- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
Settle down for a film-length treat as Homeland builds to the extraordinary climax it deserves. More than any drama I can remember, it keeps tripping us up, muddying the waters as to whom we’re rooting for. Take last week’s episode, when Brody’s daughter stumbled on him just as he was hiding a bomb vest in his car boot: our reflex was to hope he didn’t get rumbled. We’ve ended up rooting for the guy with a bomb vest full of ball bearings! What’s going on?
That toying with our sympathy continues in a season finale of phenomenal power. It’s like a Spooks episode raised to the level of genius, and with shatteringly sad human drama, too.
It starts with a stunning, ice-cool monologue from Brody, as he steels himself for something terrible. Meanwhile, poor battered Carrie is an outcast, suffering the perennial curse of the maverick and the nut-job: what if it’s not you who’s mad, but the rest of the world?
About this programme
12/12. Brody makes his final preparations to die for his country, claiming the vice-president is a domestic threat to the US. As he does so, his fugitive fellow marine Walker is setting up his rifle across the road from where the policy summit is taking place. Carrie is confined to bed after her betrayal and sacking - but when she finally realises what is happening, she convinces Virgil to drive her to the scene, hoping she won't be too late. Feature-length conclusion of the thriller, starring Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Morena Baccarin, Mandy Patinkin and David Harewood. Last in the series.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Carrie Mathison
- Claire Danes
- Nicholas Brody
- Damian Lewis
- Jessica Brody
- Morena Baccarin
- David Estes
- David Harewood
- Chris Brody
- Jackson Pace
- Dana Brody
- Morgan Saylor
- Saul Berenson
- Mandy Patinkin
- Elizabeth Gaines
- Linda Purl
- Virgil
- David Marciano
- Vice President William Walden
- Jamey Sheridan
- Maggie Mathison
- Amy Hargreaves
- Danny Galvez
- Hrach Titizian
- Tom Walker
- Chris Chalk
- Abu Nazir
- Navid Negahban
- Isabel Samler
- Elizabeth Franz
- Richard Halsted
- Larry Pine
- Sanders
- Charles Borland
- Agent Kandarian
- Sebastian La Cause
- Sidney
- Bob Elkins
- Patrolman
- Anthony Addabbo
- Reporter
- Elena Bargo
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