Homeland Season 3 *Spoilers*

New plot details have emerged for the third season of Homeland.

The Showtime drama's next run of episodes will concern a "global manhunt for the world's most wanted terrorist" Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis).

A release from the cable network reads: "As Carrie (Claire Danes) and Saul (Mandy Patinkin) begin to pick up the pieces of their shattered professional and personal lives, they are swept up in the political and media firestorm surrounding the terror attack and the subsequent search for Brody's whereabouts."

In addition to Lewis, Danes and Patinkin, cast members Morena Baccarin (Jess Brody), Rupert Friend (Quinn), Jackson Pace (Chris Brody) and Morgan Saylor (Dana Brody) are all confirmed to return.

However, neither David Marciano (Virgil) or Diego Klattenhoff (Mike) will return to the show as regulars, though both may appear in a recurring capacity.

‘Homeland’ season 3 to add seven new characters to series


By Ste Taylorstevenjtay) at 9:30 am, May 15, 2013 | Reviewed by Lexxie Ehrenkaufer



Homeland season 3 will introduce seven new characters to the series with several characters seeming to be centered around Carrie Mathison.

Homeland season 3 will begin filming at the end of May, and we are slowly beginning to feed on news that the series is leaking out. Today, we learned that Homeland will add a staggering seven new characters to season 3 with many of them appearing to be concentrated around Carrie Mathison.
In an article with TV Guide, there was confirmation that the seven new characters are as follows:

Besides the expected new roles of a senator and National Security Advisor, the series is also casting actors to play psychiatrist Dr. Troy Richardson; a grandmother named Lois; a couple of girls in therapy plus a handsome young man named Leo; and a fortysomething guy who ends up being someone’s one-night stand.

Some of the new characters are going to be more integral than others, and we’re interested to see Dr. Troy Richardson, who we assume will be keeping a close eye on Carrie as she is in serious mental meltdown.
Also, we’ll see Lois, who we imagine to be the mother of Jessica Brody. With Jessica going through some serious issues regarding her marriage, we believe that Jessica will confide in Lois, and Lois will also look after Chris and Dana from time to time.

The latter five we presume will be part-time cast members and won’t be essential to the season’s plot. However, we reported news that Dana and Chris will be getting their own storyline in the future back in November, and we hope to see the new characters in Leo and the couple of girls in therapy give life to more character development for the young Brodys.
Homeland season 3 will start filming at the end of May, and premiere on September 29 over on Showtime.

A previous spoiler indicated that a Persian female will be playing a reoccurring role and that she will be a central character. E! News verified this rumor and revealed that her name is Fara. She is described as a keen woman whose intelligence and professionalism is unusual for her being so young. Fara will make her first appearance on episode 2, which is titled "Tower of David."

There will also be a group of troubled young adults according to Carter Matt. One will be a master charmer although not much else is known.
Other spoilers have stated that there will be a time jump when the show returns. Also, F. Murray Abraham and Sarita Choudhury will both be series regulars.

Two familiar "Homeland" faces have gotten a promotion, and they both have ties to the new acting director of the CIA: The one and only Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin).
According to HitFix, F. Murray Abraham has been upped to series regular after playing retired black ops specialist Dar Adal in a few key scenes in Season 2, while Sarita Choudhury will finally be getting more screen time (and, we assume, moving back home) as Saul's wife, Mira.
Although not much is known about Season 3 of "Homeland," it will pick up during the aftermath of the terrorist attack at the end of Season 2 that caused Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) to leave the country with the help of Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes).
Additionally, the new season will find Carrie and Saul working to rebuild their personal and professional lives in the midst of a media firestorm about the terrorist attack and the search for Brody.

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Yup, the leaked copy is minus the usual visual effects - it just has notes like "VFX - Bomb Damage" instead. Still very watchable and quite good.

Basq wrote: »

Essentially a workprint.. it's notes to a visual effects artists or editor to edit in a particular item or effects there.

Rasmus wrote: »

Thanks. So it's not leaked by the production company deliberately in that case!