Homeland: Season 2 (2012-2012)
Average Rating: 8.7/10
Reviews Counted: 38
Fresh: 37 | Rotten: 1
Homeland is proving itself one of the best thrillers on television, as its second season ratchets up the tension and benefits from increased chemistry between its stars.
Average Rating: 9.1/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 0
Homeland is proving itself one of the best thrillers on television, as its second season ratchets up the tension and benefits from increased chemistry between its stars.
Season Info
Months after undergoing electroconvulsive therapy, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) is living a relatively peaceful life with her father and sister as the second season of the conspiracy thriller begins. But her mental health is threatened when she accepts a mission to return to Beirut and gather intelligence from the wife of a Hezbollah leader, a woman who once was one of Carrie's most valued sources. Carrie can't resist the possibility of bringing down terrorist Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban) and
Network: Showtime
Cast
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Claire Danes
Carrie Mathison -
Damian Lewis
Nicholas Brody -
Mandy Patinkin
Saul Berenson -
Morena Baccarin
Jessica Brody -
David Harewood
David Estes -
Diego Klattenhoff
Capt. Mike Faber -
Morgan Saylor
Dana Brody -
Jackson Pace
Chris Brody -
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Jamie Sheridan
William Walden -
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Nasser Faris
Bassel -
David Marciano
Virgil -
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Jamey Sheridan
Vice President Willi... -
Navid Negahban
Abu Nazir -
Chris Chalk
Tom Walker -
James Rebhorn
Frank Mathison -
Maury Sterling
Max -
Talia Balsam
Cynthia Walden -
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F Murray Abraham
Dar Adal -
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Hrach Titizian
Danny Galvez -
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Rupert Friend
Peter Quinn -
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Amy Hargreaves
Maggie Mathison -
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Episodes
The Smile
Season 2 premiere. After undergoing Electroconvulsive Therapy, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) has made strides towards mental health but her progress is threatened when an asset from her former life comes in from the cold. (Dolby 5.1) Ends 1/22
Beirut Is Back
Carrie gets involved in an operation that may rid the world of Abu Nazir. (Dolby 5.1) Ends 1/22
State of Independence
Brody attempts a last minute extraction of the Gettysburg bomb maker. (Dolby 5.1) Ends 1/22
New Car Smell
Estes authorizes a covert operation to investigate intel found in Beirut. (Dolby 5.1) Ends 1/22
Q&A
HD Version. Brody finds himself prisoner again, but this time it's on American soil. (Dolby 5.1) Ends 1/22
A Gettysburg Address
Season 2. Dana visits the hospital and is shocked by what she sees there. Faber gets tangled up with the CIA when he asks one too many questions about Tom Walker. Brody agrees to work with Carrie and Quinn to stop an attack. (Dolby 5.1) Ends 1/22
The Clearing
HD Version. Reeling from the ambush, Carrie and the team struggle to regain control of their operation while Brody and his family attend a fundraiser. Saul visits Aileen in prison, hoping she'll provide key intelligence on the attack. (Dolby 5.1) Ends 1/22
I'll Fly Away
Brody heads towards a serious meltdown as he struggles to keep his complicated alliances clear. Against Quinn's orders, Carrie stages a risky intervention to keep Brody in line. (Dolby 5.1) Ends 1/22
Two Hats
Saul teams up with Virgil and Max to dig up some information. (Dolby 5.1) Ends 1/22
Broken Hearts
HD Version. Brody and VP Walden find themselves at odds. (Dolby 5.1) Ends 1/22
The Choice
HD Version. Season 2 finale. Carrie must decide what her heart really wants. (Dolby 5.1) Ends 1/22
Critic Reviews for Homeland: Season 2
Homeland came out of the gate strong in Season 2, opening with a five-episode run that blew up the show's relationships and overall plot in eye-opening, mind-blowing ways.
I'm running out of superlatives for Danes, who imbues her damaged spy with even more nuances.
It is one of the measures of Homeland's hypnotic persuasiveness that it comes pretty close to forcing a viewer to wonder whether the price of national safety is worth the risk of sending our fragile hero around the bend again.
Even when the spy-thriller plot gears are audibly grinding, the acting remains expertly calibrated.
Without a doubt, Homeland is the best drama on TV right now.
The Emmy-dominating series returns for its second season without missing a heart-pounding beat.
There is no success in television without successful casting. And while the cast is good from top to bottom, the series very much travels on the back of its three leads, Danes, Lewis and Mandy Patinkin.
It's a level of tension that should be completely unbearable, yet we cannot look away.
Don't even think about missing it.
One of the best hours of TV of the year to date.
As is always the case on Homeland, we have what feels like useful and true information, but we still aren't sure whom or what to trust.
It's clear the program remains on a rarefied creative tier, tantalizingly mixing terrific performances with anything-can-happen edge.
Homeland depicts something useful and suspenseful about the world that you can't get anywhere else.
Showtime's glorious thriller Homeland is full-body television: It sets pulses to racing, stomachs to churning, minds to strategizing.
Perhaps what's most satisfying about the show's return is the fact that its characters have continued to evolve and change since we last saw them.
Mr. Lewis turned a traitor sympathetic, and Ms. Danes found the appeal in an unappealing heroine. Together the actors found chemistry in their characters' imbalances.
The show is usually better when it focuses on its character moments.
The combination of adult intelligence and crisp action is still pretty much unmatched on American television.
With the bar set at "Emmy," Homeland has little room to falter. With this return episode, it doesn't.
The whole second series has been less clever.
It's by far the best show on television.
If the writers (who must have nerves of steel) are willing to burn through story this quickly, all we can do is hang on and try not to get whiplash as we await the fallout.
Homeland is attempting to do something with a pretty insane level of difficulty, but that doesn't stop me from wanting what it does when it's at its best.
I'm still addicted.
Still good this season - just not as good.
Showtime's suspenseful terrorism drama returns for its second season, just as taut a drama as it was in its first year.
It's still Homeland, and it's good.
I think, and hope, it at least has another great season left in it this year, and I left this episode glad to see Carrie and Brody pressed back into service.
Television's best drama series is, in short, back with all that was delectable about season one on vivid display again - first-class writing, sterling performances, rocketing suspense.
Homeland, the best new series last season, is back in riveting form.
When Carrie smiles - correction, when Claire Danes smiles - we can see just how much she missed this, even as the little glimmers of game face in between let us know just how in the zone she is.
It is already a season of promise.
The characters are groundbreaking, and the acting performances are superior to anything else you will find on television.
Due to the slowdown, there were some absolutely beautiful moments that cannot be ignored.
The true secret to Homeland is that it can go on as long as America faces threats, tries to confront them - and, in doing so, ponders the means of its success.
Fans will find themselves back in that state of Homeland nervous excitement, sitting a bit too upright on the sofa, fingernails in palms.
It's a refreshingly artful hybrid: cable brains spliced with network brawn.
It's been a good season of Homeland, though no where near as excellent as last year. Let's hope they have better thing in store for us come season 3.
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