Introduction

The fifth season of the American television drama series Homeland premiered on 04 October 2015, and concluded on 20 December 2015, on Showtime, consisting of 12 episodes

The series is loosely based on the Israeli television series Hatufim (English: Prisoners of War) created by Gideon Raff and is developed for American television by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa.

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Outline

Allison suggests that Israel was behind the explosion of General Youssef’s plane, triggering further discord between Dar Adal and Saul. Later, Allison meets with Ivan Krupin, confirming her status as a Russian spy. Allison is worried about the phone call she received right before the explosion and whether the kill order for Carrie can be traced back to her. Ivan shows the proof of Carrie’s death to calm Allison down.

Meanwhile, Allison continues to shift the blame for the leak onto Saul; Dar Adal obliges by asking her to put a tail on Saul. Saul goes to Etai and accuses the Israeli government of having something to do with the plane explosion. This meeting is reported to Dar Adal complete with photos, further persuading him of Saul being the traitor.

Carrie calls Jonas to seek help for the wounded Quinn while Astrid identifies the dead shooter as a gangster-turned-paid-assassin named Vasily Kovas, who was a known contract killer for Russian organised crime in Berlin. With this info, Carrie concludes that it is the SVR (Russian foreign intelligence service) which is after her, possibly to prevent her from reading the leaked documents.

Carrie contacts Laura and demands a copy of the leaked files. Meanwhile, Quinn slips out of the safe house without being noticed and is determined to take his own life to avoid being connected to Carrie. A man approaches him, adamant on helping him, and Quinn passes out.

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Michael Offer.
• Writer(s): Benjamin Cavell and Alex Gansa.
• Original Network: Showtime.
• Release Date: 01 November 2015.
• Running Time: 46-48 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.