. Carrie and Max learn that Saad is an FBI informant; Carrie defies court orders and confronts Saad herself, where she learns he was instructed by the FBI to give Sekou the money despite his belief in Sekou's innocence. Dar Adal reports to President-elect Keane's chief of staff that Iran may be working with North Korea to develop a clandestine nuclear program, and that Israel wants the Americans' help to apprehend Iran's liaison in Abu Dhabi. Carrie, who is secretly advising Keane, suggests that Saul be the one to represent the U.S. during the mission. Quinn refuses his medication and suffers a seizure while shopping; he has Carrie show him the video footage of his exposure to sarin gas, claiming he has no memory of the incident, and asks her why she saved his life.
63	3	"The Covenant"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Ron Nyswaner	January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29)	6WAH03	1.13
Sekou's plea deal is revoked. Carrie reaches out to a former NSA contact to obtain a recording proving that FBI agent Ray Conlin attempted to entrap Sekou on false charges, and uses it to blackmail Conlin into releasing Sekou. Saul arrives in Abu Dhabi to interrogate Farhad Nafisi, an Iranian banker, over a large transfer of funds made from a covert account. Nafisi denies any involvement with North Korea, but Saul is unable to prove he is lying and is forced to release him. Dar Adal nonetheless reports to Keane that the U.S. has "conclusive" evidence of Iran's parallel nuclear program; he later eavesdrops on a meeting between Keane and Carrie, who casts doubt over Dar's report. Saul visits his sister in the West Bank and has an unknown contact pick him up that night. Quinn reclaims his gun from the drug dealer who robbed him and lurks outside Carrie's apartment while armed, paranoid that someone may be spying on them.
64	4	"A Flash of Light"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson	February 12, 2017 (2017-02-12)	6WAH04	1.05
Saul covertly meets with Majid Javadi – still the chief of the IRGC – in the West Bank, and asks him to investigate Nafisi's possible involvement with North Korea. The following day, Saul is detained by Etai Luskin, who wants details on the meeting. Keane heeds Carrie's advice and decides not to take immediate action against Iran; Dar Adal retaliates by planting a news story criticizing Keane. Dar later attempts to talk Carrie out of advising Keane. Quinn follows the man living across from Carrie's apartment and watches him arrive at Sekou's workplace. The following morning, Sekou makes a routine delivery for his job; as he drives into Manhattan, a bomb planted in his van explodes. Saul is called back to the U.S. in the wake of the attack.
65	5	"Casus Belli"	Alex Graves	Chip Johannessen	February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19)	6WAH05	1.07
Sekou is publicly identified as a suspect in the bombing. Carrie is outed as Sekou's public defender, which leads to a hostile mob of protesters and reporters gathering outside her apartment. An agitated Quinn shoots at a protestor, prompting the NYPD to surround the building and treat it as a hostage situation. Quinn takes an ESU officer hostage, forcing the police to abort the operation. Carrie returns home and attempts to talk Quinn down; Quinn claims to have proof that Carrie is being spied on. An ESU team storms the apartment and arrests Quinn; Carrie later finds his phone, containing photos of the man across the street, who Carrie notices watching her through the window.
66	6	"The Return"	Alex Graves	Charlotte Stoudt	February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26)	6WAH06	0.90
Carrie shows Quinn's photos of the man across the street to Conlin, who confirms with Saad that the man was not Sekou's accomplice. Conlin tracks down the vehicle in Quinn's photos to a mysterious private corporation that hires formal federal employees to manage large amounts of sensitive data. He calls Carrie to his home to discuss his findings, but when Carrie arrives, she finds that Conlin was just assassinated by her suspicious neighbor, from whom she narrowly escapes. Quinn, who has been commissioned to a psychiatric institution since his arrest, is extracted from the ward at night by Astrid.
67	7	"Imminent Risk"	Tucker Gates	Ron Nyswaner	March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)	6WAH07	1.44
Carrie learns that Frannie has been placed in the care of child protective services, who deem Carrie an imminent risk to her daughter following the hostage situation with Quinn at her home. Carrie loses the court hearing, and Frannie is put in foster care. Quinn is taken to a cabin by Astrid, who informs him that Dar Adal secured his release. Dar visits Quinn that night and reveals that Carrie chose to have him revived from his coma, likely causing his stroke. Javadi arrives in New York and informs Saul that Farhad Nafisi was a longtime Mossad asset. They determine that Dar Adal was behind the charade, and Saul asks Javadi to confirm to the President-elect that Iran is not running a parallel nuclear program. Dar Adal is revealed to have hired the man living across Carrie's apartment, as well as having reported Carrie to child services.
68	8	"alt.truth"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson	March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)	6WAH08	1.27
Saul has Carrie facilitate a meeting between Javadi and President-elect Keane. However, Javadi reverses course and tells Keane that Iran is indeed violating the nuclear agreement; he tells an indignant Saul that he made a deal with Dar Adal out of self-preservation. A paranoid Quinn empties the bullets out of Astrid's gun in her car, and spots the assassin who lives across from Carrie while at a supermarket. Quinn rebuffs Astrid and attempts to track down the assassin alone, but ends up attacking a stranger by mistake. He attempts to reconcile with Astrid when he returns, but the real assassin shoots at them, injuring Quinn and killing Astrid.
69	9	"Sock Puppets"	Dan Attias	Chip Johannessen & Evan Wright	March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)	6WAH09	1.26
Dar Adal betrays Javadi to Mossad; Javadi covertly calls Carrie to allow her to trace his location, but he is extracted before she and Saul arrive. Carrie finds Javadi's phone, which contains footage of Nafisi confessing his allegiance to Mossad. Carrie and Saul present the footage to Keane as evidence that Dar Adal is behind the conspiracy to antagonize Iran. Keane involves the solicitor general, who advises Carrie to testify that Dar covered up the Russian infiltration of the CIA's Berlin station. Carrie reluctantly agrees, aware that it would disgrace Saul due to his relationship with Allison Carr. Max applies for a job at the private company Conlin was investigating, and learns that it is a massive troll farm run by right-wing provocateur Brett O'Keefe (who, unbeknownst to them, also works for Dar). Quinn ambushes Dar at his home and learns that Dar did not order the hit on him and Astrid.
70	10	"The Flag House"	Michael Klick	Alex Gansa	March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)	6WAH10	1.43
Quinn tracks the assassin to a house used to plan black ops missions, including ones Quinn was part of; he finds Sekou's van parked inside. Carrie prepares to make her deposition, but learns that her appointment to see her daughter has been cancelled. Realizing Dar Adal is blackmailing her, Carrie opts out of making her statement. After being rebuffed by Keane, Dar Adal allows Brett O'Keefe to release an edited video slandering Keane's late son as a false war hero. Max covertly records a video of Dar meeting with O'Keefe and sends it to Carrie. Saul prepares to go into hiding, but Mira talks him out of it. Carrie is brought to see Quinn, who has secured a vantage point to watch the black ops soldiers' house through a sniper rifle.
71	11	"R Is for Romeo"	Seith Mann	Chip Johannessen & Patrick Harbinson	April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02)	6WAH11	1.34
Saul presents Keane with evidence that Dar Adal worked with O'Keefe to defame Keane's son. O'Keefe publicly invites Keane on his show, which she accepts on Saul's recommendation. Over live broadcast, she accuses O'Keefe of spreading disinformation and discloses her knowledge of his government-funded social media firm. Dar Adal enlists Max's help in uncovering a disinformation campaign against Quinn. Carrie searches the house Quinn is investigating, only to be ambushed by the assassin living across from her; Quinn intervenes and brutally murders the assassin as revenge for Astrid's death. The FBI and solicitor general arrive and find Sekou's van, which can be used as evidence to prosecute Dar Adal and grant Quinn immunity. Quinn finds evidence that the special ops team is planning an attack on the President-elect. Carrie calls Keane's staff to warn them, but a bomb hidden in the house's garage explodes.
72	12	"America First"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa & Ron Nyswaner	April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09)	6WAH12	1.90
Carrie and Quinn rush to Keane's headquarters, where the staff receive word of a bomb threat in the building. As they evacuate, Dar Adal calls Carrie and warns that the threat is a ruse to lure Keane out of her hotel so she can be assassinated, with Quinn to be framed as the killer. Carrie stops Keane's car from leaving right as a bomb detonates outdoors; Quinn finds them and escorts them to safety by driving through a barricade of armed soldiers sent to kill Keane, and dies in the process. Six weeks later, Keane has been inaugurated, with Carrie working as her liaison to the intelligence community; several senior intelligence officials, including Dar Adal, have been incarcerated. Carrie gets a call from Saul, who is being arrested, and realizes that Keane is apprehending dozens of innocent government officials in retaliation for the assassination attempt.

Season 7 (2018)

Main article: Homeland (season 7)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
73	1	"Enemy of the State"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Debora Cahn & Alex Gansa	February 11, 2018 (2018-02-11)	7WAH01	1.22
Carrie and Frannie are living in Washington, D.C., with Carrie's sister Maggie and her family. Carrie has left her job at the White House and is actively working to ensure the release of 200 federal employees Keane has arrested since her inauguration. She attempts to get Dante Allen, her contact at the FBI, to testify in Senator Sam Paley's Congressional investigation into Keane's misconduct, but Dante refuses. Saul, still in federal prison, is offered the position of National Security Advisor by David Wellington, Keane's chief of staff; Saul refuses unless the 200 federal employees are released. Carrie has Max install surveillance on Wellington. General Jamie McClendon, who spearheaded the conspiracy to assassinate Keane, is sentenced to life in prison, but dies from poisoning as soon as he enters custody.
74	2	"Rebel Rebel"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	February 18, 2018 (2018-02-18)	7WAH02	1.12
Carrie spots an unknown woman enter Wellington's apartment on camera. She posts a screenshot of the woman on a 4chan thread attempting to identify her, but is tricked by a hacker into downloading a virus that encrypts her hard drive with ransomware. Carrie lures the hacker to a face-to-face and beats him until he unlocks her computer. Brett O'Keefe, now a fugitive, takes shelter in Lucasville, Ohio with the staunchly right-wing Elkins family, and makes a broadcast accusing Keane of arranging McClendon's death. In an effort to mend public perception, Wellington convinces Keane to release the 200 federal employees she arrested, and appoint Saul as National Security Advisor. Wellington places Saul in charge of the manhunt for O'Keefe.
75	3	"Standoff"	Michael Klick	Anya Leta & Ron Nyswaner	February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)	7WAH03	1.26
Dante identifies the woman in Wellington's apartment as Simone Martin, Wellington's girlfriend who received a parking ticket close to the prison where McClendon died. Carrie breaks into Simone's apartment to take photos and collect evidence from her computer, but police arrest her shortly thereafter; Dante later bails her out. Saul arrives at the Elkins' property in Lucasville with the FBI and attempts to negotiate with O'Keefe. However, the family calls in armed reinforcements, leading to a standoff with the FBI. Realizing that the White House is losing control of the O'Keefe situation and needs a jolt of public approval, Wellington discreetly authorizes an airstrike on a Syrian weapons convoy that Keane had previously rejected.
76	4	"Like Bad at Things"	Alex Graves	Chip Johannessen & Patrick Harbinson	March 4, 2018 (2018-03-04)	7WAH04	0.93
During the standoff at the Elkins' compound, their teenage son J.J. is shot by an FBI patrol; in response, the family patriarch takes an FBI agent hostage. Paramedics collect a wounded J.J. from the scene; at the hospital, an unknown intruder discreetly takes photos and leaks them to the press as evidence that J.J. was left to die in the hospital. Saul calls O'Keefe to warn him that the report is false, but O'Keefe neglects to tell the Elkins family, who are enraged by the news and execute the FBI agent in their captivity. The FBI, listening in, order an assault on the compound, leading to a firefight that results in several casualties, largely on the Elkins' side. O'Keefe survives the assault and is arrested by the FBI.
77	5	"Active Measures"	Charlotte Sieling	Debora Cahn	March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11)	7WAH05	1.32
Amid concern over possible violence at an upcoming memorial for victims of the Lucasville massacre, Keane urges the wives of the slain FBI agents to attend the service. The event ultimately proceeds without incident and earns Keane a public relations victory. Saul visits Ivan Krupin in witness protection and presents his theory that Russian operative Yevgeny Gromov was responsible for the fake news story that sparked the Lucasville shootout. Carrie assembles a team of former CIA colleagues along with Dante and Max to follow Simone Martin in hopes of connecting the McClendon assassination to Wellington. Three team members interrogate Simone and learn that she withdrew $50,000 as payment to eliminate McClendon; they demand a larger ransom, expecting that Simone will report the incident to Wellington, her presumed handler. However, Simone simply visits Wellington for sex, without saying a word of the day's events.
78	6	"Species Jump"	Michael Offer	Anya Leta & Ron Nyswaner	March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18)	7WAH06	1.25
Simone is subpoenaed by Senator Paley's subcommittee; at the proffer session, she requests immunity in exchange for naming the individual who ordered her to deliver a cash transaction linked to McClendon's death. Carrie realizes that Simone plans to implicate Wellington, who Carrie believes is innocent based on her surveillance; she explains the situation to Saul, who helps Carrie realize that Dante is likely setting her up to target Wellington. Carrie drugs Dante and has the rest of her newly-formed team search his apartment while he is unconscious. Saul learns that a viral video of Wellington confronting Simone was disseminated by the same social media network that planted the fake story about J.J. Elkins; he surmises that the network originates from Yevgeny Gromov. Ivan comes out of witness protection to confront Yevgeny, but he is drowned by Yevgeny's men that night.
79	7	"Andante"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25)	7WAH07	1.28
Saul informs Wellington that Simone intends to implicate him in the McClendon investigation on behalf of Russia. A stunned Wellington sends a letter of resignation to Keane, who refuses it. Saul forces Max to join his task force; they learn that Dante and Simone concurrently traveled to the same European cities, and decide to pursue Dante. Carrie has an argument with her sister and leaves with Frannie; Dante allows them to stay with him at his apartment. Carrie tracks down Dante's ex-wife, who tells her that their marriage broke down due to Dante's resentment towards Carrie while stationed in Kabul four years ago. Dante visits Maggie's house under the guise of collecting Frannie's belongings and finds evidence that Carrie has compiled on him. He confronts her at his apartment that night, leading to the two of them having sex. However, they are interrupted when Saul's men charge in and arrest Dante.
80	8	"Lies, Amplifiers, Fucking Twitter"	Tucker Gates	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)	7WAH08	1.22
Carrie interrogates Dante, but he requests a lawyer. She takes a break to visit Maggie, who admonishes Carrie over the trauma she has inflicted on Frannie, and has her decide between seeking treatment and giving up custody of her daughter to Maggie. Keane, facing pressure to resign by Senator Paley, has Wellington warn Moscow that the U.S. will treat Simone's testimony as a hostile act. The plan backfires when the Russian ambassador notifies Yevgeny, who assembles a team to extract Simone (who is revealed to be his lover) from the safehouse where Paley is keeping her. Carrie and Saul have an agent posing as a lawyer poison Dante using ink from a pen used to sign paperwork; Dante, believing the Russians have poisoned him, admits to Carrie that Simone helped the Russians kill McClendon, before entering cardiac arrest. Saul and Carrie learn that Simone has escaped, leaving Dante (whose survival is in question) as their only witness.
81	9	"Useful Idiot"	Nelson McCormick	Debora Cahn	April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08)	7WAH09	1.24
Dante awakens in the hospital, and informs Carrie that the Russians use a secret Twitter code that alerts Yevgeny's agents to dissolve their network. Saul and Wellington inform Senator Paley of the Russians' subterfuge, including Paley's own unwitting role. When Saul's team deploys the Twitter code, Yevgeny realizes that Dante is cooperating with the authorities, and defies his handlers by tracking down Dante at the hospital. Dante calls Carrie and warns her that Yevgeny is in his hospital room; Carrie, who is picking up Frannie from school, rushes to save Dante, nearly hitting Frannie with her car. She arrives at the hospital only to learn that Dante is already dead, and suffers a severe psychotic break triggered by the shock of nearly killing her own daughter.
82	10	"Clarity"	Dan Attias	Howard Gordon & Ron Nyswaner	April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)	7WAH10	1.28
Keane's Cabinet pushes to collect enough votes to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove her from office; in response, Keane preemptively fires four Cabinet secretaries she distrusts. When Keane refuses to reverse her decision, Vice President Ralph Warner is forced to present the Senate with documents declaring Keane unfit for office. Carrie undergoes another round of electroconvulsive therapy following her psychotic episode in the hospital. With Dante dead, Saul makes plans to exfiltrate Simone from Russia, and requests Carrie's help in overseeing the mission. Carrie declines so she can focus on her upcoming custody hearing. At the custody hearing, Maggie testifies that Carrie is incapable of providing Frannie with a stable home environment. Carrie decides to give up the custody battle and accepts a visitation agreement granting her access to Frannie every other weekend. She takes up Saul's offer to lead the Russia operation.
83	11	"All In"	Alex Graves	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)	7WAH11	1.39
Senator Paley visits Dar Adal in jail for insight on Saul's motives in Russia. In Moscow, Saul and Carrie sit down with SVR and GRU representatives including Yevgeny, as a ruse to lure Yevgeny away from Simone. As they speak, Carrie's special ops team storms Simone's safehouse, only to be ambushed by armed guards. Carrie devises an alternative plan: confiscate $300M hidden across U.S. banks by SVR General Yakushin, and use it to leverage him into finding Simone. Yakushin sends an armed battalion to the GRU headquarters where Simone is being held, sparking chaos and violence on the streets. Carrie convinces Simone to come with her, given that Simone is now expendable to the Russians. Carrie and Simone wear wigs matching each other's appearance and escape in separate cars; Yevgeny follows Carrie's car, believing it to be Simone's. In Washington, Keane is relieved of her command.
84	12	"Paean to the People"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa	April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)	7WAH12	1.30
Carrie diverts Yevgeny and his men long enough for Saul and his team to make it to the airport with a disguised Simone in tow. Saul and the others depart for the U.S. with no choice but to leave without Carrie, who is captured by Yevgeny's team. Three days later, Simone testifies in Congress and confirms that the GRU plotted to sabotage the Keane administration; Paley is arrested as a conspirator. Keane is reinstated as President, but in her first public address, she resigns. Yevgeny visits an incarcerated Carrie and threatens to withhold her medication unless she makes a statement naming the CIA responsible for the entire crisis, but she refuses. Seven months later, Saul secures Carrie's release in exchange for several Russian prisoners. When he receives her, he finds Carrie in severe delirium after months in captivity without any treatment for her bipolar disorder.

Season 8 (2020)

Main article: Homeland (season 8)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
85	1	"Deception Indicated"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Debora Cahn & Alex Gansa	February 9, 2020 (2020-02-09)	8WAH01	0.60
Following her release from captivity in Russia, Carrie recovers at a hospital in Germany. Her poor performance on a polygraph test stirs concern among CIA officials that she may have betrayed her country during her months in captivity, most of which she cannot remember. Saul leads the U.S. effort to end the war in Afghanistan, but negotiations collapse when Vice President Abdul Qadir G'ulom refuses the proposed terms. Saul recruits Carrie to join him in Kabul to help salvage peace talks. Carrie learns that one of her former assets was executed by the Taliban on treason charges, and begins to worry about what she may have revealed during her captivity. Her concerns are exacerbated when Kabul station chief Mike Dunne confirms that Russia shares information with the Taliban. The next day, on her way to meet G'ulom, Carrie sees Yevgeny Gromov leave G'ulom's office.
86	2	"Catch and Release"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)	8WAH02	0.68
Carrie receives an anonymous tip regarding Samira Noori, an activist against G'ulom's regime whose husband died in a car bombing likely intended for her. Carrie searches Samira's apartment and finds evidence Samira collected on G'ulom's embezzlement of military funds. She uses this to leverage G'ulom to reverse his stance and release 1,000 Taliban prisoners per the peace deal. Carrie is later met by Yevgeny, who reveals himself as the source of the anonymous tip. Max intercepts Taliban communications, which capture now-leader Haissam Haqqani expressing his interest in ending the war; Saul sees an opportunity to negotiate with Haqqani. Tasneem Qureishi, now the head of the ISI, resolves to disrupt Saul's negotiations. During Saul's planned meeting with Haqqani in Peshawar, the ISI ambush Haqqani's convoy. Saul is captured and brought to Haqqani.
87	3	"False Friends"	Keith Gordon	Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon	February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)	8WAH03	0.71
Saul convinces Haqqani that the ISI was responsible for the ambush on his convoy, determining that a traitor in Haqqani's camp must have leaked information about the meeting. Haqqani learns that his last living son, Jalal, betrayed him to Tasneem over his opposition to the peace talks. Haqqani exiles Jalal from the family, and agrees to the terms of the peace deal during a meeting with Saul. Jalal is later picked up by Tasneem. Carrie agrees to a meeting with Yevgeny, which her CIA superiors at the Kabul station use to test her allegiance. However, Yevgeny meets Carrie outside the CIA's listening range and reveals his knowledge that Carrie once considered drowning her child. Carrie later lies to Mike that she believes Yevgeny can be recruited as a CIA asset.
88	4	"Chalk One Up"	Seith Mann	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	March 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)	8WAH04	0.73
President Warner arrives in Kabul, heeding Carrie's advice on announcing the end of the war in person. He departs to make the announcement alongside Afghan President Daoud at Combat Outpost Steedley, where Max is stationed. Meanwhile, Carrie and her team save Samira Noori from being kidnapped by her Taliban brother-in-law, who seeks to forcibly marry her after her husband's death. On its way back from the military outpost, the helicopter carrying Warner and Daoud disappears off the CIA's radar; its wreckage is discovered in a forest by those in an escort helicopter, who spot Taliban soldiers in the area and open fire. In response, the Taliban shoots down the escort helicopter with an RPG blast.
89	5	"Chalk Two Down"	Alex Graves	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08)	8WAH05	0.82
Troops from Combat Outpost Steedley arrive at the site of the helicopter crash and confirm that Presidents Warner and Daoud have both been killed. General G'ulom inherits the Afghan presidency and unilaterally declares martial law until Haqqani – who he blames for the presidents' death – is apprehended. Saul warns Haqqani, who is unable to flee Kabul. Carrie learns that Warner's helicopter was switched at the last minute, but soon determines that it was a routine swap, leading her to speculate that the crash may have been an accident. A Taliban squadron storms the crash site and outnumbers the U.S. troops; acting U.S. President Benjamin Hayes orders the site bombed on Wellington's recommendation. Carrie urges Max to retrieve the helicopter's flight recorder for evidence as to the cause of the crash; Max succeeds, but the rest of his squad is killed by the Taliban soldiers, leaving him cornered.
90	6	"Two Minutes"	Tucker Gates	Debora Cahn	March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)	8WAH06	0.71
Max is captured and held prisoner by a Taliban soldier, who sells off the contents of Max's backpack including the flight recorder from Warner's helicopter. Carrie asks Yevgeny to use his Taliban connections to help locate Max, and discreetly suspends the CIA's surveillance of the region to allow Yevgeny to call his contacts. President G'ulom threatens to execute 300 Taliban prisoners if Haqqani does not surrender, and manipulates the inexperienced President Hayes into sympathizing with his strongman tactics. Haqqani decides to surrender to the U.S. in hopes of a fair trial. Mike informs Saul that he salvaged a recording of Carrie's earlier conversation with Yevgeny, which proves that she lied about the nature of her relationship with him. Saul confronts Carrie and has her sent back to Germany, but Carrie promptly leaves the plane and gets picked up by Yevgeny.
91	7	"Fucker Shot Me"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)	8WAH07	1.09
Carrie and Yevgeny find Max, who discloses the flight recorder's whereabouts to Carrie before being taken to a different compound. Carrie and Yevgeny follow the Taliban to the second compound; Carrie calls Mike to request a special ops team to extract Max, but decides to go in herself when they fail to arrive. She spots Jalal Haqqani forcing Max into a prisoner uniform before Yevgeny stops her from intervening. With the senior Haqqani's trial approaching, Saul convinces Tasneem to help him prove Haqqani's innocence. The two request the presiding judge on the case to grant a continuation, but the judges are swapped on the day of the trial, during which Haqqani is immediately found guilty and sentenced to death.
92	8	"Threnody(s)"	Michael Klick	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	March 29, 2020 (2020-03-29)	8WAH08	0.75
Jalal threatens to execute Max unless Haqqani's death sentence is revoked. Hayes requests a stay of execution from G'ulom until Max is rescued, but John Zabel, Hayes' brash new foreign policy advisor, convinces Hayes to reverse course. Haqqani is ultimately executed by a firing squad. Upon receiving word of his father's death, Jalal executes Max. He returns to Kabul and assumes command of the Taliban, making a speech where he falsely claims responsibility for shooting down both American helicopters. Zabel obtains a video of Jalal's speech and uses it to persuade Hayes into threatening war on Pakistan unless they turn Jalal over to the U.S. Saul arrives with a team to retrieve Max's body; Carrie informs Saul that she has the flight recorder's location, which may help ascertain the true cause of the helicopter crash. Carrie is placed under arrest by the CIA team, but she retreats with Yevgeny.
93	9	"In Full Flight"	Dan Attias	Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon	April 5, 2020 (2020-04-05)	8WAH09	0.81
Pakistan begins moving its mobile nuclear arsenal towards the Afghan border in response to the United States' threats. Tasneem attempts to convince Jalal to go into hiding, but Jalal, empowered by the bolstered ranks of the Taliban, refuses. Tasneem decides that the ISI's best course of action is to protect Jalal. Carrie and Yevgeny search bazaars in Kohat looking for the flight recorder, while evading a CIA search team. Carrie dupes her young coworker Jenna Bragg into giving her the location of the team's safehouse and has Yevgeny direct the local police to apprehend them, giving her time to find the flight recorder. Carrie tracks down the broker in possession of the recorder and buys it from him; Yevgeny arrives, and the two listen to the contents, which confirm that the presidents' helicopter crashed due to mechanical failure. Yevgeny sedates Carrie and has his men confiscate the flight recorder.
94	10	"Designated Driver"	Michael Offer	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	April 12, 2020 (2020-04-12)	8WAH10	0.89
Carrie calls Saul to report that the helicopter crash resulted from a mechanical failure, and that the Russians are now in possession of the flight recorder. Saul reaches out to his contacts in Russia, but realizes that they have no interest in trading the item. Carrie is brought to meet Yevgeny, who offers her the flight recorder in exchange for the identity of Saul's deeply-embedded agent in the Kremlin. Carrie then turns herself in at the CIA's Kabul station, where she is arrested and put on a plane back to the U.S. Hoping to de-escalate the rising political tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan, Wellington negotiates the release of the special ops team in Kohat. However, Jalal forces one of his men to carry out a suicide bombing at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border where the soldiers' release is taking place.
95	11	"The English Teacher"	Michael Cuesta	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)	8WAH11	0.96
Back in Washington, Carrie faces nearly a dozen federal charges, but Saul has her released into his custody. Searching for Saul's Russian asset, Carrie tracks down Andrei Kuznetsov, a man Saul had exfiltrated from East Berlin in 1987. Kuznetsov informs her that Saul used red leather books to communicate with him. Flashbacks reveal that Saul's asset is Anna Pomerantseva, a former English teacher who volunteered to turn against the Kremlin after her entire class was executed because their classmate, Kuznetsov, defected. In the present, Anna is the GRU's head interpreter, joining them at a United Nations summit. Carrie discovers notes tucked in the bindings of the red leather books in Saul's collection, which correspond to various American intelligence coups. She arranges a meeting with Yevgeny to report her findings, still unable to identify the asset. Yevgeny proposes an alternative way to neutralize the asset: eliminate Saul.
96	12	"Prisoners of War"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon	April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)	8WAH12	1.26
Carrie admits her deal with Yevgeny to Saul, who refuses to name his asset. Carrie then flies to the West Bank and tells Saul's sister Dorit that Saul is dead, as a ruse to enact Saul's "legacy plan" to pass his asset onto Carrie in the event of his death. Dorit gives Carrie a USB drive containing a video message from Saul identifying Anna as his asset. Carrie shows it to Yevgeny, who reports it to his superiors at the UN summit. Anna kills herself to avoid capture by the Russians. With the asset's identity in their possession, Russia publicly plays the contents of the flight recorder, successfully averting nuclear war between the U.S. and Pakistan. Two years later, Carrie and Yevgeny live together in Moscow. Saul receives a package containing an advance copy of a book Carrie has written denouncing the U.S. He finds a note in the binding – mirroring Anna's tradecraft – with a note from Moscow indicating how to defeat the Russians' missile defense system. He realizes it is from Carrie, who has become his new Russian asset.

Home video releases

Season	Episodes	DVD and Blu-ray release dates
		Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
1	12	August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28)	September 10, 2012 (2012-09-10)	September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19)
2	12	September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10)	September 23, 2013 (2013-09-23)	September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12)
3	12	September 9, 2014 (2014-09-09)	September 8, 2014 (2014-09-08)	September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)
4	12	September 8, 2015 (2015-09-08)	June 15, 2015 (2015-06-15)	April 29, 2015 (2015-04-29)
5	12	January 10, 2017 (2017-01-10)	April 25, 2016 (2016-04-25)	April 27, 2016 (2016-04-27)
6	12	February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06)	July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19)

External links

• Official website
• Homeland at IMDb