Homeland, Seasons 1-8

Starring: Claire Danes, Damien Lewis, Mandy Patinkin, Rupert Friend, F. Murray Abraham

Showtime TV MA (language, sexual situations, nudity, violence)

2011-2020 

This is another outstanding TV series that I can’t stop watching.  Home grown terrorism with so many twists and turns that you really don’t know whose side people are on! 

Claire Danes plays CIA agent, Carrie Mathison.  She is the top spy agent who has spent many hours in the field working cases.  Damien Lewis plays Nicholas Brody, an American Marine Sniper who has been held hostage for 8 years in Iran.  He has come home to a hero’s welcome, but all is not right with him.  This is the start of an 8 season run for this show. Seasons 1-3 deal with the relationship between Brody and Carrie and her quest to prove that he has “turned.” That he is working for al-Qaeda.  She becomes obsessed with proving the truth about Brody but no one in the CIA will believe her. 

Mandy Patinkin plays Carrie’s boss, Saul, who is amazing!  The working and personal relationship between all these characters are so intertwined it makes you wonder how much of the story is “real world spying.”  There’s a lot of revolving characters and story lines.  There’s love and loss.  Betrayal and redemption.  But you’re never really sure who the good guys are! 

What’s exceptional about this show, besides telling intriguing spy stories, is it gives you a view into a world that’s not black and white.  Sometimes the good guys have to do bad things to stop the bad people.  Is that ok? Is it justified?  By what means and how far will someone go for the truth or to create their version of it? 

Homeland is so easy to binge because the storylines are crazy insane, but yet you know this stuff happens!  If you’re bored with TV like I am and need something to help pass the cold winter nights – this show will get you through! 

Library Link: Homeland, Season 1 (DVD)

Library Link: Homeland, Season 2 (DVD)

Library Link: Homeland, Season 3 (DVD)

Library Link: Homeland, Season 4 (DVD)

Library Link: Homeland, Season 5 (DVD)

Library Link: Homeland, Season 6 (DVD)

Library Link: Homeland, Season 7 (DVD)