Home > Homeland > Season 2 « TV Series Page Homeland: Season 2 (2012) SEASON: Season 2 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Want to see Episode List Season 2 Homeland Critics Consensus 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. 93% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 42 93% Audience Score User Ratings: 827 See score details Rate And Review Submit review Want to see Edit Submit review Super Reviewer Verified Super Reviewer Verified Edit Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you buy your ticket? Let's get your review verified. 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The Smile Air date: Sep 30, 2012 In the Season 2 premiere, Brody learns he is the political "future of the party," and receives a tantalizing offer from the vice president, while a recovering Carrie receives a disturbing request from a surprising source. In Beirut, Saul gets involved in some cloak-and-dagger doings. View Details 2. Beirut Is Back Air date: Oct 7, 2012 Carrie reluctantly returns to Beirut and an operation that might possibly spell the end of Abu Nazir; back in Washington, Brody is pressed into service by his handler, and his relationship with Jessica deteriorates. Meanwhile, Capt. Mike Faber has questions about the shooting of Elizabeth Gaines. View Details 3. State of Independence Air date: Oct 14, 2012 The results of Carrie's Beirut mission lead her to believe that she'll be rejoining the CIA; and Brody discovers that the bomb maker is on a watch list and in imminent danger of being caught. Meanwhile, Jessica steps into the political spotlight. View Details 4. New Car Smell Air date: Oct 21, 2012 Estes green-lights a covert mission based on intelligence gleaned from Beirut, and picks his own trusted operative to lead it; and Brody is shocked to bump into Carrie at Langley. Meanwhile, Dana and the vice president's son appear to have something in common. View Details 5. Q&A Air date: Oct 28, 2012 Brody finds himself imprisoned again, only this time it's in the United States. Meanwhile, Carrie's rash judgment call at the hotel results in Estes trying to keep Jessica off their trail; and Dana's relationship with Finn heats up as their date night takes an unexpected turn. View Details 6. A Gettysburg Address Air date: Nov 4, 2012 Dana's visit to the hospital proves shocking; Faber's interest in Tom Walker piques the CIA's interest; Brody agrees to team with Carrie and Quinn to prevent an attack on the U.S., but his loyalty is called to the fore when Gettysburg once again becomes a focal point of a pivotal engagement. View Details 7. The Clearing Air date: Nov 11, 2012 In the aftermath of the ambush, Carrie and the team scramble to gain control of the operation, while Brody attends a well-heeled fund-raiser at a Virginia horse farm. Elsewhere, Saul drops in on Aileen, who is in solitary confinement, hoping she can shed some light on the latest attack; and a conflicted Dana leans on Finn to fess up to their crime. View Details 8. I'll Fly Away Air date: Nov 18, 2012 Brody's juggling of alliances appear to be leading him to a major meltdown, so Carrie, against Quinn's orders, stages a dicey intervention. Meanwhile, a conflicted Dana seeks comfort from an unlikely source. View Details 9. Two Hats Air date: Nov 25, 2012 Things for Brody are threatening to spiral out of control, forcing him to make a phone call he has been avoiding; Carrie preps for a pivotal meeting; Saul teams with Virgil and Max for an assignment. View Details 10. Broken Hearts Air date: Dec 2, 2012 Brody and Walden develop a chink in their political relationship, and it may impact their future, while Dana and Finn come to an understanding concerning their differences. Meanwhile, Carrie discovers she's not as looped in as she thought. View Details Show More Episodes Homeland: Season 2 Videos 1:34 Homeland: Season 2 Trailer View All Videos (1) Homeland: Season 2 Photos View All Photos (25) Tv 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 series 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 perhaps being reinstated at the CIA. In Washington, D.C., congressman Brody (Damian Lewis) is being groomed as a potential vice-presidential running mate, but Saul (Mandy Patinkin) makes an alarming discovery that puts a serious dent in Brody's plans. Trouble also brews in the Brody household when Brody's daughter Dana (Morgan Saylor) outs him as a Muslim to her mother Jessica (Morena Baccarin), who is enjoying life as the newest member of the Capitol's inner circle. Dana's life becomes even more complicated when she and the vice president's son inadvertently commit a crime while out on a joy ride. Throughout it all, Carrie is increasingly drawn to Brody, even though he is the willing pawn of the world's most feared terrorist. Genre: Drama Network: Showtime Premiere Date: Sep 30, 2012 Exec. Producers: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Gideon Raff, Avi Nir, Avi Nir, Ran Telem Cast & Crew Diego Klattenhoff Mike Faber Morgan Saylor Dana Brody Jackson Pace Chris Brody Navid Negahban Damian Lewis David Marciano Virgil Claire Danes Carrie Mathison Morena Baccarin David Harewood David Estes Jamey Sheridan Wiliam Walden Mandy Patinkin Saul Berenson Timothée Chalamet Zuleikha Robinson Roya Hammad Hrach Titizian Danny Galvez Maury Sterling Max Piotrowski Marc Menchaca Lauder Wakefield James Rebhorn Frank Mathison Talia Balsam Cynthia Walden Taylor Kowalski Xander F. Murray Abraham Dar Adal Gideon Raff Howard Gordon Alex Gansa Michael Cuesta Guy Ferland Lodge Kerrigan David Semel Lesli Linka Glatter Jeremy Podeswa John Dahl Dan Attias Show all Cast & Crew News & Interviews for Homeland: Season 2 12 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This February 10 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This September View All Homeland: Season 2 News Episodes 1. The Smile Air date: Sep 30, 2012 In the Season 2 premiere, Brody learns he is the political "future of the party," and receives a tantalizing offer from the vice president, while a recovering Carrie receives a disturbing request from a surprising source. In Beirut, Saul gets involved in some cloak-and-dagger doings. View Details 2. Beirut Is Back Air date: Oct 7, 2012 Carrie reluctantly returns to Beirut and an operation that might possibly spell the end of Abu Nazir; back in Washington, Brody is pressed into service by his handler, and his relationship with Jessica deteriorates. Meanwhile, Capt. Mike Faber has questions about the shooting of Elizabeth Gaines. View Details 3. State of Independence Air date: Oct 14, 2012 The results of Carrie's Beirut mission lead her to believe that she'll be rejoining the CIA; and Brody discovers that the bomb maker is on a watch list and in imminent danger of being caught. Meanwhile, Jessica steps into the political spotlight. View Details 4. New Car Smell Air date: Oct 21, 2012 Estes green-lights a covert mission based on intelligence gleaned from Beirut, and picks his own trusted operative to lead it; and Brody is shocked to bump into Carrie at Langley. Meanwhile, Dana and the vice president's son appear to have something in common. View Details 5. Q&A Air date: Oct 28, 2012 Brody finds himself imprisoned again, only this time it's in the United States. Meanwhile, Carrie's rash judgment call at the hotel results in Estes trying to keep Jessica off their trail; and Dana's relationship with Finn heats up as their date night takes an unexpected turn. View Details 6. A Gettysburg Address Air date: Nov 4, 2012 Dana's visit to the hospital proves shocking; Faber's interest in Tom Walker piques the CIA's interest; Brody agrees to team with Carrie and Quinn to prevent an attack on the U.S., but his loyalty is called to the fore when Gettysburg once again becomes a focal point of a pivotal engagement. View Details 7. The Clearing Air date: Nov 11, 2012 In the aftermath of the ambush, Carrie and the team scramble to gain control of the operation, while Brody attends a well-heeled fund-raiser at a Virginia horse farm. Elsewhere, Saul drops in on Aileen, who is in solitary confinement, hoping she can shed some light on the latest attack; and a conflicted Dana leans on Finn to fess up to their crime. View Details 8. I'll Fly Away Air date: Nov 18, 2012 Brody's juggling of alliances appear to be leading him to a major meltdown, so Carrie, against Quinn's orders, stages a dicey intervention. Meanwhile, a conflicted Dana seeks comfort from an unlikely source. View Details 9. Two Hats Air date: Nov 25, 2012 Things for Brody are threatening to spiral out of control, forcing him to make a phone call he has been avoiding; Carrie preps for a pivotal meeting; Saul teams with Virgil and Max for an assignment. View Details 10. Broken Hearts Air date: Dec 2, 2012 Brody and Walden develop a chink in their political relationship, and it may impact their future, while Dana and Finn come to an understanding concerning their differences. Meanwhile, Carrie discovers she's not as looped in as she thought. View Details Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for Homeland Season 2 All Critics (42) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (39) | Rotten (3) It's a refreshingly artful hybrid: cable brains spliced with network brawn. Sep 17, 2013 | Full Review… Andy Greenwald Grantland Top Critic With the bar set at "Emmy," Homeland has little room to falter. With this return episode, it doesn't. Sep 30, 2012 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… David Hinckley New York Daily News Top Critic Still good this season - just not as good. Sep 30, 2012 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic Homeland, the best new series last season, is back in riveting form. Sep 30, 2012 | Full Review… Hal Boedeker Orlando Sentinel Top Critic There is a point in Homeland's second season where this ceases to be a slow-burning espionage thriller and turns into a silly season of 24. Still, there are enough great moments to keep your interest. For now. Nov 2, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… William Thomas Empire Magazine Top Critic 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. Sep 30, 2012 | Full Review… Matt Zoller Seitz New York Magazine/Vulture Top Critic It's even flavored with a bit of sexism, since there are no other high-ranking CIA agents shown who are female. Dec 3, 2019 | Full Review… Eric Deggans Tampa Bay Times Powerful return for Emmy-winning war-on-terror thriller. Jul 22, 2018 | Full Review… Adam Sweeting The Arts Desk The problem with the Brody-Carrie "love" is that it is unconvincing, and it is unconvincing for many reasons having to do with common sense. Mar 28, 2017 | Full Review… Lorrie Moore The New York Review of Books 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. Sep 10, 2013 | Full Review… Ethan Alter Television Without Pity 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. Sep 27, 2013 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review… Andy Wong We Got This Covered 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. Sep 30, 2012 | Full Review… Maureen Ryan Huffington Post View All Critic Reviews (42) Audience Reviews for Homeland: Season 2 Sep 28, 2020 Homeland delivers a thrilling second season as the stakes get higher and secrets are revealed. When Brody's suicide tape is discovered during a mission in Beirut, Carrie is brought back into the CIA to run an operation to uncover Body's terrorist cell; meanwhile Vice President Walden courts Body as a potential running mate for the upcoming election. Once again Claire Danes and Damian Lewis give excellent performances that are extremely compelling. And the writers do an extraordinary job at building the tension and suspense, and at constructing the season story arc. They also continue to probe topical sociopolitical issues in interesting ways. Additionally, the action scenes are intense and exciting, heightening the drama, and enough can't be said about the mind-bending season finale that changes everything. Delving deep into the world of espionage, terrorism, and politics, Season 2 of Homeland is incredibly powerful and full of intrigue. Dann M Super Reviewer Aug 14, 2020 American propaganda us against them type of thing. Truly detestable only white americans warmongers love this type of BS. Karine C May 05, 2020 Homeland is one of those shows that makes people think about everything that goes on around the world, related not only to CIA, GRU, ISI, but most importantly it teaches you to put things into perspective and not judge people directly. Everyone has their reasons and their causes for behaving in certain ways, but the most important thing is being able to realize that people think differently for many reasons. It is not the worst, it's what makes us human in the first place. This show is about putting yourself in someone else's shoes. It sounds cliché, but it might save the day, the month, the year or the world! Regarding the show, the actors are amazing. Don't stop watching after season 3. Lea C Apr 26, 2020 typical series about cia/fbi stuff between us vs m.e. Inta K Feb 05, 2019 Great writing, unexpected twists and turns. Fantastic performances by Damien Lewis, Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin. It may be a slight step down from the magic of the first season - but I am still hooked. Nicole B Jul 29, 2017 Surprised at the overall reactions of this series, and thus its popularity (but then, "Friends" was once the #1 TV show in America, so, what can I really expect? I watched the first two seasons, and got terribly bored from: A) the TERRIBLE acting, particularly by Claire Danes (god, she's HORRIBLE in it; whether that's the directors she's working with or what?), it was almost unwatchable, and so TYPICALLY "TV" B-quality crap acting. B) the OBVIOUS propagandist nature of the series... in this sense, Mandy Patinkin's participation (and I REALLY like him as an actor) is OBVIOUS in his Pro-Isreal / Anti-Muslim rhetoric, in the scripting, and his acting (the sheer horror in his face when this question of division between the two sides of this conflict supercedes his acting of the role he's playing, his hatefulness is that obvious, to me). But generally, the overall production is SO Flag-Waving USA We're SO Persecuted Yet Innocent !!! (Wei she ma ta men bu shi wan wa men ?!?!?) I couldn't keep watching. Yes, it is timely and maybe even accurate, if you want to compare it to the over-reaction of Western / Muslim phobia that is propagated by Western main stream media! But seriously ???? C) The writing overall was just so main-stream "TV-Lame". Maybe it got better over the years? After 2 seasons, I couldn't see it trending in that direction. Generally bored, overtly unimpressed by the acting quality, and implicitly offended by the propagandist crap. To be clear, my personal viewpoint is not Pro-anything or Anit-anything; I am of Western origin, raised in a Christian environment, but there are two sides to every story. This program doesn't try to remotely consider the circumstances of life today with any objectivity what-so-ever. That's disappointing. Hey, but that's just me! David E Jun 06, 2017 With the bar set incredibly high by the shows debut season, it is to huge credit to the shows crew and cast that they have somehow managed to maintain the highest of standards in the shows second season. Danes and Lewis once again give powerhouse performances that are recognised at the Emmys and Golden Globes. The season flows exceptionally well, and when the viewers begin to relax they are shocked back into a state of nervous excitement by events of intrigue, heart-pounding action and mind blowing revelations. From episode eight all the way through to the final episode (twelve) there is an anything-can-happen edge that lurks at the back of your mind, and these episodes are potentially the best episodes Homeland has released. Danes performance as the bipolar counter-terrorism analyst is extraordinary in its realism and accuracy as well as her dramatic delivery. The chemistry between Carrie and Brody is palpable throughout the season, especially the scenes at the cabin as their characters imbalances come together in an understandable and beautiful way. Both Carrie and Brody have evolved this season, Brody is no longer just the poster boy of the war on terror, he has become so much more, he battles against all the different personalities he has, trying to find the one that he belongs to. We do not truly know which one he belongs to which makes for hypnotic viewing as we are not sure whether to trust him or not. The second season of Homeland sets pulses racing, stomachs churning and minds strategising. This suspenseful terrorism drama is one of my favourite shows, it reminds me of Spooks (a BBC spy-drama series 2002-11), in its realistic portrayal of the western counter-terrorism strategies. I am having a break from Homeland before I begin watching season three, as I am watching Mr. Robot, Westworld and The Big Bang Theory. https://rwh92.wordpress.com/ The Humpo Show . Mar 15, 2017 One of the best tv series I have seen Cory T Mar 13, 2017 Not as good as season 1, but still very good. Andrew J Feb 25, 2017 One of the great things about pay-cable dramas is that, unlike the restrictions of network television, they are pretty much free to do what they want...when they want to...and how they want to do it. This sense of control is a big part of the reason why "Homeland", in its second season, is able to match the intensity of the explosive first. The producers are able to flesh out the stories/characters on THEIR schedule. For a basic plot summary (with only minor spoilers), Season Two of Homeland sees Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) recovering from her shock therapy, while Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) is still torn between his allegiance to Abu Nezir (Navid Negahban) and his wife/family. Saying quite literally anything more would be venturing into major spoiler territory, but suffice it to say that the intrigue and unpredictability carries over from Season One. To me, the main reason this show remains great is because it manages to re-invent itself seemingly multiple times per season. Remember back to watching Season One and how it seemed like a completely different show after 12 episodes? The same exact thing happens in Season Two. A show like this (again, given the freedom that network shows do not have) is able to develop plot-arcs in just 12 episodes that some shows take seasons to parcel out. Simply put, there is a hard-charging philosophy (perhaps this is also a residual effect of the show sharing many creators from the similar-themed "24") to this type of storytelling that makes every moment compelling. I truly wish I could write more about this wonderful season, but I really don't want to spoil the experience for you in any form. If you got hooked on the first season of "Homeland", you will find nothing to detract you here. It all carries over. 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