Broadcast | |
Original run | February 9, 2020 - April 26, 2020 |
No. of Episodes | 12 |
Nielsen rating | 18-49 rating:
0.14 |
Home video release | |
DVD release | |
Region 1 | 2020 |
Blu-ray Disc release | |
Region A | 2020 |
Seasons | |
Previous | Season 7 |
Season 8 premiered on February 9, 2020 and concluded on April 26, 2020.
This marked the first time the show had not premiered the year after the end of the previous season and is the final season.
Summary[]
Carrie Mathison is recovering from brutal confinement in a Russian gulag. Her body is healing, but her memory remains fractured. This is a problem for Saul, National Security Advisor to President Warner, who has been dispatched to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan peace negotiations. But Kabul teems with warlords and mercenaries, zealots and spies - and Saul needs the relationships and expertise that only his protégé can provide. Against medical advice, Saul asks Carrie to walk with him into the lion's den - one last time.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison (12 episodes)
- Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson (12 episodes)
- Maury Sterling as Max (8 episodes)
- Linus Roache as David Wellington (10 episodes)
- Costa Ronin as Yevgeny Gromov (10 episodes)
- Numan Acar as Haissam Haqqani (6 episodes)
- Nimrat Kaur as Tasneem Qureshi (9 episodes)
Recurring Cast[]
- Mohammad Bakri as Abdul Qadir G'ulom (7 episodes)
- Tim Guinee as Scott Ryan (10 episodes)
- Andrea Deck as Jenna Bragg (11 episodes)
- Cliff Chamberlain as Mike Dunne (10 episodes)
- Charles Brice as John Durkin (5 episodes)
- Sam Chance as Drew Soto (5 episodes)
- Octavio Rodriguez as Arturo Gonzales (5 episodes)
- Victor Almanzar as Justin Wenzel (3 episodes)
- Jason Tottenham as Alan Yager (7 episodes)
- Emilio Cuesta as Charlie Stoudt (4 episodes)
- Art Malik as Bunran Latif (3 episodes)
- Sam Trammell as Benjamin Hayes (8 episodes)
- Elham Ehsas as Jalal Haqqani (4 episodes)
- Seear Kohi as Balach (6 episodes)
- Eugene Lee as General Mears (3 episodes)
- Terry Serpico as General Owens (3 episodes)
- Tracy Shayne as Janet Gaeto (3 episodes)
- Mustafa Haidari as Firooz (5 episodes)
- Karen Pittman as Vanessa Kroll (3 episodes)
- Hugh Dancy as John Zabel (5 episodes)
Guest Cast[]
- Mohammad Amiri as Arman (2 episodes)
- Kevork Malikyan as Agha Jan (1 episode)
- Anna Kathryn Holbrook as Robin (1 episode)
- David Hunt as Jim Turrow (1 episode)
- Jonjo O'Neill as Doug (1 episode)
- Anna Francolini as Dr. Foley (1 episode)
- Sitara Attaie as Samira Noori (2 episodes)
- Beau Bridges as Ralph Warner (3 episodes)
- Christopher Maleki as President Daoud (2 episodes)
- Michael Rabe as Chief Mechanic Worley (2 episodes)
- Sharif Dorani as Barlas (2 episodes)
- Austin Basis as Lonnie (1 episode)
- Kate Burton as Doris Warner (1 episode)
- Zineb Triki as Judge Haziq Qadir (1 episode)
- Adnan Jaffar as General Aziz (1 episode)
- Elya Baskin as Viktor Makarov (2 episodes)
- Samrat Chakrabarti as Ambassador Rashad (1 episode)
- Chris Bauer as Kevin Dance (1 episode)
- Ben Savage as Young Saul Berenson (1 episode)
- Robin McLeavy as Charlotte Benson (2 episodes)
- Merab Ninidze as Colonel Sergei Mirov (2 episodes)
- Tatyana Mukha as Anna Pomerantseva (2 episodes)
- Julie Engelbrecht as Young Anna Pomerantseva (1 episode)
- Amy Hargreaves as Maggie Mathison (1 episode)
- Jacqueline Antaramian as Dorit (1 episode)
- Jon Lindstrom as Claude Geroux (1 episode)
Special Appearance []
- Kamasi Washington as Himself (1 episode)
Episodes[]
Picture | Title | Number | Season number | Production code | Original airdate | US viewers (millions) |
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Deception Indicated | 85 | 1 | 8WAH01 | February 9, 2020 | 0.60 | |
Carrie recovers in Germany. Saul negotiates. Max has a new mission. | ||||||
Catch and Release | 86 | 2 | 8WAH02 | February 16, 2020 | 0.68 | |
Carrie reconnects with an old ally. Tasneem seeks counsel. Saul finds hope. | ||||||
False Friends | 87 | 3 | 8WAH03 | February 23, 2020 | 0.71 | |
Carrie arranges a meeting; Haqqani finds trouble at home; Saul cuts a deal. | ||||||
Chalk One Up | 88 | 4 | 8WAH04 | March 1, 2020 | 0.73 | |
Saul plans an announcement. Carrie gets a surprise. | ||||||
Chalk Two Down | 89 | 5 | 8WAH05 | March 8, 2020 | 0.82 | |
Carrie chases answers. Max attempts a rescue. G'ulom takes an opportunity. | ||||||
Two Minutes | 90 | 6 | 8WAH06 | March 15, 2020 | 0.71 | |
Upheaval in Washington brings an investigation to Kabul. | ||||||
F**ker Shot Me | 91 | 7 | 8WAH07 | March 22, 2020 | 1.09 | |
Saul finds an unlikely ally. So Carrie does. | ||||||
Threnody(s) | 92 | 8 | 8WAH08 | March 29, 2020 | 0.75 | |
Carrie waits. Wellington makes a discovery. | ||||||
In Full Flight | 93 | 9 | 8WAH09 | April 5, 2020 | 0.81 | |
Hayes has ideas. Carrie goes shopping. Tasneem has problems. | ||||||
Designated Driver | 94 | 10 | 8WAH10 | April 12, 2020 | 0.89 | |
No one admits to anything. | ||||||
The English Teacher | 95 | 11 | 8WAH11 | April 19, 2020 | 0.96 | |
Saul backchannels. Carrie needs one more favor. | ||||||
Prisoners of War | 96 | 12 | 8WAH12 | April 26, 2020 | 1.26 | |
Events surrounding Saul and Carrie's final mission come to a conclusion. |
Production Notes[]
- Showtime renewed the series for a eighth season of 12 episodes on August 11, 2016.
- In January 2017, it was announced by the show's creators that they had planned for it to be the final season. [1]
- In April 2018, Claire Danes officially confirmed that it would be the show's final season. [2]
- In August 2018, it was announced that the final season will premiere in June 2019 with filming due to start in early 2019 due to Danes' pregnancy. [3] An article published in January 2019 stated that filming is slated to being in February. [4] The premiere date was later changed to the fall. [5]
- In January 2019, it was announced that the final season will be based in Afghanistan while filming will take place in Morocco.
- In August 2019, it announced did the final season will premiere in February 2020. [6]
- In a February 2020 interview with 'Variety', Alex Gansa confirmed that the decision to end it with this season came after Season 5 . [7]
Videos[]
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See also: S1 • S2 • S3 • S4 • S5 • S6 • S7 • S8 |
References[]
- ↑ Homeland will end after season 8 - and the writers already have their final episodes planned. Digital Spy.com. January 16, 2017.
- ↑ Homeland to End With Season 8, Star Claire Danes Confirms. The Hollywood Reporter. April 18, 2018.
- ↑ It's Official: Homeland Ending with Season 8. People.com. August 2018.
- ↑ Homeland's End Game: Carrie Returning to [Spoiler] for Final Season. TVLine.com. January 7, 2019.
- ↑ 'Homeland' Final Season Pushed to Fall. TVLine.com. January 31, 2019.
- ↑ Homeland Final Season Pushed to 2020 — First Plot Details Revealed. TVLine.com. August 2, 2019
- ↑ Homeland boss explains why final season was heavily delayed. Digital Spy. February 4, 2020.