Introduction

The seventh season of the American television drama series Homeland premiered on 11 February 2018, and concluded on 29 April 2018, 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

Carrie has left her job in the White House and is living with her sister Maggie.

She takes on the Keane administration to secure the release of the 200 members of the intelligence community who were arrested under President Keane’s orders the previous season.

Cast

• Main:
  • Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, former CIA member and former White House advisor to President Keane now residing in D.C. with her sister Maggie.
  • Elizabeth Marvel as Elizabeth Keane, the current President of the United States.
  • Maury Sterling as Max Piotrowski, a freelance surveillance expert.
  • Linus Roache as David Wellington, White House Chief of Staff.
  • Jake Weber as Brett O’Keefe, TV host and provocateur.
  • Morgan Spector as Dante Allen, an FBI agent and old friend of Carrie’s who is looking into the hundreds of people President Keane has detained.
  • Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson, Carrie’s former boss and mentor and the new National Security Advisor.
• Recurring
  • Amy Hargreaves as Maggie Mathison, M.D., Carrie’s sister.
  • Dylan Baker as Sam Paley, a maverick United States Senator from Arizona who is leading an aggressive investigation into the Keane administration.
  • Ellen Adair as Janet Bayne, Paley’s Chief of Staff.
  • Mackenzie Astin as Bill Dunn, Carrie’s brother-in-law who works for the Treasury Department.
  • Courtney Grosbeck as Josie Mathison-Dunn, Carrie’s niece who is staunchly anti-Keane.
  • Lesli Margherita as Sharon Aldright, O’Keefe’s assistant.
  • Claire and McKenna Keane as Frances “Franny” Mathison, Carrie and Brody’s daughter.
  • Sandrine Holt as Simone Martin, Wellington’s fiancé and an undercover Russian military intelligence captain.
  • Matt Servitto as FBI Special Agent Maslin.
  • Sakina Jaffrey as Dr. Lori Meyer, Carrie’s psychiatrist.
  • David Maldonado as Bo Elkins, who provides sanctuary to O’Keefe.
  • Colton Ryan as J.J. Elkins, Bo’s son.
  • Costa Ronin as Lieutenant Colonel Yevgeny Gromov, a Russian GRU Senior Operations Officer.
  • James D’Arcy as Thomas Anson, a former special ops agent.
  • William Popp as Stein, a member of Thomas Anson’s circle.
  • Clé Bennett as Dominique “Doxie” Marquis, also a member of Anson’s circle.
  • Ari Fliakos as Carter Bennet, also member of Anson’s circle.
  • Catherine Curtin as Sandy Langmore, a former CIA officer, professor and member of Saul’s task force.
  • Peter Vack as Clint Prower, a computer expert and a member of Saul’s task force.
  • Beau Bridges as Vice President Ralph Warner.
  • Elya Baskin as Viktor Makarov, Ambassador of Russia to the United States.
  • Merab Ninidze as Colonel Sergei Mirov, Gromov’s GRU superior.
  • Damian Young as Jim, head of the CIA’s Moscow Station.
• Guest:
  • Robert Knepper as General Jamie McClendon.
  • Julee Cerda as Reiko Umon.
  • Barbara Rosenblat as Attorney General Hoberman.
  • Frederic Lehne as General Rossen.
  • Mark Ivanir as Ivan Krupin, a former Russian intelligence agent.
  • Jennifer Ferrin as Charlotte, a Russian agent.
  • Tricia Paoluccio as Audrey Navarro.
  • Thomas G. Waites as Clayton, a Russian agent.
  • Adrienne C. Moore as Rhonda, Carrie’s lawyer.
  • Marin Hinkle as Christine Lonas, a youth care social worker.
  • F. Murray Abraham as Dar Adal.
  • Geoff Pierson as Senator Richard Eames, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Trivia

• For this season, Maury Sterling, Jake Weber and Linus Roache were promoted to series regulars; Sterling has been recurring since the first season, while Weber and Roache both first appeared in the sixth season.
• The seventh season began production on 11 September 2017, filming in Richmond, Virginia.
• Filming wrapped in Budapest, Hungary on 29 March 2018.

Homeland Series

• Episode 01: Enemy of the State.
• Episode 02: Rebel Rebel.
• Episode 03: Standoff.
• Episode 04: Like Bad at Things.
• Episode 05: Active Measures.
• Episode 06: Species Jump.
• Episode 07: Andante.
• Episode 08: Lies, Amplifiers, Fucking Twitter.
• Episode 09: Useful Idiot.
• Episode 10: Clarity.
• Episode 11: All In.
• Episode 12: Paean to the People.

You can find a full index and overview of Homeland here.

Production & Filming Details

• Original Network: Showtime.
• Release Date: 11 February 2018 to 29 April 2018.
• Running Time: 46-48 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.