The following article contains spoilers for homeland season 6, including the finale which aired sunday night. Carrie watched as the life slipped away from her complicated loves. Homeland s season 3 finale titled the star was another big finish for the cia drama. Do not read on if you have not yet seen the season 3 finale of showtimes homeland, titled the star. Below, the emmywinning actor says goodbye to nicholas brody, his popular homeland starring character who was.
That was sobering, but it was even more startling that the story didnt end with his death. The ending to season 3 was a really poetic ending for the character of brody and his relationship with carrie, but beyond series 3 is really just the continuing story of carrie and her work. While many showtime viewers questioned the characters. Homeland finale analysis tonights homeland season finale is one of the biggest and best episodes of the season for obvious reasons. Nicholas nick brody, played by actor damian lewis, is a fictional character on the american television series homeland on showtime, created by alex gansa and howard. Either way, after last nights episode the star, im. The third season of homeland, and the first eight episodes in particular, have shown that the writers are content to make the series about just carrie and saul. Season 4 of homeland premieres sunday night on showtime and although season 3 may not have been as glorious as season 1, big changes happened for. The season 3 finale of homeland was perhaps this years most polarizing episode of television. The notion that carrie and brody enjoy a special bond, one that cant really be explained, defined, or even justified in any rational way, has always been foundational to homeland, and the show. Showtime the final 20 minutes of the episode effectively reboots the entire series. The season 3 finale, the star, opened with nicholas brody damian lewis visibly shaken and cleaning up the crime scene after executing the head of irans revolutionary guard, danesh.
Its really worth continuing because season 4 and 5 are my two favourites, and 7 was excellent as well. Lewis when carries lovernemesis sgt nicholas brody died at the end of. Homeland season 3 comes to a close with a surprising, arguable emotional ending, which could have even served as a. The second season of homeland came to a surprising finale that set up a storyline that will carry the show into its third season, even with its original villain abu nazir now dead. We are about to recap homelands seasonthree finale, the star.
Instead, the finale of season 3 on sunday cheated viewers of a. Yeah, damian lewis is incredible and the first two seasons were about him. The brody twist in homeland season 3 finale signals the. If you havent watched it yet, now would be the time to click away. Allison recaps the third season finale of homeland, the star, starring claire danes and damian lewis. That question was answered in episode 7 of homeland season 4, and in retrospect the answer to the riddle seems pretty obvious. Early on in the season 3 finale the star it appears brody will escape after. Homeland producers talk alternate endings, carries fate. But i do think theres something powerful about brody dying at this. Season 3 ends in tragedy, redemption the saga of nicholas brody damian lewis comes to an end on the season 3 finale of homeland.
Brody dying by hanging in season 3, episode 12 of homeland as carrie watches. He went to war in iraq but never really came back, even if. Shock but no awe in homeland seasons end the new york. In addition to the 12 episodes, it includes deleted scenes, audio commentary for the star and two featurettesthe tower of david. Its fitting that tonights season 2 finale of homeland was titled the choice, because im pretty sure many viewers approached it wondering whether they would choose to return for season 3 or decide its time to break up with the series. Homelands season 3 finale titled the star was another big finish for the cia drama. Do not read on if you have not yet seen season 2 homeland finale episode 12, titled the choice. Homelands alex gansa talks dramatic season 3 finale, season 4 plans. Homeland season finale opens door for season 3 story. He did say that next season brody will be fugitive no. As season 3 of the spy drama neared its end, brody had been deployed to iran by the cia, for the purpose of getting close to irg boss danesh akbari and killing him, leaving agency plant majid.
Throughout the last few episodes of homelands third season, damian lewis character brody has been on a mission working with the cia and claire danes carrie to kill general akbari, one of. He had a miserable life and i think he and his family deserved better ending. Homeland season 3 recap cant emotionally prepare you. Brodys execution scene was filmed on the final day of shooting for season three. Damian lewis is breaking his silence on the season 3 finale of showtimes homeland. Teenage daughter dana brody morgan saylor became a lightning rod for homeland critics when her screen time increased in seasons 2 and. No matter how this season of homeland is thought of as a whole, the one thing that cannot be taken away from season 3 is that, despite all the rough starts and sometimes meandering plot threads that failed to take the audience to a place as dramatically astonishing as seasons past or were simply started and. Homeland season 3, episode 11 recap big man in tehran. We are about to recap homeland s season three finale, the star. From the beginning, the series has revolved around sgt. Up 12% from the season 3 finale, last night was homelands. It felt like what it would be like to be a cia officer in the field. The complete third season was released as a widescreen region 1 fourdisc dvd and threedisc bluray box set in the united states and canada on september 9, 2014.
Brody died two season too late, and because of that the show has become a. Big man in tehran since this weeks episode and it seems the next one take place primarily in iran, its possible to imagine them as a selfcontained movie. Damian lewis as nicholas brody and claire danes as carrie mathison in homeland season 3. It had all been going so well too which obviously carrie should have. The season 3 finale of homeland sunday shocked fans of the series with the public execution of longtime lead character nicholas brody.
So, as brody died in season finalle, i think the series is not worth anymore. Homeland season 2 finale recap did carrie and brody get. Its been 24 hours since the showtime drama killed off damian lewis brody and not everyone is convinced that hes dead. Third season was a good season but i felt really sad about brodys life. Homeland fans were given the biggest hint yet that brody would be returning during season six but not in the way they expected. In the season 3 finale of homeland, damian lewiss character, brody, met his shocking end in a square in tehran. The homeland season 6 finale featured the demise of another beloved character. To move the production to another country every season after brody died in season 3, it was always such a reset for the series.
Brodys dead, carries still preggo and sauls eating croissants the last episode, very christmassilycalled the star, didnt exactly leave us hanging. As the opening sequence of the homeland series finale reminds us, brody saw himself as a patriot without a home. I knew they were really going to kill brody when javadi gave her that. This statement from the shows makers serves as pretty solid evidence that brody is really dead, but why did damien lewis return to the homeland set if his character died. Declared an enemy of the iranian government in season 3, brody was sentenced to a public execution by hanging. Emmywinner damian lewis conflicted heroturnedtraitorturnedhero died during homelands season three finale last night, hanged to death in iran. Did anyone else get the feeling that with spoiler gone, brody could return. Months into his first term, brodys true allegiances were discovered by the cia, who convinced him to work for the agency as a double agent, a position he. Shock but no awe in homeland seasons end the new york times. The star is the twelfth and final episode of the third season of the american television drama. As season 3 of the spy drama neared its end, brody had been deployed to iran by the cia, for the purpose of getting close to irg boss danesh. With the execution of nicholas brody damian lewis in iran.
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