That was fast!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
Yes, I hope the Haqqani plot will continue too. How did you think the latest series compared to the first three? Did you enjoy it as much?
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That was fast!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
Yes, I hope the Haqqani plot will continue too. How did you think the latest series compared to the first three? Did you enjoy it as much?
I think the best yet, quite a few surprises. Would have liked to see a better conclusion , but if the plot continues it should be worth waiting for. Certainly watching it, was a good relief to the new medical condition Lucybealeitis. ( Love it really) ...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Some news about Homeland's fifth series for us fans:
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When Homeland returns to our TV screens for its fifth season, it's set to look a little different.
For starters, the political thriller is jumping forward in time by two-and-a-half years. And it will be set during a moment when - brace yourselves, Homeland fans - Carrie Mathison isn't working for the CIA.
\"Carrie will no longer be an intelligence officer,\" executive producer Alex Gansa said, reports Variety.
Speaking at PaleyFest this weekend Gansa also revealed that the show's fifth season would be filmed in Germany, perhaps hinting at a new European job role for the troubled agent.
The show's executive producer called the news that Carrie won't be working for the CIA a \"tiny teaser\", going on to joke that series five will see her \"making beer.\"
Homeland series four, which saw the show reboot after the death of Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis), was set in Islamabad. The finale was relatively low key for the fast-paced show, with Carrie and co pulling out of Pakistan and returning to the US.
Also:
Taken from: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-...nd-in-homelandQuote:
Former CIA officer Carrie Mathieson has a new city, new boss and even a new love interest in season five of Homeland, and now we know who she has fallen for.
German actor Alexander Fehling plays Jonas Happich, a lawyer dating the troubled CIA agent (Claire Danes) during her self-imposed exile in Berlin. Fehling is best known in the UK for his role in Quentin Tarantino's alternate history film Inglorious Basterds.
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Working for a private security firm two years after her tenure as Islamabad station chief came to a dramatic end, Carrie Mathieson is no longer answering to Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin) or the CIA. Instead, her new boss is Otto During, a German philanthropist played by Sebastian Koch, who starred in Oscar-winning German film The Lives of Others.
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Also joining the cast for season five is Lord of The Rings actress Miranda Otto, who plays the CIA's current Berlin Chief of Station, working directly under Carrie's mentor Saul. Sarah Sokolovic appears as Laura Sutton, an American journalist working in the German capital.
US network Showtime also confirmed the return of British actor Rupert Friend as CIA agent Peter Quinn who was last seen embarking on a dangerous mission after his budding romance with Carrie faltered.
The new series is about to begin filming in Berlin, and will be the first US show to be made entirely in Germany.
Sounds like it could be very interesting and I'm already wondering if Carrie's still secretly working for the CIA in some capacity. I'm glad Peter Quinn's back but will we see Saul again? I hope so. :)
That's good news Dazzle, something to look forward to in October I guess. Doesn't seem time will be wasted on Carrie's relationship with her mother ,hope not. Agree with your other comments ,if so should be a cracking series.:cheer:
Good news fellow Homeland fans! Saul's definitely back for the next series. http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/smile...ing-176278.gif
It sounds like Mandy Patinkin identifies just a little too much with Saul. :DQuote:
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CIA thriller Homeland shows no signs of slowing down. The drama, starring Claire Danes, Rupert Friend and Mandy Patinkin, is currently filming its fifth season, which will see another change of scenery for the drama.
The series has jumped forward two years - and relocated to the capital of Germany.
“[Berlin] is a character in the season itself,” Patinkin tells us. “It was the epicentre of one of the most horrible events in human recorded history. The consequences of those events never go away. They hang in the air everywhere; you can never wipe away or erase; you can never forget them; they never should be forgot. And that is a clear cut metaphor for what our hero Carrie Mathison is experiencing and what Saul Bereson is experiencing - and what everyone experiences.”
The show will have a different feel when it returns, says the 62-year-old actor, much like it did during its last run, when the drama moved to Islamabad in the wake of Brody’s [Damien Lewis] demise.
“The literal light is different so you see it visually as well. The place is different and the people are different. It’s in every shot, it’s in the way the sets appear, it’s part of its fabric. You will feel it.”
For Patinkin, who plays former CIA head Saul Berenson, it’s a big shift, after a tough fourth season which saw Saul being kidnapped, held captive and then traded for “the freedom of some individuals who were going to create more harm.”
“I had no trouble imagining making a mistake – I make mistakes all the time in my own life – and then you end up in a place you didn’t expect to be and then you have to pay a price for it,” Patinkin says.
He wishes his character’s journey in season four was “a harder thing to imagine.”
“I think about those things all the time. We are drowning in it, everywhere we look… The world is bleeding.”
Season five will see Saul as a changed man. “I don’t know what the words are, whether it’s existing or recovering. That experience is part of him for the rest of his life.”
This permanency, Patinkin says, is something he has begun to understand during his time on the show: “He and I have learned that anything that’s broken or gone wrong, in this world or in our lives, can’t be fixed. You can’t fix it and make it go away. You can’t wave a magic wand. It’s broken, it’s there, it’s hurt forever. But what you can do is move forward from this moment and try to make the world a better place.”
Ultimately that's what Homeland is about: “It asks us to listen to what’s not being heard on either side, to acknowledge and recognise the terrible, terrible mistakes that both sides make and to see the reasons that those mistakes might be made.”
“The answer to the problems are not violence, war, bombs, terrorism, cutting off people’s heads, drones,” says Patinkin, “the answer is negotiation, the answer is finding what we all have in common.”
“Every breath Saul Berenson takes is filled with hope and optimism. And that is what guides his soul - and keeps him searching for a more peaceful world\", says Patinkin.
It’s clearly an important cause which is close to the actor's own heart. Five years ago when he was first handed a script, he says he knew who Saul was “instantly” and sees countless parallels between himself and the character.
“It’s a little tricky sometimes to know who’s who - whether I’m him or he’s me,” says Patinkin.
Taken from: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-...mandy-patinkin
Carrie and Saul clash in first Homeland season five trailer
With blows to the head, kidnappings, shots and explosions, the first teaser trailer for Homeland's fifth season contains a lot of the stuff we've come to expect from the high-octane political thriller. But not everything is as it was.
Carrie Mathison has packed in the CIA – and packed up her old life – to move to the German capital of Berlin.
The 30-second clip catches up with her two years after her "ill-fated tenure as Islamabad station chief", seeing the troubled former agent working in Europe "as the head of security for a German philanthropist."
She seems at peace with her new life away from the CIA, but former mentor Saul Berenson clearly doesn't agree with Carrie's decision...
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"You've turned your back on your entire life," Saul says. "What are you atoning for? Keeping America safe? You're being naive and stupid, something you never were before."
"I'm not atoning. I'm just trying to do good work," responds Carrie.
But, as ever in Homeland, there's more to it than that, with the teaser's caption reading that the new mum is "struggling to reconcile her guilt and disillusionment with years of working on the front lines in the 'war on terror.'"
Homeland season five returns later this year
Taken from: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-...n-five-trailer
New series of Homeland returns Sunday 11th.October at 9pm on channel 4. Really looking forward to the start, hope it maintains previous standards....:thumbsup:
Thanks for the heads-up. I'm also looking forward to it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
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Homeland creator Alex Gansa: we 'couldn't ignore' Isis
The US drama's executive producer on Carrie's relocation to Berlin and how Islamic State 'crept back into the story in a major way'
Homeland has hit the reboot button once again for series five – this time relocating to Berlin where we find Claire Danes's Carrie Mathison working in private security for a German philanthropist. The decision to place Europe at the epicentre of the show came after the Homeland team's annual research visit to Washington DC where they meet to hash out each upcoming season.
'If you'll recall what was happening at the start of the year, the whole Edward Snowden thing was really snowballing, the rise of Isis was happening, then there were the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris,' explains executive producer Alex Gansa. 'It all felt that now that part of Europe was the centre of the world.'
Hence the decision to put Carrie in Berlin – 'the great spy town' – with 'Russia banging next door.'
The relationship between the West and East and 'concern about Putin rattling the sabre' plays a major part in the next season, according to Gansa, who reveals the team initially considered restricting the story to Russian and American intelligence operating in Berlin. But how would Homeland treat Islamic State?
'It has been difficult even to do the research required to portray that jihadist movement and dramatise it,' explains Gansa. 'Should we even acknowledge their existence, make them part of the story, and humanise them at some level?'
After those initial discussions about an American-Russian narrative arc, the team decided the threat of Isis is 'just so part of the landscape right now that it felt like we were wilfully ignoring something that couldn't be ignored. So it has crept back into the story in a major way.'
Quite how that threat will materialise remains to be seen as episode one finds Carrie in the German capital following a two-year time jump – although its not long before a request from her billionaire boss forces her back towards Saul, Quinn and the world she left behind.
Homeland series five starts this Sunday at 9pm on Channel 4
Did anyone watch? I enjoyed it and think the season is off to an exciting start. I'm impressed at how topical the story is too.
I had to laugh when Carrie was kidnapped! It's business as usual! :D
Yes, I saw it. A good start, I agree. Certainly better than the last episode of the last series!
I have seen some criticism of this new series that it is just going to be American propaganda aimed at getting the US more involved in the war in Syria. I hope that's not true. We'll have to wait and see....
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Agree with both your comments Parkerman and Dazzle's. Totally absorbing start. Interesting comment Parkerman re. American propaganda for U.S. involvement in Syria, because apparently as the series was being prepared, programme researchers spent 4 weeks in Washington DC being briefed on the U.S governments take on forthcoming developments in Syria. Also hope it's not used as a propaganda ploy.Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
Well, pretty exciting gripping stuff tonight. Poor old Quinn, he does suffer!
Could easily have watched another hour ,cracking episode. As you say Quinn always on the receiving end for the nasties .:(
Yep, Quinn's been through more than his fair share of suffering... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
I can't wait for the final few episodes!
Just finished watching final episode of series 5, will not say too much at the moment re spoilers, but my initial reaction disappointing.
I mostly agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
Spoiler:
I'll definitely be tuning in for the next season.
I thought it was a much better ending than last year, though I do share Dazzle's criticisms. When can we start saying more about it and not have to worry about people who haven't seen it yet!?
I was more concerned that you or Dazzle hadn't seen it as yet, but no longer an issue. I too agree with Dazzle's comments and have looked forward to every episode and hopefully series 6. I think there were a few 50% episodes which were being panned out to fill time , and then trying to cram so much into ep12, which resulted in the main storylines skated over.The sarin storyline could have concluded in ep11, then more time spent on tracking down Alison and as you say Dazzle being interrogated by Saul. She was central to the series, so I think viewers deserved more . From what I've read there are doubts about the return of Quinn and Carrie for series 6. But this might be more about contract negotiation . Either way would love to see Saul ,Carrie and Quinn working as a team next time. Roll on October 2016 ..:thumbsup:
Yes, I agree with both of you. The series as a whole certainly had its moments and, though the final episode was better than last year's weak ending, it was still a bit of a let down. The biggest flaw in the last episode was the way Alison was dealt with. She should have been held responsible for her part in trying to gas half of Berlin. Also, like you both, I hope Quinn and Carrie are back. Quinn I could just about do without but I would find it difficult to watch without Carrie. She has been the centre and lynch pin of the whole series and besides, Claire Daines is such a brilliant actor. It would be really hard to follow her with someone else.
I really can't see Homeland continuing without Carrie, especially given Claire Danes is an executive producer. I too have read there's some doubt about Rupert Friend wanting to return since I wrote my post last night. I'll be disappointed if Quinn dies (although not enough to stop watching), but he'd be highly unlikely to make a full recovery after everything he's been through this season.
I'm glad you both agree Alison being killed off so abruptly was a strange decision. I'm extremely sceptical that Saul would order the team to open fire on the car and kill all its occupants - except as a last resort.
Homeland will use New York as next season's setting, according to reports from TCA. Showtime execs made the announcement Tuesday without revealing much in the way of story lines, but definitely gushing about how "exciting [it is] to see how [the writers] bring it back to the U.S. and reinvent it again," and also noting that the series' end is not imminent. The closest thing to a teaser came in the form of a cryptic update on Quinn, who was not having a good time at the end of last season. "Quinn is very damaged, no question about that," the network's president of programming, Gary Levine, said, according to Deadline. "If he should live, he won’t be in the shape and form he was." Other quotes ("Homeland is a show that killed a lead," thank you very much) seemed to indicate that a living Quinn was not necessarily an idea set in stone, so the only things for sure are the new primary location and these.
http://www.vulture.com/2016/01/homel...-new-york.html
Rupert Friend Returning for Season 6
With Quinn's fate left up in the air at the end of last season, Friend and showrunner Alex Gansa confirmed at a panel on Wednesday (via a report from Entertainment Weekly) that the character will be back -- although he may not be the same Quinn we know and love.
"I hope he enjoys eating through a tube," Friend quipped.
Added Gansa: "How Peter Quinn's character is gonna be dramatized this year is going to surprise people, and it may not be what you think." (Ghost Quinn? Please no. Carrie's had enough zombie boyfriends.)
The love letter Quinn sent Carrie at the end of Season 5 will be addressed, Gansa promises. "Quinn really put his life in her hands at the end of last season and we will see what decision she made, but that's going to have repercussions moving forward for her and for that idea of Quinn as well," he says.
And Quinn won't be the only character who's returning somewhat unexpectedly. More characters from Carrie's past will be back, and may or may not include Brody's wife Jessica (Gotham's Morena Baccarin) and -- shudder -- daughter Dana (Morgan Saylor).
"There will definitely be some cameos from characters from past seasons. Whether they are the Brody family I'm not going to say, but we are back in the United States," Gansa teases. "It's going to be Carrie's first time back in the country for a long period of time in years and she's going to have old acquaintances to reconnect with and establish a new life for herself, so we're going to see some familiar faces."
Homeland is expected to return to Showtime in the fall.
http://www.tv.com/news/ltemgthomelan...3694908124748/
Homeland Will Incorporate the Presidential Election in Season 6
Season 6 of Homeland will incorporate the 2016 presidential election—but not in the way you might imagine. Showrunner Alex Gansa told Entertainment Weekly that the new season of Showtime's hit drama will focus on the lame-duck presidency in the aftermath of the election.
"The whole season takes place between Election Day in November and the inauguration of a new president in January, during this strange and interregnum where a very fragile transfer of power takes place between the outgoing president and the incoming president-elect," Gansa says. "There is this strange period in America where there are 72 days when it's not exactly clear who's in charge, and there is a new president that needs to be educated on what it means to be president. ... It's a dangerous time in our democracy."
As previously reported, Season 6 will be set in New York.
Homeland is expected to return in the fall on Showtime.
http://www.tv.com/shows/homeland-201...8140273029731/
You can say that again if you-know-who gets elected!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Seems Homeland season 6 will premiere January 2017. Filming will start later this year. Wonder if this delay in screening is being influenced by the actual US election calendar ?
renewed for 7th and 8th seasons
Channel 4 have announced the uk premiere date for Homeland Season 6, and it'll be just a few days after the US, on the 22nd January at 9pm
say it againQuote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
say it againQuote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
I see from the first episode of the new series they were reckoning on Hillary Clinton getting elected!
Would have been a very safe bet right up to polling day. Looks as though the series storyline theme is starting to develop judging by the first episode conclusion. Can't weigh up Otto During's motives? Whether the hospital Quinn was a patient is all it appears? Quinn's actual level of awareness ,more than is thought ? Good to see the series return.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
What is the problem with the programme schedulers ? NO Homeland ep. next week. just to enable some film to be shown ?
No reason given, totally bloody ridiculous and annoying . Finally to cap it all having to wait two weeks particularly after that ending from tonights episode. :angry::angry:
I take it you're hooked Glen. :D I've just watched the first two episodes of the new series and thoroughly enjoyed them so I can't wait to see more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
I think you can blame last Sunday's Super Bowl in the US for the break in the schedule.
Line and sinker, thanks to you Dazzle, parkerman and Brucie for speaking so highly of the series at the time. Well recall the binge viewing sessions till 3am to catch up. Must have been three years ago. From what you have said I suppose there must be a contractual agreement with the U.S. about U.K. televising episodes on or after the U.S.broadcast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Wow! Well that was worth waiting two weeks for!
Brilliant episode ,so much happening, impossible to try and second guess what's next.:cheer:Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
It's over! I think up until about half way through the last episode it was the best yet. Great action and tension throughout. I'm not sure about the ending though......
Totally agree parkerman,thoroughly absorbing series. From about ep3 new twists every week. Poor old Quinn had his usual series beating and then gets fatally shot , inevitable I guess. I expected Keane to be assassinated but maybe a bit obvious. Wondering now how much the end game had been part of her plan for some time, certainly sucked Carrie into her scheme. Dar very suspicious of her end agenda for a while . Another episode would have been nice to tie up a few loose ends.
Next two series have been confirmed ,series seven confirmed for Jan 2018. Also stated that series eight will be a continuation of seven. Odds on we shall see Keane and co. again. Must make sure we stay fit and healthy until at least April 2019. :)