127 Fun Facts About Homeland

By the start of Homeland's second season, Brody has been elected to which office?

Congressman: Vice President Walden urges Brody to run for a House seat in a special election, and the win carries him into a situation room, where he tips off the very man the CIA is hunting.

In Homeland, Saul Berenson recruited Carrie Mathison into the CIA while she was a student of which language at Princeton?

Arabic was Carrie's subject at Princeton when Saul recruited her; years later an old asset, the wife of a militant commander, will talk to no one else, which pulls Carrie back into the field.

Which former US president is a self-declared Homeland fan?

Barack Obama told the show's star that on Saturday afternoons, while his wife and daughters played tennis, he claimed to be going to work and watched Homeland instead.

Carrie Mathison is diagnosed with which mental health condition?

Bipolar disorder is Carrie's closest secret: she gets her medication quietly from her sister, because formal treatment would cost her the security clearance her job depends on.

How is Vice President Walden killed in Homeland's second season?

His pacemaker is hacked: Brody hands over its serial number to win Carrie's release from his old captor, then stands over the dying Walden and refuses to call for help.

At the end of Homeland's pilot, what does Carrie notice Brody doing whenever he is on camera?

Tapping his fingers: Carrie spots the same pattern in every news clip and reads it as a coded signal to a handler, which finally persuades a sceptical Saul that Brody is worth investigating.

At the end of Homeland's second season, Carrie helps the fugitive Brody escape towards which country?

Canada: with Brody framed for an attack he did not commit, Carrie drives him to the border but turns back alone, staying behind to clear his name.

'Homeland' is an adaptation of which Israeli television series?

Hatufim follows Israeli soldiers home after 17 years in captivity; an American studio bought the scripts before a frame was shot, and the adapters added Carrie and Saul, who have no counterpart in it.

At the end of Homeland's first season, a discredited Carrie checks into hospital for which treatment?

Electroconvulsive therapy: as the anaesthetic takes hold Carrie remembers Brody crying out a dead boy's name in his sleep, the link she had been missing, seconds before the treatment begins.

In season one of Homeland, where do Carrie and Brody slip away to together?

Her family's cabin is where Carrie gives herself away by naming Brody's favourite tea, Yorkshire Gold, and the romance turns into a confrontation.

Which of these Primetime Emmys did Homeland's first season win in 2012?

Outstanding Drama Series went to Homeland for its first season, the first top-drama Emmy for its network, and the win ended Mad Men's four-year hold on the award.

Who portrays Saul Berenson, Carrie Mathison's mentor and long-time colleague?

Mandy Patinkin had walked out of earlier series, so the network offered him only a short contract to play Saul; he stayed for the entire run.

Which actress played Fara Sherazi, the CIA financial analyst Saul recruits in season three?

Nazanin Boniadi played Fara Sherazi, hired for her banking expertise to follow the money behind an attack on the agency; promoted to the main cast a season later, Fara is killed in an embassy siege.

What is the name of Carrie Mathison's daughter?

Franny's welfare shadows every later season after Carrie leaves the baby with her sister Maggie to take the station chief posting abroad.

Who played the CIA assassin Peter Quinn in Homeland?

Rupert Friend played Peter Quinn, who arrives in season two posing as a desk analyst and is soon exposed as a black-ops assassin with orders to kill Brody.

Showtime timed Homeland's premiere to follow a major anniversary of which event?

The September 11 attacks: Showtime's programming chief sold the studio on getting Homeland to air for the tenth anniversary, with the hit Dexter as its lead-in.

The early seasons of Homeland were filmed in and around which city?

Charlotte, North Carolina doubled for the Washington area in seasons one to three, drawn by the state's film tax credit; the CIA offices and the Brody family home were shot around the city.

At the start of Homeland's second season, what work is Carrie doing after her dismissal from the CIA?

Teaching English as a second language is Carrie's quiet new life until a former asset abroad refuses to speak to anyone else and the agency comes asking for her.

Which of these honors did Homeland's first season win alongside its Emmys and Golden Globes?

The Peabody Award went to Homeland's first season for weighing national security against civil liberties and the tangled consequences of military action.

In Homeland's fifth season, how do Carrie and Quinn throw off the people who ordered her killed?

They fake her death: Quinn, sent to kill Carrie, instead photographs her posed as a corpse and leaves the pictures at his dead drop so the pair can watch who comes to collect them.

Who played Dar Adal, Homeland's veteran black ops specialist?

F. Murray Abraham, an Oscar winner for Amadeus, played Dar Adal, who ends season six under arrest for his part in a plot against the incoming president.

Carrie's sister Maggie, who secretly supplies her medication in Homeland, works in which profession?

Doctor: Maggie risks her medical licence by slipping Carrie pills off the books so the illness stays out of the CIA's files, and she later raises Carrie's daughter.

Which character runs the CIA's Counterterrorism Center as Carrie's boss in Homeland's first season?

David Estes, played by David Harewood, fires Carrie when he learns of her illness, then has to reinstate her once she is proved right about Brody.

What was the fate of Nicholas Brody at the end of Season 3?

He was publicly executed: seized after a CIA mission in Tehran, Brody is hanged before a crowd while Carrie climbs the fence around the square to call out his name.

What nickname do Carrie's staff ice on her birthday cake in Homeland's fourth-season premiere?

The Drone Queen is her staff's tribute moments after she orders an air strike; reports soon show it hit a wedding and killed 40 civilians, the mistake that drives the season.

Who composed the music for Homeland?

Sean Callery came to Homeland through Howard Gordon, the producer of an earlier thriller he had scored, and went on to write the theme music for Elementary.

In Homeland's pilot, what does a condemned bomb-maker whisper to Carrie about an American prisoner of war?

He has been turned: the informant names no one, so when Brody is rescued months later Carrie alone concludes that he is the prisoner who was turned.

In Homeland's second season, what is on the memory card Saul finds hidden in Carrie's haul from Beirut?

Brody's confession video, taped before the suicide attack he never carried out, vindicates Carrie: Saul flies home and plays it for her, and an overwhelmed Carrie says 'I was right.'

When Homeland begins, which post does Saul Berenson hold at the CIA?

Middle East Division Chief is Saul's post at the start; he becomes acting director in season three, only to lose the job to a senator who had spent the season attacking the agency.

In Season 6, where was Carrie Mathison living and working?

New York City is the season six setting: Carrie lives in Brooklyn and works for a nonprofit giving legal aid to Muslims mistreated by law enforcement, while quietly advising the president-elect.

Which actress played Jessica Brody, Nicholas Brody's wife?

Morena Baccarin played Jessica Brody, who has fallen for her husband's closest friend by the time he is found alive; Baccarin took over the part after the pilot was first shot with another actress.

Homeland's third season opens in the aftermath of what event at CIA headquarters?

A car bombing: explosives planted in Brody's car go off during a memorial service at Langley, killing more than 200 people and leaving the innocent Brody framed as the bomber.

In Homeland's finale, Carrie smuggles intelligence to Saul hidden inside what?

A copy of her book: two years after fleeing to Russia, Carrie publishes an attack on America and sends Saul an advance copy with a note in its binding, taking the place of the agent she betrayed.

Which actor played Vice President William Walden in Homeland?

Jamey Sheridan played William Walden, a former CIA director blamed for a drone strike that killed scores of children; as vice president he courts Brody as a political ally, unaware that Brody wants him dead.

How is Nicholas Brody greeted by the American public when he first comes home in Homeland?

A war hero is how the country greets Brody after eight years in captivity; Saul will not investigate so beloved a figure, which pushes Carrie into spying on him illegally.

Homeland's final season sends Carrie back into the field in which city?

Kabul is where Saul, now National Security Advisor, brings a recovering Carrie to rescue stalled negotiations, even as the CIA doubts her loyalty after months in Russian captivity.

The two writers who developed 'Homeland' had previously worked together on which Fox action series?

24 was in its final season when the pair's agent came back from Israel with an unfilmed script and told Howard Gordon, 'I have your next show.'

Which actress played Brody's daughter Dana in Homeland?

Morgan Saylor played Dana Brody for three seasons; in the last, Dana takes her mother's maiden name to escape her father's notoriety and ends up cleaning motel rooms.

What was the name of the primary terrorist antagonist in the early seasons of 'Homeland'?

Abu Nazir, played by Navid Negahban, holds Brody for eight years and wins his loyalty after a US drone strike kills Nazir's young son, a boy Brody had grown close to.

In Homeland's final season, Saul Berenson negotiates a peace deal with which group?

The Taliban are Saul's negotiating partners in season eight: as National Security Advisor to President Warner he pursues a peace deal and brings a convalescing Carrie along for her experience in the region.

What does Quinn suddenly do to Brody during his interrogation in Homeland's second season?

Stabs him in the hand: Quinn drives a knife through Brody's palm and is hauled out of the room, then tells Saul it was an act, because 'every good cop needs a bad cop'.

Which actress played Carrie's older sister Maggie Mathison?

Amy Hargreaves played Maggie Mathison, Carrie's older sister, who supplies her medication in season one and is given custody of Carrie's daughter in season seven.

Which actor played Virgil, the freelance surveillance man Carrie relies on in Homeland's early seasons?

David Marciano played Virgil, the ex-CIA freelancer who wires Brody's house with hidden cameras and microphones for Carrie's off-the-books surveillance in the pilot.

Season seven of Homeland was primarily filmed in which city?

Richmond, Virginia became the show's base after seasons shot abroad and elsewhere in America, bringing the story back to Washington politics; filming began there in September 2017.

What is the name of the boy Brody tutors during his captivity, whose death sets him on a path to revenge?

Issa is his captor's young son: Brody is brought out of his cell to tutor the boy and comes to love him, so when a US drone strike kills Issa and dozens of other children, Brody wants revenge.

In Homeland's third season, Carrie's public disgrace and stay in a psychiatric hospital turn out to be what?

A secret operation: Carrie and Saul stage her fall from grace so that the Iranian spymaster behind an attack on the CIA will try to recruit her, and he takes the bait.

In Homeland, what leaves Peter Quinn with lasting brain damage at the end of season five?

A sarin gas attack: a jihadist cell films itself gassing the captured Quinn as a test; doctors later wake him at Carrie's urging to learn the cell's target, and he suffers a massive stroke.

Homeland's fourth season was filmed mainly in which city, far from where its story is set?

Cape Town, South Africa hosted the whole season four shoot from June to November 2014: after three seasons based in the United States, the production moved abroad to follow Carrie's new posting.

Which high-ranking Iranian intelligence officer became a key asset for Saul and Carrie?

Majid Javadi, played by Shaun Toub, bankrolls an attack on the CIA, yet Saul blackmails him over the millions he embezzled from his own regime and sends him home as America's man inside Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

Which studio produced Homeland for Showtime?

Fox 21 Television Studios made Homeland for Showtime after its parent company bought the Israeli scripts before they were filmed, so the American deal was done before the original had even aired.

In Homeland's first season, which CIA test does Brody pass the morning after his night with Carrie?

A polygraph test: asked whether he has ever been unfaithful to his wife, Brody says no the morning after sleeping with Carrie and still passes, which shows her he can beat the machine.

Which cable network passed on Homeland before it landed at Showtime?

FX turned Homeland down, which left it free for Showtime's newly arrived programming chief, who made the thriller his first pilot order.

Which star was originally slated to direct the Homeland pilot?

Ben Affleck dropped out before filming, so Michael Cuesta took over the pilot and stayed on as an executive producer of the series.

In Homeland's seventh season, what hits Carrie's computer after she posts a surveillance photo on 4chan?

Ransomware locks Carrie's hard drive after a hacker tricks her into a download; she lures him to a meeting and beats him until he unlocks the machine.

Near the end of Homeland's third season, what news does Carrie give Brody at their safe house?

She is pregnant: Carrie breaks the news as the two wait to be flown out of Iran, and for a moment Brody believes he has a future.

In Homeland, what does Brody use to kill his target in Tehran after the cyanide plan falls through?

An ashtray and a pillow: alone with his target, Brody admits he was sent to kill him, is thanked for his honesty, then knocks the man out with a crystal ashtray and smothers him.

In Homeland's sixth season, what happens to Carrie's daughter after a standoff at their home?

She goes into foster care: child services rule Carrie an imminent risk after Quinn's standoff with police, acting on a report quietly filed by a spymaster who wants her discredited.

What did Homeland's writers call their annual Washington briefings with ex-CIA officers, generals and journalists?

Spy Camp was the writers' name for their annual week in Washington meeting former CIA officers, journalists and policymakers, whose briefings shaped each season's storyline.

Which whistleblower did Homeland's writers question over a laptop call during one of their Washington research weeks?

Edward Snowden appeared from Moscow on reporter Barton Gellman's laptop; one of the cast spent the call trying to get him to talk about himself, but 'we couldn't budge him from his soapbox'.

Which online provocateur leads the disinformation campaign against the incoming president in Homeland's sixth season?

Brett O'Keefe's talk show smears the incoming president with help from a rogue intelligence faction; a season later he is a fugitive, sheltered by armed supporters as the FBI closes in.

Homeland's season-two scenes set in Beirut were actually filmed in and around which city?

Tel Aviv and neighbouring Jaffa stood in for Beirut, to the anger of Lebanon's tourism minister, who complained that the episodes were not filmed in the city and misrepresented it.

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico stood in for which city in Homeland's third season?

Caracas: Brody surfaces in the Venezuelan capital in season three, holed up in the Tower of David, an unfinished skyscraper taken over by squatters, with Old San Juan standing in for the city.

Why did Homeland abandon its planned Middle East shoot for the third season?

Ongoing conflict in Syria: with the United States weighing a military strike there in September 2013, the producers moved the shoot out of the region.

The last two episodes of Homeland's seventh season were filmed in which capital on the Danube?

Budapest, Hungary stood in for Moscow in the two-part season seven finale, in which Carrie is captured after the extraction of Simone Martin and left in a Russian prison.

Which country hosted filming for the eighth and final season?

Morocco hosted the eighth season's shoot in 2019, the North African country doubling for the season's South Asian settings, as it had first hosted the production during season three.

In season one of Homeland, where does Carrie stage her first 'chance' meeting with Brody?

A veterans' support group: with her camera feeds gone, Carrie tails Brody to the meeting his wife urged on him and pretends to bump into him, the start of their relationship.

In which season one Homeland episode does Brody learn that Carrie has been spying on him?

The Weekend: away together, Carrie lets slip a detail only a watcher could know, Brody accuses her of spying, and she answers by voicing her suspicions to his face.

What do two hackers stumble on at the start of Homeland's fifth season?

A cache of secret CIA files: when a CIA technician probes the pair's computer after they deface a jihadist website, they strike back and copy the agency's classified documents.

Which Secretary of State's office asked for early Homeland screeners during the show's opening seasons?

Hillary Clinton was the serving Secretary of State when her office called for advance episodes: the spy drama had become must-see viewing at the top of the US government.

At the end of Homeland's seventh season, how does Carrie finally leave Russian custody?

In a prisoner exchange: after seven months in which her captors withheld her medication, Carrie is traded for several Russian prisoners at the Estonian border, barely able to recognise Saul.

On which broadcaster did Homeland air in the United Kingdom?

Channel 4 launched Homeland in the UK in February 2012, and its first-season finale drew a bigger audience there than the 1.7 million who watched the episode's first US airing.

The actor behind Homeland's Dar Adal won a Best Actor Oscar for playing which composer in Amadeus?

Antonio Salieri, Mozart's envious rival, won the Dar Adal actor the Best Actor Oscar for the 1984 film over his own co-star Tom Hulce, who was nominated for the same award for playing Mozart.

Lebanon objected that Homeland showed Beirut's busy Hamra Street as what?

A militia alley is how Homeland showed Hamra Street, in reality a bustling strip of cafes and bars; Lebanon's tourism minister was angry enough to talk of legal action.

Graffiti artists hired for a season five refugee-camp set instead wrote slogans accusing the show of what?

Racism: three street artists hired to dress a Syrian refugee-camp set for 'The Tradition of Hospitality' wrote 'Homeland is racist' and 'Homeland is a joke' in Arabic, and the slogans aired unnoticed.

Which Marine captured alongside Brody was also revealed to have survived?

Tom Walker was presumed dead after Brody was made to beat him in captivity, but he resurfaces in season one as a sniper in an assassination plot.

What causes Brody to abandon his suicide-vest attack in Homeland's season one finale?

A conversation with his daughter: Dana, prompted by a frantic Carrie at the Brody house, phones her father inside the bunker, and he lets the moment pass even after fixing the vest's failed detonator.

Who played Finn Walden, the Vice President's son who dated Dana Brody?

Timothée Chalamet, years before Call Me by Your Name, played Finn Walden in season two; Finn kills a pedestrian in a hit-and-run while driving with Dana, and the cover-up drives Dana away.

Which television journalist secretly passes Brody his orders in season two of Homeland?

Roya Hammad, played by Zuleikha Robinson, is the television reporter who relays the terror network's orders to Brody in season two, until the CIA arrests her and her cell late in the season.

Brody's suicide vest was stitched by a tailor in which Pennsylvania town?

Gettysburg: the tailor Bassel fitted Brody's vest there in season one, and in season two gunmen stormed his shop to recover a trunk hidden behind a false wall, leaving the agents inside for dead.

Which senator leads the Senate inquiry into the CIA in season three?

Andrew Lockhart, played by Tracy Letts, chairs the Senate committee investigating the CIA in season three and is confirmed as CIA Director, replacing Saul, by the end of that season.

Which actor guest-starred as David Portillo of the Senate intelligence committee in season three of Homeland?

Pedro Pascal, later the star of The Mandalorian and The Last of Us, guest-starred as David Portillo in season three, the year before his breakout as Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones.

In Homeland's season five finale, what does Dar Adal hand Carrie as Quinn lies in hospital?

A letter Quinn wrote her before he left for Syria: in it he finally tells Carrie that he loves her, words she reads only once he is beyond answering.

Which actor played Aayan Ibrahim, the medical student Carrie recruits in season four of Homeland?

Suraj Sharma, the young Pi of Life of Pi, played Aayan Ibrahim, who survives the wedding drone strike; his uncle, the militant leader Carrie is hunting, shoots him as she watches on a drone feed.

Which House of Cards actor played Islamabad station chief Sandy Bachman?

Corey Stoll, Peter Russo in House of Cards, played Islamabad station chief Sandy Bachman, who is beaten to death by a mob in the season four premiere after his identity is exposed.

Which director won a DGA Award for the Homeland episode 'From A to B and Back Again'?

Lesli Linka Glatter won the Directors Guild's drama award for 'From A to B and Back Again', the episode in which Carrie orders a drone strike that would kill the captive Saul until Quinn talks her down.

Season five of Homeland was based at which German studio facility?

Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam, billed as the world's oldest large-scale film studio, became Homeland's base when the production moved to Germany for season five, following Carrie's story to Berlin.

Which Lord of the Rings actress played double agent Allison Carr?

Miranda Otto, Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings, played CIA station chief Allison Carr, a Russian mole since her Baghdad posting, who is shot dead in the trunk of an escaping car in the season five finale.

Which German actor played philanthropist Otto Düring, Carrie's employer in season five?

Sebastian Koch, known for The Lives of Others, played Otto Düring, the billionaire philanthropist whose foundation employs Carrie; late in the season he asks her to stay on as his partner.

Which actor played Yevgeny Gromov, the Russian officer who pursues Carrie in seasons seven and eight?

Costa Ronin played Yevgeny Gromov, the Russian intelligence officer behind the season seven disinformation campaign against President Keane; Carrie ends the series living with him in Moscow as a double agent.

At the end of Homeland's third season, Carrie is promoted to station chief in which city?

Istanbul: the agency's new director offers Carrie the station, yet when season four opens she is running a station in a war zone instead.

Homeland's season six opening titles include excerpts from which protest piece?

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Gil Scott-Heron's spoken-word piece, runs through season six's titles, setting the mood for a season about a president-elect whom the intelligence services distrust.

Which Prison Break actor played General Jamie McClendon in season six?

Robert Knepper, T-Bag in Prison Break, played General Jamie McClendon, who runs the season six plot to kill President-elect Keane and is poisoned in prison early in season seven.

Which actor played Aasar Khan, the ISI officer who becomes Carrie's uneasy ally in season four?

Raza Jaffrey played Aasar Khan, the ISI colonel who shelters Carrie when she is drugged into a breakdown and later stops her from shooting Haqqani by pointing out who is riding in his car.

Which actress played Astrid, the German intelligence officer who is Quinn's ally?

Nina Hoss played Astrid, the German intelligence officer and old flame who keeps coming to Quinn's aid; she is shot dead at a lakeside hideout by the assassin hunting him in season six.

Which Emmy-winning actor played Vice President Ralph Warner?

Beau Bridges played Ralph Warner, Keane's vice president in season seven; Warner succeeds her as president and is killed in season eight when his helicopter goes down during a visit to the troops.

Which senator leads the investigation into the Keane administration in season seven of Homeland?

Sam Paley, played by Dylan Baker, leads the Senate investigation of President Keane in season seven after her arrest of 200 federal employees, at first with Carrie feeding him inside information.

Why did Homeland's seventh season continue the sixth's story instead of starting afresh?

Real events were echoing its plot: with the news full of an administration at war with its own intelligence community, the showrunner said it was hard not to carry the story on.

Which jazz musician appears as himself in Homeland's series finale?

Kamasi Washington plays the Moscow concert that closes the series, with Carrie and Yevgeny in the audience; the scene was actually filmed in a Los Angeles theatre.

Which actor played adviser John Zabel in Homeland's eighth season?

Hugh Dancy, married to Claire Danes since 2009, played John Zabel, the hawkish adviser who pushes President Hayes toward war in season eight; the couple had met on the set of the film Evening.

What was the title of Homeland's series finale?

Prisoners of War borrows the English title of the Israeli drama Homeland was adapted from, a closing nod to where the series came from.

In Homeland's seventh season, how does Carrie help Saul's team get Simone Martin out of Moscow?

Posing as her decoy, Carrie puts on a dark wig and leads the Russian pursuit away while the real Simone slips off as a blonde; the ruse ends with Carrie captured.

What is the first name of Brody's son?

Chris Brody was too young to remember his father when he went missing, so the homecoming brings a stranger into the house, and he often turns to a trusted family friend instead.

Which religion did Brody convert to while in captivity?

Islam: Brody converted during his captivity and prays in secret in the garage after coming home; Dana is the first of the family to find out, and his wife learns only in season two.

Whom is Brody sent to Tehran to assassinate in season three?

General Danesh Akbari, head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, is Brody's target; Brody kills him in his own office, clearing the way for the CIA's man inside to take over the Guard.

In Homeland's fourth-season finale, what does Carrie learn when her long-absent mother reappears?

She has a half-brother: Ellen Mathison turns up after 15 years away, and Carrie, meeting a boy named Tim, accuses her of abandoning two children only to have another.

Which drug does Brody become hooked on while hiding in the Tower of David?

Heroin: a physician in the 'Tower of David' squat gives it to dull the pain of Brody's gunshot wound, and by the end of the episode Brody is injecting himself alone in a cell.

How do Haqqani's fighters get inside the US embassy in Homeland's fourth season?

Through a secret tunnel: the ambassador's own husband had told the ISI about the hidden way in, and Haqqani's men use it to storm the building and kill dozens of Americans.

Whom does Quinn die saving in Homeland's season six finale?

Keane and Carrie: in the season six finale Quinn drives the president-elect and Carrie out past a line of soldiers who open fire, and dies of his wounds once the car is clear.

Who kills Max Piotrowski in Homeland's final season?

Jalal Haqqani, the hardline son of Haissam Haqqani, shoots Max while holding him captive after the presidential helicopter crash, and Carrie can only wait beside his body.

Why does President Keane resign at the end of season seven?

She sees herself as too divisive: newly reinstated, Keane tells the nation that after all that has happened the whole country can no longer trust her, and hands power to her vice president.

The actor behind Homeland's Saul Berenson played which swordsman in The Princess Bride?

Inigo Montoya spends the film hunting the six-fingered man who killed his father and finally duels him; the Saul actor played him in 1987, 24 years before Homeland began.

Which husband of the U.S. ambassador becomes the ISI's mole inside the Islamabad embassy?

Dennis Boyd, played by Mark Moses, is blackmailed by ISI officer Tasneem Qureishi into spying from inside the embassy, and what he passes on enables the deadly assault in season four.

Which job gives Saul's Kremlin asset Anna Pomerantseva access to the secrets of the GRU's chief?

Interpreter: Anna Pomerantseva translates for Russia's top officials, and when Carrie gives her name to the Russians she kills herself moments before they come for her.

Which actress played Simone Martin, the Russian asset at the center of season seven?

Sandrine Holt played Simone Martin, a Russian intelligence officer and the White House chief of staff's girlfriend, whose testimony is meant to sink President Keane; Saul's team later snatches her out of Russia.

Whose real-life death was reflected in the passing of Carrie's father Frank?

James Rebhorn's death in March 2014 led the writers to have his character, Frank Mathison, die off-screen in season four, and the finale brings Carrie home for the funeral.

Which 1994 teen drama first brought Claire Danes recognition?

My So-Called Life, the 1994 ABC series, starred a teenage Claire Danes as Angela Chase; she won a Golden Globe for it even though the show was cancelled after a single season.

Which billionaire did Damian Lewis play in the drama Billions?

Bobby Axelrod, the hedge-fund billionaire of Billions, was Lewis's role from 2016 to 2021; he left after five seasons and returned for the seventh and final season.

Which HBO miniseries starred Damian Lewis as Major Richard Winters?

Band of Brothers, the 2001 HBO miniseries from Spielberg and Hanks, starred Lewis as Major Richard Winters, the real Easy Company officer who led the 506th's paratroopers from Normandy to Austria.

Which profiler did Mandy Patinkin play on Criminal Minds before Homeland?

Jason Gideon, the BAU's senior profiler, was Patinkin's role on Criminal Minds from 2005 until he abruptly left in 2007, later calling the show's violence destructive to his soul.

Which Star Wars villain did the actor behind Peter Quinn play in Obi-Wan Kenobi?

The Grand Inquisitor, chief of the Empire's Jedi hunters, was the Quinn actor's role in the 2022 series Obi-Wan Kenobi, where a fellow Inquisitor, Reva, runs him through just as he moves to arrest Kenobi.

The actress behind Homeland's Carrie Mathison starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in which 1996 film?

Romeo + Juliet cast her as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's modern-dress Shakespeare; she was then among the actresses considered to play opposite DiCaprio again in Titanic, but felt the part was not for her.

Which FX drama did Gideon Raff create after Homeland?

Tyrant, created by Gideon Raff and developed with Howard Gordon, follows a dictator's son drawn back home after 20 years as a paediatrician in America; FX cancelled it in 2016 after three seasons.

Which 1990s sci-fi series employed both of Homeland's developers as producers?

The X-Files hired both Homeland developers as supervising producers for its 1993 launch after an unsold pilot of theirs caught its creator's eye; Howard Gordon stayed until 1997.

Claire Danes won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for playing which real woman in a 2010 HBO film?

Temple Grandin, the autistic scientist whose designs changed how ranches and slaughterhouses handle livestock, was Danes's role in HBO's 2010 biopic, which drew on Grandin's own memoirs.

Claire Danes studied at which university for two years before leaving to focus on acting?

Yale: Danes paused a busy film career in 1998 to study psychology there, then left after two years to go back to acting.

Mandy Patinkin won a Tony Award in the first Broadway production of which musical?

Evita: Patinkin's Che, the narrator who needles Eva Perón all evening, won him the 1980 Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical opposite Patti LuPone, his first success in musical theatre.

Homeland's Damian Lewis was educated at which famous English boarding school before the Guildhall School of Music and Drama?

Eton College sent Lewis on to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, yet the English public schoolboy made his name playing Americans, from soldiers to a hedge-fund billionaire.