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 meets with Ivan again as she is growing anxious about her situation as a double agent. She suspects that Carrie is still alive but Ivan is unconvinced. He suggests that Allison get the info from Saul. Carrie is now looking over the leaked documents at Otto’s house but she cannot locate anything useful.

Meanwhile, Quinn is asked by Bibi, the leader of the jihadist group he is staying with, to guide them to Turkey. Quinn becomes interested when Bibi mentions his uncle, Abu Al-qaduli, who is a deputy emir who can pay for his services. Carrie talks on the phone to Samir Khalil, her former informant in Baghdad, who tells her that he tried to reach her five months ago. Samir informs Carrie that Iraqi lawyer Ahmed Nazari, presumed dead in a bombing, is still alive.

Saul confesses to Allison that he took the leaked documents to Otto to be given to Carrie. Quinn contacts Dar and tells him about the jihadists going to Syria and about Al-qaduli, a CIA kill target. Carrie contacts Laura to help in tracking down Ahmed Nazari and Laura brings along Numan. They are able to track down the lawyer’s widow in Amsterdam.

Carrie travels to Amsterdam and with help of her former asset, Esam, who is now a taxi cab driver, locates the house of Ahmed and takes his laptop. But Russian agents arrive in which they kill Esam and abduct Ahmed. Saul, on his way to the airport, is seized by armed masked men from Israeli intelligence. Carrie calls Allison while on her way back to Berlin to set up a meeting, still unaware about Allison’s double agent status for the Russians.

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Lesli Linka Glatter.
• Writer(s): Alex Gansa and Patrick Harbinson.
• Original Network: Showtime.
• Release Date: 15 November 2015.
• Running Time: 46-48 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.