Alex Gansa

Homeland Bosses Answer Finale Questions: Will Brody Be Back?

• Dec 17, 2012 05:42 PM ET
• by Adam Bryant

[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from the Season 2 finale of Homeland. Read at your own risk.]

 Have Homeland fans seen the last of... read more

Is Speed the New Suspense on TV?

• Nov 20, 2012 08:53 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

When Carrie confronted Brody for being a terrorist on Homeland; when Quinn Perkins' identity was revealed on Scandal; when Lori died on The Walking Dead; when American Horror Story: Asylum revealed who Bloody Face was: All of these things happened within the first five episodes of each of these series this season. Suffice it to say, the fall TV season has been full-steam ahead, with series diving straight into some of their biggest mysteries at such a breakneck speed, it has left fans wondering — and anticipating -- how the shows will top these events for the remainder of the season. Does this make speed the new suspense on television?

TV's Sophomore Class Report: Which shows are working? Which are slumping?

"Shows have sped up... read more

On the Set: Homeland's Explosive New Season

• Oct 16, 2012 08:00 PM ET
• by Ileane Rudolph

Carrie Mathison is finally in the driver's seat. In a scene for an upcoming episode of Showtime's Emmy-winning hit Homeland, the bipolar former C.I.A. agent — played by the mesmerizing Claire Danes — is gripping the wheel with such ferocious intensity, you'd think she's doing 120 even though the car is parked. In the passenger seat is... read more

Homeland Boss: Latest Twist "Turns the Whole Series on Its Head"

• Oct 7, 2012 10:53 PM ET
• by Adam Bryant

[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from Sunday's episode. Read at your own risk.]

Well we certainly weren't expecting that.

Homeland continued its second season with an episode that focused mostly on the attempted killing of terrorist Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban) as both disgraced CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) and Marine-turned-U.S. Congressman — and Nazir disciple — Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) watched and listened from their respective corners of the world. For Carrie, the operation was a test to see if Carrie and her informant was still viable. For Brody, who watched the scene play out alongside Vice President Walden (Jamey Sheridan), it was an exercise in loyalty, as Brody quickly and secretly text-messaged Nazir a coded warning just before the bullets began to fly.

Homeland Season 2: Will Carrie fly too close to the sun?

But it turned out the ultimately unsuccessful assassination plot was just setting the stage for the episode's biggest moment... read more

Homeland's Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa Sell Anatomy of Violence Pilot to CBS

• Oct 4, 2012 08:00 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

Hot on the heels of their sweep at the Emmys, Homeland producers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa have sold an FBI drama to CBS, TVGuide.com has learned.

Anatomy of Violence... read more