What We Know From Homeland's Season 4 Trailer
New episodes of 'Homeland' are just around the corner! With season four of the hit CIA Showtime thriller premiering on October 5, more details regarding the cast and plot points are coming out each day. However, last week brought fans the most exciting thing they could wish for: a season four teaser trailer.
It may only be a minute long, but it's as heart racing as Homeland always is. The trailer cuts to various scenes from the upcoming season, including Claire Danes reprising her role as Carrie Mathison in her new position as station chief of CIA. You see her stationed in Pakistan on the frontlines of war, and you've also got a familar shot of her downing some prescription meds with wine. Some things never change. Most notably? Carrie is seen sitting on her bed beside a picture of her and her newborn baby. Last we saw at the end of 'Homeland's season three, Carrie was eight months pregnant when her father offered to take care of the child as she worked overseas. Sadly, the actor who played her father, James Rebhorn, passed away last March from melanoma. The show plans to honor the actor but hasn't said how yet.
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As far as the other cast members go in the trailer, you can find Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin) in a position of importance, telling Carrie "Happy hunting" as the clip concludes. Though his appearance is brief, it's safe to assume that his impact on the season won't lessen from the previous ones. Rupert Friend, on the other hand, is back as the super badass Pete Quinn, and he's level of awesome is definitely going to be turned up a notch. Seen shirtless and choking Dar Adal, shooting a gun at somebody at point blank range, and asking Carrie, "What the hell is wrong with you?," there's going to be plenty of conflict surrounding one of Homeland's most intriguing characters.
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There's going to be a couple of new faces to 'Homeland,' too, and they can also be found in the trailer. Joining the cast are names such as Suraj Sharma, who plays the Pakistani medical student Aayan Ibrahim. Carrie can be seen approaching him, wanting to be the one to "tell his important story." Raza Jeffrey will be playing Aasar Khan, a lieutenant colonel for Pakistan's intelligence agency, and he's found telling Carrie that he hopes she'll be on her best behavior. Not likely. Additionally, actors Corey Stoll and Michael O'Keefe will appear in the upcoming season as recurring cast members, too, so there won't be any shortage of potential character development.
Of course, Homeland will also be without one of its leads in the past three seasons, Nicholas Brody. The U.S. Marine turned terrorist and father of Carrie's baby was ultimately killed off in the season three finale. While shocking, it was a much needed breath of fresh air for the series. The Brody storyline was hanging by a thread, and there wasn't much more that could be told. In fact, some critics would say that the character well overstayed its welcome, and Brody's departure busts the door wide open for possible Homeland scenarios now. This also means that Brody's family of his wife and two irritating kids will also most likely not be included in the upcoming season, which can only mean good things.
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As season four is essentially a 'Homeland' reboot, the series is looking to get back on its feet. After two consecutive nods at a "best drama" Emmy nomination, it didn't get any recognition this year for the category, which series co-creator Alex Gansa described as "painful." "The criticism hurt. The lack of an Emmy nomination hurt," he said. "But we're going to come back strong." Though we've still got some time until we get see if Gansa is right, the trailers and clips thus far is making 'Homeland' look like the version of the show that won its "best drama" award not too long ago.