Fans may not have been ready to say goodbye to one of the best dramas on television but Homeland has come to an end and surprisingly, Claire Danes’ bipolar CIA operative got a happy ending.
Developed for American television by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, Homeland was based on the original Israeli series Prisoners of War by Gideon Raff. There was an almost clairvoyant feel to the show that tackled the complicated question: What keeps you up at night?
Loyal fans saw Carrie face numerous obstacles over the course of the show’s eight-season run (96 episodes) but it was in the penultimate episode that we witnessed her as she almost cracked under the pressure of being backed into the darkest corner yet by Russian operative Yevgeny Gromov (Costa Ronin).
The key to this season was the black box from the helicopter crash that took the American and Afghan presidents down. It was the sole piece of evidence that the crash was an accident due to mechanical failure and not a terrorist attack.
In exchange for its return, she must expose Saul’s rumored asset in the Kremlin. If she can’t find or neutralize the asset, she must kill him.
She met her match with Yevgeny; they do the same job but for opposing sides and each have an equal sense of dedication to mission that’s incredibly powerful.
(Excerpt) Read more in: Forbes