List of Homeland episodes

Homeland is an American espionage thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War created by Gideon Raff, who serves as an executive producer on Homeland. The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a CIA operations officer. The first three seasons focus on Mathison's belief that an American prisoner of war, Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) was turned by the enemy, and now poses a significant risk to national security. The subsequent seasons follow Mathison's continued covert work. The series premiered on October 2, 2011, on Showtime,^[1] and concluded on April 26, 2020, after eight seasons and 96 episodes.^[2][3][4]

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	12		October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)	December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18)
2	12		September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)	December 16, 2012 (2012-12-16)
3	12		September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29)	December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15)
4	12		October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)	December 21, 2014 (2014-12-21)
5	12		October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)	December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20)
6	12		January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15)	April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09)
7	12		February 11, 2018 (2018-02-11)	April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)
8	12		February 9, 2020 (2020-02-09)	April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)

Episodes

Season 1 (2011)

Main article: Homeland season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Michael Cuesta	Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa & Gideon Raff	October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)	1WAH79	1.08[5]
2	2	"Grace"	Michael Cuesta	Story by : Alex Gansa Teleplay by : Alexander Cary	October 9, 2011 (2011-10-09)	1WAH01	0.94[6]
3	3	"Clean Skin"	Dan Attias	Chip Johannessen	October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16)	1WAH02	1.08[7]
4	4	"Semper I"	Jeffrey Nachmanoff	Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa	October 23, 2011 (2011-10-23)	1WAH03	1.10[8]
5	5	"Blind Spot"	Clark Johnson	Alexander Cary	October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30)	1WAH04	1.28[9]
6	6	"The Good Soldier"	Brad Turner	Henry Bromell	November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)	1WAH05	1.33[10]
7	7	"The Weekend"	Michael Cuesta	Meredith Stiehm	November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)	1WAH06	1.42[11]
8	8	"Achilles Heel"	Tucker Gates	Chip Johannessen	November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20)	1WAH07	1.20[12]
9	9	"Crossfire"	Jeffrey Nachmanoff	Alexander Cary	November 27, 2011 (2011-11-27)	1WAH08	1.35[13]
10	10	"Representative Brody"	Guy Ferland	Henry Bromell	December 4, 2011 (2011-12-04)	1WAH09	1.22[14]
11	11	"The Vest"	Clark Johnson	Meredith Stiehm & Chip Johannessen	December 11, 2011 (2011-12-11)	1WAH10	1.32[15]
12	12	"Marine One"	Michael Cuesta	Story by : Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon Teleplay by : Alex Gansa & Chip Johannessen	December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18)	1WAH11	1.71[16]

Season 2 (2012)

Main article: Homeland season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
13	1	"The Smile"	Michael Cuesta	Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon	September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)	2WAH01	1.73[17]
14	2	"Beirut Is Back"	Michael Cuesta	Chip Johannessen	October 7, 2012 (2012-10-07)	2WAH02	1.66[18]
15	3	"State of Independence"	Lodge Kerrigan	Alexander Cary	October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14)	2WAH03	1.48[19]
16	4	"New Car Smell"	David Semel	Meredith Stiehm	October 21, 2012 (2012-10-21)	2WAH04	1.75[20]
17	5	"Q&A"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Henry Bromell	October 28, 2012 (2012-10-28)	2WAH05	2.07[21]
18	6	"A Gettysburg Address"	Guy Ferland	Chip Johannessen	November 4, 2012 (2012-11-04)	2WAH06	1.74[22]
19	7	"The Clearing"	John Dahl	Meredith Stiehm	November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11)	2WAH07	1.91[23]
20	8	"I'll Fly Away"	Michael Cuesta	Story by : Howard Gordon & Chip Johannessen Teleplay by : Chip Johannessen	November 18, 2012 (2012-11-18)	2WAH08	1.87[24]
21	9	"Two Hats"	Dan Attias	Alexander Cary	November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25)	2WAH09	2.02[25]
22	10	"Broken Hearts"	Guy Ferland	Henry Bromell	December 2, 2012 (2012-12-02)	2WAH10	2.20[26]
23	11	"In Memoriam"	Jeremy Podeswa	Chip Johannessen	December 9, 2012 (2012-12-09)	2WAH11	2.36[27]
24	12	"The Choice"	Michael Cuesta	Alex Gansa & Meredith Stiehm	December 16, 2012 (2012-12-16)	2WAH12	2.29[28]

Season 3 (2013)

Main article: Homeland season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
25	1	"Tin Man Is Down"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa & Barbara Hall	September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29)	3WAH01	1.88[29]
26	2	"Uh... Oh... Ah..."	Lesli Linka Glatter	Chip Johannessen	October 6, 2013 (2013-10-06)	3WAH02	1.83[30]
27	3	"Tower of David"	Clark Johnson	Henry Bromell & William Bromell	October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13)	3WAH03	1.81[31]
28	4	"Game On"	David Nutter	James Yoshimura & Alex Gansa	October 20, 2013 (2013-10-20)	3WAH04	1.77[32]
29	5	"The Yoga Play"	Clark Johnson	Patrick Harbinson	October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27)	3WAH05	2.00[33]
30	6	"Still Positive"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alexander Cary	November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03)	3WAH06	2.00[34]
31	7	"Gerontion"	Carl Franklin	Chip Johannessen	November 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)	3WAH07	1.85[35]
32	8	"A Red Wheelbarrow"	Seith Mann	Alex Gansa & James Yoshimura	November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17)	3WAH08	1.78[36]
33	9	"One Last Thing"	Jeffrey Reiner	Barbara Hall	November 24, 2013 (2013-11-24)	3WAH09	1.94[37]
34	10	"Good Night"	Keith Gordon	Alexander Cary & Charlotte Stoudt	December 1, 2013 (2013-12-01)	3WAH10	2.06[38]
35	11	"Big Man in Tehran"	Daniel Minahan	Chip Johannessen & Patrick Harbinson	December 8, 2013 (2013-12-08)	3WAH11	2.09[39]
36	12	"The Star"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa & Meredith Stiehm	December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15)	3WAH12	2.38[40]

Season 4 (2014)

Main article: Homeland season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
37	1	"The Drone Queen"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa	October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)	4WAH01	1.61[41]
38	2	"Trylon and Perisphere"	Keith Gordon	Chip Johannessen	October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)	4WAH02	1.61[41]
39	3	"Shalwar Kameez"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alexander Cary	October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12)	4WAH03	1.22[42]
40	4	"Iron in the Fire"	Michael Offer	Patrick Harbinson	October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19)	4WAH04	1.35[43]
41	5	"About a Boy"	Charlotte Sieling	Meredith Stiehm	October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)	4WAH05	1.52[44]
42	6	"From A to B and Back Again"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Chip Johannessen	November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02)	4WAH06	1.54[45]
43	7	"Redux"	Carl Franklin	Alexander Cary	November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09)	4WAH07	1.55[46]
44	8	"Halfway to a Donut"	Alex Graves	Chip Johannessen	November 16, 2014 (2014-11-16)	4WAH08	1.66[47]
45	9	"There's Something Else Going On"	Seith Mann	Patrick Harbinson	November 23, 2014 (2014-11-23)	4WAH09	1.77[48]
46	10	"13 Hours in Islamabad"	Dan Attias	Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon	December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)	4WAH10	1.95[49]
47	11	"Krieg Nicht Lieb"	Clark Johnson	Alexander Cary & Chip Johannessen	December 14, 2014 (2014-12-14)	4WAH11	2.11[50]
48	12	"Long Time Coming"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Meredith Stiehm	December 21, 2014 (2014-12-21)	4WAH12	1.92[51]

Season 5 (2015)

Main article: Homeland season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
49	1	"Separation Anxiety"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Chip Johannessen & Ted Mann	October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)	5WAH01	1.66[52]
50	2	"The Tradition of Hospitality"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson	October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11)	5WAH02	1.40[53]
51	3	"Super Powers"	Keith Gordon	Alex Gansa & Meredith Stiehm	October 18, 2015 (2015-10-18)	5WAH03	1.11[54]
52	4	"Why Is This Night Different?"	John Coles	Ron Nyswaner	October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25)	5WAH04	1.63[55]
53	5	"Better Call Saul"	Michael Offer	Benjamin Cavell & Alex Gansa	November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01)	5WAH05	1.30[56]
54	6	"Parabiosis"	Alex Graves	Chip Johannessen & Ted Mann	November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08)	5WAH06	1.35[57]
55	7	"Oriole"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa & Patrick Harbinson	November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15)	5WAH07	1.35[58]
56	8	"All About Allison"	Dan Attias	Ron Nyswaner	November 22, 2015 (2015-11-22)	5WAH08	1.47[59]
57	9	"The Litvinov Ruse"	Tucker Gates	Story by : Howard Gordon & Patrick Harbinson Teleplay by : Alex Gansa	November 29, 2015 (2015-11-29)	5WAH09	1.42[60]
58	10	"New Normal"	Dan Attias	Meredith Stiehm & Charlotte Stoudt	December 6, 2015 (2015-12-06)	5WAH10	1.74[61]
59	11	"Our Man in Damascus"	Seith Mann	David Fury	December 13, 2015 (2015-12-13)	5WAH11	1.84[62]
60	12	"A False Glimmer"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Liz Flahive & Alex Gansa & Ron Nyswaner	December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20)	5WAH12	2.07[63]

Season 6 (2017)

Main article: Homeland season 6

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
61	1	"Fair Game"	Keith Gordon	Alex Gansa & Ted Mann	January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15)[a]	6WAH01	1.08[64]
62	2	"The Man in the Basement"	Keith Gordon	Chip Johannessen	January 22, 2017 (2017-01-22)	6WAH02	1.45[65]
63	3	"The Covenant"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Ron Nyswaner	January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29)	6WAH03	1.13[66]
64	4	"A Flash of Light"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson	February 12, 2017 (2017-02-12)	6WAH04	1.05[67]
65	5	"Casus Belli"	Alex Graves	Chip Johannessen	February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19)	6WAH05	1.07[68]
66	6	"The Return"	Alex Graves	Charlotte Stoudt	February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26)	6WAH06	0.90[69]
67	7	"Imminent Risk"	Tucker Gates	Ron Nyswaner	March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)	6WAH07	1.44[70]
68	8	"alt.truth"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson	March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)	6WAH08	1.27[71]
69	9	"Sock Puppets"	Dan Attias	Chip Johannessen & Evan Wright	March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)	6WAH09	1.26[72]
70	10	"The Flag House"	Michael Klick	Alex Gansa	March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)	6WAH10	1.43[73]
71	11	"R Is for Romeo"	Seith Mann	Chip Johannessen & Patrick Harbinson	April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02)	6WAH11	1.34[74]
72	12	"America First"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa & Ron Nyswaner	April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09)	6WAH12	1.90[75]

1. "Fair Game" was released online and on demand by Showtime on December 30, 2016 (2016-12-30), ahead of its broadcast on television.

Season 7 (2018)

Main article: Homeland season 7

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
73	1	"Enemy of the State"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Debora Cahn & Alex Gansa	February 11, 2018 (2018-02-11)	7WAH01	1.22[76]
74	2	"Rebel Rebel"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	February 18, 2018 (2018-02-18)	7WAH02	1.12[77]
75	3	"Standoff"	Michael Klick	Anya Leta & Ron Nyswaner	February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)	7WAH03	1.26[78]
76	4	"Like Bad at Things"	Alex Graves	Chip Johannessen & Patrick Harbinson	March 4, 2018 (2018-03-04)	7WAH04	0.93[79]
77	5	"Active Measures"	Charlotte Sieling	Debora Cahn	March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11)	7WAH05	1.32[80]
78	6	"Species Jump"	Michael Offer	Anya Leta & Ron Nyswaner	March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18)	7WAH06	1.25[81]
79	7	"Andante"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25)	7WAH07	1.28[82]
80	8	"Lies, Amplifiers, Fucking Twitter"	Tucker Gates	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)	7WAH08	1.22[83]
81	9	"Useful Idiot"	Nelson McCormick	Debora Cahn	April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08)	7WAH09	1.24[84]
82	10	"Clarity"	Dan Attias	Howard Gordon & Ron Nyswaner	April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)	7WAH10	1.28[85]
83	11	"All In"	Alex Graves	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)	7WAH11	1.39[86]
84	12	"Paean to the People"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa	April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)	7WAH12	1.30[87]

Season 8 (2020)

Main article: Homeland season 8

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
85	1	"Deception Indicated"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Debora Cahn & Alex Gansa	February 9, 2020 (2020-02-09)	8WAH01	0.60[88]
86	2	"Catch and Release"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)	8WAH02	0.68[89]
87	3	"False Friends"	Keith Gordon	Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon	February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)	8WAH03	0.71[90]
88	4	"Chalk One Up"	Seith Mann	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	March 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)	8WAH04	0.73[91]
89	5	"Chalk Two Down"	Alex Graves	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08)	8WAH05	0.82[92]
90	6	"Two Minutes"	Tucker Gates	Debora Cahn	March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)	8WAH06	0.71[93]
91	7	"Fucker Shot Me"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)	8WAH07	1.09[94]
92	8	"Threnody(s)"	Michael Klick	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	March 29, 2020 (2020-03-29)	8WAH08	0.75[95]
93	9	"In Full Flight"	Dan Attias	Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon	April 5, 2020 (2020-04-05)	8WAH09	0.81[96]
94	10	"Designated Driver"	Michael Offer	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	April 12, 2020 (2020-04-12)	8WAH10	0.89[97]
95	11	"The English Teacher"	Michael Cuesta	Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen	April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)	8WAH11	0.96[98]
96	12	"Prisoners of War"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon	April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)	8WAH12	1.26[99]

Home video releases

Season	Episodes	DVD and Blu-ray release dates
		Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
1	12	August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28)[100]	September 10, 2012 (2012-09-10)[101]	September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19)[102]
2	12	September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10)[103]	September 23, 2013 (2013-09-23)[104]	September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12)[105]
3	12	September 9, 2014 (2014-09-09)[106]	September 8, 2014 (2014-09-08)[107]	September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)[108]
4	12	September 8, 2015 (2015-09-08)[109]	June 15, 2015 (2015-06-15)[110]	April 29, 2015 (2015-04-29)[111]
5	12	January 10, 2017 (2017-01-10)[112]	April 25, 2016 (2016-04-25)[113]	April 27, 2016 (2016-04-27)[114]
6	12	February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06)[115]	July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)[116]	July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19)[117]

Ratings

Season		Episode number												Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	1	1.08	0.94	1.08	1.10	1.28	1.33	1.42	1.20	1.35	1.22	1.32	1.71	1.25
	2	1.73	1.66	1.48	1.75	2.07	1.74	1.91	1.87	2.02	2.20	2.36	2.29	1.92
	3	1.88	1.83	1.81	1.77	2.00	2.00	1.85	1.78	1.94	2.06	2.09	2.38	1.95
	4	1.61	1.61	1.22	1.35	1.52	1.54	1.55	1.66	1.77	1.95	2.11	1.92	1.65
	5	1.66	1.40	1.11	1.63	1.30	1.35	1.35	1.47	1.42	1.74	1.84	2.07	1.53
	6	1.08	1.45	1.13	1.05	1.07	0.90	1.44	1.27	1.26	1.43	1.34	1.90	1.28
	7	1.22	1.12	1.26	0.93	1.32	1.25	1.28	1.22	1.24	1.28	1.39	1.30	1.23
	8	0.60	0.68	0.71	0.73	0.82	0.71	1.09	0.75	0.81	0.89	0.96	1.26	0.83

Homeland : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[118]