Homeland (season 3)

The third season of the American television drama series Homeland premiered on September 29, 2013 on Showtime, and concluded on December 15, 2013, consisting of 12 episodes. The series is loosely based on the Israeli television series Hatufim (English: Prisoners of War) created by Gideon Raff and is developed for American television by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa.[1]

Homeland
Season 3
DVD cover art
Starring
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkShowtime
Original releaseSeptember 29 (2013-09-29) –
December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15)
Season chronology

Cast and characters
Main article: List of Homeland characters

Main
Claire Danes, Damian Lewis and Mandy Patinkin (left to right) portray lead roles Carrie Mathison, Nicholas Brody and Saul Berenson, respectively.
Morena Baccarin, Rupert Friend and Morgan Saylor (left to right) portray Jessica Brody, Peter Quinn and Dana Brody, respectively.

Recurring

Special guest

Guest

Episodes
See also: List of Homeland episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		US viewers
(millions)
251"Tin Man Is Down"Lesli Linka GlatterAlex Gansa & Barbara HallSeptember 29, 2013 (2013-09-29)3WAH011.88[7]
Carrie and Saul are both called to testify before Congress. Dana is released from the hospital following her suicide attempt. The CIA coordinates six simultaneous attacks across the world to kill the people responsible for planning the CIA bombing.
262"Uh... Oh... Ah..."Lesli Linka GlatterChip JohannessenOctober 6, 2013 (2013-10-06)3WAH021.83[8]
Carrie attempts to get her story out to the press but is interrupted being admitted for a psych evaluation. Dana sneaks back into the hospital to see her new boyfriend Leo. Saul gets a new financial analyst, a Muslim woman.
273"Tower of David"Clark JohnsonHenry Bromell & William BromellOctober 13, 2013 (2013-10-13)3WAH031.81[9]
Brody is revealed to be alive but wounded, having arrived in Caracas, where he is treated. Brody attempts to go to a mosque to help him leave Caracas, however the imam turns him in to the police. Carrie is still locked up and gets a visit from a lawyer who wants to make her an offer to get her out.
284"Game On"David NutterJames Yoshimura & Alex GansaOctober 20, 2013 (2013-10-20)3WAH041.77[10]
Dana and Leo run away together. Fara is able to tie the money back to Iran. The Iranians attempt to turn Carrie into a double agent in order to get her out of the mental institution. It's revealed that Carrie's entire breakdown and lock up was a plot to have Iran think she was able to be turned.
295"The Yoga Play"Clark JohnsonPatrick HarbinsonOctober 27, 2013 (2013-10-27)3WAH052.00[11]
Jessica convinces Carrie to help her try and find Dana, Dana eventually learns the truth about why Leo was locked up and turns herself in to the police. Senator Lockhart reveals to Saul that he will be the next CIA director. Saul finds out that his wife is having an affair. Carrie's home is broken into by the Iranians, who take her with them.
306"Still Positive"Lesli Linka GlatterAlexander CaryNovember 3, 2013 (2013-11-03)3WAH062.00[12]
Majid Javadi attempts to interrogate Carrie, who turns the table on him and shares information to blackmail him into changing sides. Javadi before his meeting with the CIA kills his ex-wife and daughter-in-law.
317"Gerontion"Carl FranklinChip JohannessenNovember 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)3WAH071.85[13]
Javadi finds out that Saul's true plans were to send Javadi back to Iran as a spy, which Fara is upset by when she finds out. Quinn is seen on a photograph going into the house where the bodies Javadi killed were found. Saul is forced to lock Lockhart in a conference room to prevent him from ruining his mission with Javadi. Carrie finds out from Javadi that the person who coordinated the Langley attack is still in the country and the lawyers who got her out from the hospital know who it is. Quinn admits to Carrie that he is unhappy with how the CIA handles things and is ready to quit.
328"A Red Wheelbarrow"Seith MannAlex Gansa & James YoshimuraNovember 17, 2013 (2013-11-17)3WAH081.78[14]
Saul reveals his plans to have Javadi move up in the command in Iran. Carrie is revealed to be 13 weeks pregnant. Carrie plants a seed with the law firm that they are on to who planted the bomb, hoping they would reveal who it is to them. Carrie gets shot by Quinn to stop her from interfering in an operation. Saul arrives in Caracas with $10 million in cash as the reward for Brody's location, only to find him in a catatonic state, surrounded by used needles.
339"One Last Thing"Jeffrey ReinerBarbara HallNovember 24, 2013 (2013-11-24)3WAH091.94[15]
Brody is given ibogaine to speed up his heroin withdrawal. Saul reveals the next step in his plan: to sneak Brody into Iran to seek asylum, only to kill the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Carrie takes Brody to see Dana one last time.
3410"Good Night"Keith GordonAlexander Cary & Charlotte StoudtDecember 1, 2013 (2013-12-01)3WAH102.06[16]
Brody is smuggled from Iraq into Iran, although there are several casualties to get him there. Carrie approaches Fara about using her family in Iran to help with their mission. Javadi takes Brody and shoots the American soldier who was locked up with him.
3511"Big Man in Tehran"Daniel MinahanChip Johannessen & Patrick HarbinsonDecember 8, 2013 (2013-12-08)3WAH112.09[17]
Saul convinces Mossad to help them with their mission in Iran. Carrie goes to Iran posing as a Swiss tourist. The IRGC questions Brody, and has him meet Abu Nazir's widow to help determine if he can be trusted. Brody, after gaining their trust, kills Akbari.
3612"The Star"Lesli Linka GlatterAlex Gansa & Meredith StiehmDecember 15, 2013 (2013-12-15)3WAH122.38[18]
Brody leaves Akbari's body in his office, grabs his gun, and walks from the building, where he meets up with Carrie to go to a safe house. Lockhart reveals the location of the safe house to the Iranians, and Brody is arrested and summarily put on trial. Brody is sentenced to public hanging, and insists Carrie is not there for the event (she goes anyway). Carrie finds out she has been promoted to station chief in Istanbul. Saul is fired after Lockhart takes control of the CIA.

Production

On October 22, 2012, Homeland was renewed for a third season, consisting of 12 episodes,[19] which premiered on September 29, 2013.[20]

Production for the third season began in late May 2013,[21] continuing in Charlotte, North Carolina.[22] The series also filmed in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, which stood in for Caracas, Venezuela.[23] The series was also planning on returning to Israel for additional filming, but filming moved to Morocco, due to ongoing conflicts in Syria.[24]

The third season has three previous guest actors–Rupert Friend, F. Murray Abraham and Sarita Choudhury–promoted to series regulars.[25][26] Tracy Letts joined the cast playing Senator Andrew Lockhart, Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, as a series regular.[27] Diego Klattenhoff and David Marciano, who portray Mike Faber and Virgil, do not return as series regulars, but return in a recurring capacity.[4][28]

Barbara Hall joined as co-executive producer, after Meredith Stiehm left.[29] James Yoshimura also joined as a writer and consulting producer.[30] Writer Henry Bromell, who died on March 18, 2013,[31] is credited as executive producer for the whole season.[32] Lesli Linka Glatter, who directed the season 2 episode "Q&A", and former 24 co-executive producer and writer Patrick Harbinson both joined as co-executive producer.[33] Michael Klick, who was credited as producer in the first two seasons, was promoted to co-executive producer.[33] Claire Danes became a producer beginning with the third season. Former series writer Meredith Stiehm rejoined the writing staff near the end of the third season, including co-writing the season finale, after departing Homeland to write for her new TV series The Bridge.[34] Stiehm will continue with the series through the fourth season and potential fifth season as well.[34]

Reception

Ratings

In its third season, Homeland became the first series on Showtime to surpass seven million total viewers weekly.[35] The season finale, "The Star", was the highest rated episode of the series to date, with 2.38 million viewers for the original broadcast.[18]

Critical response

The third season received mixed reviews from critics, with many of the criticisms targeted at the second half.[36] The first two episodes received a Metacritic score of 77 out of 100, based on 23 reviews,[37] but reviews became more mixed as the season progressed.[38][39]

Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the first two episodes of the season restored his faith in the series, with the emphasis on Carrie and Saul, and that "the writing and acting in the first two episodes are exceptional."[40] Robert Rorke of Newsday wrote that "the third-season premiere Homeland delivers a strong episode that repairs much of the damage done last season to this excellent show" and "In balancing action with character development, Homeland offers something for everyone. The performances, as usual, are excellent."[41] Robert Bianco of USA Today praised the focus on the aftermath of the CIA bombing, and wrote "The result of that change of focus is a return that's quieter than the tone Homeland set when it left us but just as intense, and—when Danes is on screen—just as emotionally wrenching."[42] Matthew Wolfson of Slate wrote "Showing us the long-term impact of the attack on the lives of these characters, whose deep-seated motivations and fears have gradually been revealed to us over the last two seasons, allows Homeland to transcend its tendencies toward the hyperbolic and gives us a reason to suspend our disbelief."[43]

However, some critics had negative reviews for the season. Morven Crumlish of The Guardian found it tedious: "A half-absorbed piece of fiction will leave the characters floundering in their mid-arc torpor. With no end in sight, though, Carrie and Brody can flounder without me."[44] Gerard O'Donovan of The Daily Telegraph agreed: "The ludicrous plot contortions of this season’s early episodes... had all been such a mess."[45]

Awards and nominations

The season was nominated for Best Drama Series for the 2014 Writers Guild of America Awards.[46] For the 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards, the cast was nominated for Best Drama Ensemble, Claire Danes was nominated for Best Drama Actress, and the series was nominated for Best Stunt Team.[47] For the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, Claire Danes was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and Mandy Patinkin was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.[48]

Home media release

Homeland: The Complete Third Season was released as a widescreen region 1 four-disc DVD and three-disc Blu-ray box set in the United States and Canada on September 9, 2014.[49] In addition to the 12 episodes, it includes deleted scenes, audio commentary for "The Star" and two featurettes—"The Tower of David: Filming in Puerto Rico 3" and "The Last Days: Filming the Season Finale".[49] The same set was also released on September 8, 2014, in region 2[50] and on September 24, 2014, in region 4.[51]

The season is also available for streaming online via Hulu, as of August 1, 2016.[52]

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