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Homeland – Season 8, Episode 2 Catch and Release

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Homeland – Season 8, Episode 2

Catch and Release

Aired Feb 16, 2020

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Drama

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Carrie reconnects with an old ally; Tasneem seeks counsel; Saul finds hope.

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Mike Miller

Entertainment Weekly

02/18/2020

There's a lot to be conflicted about in "Catch & Release," not least of which is the potential softening of a seasoned war criminal that we've been trained for multiple seasons to hate.

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Scott Von Doviak

AV Club

02/18/2020

B

The writers need to download a lot of information, and the immediate effect is that we're mostly watching a series of meetings and phone calls, at least until things get percolating again toward episode's end.

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Brian Tallerico

New York Magazine/Vulture

02/18/2020

4/5

There's a world-weariness to the start of this season of Homeland befitting the final run of a show about the current state of the tired world.

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Rob Carnevale

Indie London

04/21/2020

2.5/5

For a programme that's based around the use of intelligence, the second episode of Homeland's final season didn't display much of it.

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Mark Braxton

Radio Times

02/24/2020

It's still good to have "the Carrie and Saul show" back, albeit for one last hurrah -- and this is a deceptively sedate instalment.

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Ben Linford

Film Inquiry

02/21/2020

With a second episode worthy of most season endings, Homeland's writers continue to craft a brilliant thriller, weaving the delicate political threads into an increasingly fantastic tapestry.

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Synopsis

Carrie reconnects with an old ally; Tasneem seeks counsel; Saul finds hope.

Executive Producer: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Debora Cahn, Lesli Linka Glatter, Patrick Harbinson, Claire Danes, Michael Klick, Avi Nir, Ran Telem, Gideon Raff
Screenwriter: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Gideon Raff
Network: Paramount+ with Showtime
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Feb 16, 2020