Homeland

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Season 6
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2011
Season #: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
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Critic Reviews

  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Jan 12, 2017
    100
    The first two episodes promise a contemplative sixth as opposed to a shock-and-awe one.
  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Jan 17, 2017
    83
    It’s smart writing for smart characters. Six seasons in and Danes and the writers keep Carrie a complicated character who sometimes does the wrong thing.
  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Jan 9, 2017
    83
    It’s in these studious details that Homeland gains its veteran edge. By Season 6, we know these characters quite well. The extreme situations surrounding them force development and drama, but the writers know to craft seemingly innocuous dialogue that cuts deep or casually incorporate key details that come back in a big way.
  5. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Edward Love
    Jan 17, 2017
    80
    One questionable character aside, Homeland is off to a strong start and the new setting is a great change of scenery.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Jan 13, 2017
    80
    In Homeland (as in “24,” also from the executive producer Howard Gordon), we look forward to the questions almost as much as to the answers. In the meantime, there’s more than enough pleasure to be had from the cast to keep us interested.
  7. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Jan 12, 2017
    75
    It’s a solid enough re-start to a series that Showtime already has renewed for two more seasons beyond this one.
  8. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Jan 13, 2017
    70
    At this point, its plot development feels as ruthlessly competent as its characters. It’s not revelatory, but it’s also much better than most shows in their sixth seasons can claim to be.
  9. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Emily VanDerWerff
    Jan 13, 2017
    70
    Homeland might have learned how to turn its history into an asset, but it also can’t escape the fact that, like most shows with long runs, it can do little to surprise us anymore. Danes keeps Carrie watchable through the sheer force of her charisma, and Patinkin is always a treat.
  10. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jan 10, 2017
    70
    The first two episodes set up enough surprises and double-crosses to suggest a promising new season.
  11. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jeff Jensen
    Jan 13, 2017
    67
    Ultimately, Homeland‘s first two episodes do enough to earn your interest. But it feels a lot like Quinn: haunted by the past, disoriented in the present, and perhaps incapable of moving into the future.

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User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 125 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 125
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 125
  3. Negative: 27 out of 125
  1. EludiumQ36
    Feb 11, 2017
    1
    After three episodes, I'm calling Time of Death. This is the most pathetic start to "Homeland" in its five seasons. It's boring, plodding, andAfter three episodes, I'm calling Time of Death. This is the most pathetic start to "Homeland" in its five seasons. It's boring, plodding, and tainted with more political crap that none of us wants to deal with after the insane election of 2016. Whoever drew up the architecture for this season is to be fired. But that's just me. If you want to see Carrie as a mommy, as a Muslim sympathizer, and a surrogate to a Hillary stand-in, then knock yourself out, but this isn't the same series it's been to now; and it's likely the final season. I don't see a renewal after this travesty. Movin' on.… Full Review »
  2. SDSurfer
    Jan 30, 2017
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. While I have greatly enjoyed Homeland over the years, this year seems like a blizzard of leftist talking points with a plot line thrown in. Whether it's Saul lecturing his Israeli sister over the settlement that she lives in, or alleged American war crimes being presented as fact, the ravages of PTSD, the Iranian nuclear deal actually being taken seriously, etc. etc. etc., it's just a bit heavy on the preaching.

    Will still tune in out of habit, and to see if twists balance out the obvious political slant to the writing, but I'm almost at the point where I'll just cut to the chase and read the latest from Buzzfeed instead.    … Full Review »
  3. shooter17
    Mar 4, 2017
    1
    Very disappointing season (6 shows in) for the once very strong show. Not sure what happened to the writers from past seasons but maybe theyVery disappointing season (6 shows in) for the once very strong show. Not sure what happened to the writers from past seasons but maybe they went on strike or went onto other things - leaving the show this season to be written by the college interns from UC Berkeley. So disappointed with the extreme liberal left views on this show and now making our CIA organization to be similar with Putin's old KGB team. And don't even get me going with the incredibly stupid Quinn storyline - I'm surprised the actor went along with these scripts...pathetic. Just so frustrated with a show that once so good and so riveting...now, not sure what Danes is doing but she needs to stop the crap about being a lawyer for a person who hates America and get back to producing a good story about espionage. Very disappointed with you Claire and the rest of this team. Might be the last season for me....… Full Review »
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