- Network: SHOWTIME
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2011
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The show hasn't lost its clever agility at building pressure-cooker suspense and then lobbing in a surprise. [8 Oct 2012, p.55]
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Homeland is as riveting and addictive as when we last saw it, kicking off with no lull in the pulse-pounding action.
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Given the extravagances of the plot and the characters, that it feels plausibly seated in the real world is a testament to everyone involved in its production. But it is especially due to the actors.
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What's most important is that Homeland provides a smart, thrilling hour of entertainment for the next 12 weeks.
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From the edge of your seat, you wonder if they can possibly keep topping themselves. Based on the first two episodes, the answer is a resounding and brilliant yes.
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Television's best drama series is, in short, back with all that was delectable about season one on vivid display again-first-class writing, sterling performances, rocketing suspense.
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With the bar set at Emmy, Homeland has little room to falter. With this return episode, it doesn't.
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The story remains completely realistic and believable while paving new roads for future developments.
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The show doesn't seem to have lost any ballast moving forward from the intensity of season one.
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There's nothing about the two episodes I've seen that makes me think the second season won't be as addictive as the first.
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Despite its depth and ambition, this is one great drama that never becomes cumbersome--it never feels like a chore imposed upon us by the God of High TV Art.
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Sunday's season premiere sustains the quality of the first season, continues the story line in a completely credible way, and then opens up even more possibilities for future plot developments.
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The series' thriller engine turns on, turns over and begins to purr.
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Bigger, brassier and even more thrilling, Homeland has boosted the stakes.
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Without a doubt, Homeland is the best drama on TV right now.
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It's still Homeland, and it's good.
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It's the suspense these two leads endure--a suspense Homeland dramatizes in a swift, sure manner and then transfers to the viewer--that makes this show so unnervingly terrific.
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Take a look at the second season's first episodes, and you'll see it in a nervy concoction of writing and acting.
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Once the narrative begins hitting its stride in the second episode, it's clear the program remains on a rarefied creative tier, tantalizingly mixing terrific performances with anything-can-happen edge.
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If the first two episodes are any indication, this season of Homeland will be about Carrie not only recovering her balance but finding a measure of redemption. That's a trip worth taking.
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Even when the spy-thriller plot gears are audibly grinding, the acting remains expertly calibrated.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 655 out of 759
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Mixed: 39 out of 759
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Negative: 65 out of 759
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