Many fans of "Homeland" were quite upset with the direction the series was headed in last season, but in a surprising twist we have learned that the show is planning to reinvent itself in season five. Executive producer Alex Gansa revealed some major changes are coming for Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) and her cast of supporting characters.
Gansa revealed that season five will pick up two and a half years after the events of the fourth season with Carrie no longer working at the CIA. Gansa said Danes' character will "no longer be an intelligence officer." He also said they would be moving production to Europe, "Probably in Germany," Gansa added.
This is not the first nor second time "Homeland" has changed its location. The first three seasons took place in Washington D.C. with the last season in Islamabad, Pakistan, though it was shot in South Africa. However, season four of the show came under fire due to the depiction of the Pakistani government as colluding the Taliban terrorist group.
Other than the resume change for Carrie and the set location, no other big plot reveals were announced. No news on whether Rupert Friend's Peter Quinn will be returning or even a start date for season five. Gansa did reveal that writers Alex Cary and Chip Johannessen are taking a leave from the next season.
Meanwhile at January’s TCA, Showtime Networks President David Nevins teased the upcoming seasons plot line saying, “We’re not necessarily going to stay now and forever about the American — the U.S.. relations in the Muslim world.” In the Q&A session, Gansa was asked about how extremists and the threat of ISIS might play into next season’s stories.“That’s the challenge every year,” he said. “Front and center (is) what’s happening in Syria and Iraq. As Alex (Cary) and Chip said, we try to humanize our villains and our adversaries. People down there are difficult to humanize and to understand. How do we dramatize — do we give them a platform? I don’t know.”
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