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Homeland Postmortem: Show Boss Breaks Down the "Magic Trick" of Season 3

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

If something has seemed off about this season of Homeland, there's a good reason for it: That's exactly what the writers wanted!

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postmortem: Brody's Back — but for how long?

"I was an amateur magician when I was a kid, and my favorite magic trick was always the one in which the magician convinces the audience that he's made a mistake," executive producer Alex Gansa tells TVGuide.com. That's what we were going for this season. [We wanted the audience thinking,] 'How are they going to dig themselves out of this hole? ... They're killing the series right in front our eyes!' And yet you lay down that final card, and you realize that the magician, the writers, have been one step ahead."

Sunday's episode revealed the writers' magic trick...read more

Homeland Postmortem: Brody's Back, But for How Long?

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

After two episodes of wondering, "Where in the world is Nicholas Brody?" Homeland viewers finally got their answer Sunday. And it wasn't necessarily pretty.

Homeland boss on "quieter" Season 3: Carrie's questioning herself at every turn

On Sunday's episode, Brody (Damian Lewis) is brought into...read more

Postmortem: Homeland Boss Weighs In on Saul's Shocking Decision

[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from the season premiere of Homeland. Read at your own risk.]

"A win would be nice. Another f--- up could be fatal."

Those are Saul Berenson's words to his CIA colleague Dar Adal around the midpoint of Homeland's Season 3 premiere — and they are almost an understatement.

Homeland boss on "quieter" Season 3: Carrie's questioning herself at every turn

Picking up nearly two months after a car bomb nearly wiped out the entire CIA, Saul (Mandy Patinkin), Carrie (Claire Danes) and the rest of what's left of the agency are being scrutinized by a Senate Intelligence Committee led by Sen. Lockhart (Tracy Letts). As if the hearings weren't enough pressure, Saul also wrestles with whether or not to green-light a complicated mission that many at the CIA feel is the appropriate retaliation for the terrorist attack at Langley...read more

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Year Title Description
2013 This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Episode Episode, Guest
2012 CBS This Morning: Episode
Season 1, Episode 238
Episode, Guest
2011 Homeland TV Show Series, Executive Producer
2001 Wolf Lake: Meat the Parents
Season 1, Episode 1
Episode, Writer
2001 24 TV Show Series, Executive Producer

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Homeland Boss on "Quieter" Season 3: Carrie's Questioning Herself at Every Turn

A word of warning about Season 3 of Homeland: If you're expecting the fast-paced, vice president-murdering thrills of Season 2, you might want to adjust your expectations.

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Picking up a couple months after "America's second 9/11" — a car bomb outside a memorial service for the vice president that pretty much decimated the entire CIA — Carrie (Claire Danes), Saul (Mandy Patinkin) & Co. are in rebuilding mode. "Everything that happens in Season 3 grows out of the attack on the CIA," executive producer Alex Gansa tells TVGuide.com... read more

Fall Cable Preview: Inside Homeland's Explosive New Season

Where's Brody? That's classified information...for now. Homeland's POW-turned-suspected bomber was last seen fleeing to Canada — with the help of agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) — after the catastrophic attack on the CIA's headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The case against him is solid: Bomb parts were found in his wrecked car, and Al Qaeda leaked a suicide video he had made before a previous, failed mission.< read more

Homeland: 8 Spoilers We Learned About Season 3

When Homeland returns to Showtime for its third season, there is likely to be one question on viewers minds: Where is Brody?

When viewers last tuned in, Brody (Damian Lewis) was on the run after having been framed (or was he?) for an attack that killed hundreds at a CIA memorial for the vice president. He was able to escape across the border, thanks to his lover/CIA handler Carrie (Claire Danes), and as such, Brody is notably absent from at least the first two episodes of Season 3.

Homeland Season 3 teaser: Where is Brody?

So where is he? And how are Carrie and Saul (Mandy Patinkin) coping in the aftermath of the CIA attack? Read on for some spoilers on the new season... read more

Pilot Season: Skeet Ulrich Returns to CBS for Drama From Homeland Team

Skeet Ulrich is heading back to CBS.

The former Jericho star has signed on for the lead role in Anatomy of Violence, the drama pilot from the team behind the Emmy-winning drama Homeland.

The complete pilot report: CBS has Beverly Hills Cop and Toni Collete

Ulrich, 43, will star as Dr. Raines, a unshaven and disheveled maverick... read more

The Complete Pilot Report: CBS Has Beverly Hills Cop, Josh Holloway and Toni Collette

The fall TV season is taking shape. Networks have ordered dozens of new pilots starring familiar faces like Lost's Josh Holloway, Andy Samberg, The Office's Ellie Kemper and Malin Akerman (Watchmen), and from proven producers like J.J. Abrams, Arrow's Greg Berlanti, David Shore (House) and Joss Whedon.

To keep track of who's doing what, read our complete list of all the series projects in contention — there are nearly 100! — and check back for updates on their status. Here are the CBS pilots: (Click here for ABC, CW, Fox and NBC.) read more

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