The season three finale of homeland left a lot of doors open and the jaws of its audience collectively on the floor. Read on for homeland season 3 spoilers, and watch the finale. Dec 15, 2014 its always shocking when a tv show kills off a main character. Brody was killed off at the end of the season 3 finale. Brody dying by hanging in season 3, episode 12 of homeland as carrie. Homeland s kept brody alive two seasons longer than it should have, and kept insisting he was a grand romantic hero, even as he. Damian lewis is breaking his silence on the season 3 finale of showtimes homeland. Quinn tells carrie that her unborn kid is a gift, and itd be sad for her to mess things up as a parent the way he did. Brody dying by hanging in season 3, episode 12 of homeland as carrie watches. Declared an enemy of the iranian government in season 3, brody was sentenced to a public execution by hanging. Brody later abandoned this plan at the urging of his daughter. The third season of the american television drama series homeland premiered on september 29, 20 on showtime, and concluded on. Having just killed akbari, brody damian lewis steals akbaris pistol and calmly walks out of.
In addition to the 12 episodes, it includes deleted scenes, audio commentary for the star and two featurettesthe tower of david. He is a former united states marine corps scout sniper who was held captive for eight years. Homeland s season 3 finale titled the star was another big finish for the cia drama. The season 3 finale of homeland was perhaps this years most polarizing episode of television.
Instead, the finale of season 3 on sunday cheated viewers of a classic thriller ending. Below, the emmywinning actor says goodbye to nicholas brody, his popular homeland starring character who was. Homeland was renewed for season 4 in october, meaning that the shows producers have at least a dozen or so more episodes to play out fun things like how carrie and her baby will assimilate to life in istanbul, where carrie will become the youngestever station chief appointed at the cia. Read our recap to learn about what happened in episode 12 the star. Shock but no awe in homeland seasons end the new york times. Homelands kept brody alive two seasons longer than it should have, and kept insisting he was a grand romantic hero, even as he. He tells carrie that she has to let brody dienot that there. Did anyone else get the feeling that with spoiler gone, brody might return. Homeland season 8s carrie mathison is the new nicholas brody. After his return home, he was suspected of being turned against his united statescountry and assumed to be a terrorist.
Homeland ended season 3 about exactly where it probably should have all along, and it did so in a very, very satisfying manner. The complete third season was released as a widescreen region 1 fourdisc dvd and threedisc bluray box set in the united states and canada on september 9, 2014. How homeland season 6 will bring nicholas brody back into the. And all the while, though big bads abu nazir and majid javadi have come and gone. In homeland, carrie helped brody escape, touchingly told him that she was pregnant with his baby, and watched him being publicly executed. Given the events of the season two finale, which saw the end of jessica morena baccarin and brody s damian lewis marriage, this news shouldnt come as that big.
Damian lewis, homeland, showtime december 15, 20 for most of the season, homeland has tried to tell a story that is about redemption, and trying to sell the notion that nicholas brody can somehow find his way back to being a hero. I knew they were really going to kill brody when javadi gave. Apr 10, 2017 in a post season interview, showrunner alex gansa spoke to deadline, not only about the fatal events which rocked the finale, but also a possible return for damian lewis character nicholas brody. Do not read on if you have not yet seen season 2 homeland finale episode 12, titled the choice. Im hoping the next season will point homeland back in the right direction. As saul plans a last ditch rescue operation, brody struggles to find redemption. Apr 10, 2017 the homeland season 6 finale featured the demise of another beloved character. She wrote, above all, it did the main thing a season finale should do. The season 3 finale of homeland sunday shocked fans of the series with the public execution of longtime lead character nicholas brody. Homelands damian lewis weighs in on the moving season 3 finale.
While not the devastating bummer of season ones electroshock therapy, season twos cia bombing, or season threes hanging, this finale seemed almost darker for how lowkey it. The following recap, by the very nature of the word recap, contains spoilers from the season 3 finale of showtimes homeland. The star brody finds a kind of peace in an episode that plays like the series finale. Shaun toub on javadis next moves and the season 3 finale its been a rough road. Brody makes a shocking return well, kinda wait, wasnt brody damian lewis killed off on the season 3 finale. Congressman nicholasnick brody february 3, 1975 20 was an american former prisoner of war. Mary mcnamara, yvonne villarreal and stacey leasca discuss the highs, lows and implications of sunday nights homeland episode. Dec 22, 20 in homeland, carrie helped brody escape, touchingly told him that she was pregnant with his baby, and watched him being publicly executed. And while carrie is wild with panic, eager to save the father of the. Saul reverts back to the early season 3 version of himself and hesitates. Killing off a major player is a bold move, but bringing one. They also take on this season s newest hit, foxs sleepy hollow. Brody is dead, and hes not coming back to the show by any stroke of magic if he does, then the shows really jumped the. Its fitting that tonights season 2 finale of homeland was titled the choice, because im pretty sure many viewers approached it wondering whether they would choose to return for season 3 or decide its time to break up with the series.
In a post season interview, showrunner alex gansa spoke to deadline, not only about the fatal events which rocked the finale, but also a possible return for damian lewis character nicholas brody. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats. A death in the family wow the season 3 finale of showtimes cia thriller was an edgeofyourseat affair that beganand endedwith a bang. Brody drags general akbaris body behind the desk, then mops up the blood with the pillow he killed him with. Homeland showrunner teases damian lewis return as nicholas brody. Given the events of the season two finale, which saw the end of jessica morena baccarin and brody s damian. Collura wrote, the star is perhaps one of the saddest hours of tv weve seen in some time, and its also a reminder that for all the carrie. Heres everything you need to know about what happened in the season 3 finale of homeland before season 3 premieres on showtime sunday. That question was answered in episode 7 of homeland season 4, and in retrospect the answer to the riddle seems pretty obvious. And so i am more surprised than anyone about what happened while watching the season finale of homeland, the star. This article contains spoilers for homeland season 8, episode 2, which has yet to air in the uk homeland season 8 is the shows last hurrah for carrie mathisons sherlocklevel jazz. This statement from the shows makers serves as pretty solid evidence that brody is really dead, but why did damien lewis return to the homeland set if his character died. For his portrayal of nicholas brody in the premiere season of homeland, damian lewis received the primetime emmy award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series.
Im moved, certainly, by carries predicament, by the way she keeps her upper lip stiff in. Homeland has long confronted the global complexities of terrorism and national security, but its final season gets very personal for carrie mathison, the selfsacrificing superspy at the. Homelands damian lewis weighs in on the moving season 3. Despite being gone for a couple of seasons, nicholas brody will still factor into homeland s sixth season, according to one writer and executive producer. Oct 06, 2014 dont hate me, but killing off brody in the season three finale was the greatest thing to happen to homeland season four. Homeland showrunner teases damian lewis return as nicholas. What did you think of homeland s season three finale. Some fans are still holding out hope that brody could have faked his death and is still alive out there, and i dont think thats totally out of the realm of possibility whatsoever. Dec 11, 20 homeland season 3 is drawing to a close, with the finale scheduled to air this sunday. Critics react to season threes shocking ending the showtime thriller concluded its third season with a major death, changing the face of the series forever. Brody searches for redemption, while saul and carrie are left to wonder whats next, in the homeland season 3 finale. Do not read on if you have not yet seen the season 3 finale of showtimes homeland, titled the star.
Brody assisted nazir in assassinating walden, only to be framed by alqaeda for the bombing at cia headquarters that killed 200 people, among them the secretary. While many showtime viewers questioned the characters. The episode picked up right where we left off last week. How homeland season 6 will bring nicholas brody back into. I know its a spoiler but i dont care, i cant wait to find out. In 2012, brody won a special election for the virginia congressional seat vacated by congressman richard johnson. Homeland fans were given the biggest hint yet that brody would be returning during season six but not in the way they expected. The star is the twelfth and final episode of the third season of the american television drama. Homeland eps on season 8 delays and how carries struggle connects to brody plus, is this really the end. The death of sergeant nicholas brody played by damien lewis on showtimes hit tv series homeland was certainly a bold plot move, but fans cant help but wonder if brody is really dead. But going into sundays season 3 finale which picked up moments after brody, working at the behest of the cia, killed general akbari inside the iranian leaders secure compound brody s.
When last we left homeland, it seemed an impossible scenario for troubled brody. Tonights homeland season finale is one of the biggest and best episodes of the season for obvious reasons. No matter how this season of homeland is thought of as a whole, the one thing that cannot be taken away from season 3 is that, despite all the rough starts and sometimes meandering plot threads that failed to take the audience to a place as dramatically astonishing as seasons past or were simply started and forgotten. Dec 16, 20 mary mcnamara, yvonne villarreal and stacey leasca discuss the highs, lows and implications of sunday nights homeland episode. Homeland season 8s carrie mathison claire daines has become like nicholas brody as shes potentially leaked state secrets and become an unreliable narrator. Homeland season 3 is drawing to a close, with the finale scheduled to air this sunday.
And sundays season 3 finale titled the star granted them that wish. Now that the dust has started to settle, damian lewis has weighed in on what he. The star proves the most poignant and gamechanging episode of an uneven season. Scott collura of ign gave the season finale a score of 9. He was publicly hanged as an enemy of the state in tehran. He was also nominated for the golden globe award for best actor television series drama and critics choice television award for best drama actor. A cia officer by the name of carrie mathison was quick to attempt surveillance on. Damian lewis as nicholas brody and claire danes as carrie mathison in homeland season 3. Dec 14, 20 brody dying by hanging in season 3, episode 12 of homeland as carrie watches.
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