Hurling a molotov cocktail in its fiery closing minutes, homeland came to the end of its eightseason run su. Homelands series finale brings carrie and saul fullcircle. Season four took us to pakistan, where all hell obviously broke loose. Homeland season 8 cast, release date, plot and more. The series debuted to great critical acclaim, winning the emmy for outstanding drama series for its first season. As far as series trajectories go, there are few that have had one as variable as showtimes homeland. Homeland will end with season 8, showtime confirms. The homeland series finale pushes carrie and sauls ideological.
Homeland ends on its own terms, for better or worse. The series started as a loosely based variation of the twoseason run of the israeli television series hatufim. More than any other series of the last decade, homeland thrived on immediacy the rare show forged in the zeitgeist and ripped from the headlines then the pandemic happened, leaving it. The series was developed for american television by alex gansa left and howard gordon right. The criticallyacclaimed, awardwinning showtime series, homeland, airs. Homeland tv series 20112020 homeland tv series 2011. Homeland is not expected to go back in production on season 8 before end of year. Perhaps the defining image of homeland, one of the most ambitious us drama series of the past decade, is claire daness character, carrie. The eighth and final season of the american spy thriller television drama series homeland. I cant think of another show with this level of acclaim that could get to its. The eighth and final season of showtimes homeland ended sunday night in an episode that hewed to what the series always did most.
Based on an israeli television series prisoners of war. The stars of homeland get their final debriefing the. After a near perfect first season that introduced the world to claire danes carrie mathison and made a huge star out of damian lewis as former prisoner of war sgt. Good job homeland, im glad i stuck with you to the end. Via deadline, levine explained during a tca press tour why the final season of homeland takes so long to reach our screens. As much as fans might want to see carrie live happily.
Homeland ended exactly how it needed to end tv guide. Danes has taken home a pair of emmys for best lead actress in a drama series and. Homeland to end after season 8, claire danes confirms. Showtime has confirmed that season eight is the end of the series. This never happened to me before, that a tv series became so personal for me. Postproduction on season seven of homeland ended last week. Homeland came out of the gate strong in season 2, opening with a fiveepisode run that blew up the shows relationships and overall plot in eyeopening, mindblowing ways. This surreal animated anthology series follows three generations of families who inhabit the same otherworldly house. Season 8 is just amazing a deserving end to the series which has captured our hearts for the last 10 years. Homeland series finale was the perfect ending digital spy. How homeland became the most unwatchable show on tv. Prisoners of war created by gideon raff and is developed for american television by. The season finale is set to air april 29 on showtime. Homeland was renewed for seasons 7 and 8 ahead of the sixth.
At the end of the day, a good ending has to be truthful to the characters and this one is. Homeland series finale praised by fans for getting it right. This article contains details of tonights homeland series finale. I thought after season 5 homeland had become like one of those emmy winning series which are forgotten after 45 season and no one cares about watching it. Homelands disappointing season 6 the american spectator. But the key relationship in season 8 and the entire series, really is between carrie and saul, gansa emphasizes. The mood good, carrie was so at the top of her game, and even saul got to lower the papa bear boom on the isi. Anything that ends with a little good cheer, im weeping, like, thank god. Selfdestructive cia agent carrie mathison claire danes begins to suspect that veteran u. Homeland season 8 episode 4 we all knew this was going to end badly, right. In other words, it went down a lot better than the final episode of game of.
Based on gideon raff s israeli series hatufim, homeland was developed by howard gordon and alex gansa in early 2010. Homeland is an ambitious series especially in its final season, he. So with homelands reign finally over, we look back on the shows best and worst seasons. Subscribe for free homeland cancellation and renewal alerts. Nicholas brody, the series had to adjust to meet not only the huge expectations of the emmywinning first season, but also to. The seventh season of the american television drama series homeland premiered on february 11, 2018, and concluded on april 29, 2018, on showtime, consisting of 12 episodes. Marine sergeant nicholas brody damian lewis, a celebrated war hero who was once held as a. It was a nonstop rush of adrenaline, twists and turns, suspense and there were some great moments of action. For almost a decade, homeland has been a cornerstone of showtime, and the only series to date from the viacomcbs pay cabler to claim the top drama series prize at the emmys, for its first. The two had previously worked together on 24 and the xfiles. Homeland was canceled way back in 2018, when the showtime series was announced to be ending after season 8. They mentioned multiple times the killing of civilians in drone strikes, the taliban leader was one of the reasonable good guys and there were good and evil characters on both sides of the conflict. Homeland fans arent ready to say goodbye to the beloved.
Adapted from an israeli series called prisoners of war, showtimes homeland premiered just over a decade after 911, an event that lingered in the background of the show throughout its run. Homeland was really created as a meditation upon the saul and carrie. Homeland has won six emmys and five golden globes, including best drama series, actress and actor. I followed homeland for 9 years, and waited patiently for 2 years for the last season, thinking its okay that it has to end. Homeland showrunner declassifies the series finale. Homeland was given a twoseason renewal by showtime in 2016 ahead of.
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