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Homeland – Season 6, Episode 12 America First

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Pieces fall into place.
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Homeland — Season 6, Episode 12

Homeland — Season 6, Episode 12

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Critics Consensus

"America First" confounds expectations with a shocking development that caps a creative rebound -- and effectively lays the groundwork for Homeland's season 7.

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Cast & Crew

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Claire Danes

Carrie Mathison

Mandy Patinkin

Saul Berenson

Rupert Friend

Peter Quinn

F. Murray Abraham

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Homeland — Season 6, Episode 12

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Judith Warner New York Times 04/10/2017
Over the past weeks, art and life have sometimes dovetailed so closely that it was easy to hope that the surreal quality of our times would fade into a comforting made-for-TV resolution. No such luck Go to Full Review Brian Tallerico New York Magazine/Vulture 04/10/2017
4/5
The season finale ... focused on several of the things this show does best. It was action-packed, which is something we've come to expect from closing chapters of seasons of this show, but it was also foreboding about the future of a paranoid country. Go to Full Review Aaron Riccio Slant Magazine 04/10/2017
Ultimately, "America First" serves as a prologue to next season. Go to Full Review Tricia Romano The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 08/22/2017
Quinn and Carrie are the soul and center of Homeland; without Quinn, she-and the show-might be nothing. Go to Full Review Matt Brennan Paste Magazine 04/11/2017
6/10
The suspense that accompanied the season's astute politics evaporates in the episode's latter stages, as if it never existed at all. Go to Full Review Vivian Figueredo TV Fanatic 04/11/2017
1/5
Homeland Season 6 Episode 12 just upended a season that had felt tight in its plot and coherent in its character development for... shock value? I don't even know. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Pieces fall into place.
Screenwriter
Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Gideon Raff
Network
Paramount+ with Showtime
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Apr 9, 2017