Homeland season 3

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Homeland characters

Main

• Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a CIA intelligence officer assigned to the Counterterrorism Center
• Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, a U.S. Marine Sergeant and a Marine Scout Sniper who was rescued by Delta Force after being held by al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war for eight years
• Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn, a CIA black ops SOG/SAD operative
• Morena Baccarin as Jessica Brody, Nicholas Brody's wife
• Jackson Pace as Chris Brody, Nicholas Brody's son
• Morgan Saylor as Dana Brody, Nicholas Brody's daughter
• Sarita Choudhury as Mira Berenson, Saul's estranged wife
• Tracy Letts as Senator Andrew Lockhart, the power hungry, authoritative and commanding Committee Chairman
• F. Murray Abraham as Dar Adal, a retired black ops specialist
• Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson, the Acting Director of the CIA and Carrie's old boss and mentor

Recurring

• James Rebhorn as Frank Mathison, Carrie's father
• Tim Guinee as Scott Ryan, in charge of CIA special ops
• Sam Underwood as Leo Carras, a new friend of Dana's with a troubled past
• Gary Wilmes as Dr. Troy Richardson, a psychiatrist helping Dana Brody cope with recent events
• Nazanin Boniadi as Fara Sherazi, an intelligent, young and professional Persian analyst
• Jason Butler Harner as Paul Franklin
• David Marciano as Virgil Piotrowski, Carrie's contact
• Maury Sterling as Max Piotrowski, Virgil's brother
• Shaun Toub as Majid Javadi, the Iranian Deputy Intelligence Chief who masterminded the Langley bombing
• William Abadie as Alan Bernard, an international journalist
• William Sadler as Mike Higgins, the White House Chief of Staff

Special guest

• Navid Negahban as Abu Nazir, a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda.
• Chris Chalk as Tom Walker, a U.S. Marine who was captured along with Brody

Guest

• Amy Morton as Erin Kimball
• Pedro Pascal as David Portillo
• Joanna Merlin as Lois, Chris and Dana's grandmother
• Amy Hargreaves as Maggie Mathison, Carrie's sister and a psychiatrist
• David Aaron Baker as Dr. Harlan
• Stephen Schnetzer as Dr. Maloney
• Manny Pérez as El Niño
• Martina García as Esme
• Erik Todd Dellums as Dr. Graham
• Marcia DeBonis as Abby
• Jennifer Marsala as Amanda Lambert
• Diego Klattenhoff as Mike Faber, a U.S. Marine Major (formerly Captain). He was Nicholas's best friend who, assuming Nicholas was dead, began an affair with his wife.
• Martin Donovan as Leland Bennett, a partner in a Washington, D.C. law firm
• Stephanie J. Block as Patricia Cooper, a lawyer
• Mary Apick as Fariba, Majid Javadi's former wife
• Billy Smith as Special Agent Hall
• Clark Johnson as Detective Johnson
• Vincent Irizarry as Captain Lonza
• Chance Kelly as Mitchell Clawson
• Parviz Sayyad as Kourosh Sherazi, Fara's father
• Donnie Keshawarz as Hafez Azizi
• Jared Ward as Yousef Turani
• Walid Amini as Josh Modarres
• Jaylen Moore as Eric Baraz
• David Diaan as Masud Sherazi, Fara's uncle
• Houshang Touzie as General Danesh Akbari, the Iranian Intelligence Chief

Episodes

Production

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

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

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

Barbara Hall joined as co-executive producer, after Meredith Stiehm left. James Yoshimura also joined as a writer and consulting producer. Writer Henry Bromell, who died on March 18, 2013, is credited as executive producer for the whole season. 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. Michael Klick, who was credited as producer in the first two seasons, was promoted to co-executive producer.

Reception

Ratings

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

Critical response

The third season received mixed reviews from critics, with many of the criticisms targeted at the second half. The first two episodes received a Metacritic score of 77 out of 100, based on 23 reviews, but reviews became more mixed as the season progressed. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 80% with an average score of 7.9 out of 10 based on 40 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "As the stakes get higher, Homeland remains a roller coaster ride of tension, and Claire Danes is riveting in one of the best written thrillers on television."

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." 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." 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." 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."

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." Gerard O'Donovan of The Daily Telegraph agreed: "The ludicrous plot contortions of this season’s early episodes... had all been such a mess."

Awards and nominations

The season was nominated for Best Drama Series for the 2014 Writers Guild of America Awards. 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. 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.

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. 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". The same set was also released on September 8, 2014, in region 2 and on September 24, 2014, in region 4.

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

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