Season 7


Broadcast
Original run	February 11, 2018 - April 29, 2018
No. of Episodes	12
Length
Nielsen rating	18-49 rating: 0,30 Viewers (million): 1.23
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1	August 13, 2018
Blu-ray Disc release
Region A	August 13, 2018
Seasons
Previous	Season 6
Next	Season 8

Season 7 of Homeland premiered on February 11, 2018 and concluded on April 29, 2018. It is the penultimate season.

Summary[]

Carrie has left her job in the White House and moved back to D.C. to live with her sister Maggie. She takes on the Keane administration to secure the release of the 200 members of the intelligence community who were arrested under President Keane's orders the previous season.

Plot[]

In its 7th season, it continues the threatening and catastrophic events of the previous year. In order to save President Elizabeth Keane (Elizabeth Marvel), Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend) sacrifices himself, which forces Keane to embark on a mission to protect himself and annihilate his would-be assassins. As a result, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), his former ally, is prevented from having access to the White House, and Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin) finds himself behind bars. The new season begins almost 2 months after the aforementioned events and finds Keane increasingly paranoid.

For Variety, Alex Gansa, showrunner of Homeland, said he was inspired by the election of Donald Trump and the headlines coming out of Washington, more specifically by the administration's war with its own intelligence committee: “There is something very significant happening in our lives right now, and in Homeland, we are in a unique position to comment on it in one way or another. It was an impossible temptation to resist. What’s happening now with the intelligence committee is exactly what we’re dramatizing.” “Our main goal is to entertain and take Carrie Mathison into the next chapter of her life. (...) We chose to put her in the middle of circumstances that slightly mirror what’s happening in the real world, to see how a character like her might engage in that world,” he says.

Homeland fans can expect some specific themes that have been presented in the past, such as the ability of people to be manipulated by fake news and how divided countries find themselves vulnerable to foreign attacks. “The theme for this year’s season is the breakdown of the country along with that of the protagonist Carrie Mathison. As her mental condition deteriorates, so does the condition of the country.”

The showrunner also commented on Keane, a character people were rooting for, but who had a drastic change in attitude after what happened. For him, post-traumatic stress is a natural response caused by the impact of the attack: “A lot of people think she’s going to be the villain of the season, and I have to say that we don’t see her as a villain. We see her as an isolated person who is truly afraid of enemies within her own government.”

Regarding the end of Homeland, Alex Gansa stated that the original plan was for the end of the series to be divided into two seasons, but they decided that the 7th would be a direct continuation of the 6th and that the 8th would be independent. The idea for the final season is that the series will follow in the footsteps of the original production on which it was based, the Israeli Prisoners of War, ending in Israel in some way.

Cast[]

Trivia[]

For this season, Maury Sterling, Jake Weber and Linus Roache were promoted to series regulars; Sterling has been recurring since the first season, while Weber and Roache both first appeared in the sixth season.
The seventh season began production on 11 September 2017, filming in Richmond, Virginia.
Filming wrapped in Budapest, Hungary on 29 March 2018.

Episodes[]

Title	Number	Season Number	Production Code	Original Airdate	U.S. viewers (million)
Enemy of the State	73	1	7WAH01	February 11, 2018	1.22
Carrie and Frannie are living with Maggie's family in DC. Saul and the federal employees detained after the attempt on the President-elect's life are in prison. President Keane's administration comes under scrutiny.
Rebel Rebel	74	2	7WAH02	February 18, 2018	1.12
Carrie makes a discovery. Wellington protects Keane. O'Keefe continues to broadcast.
Standoff	75	3	7WAH03	February 25, 2018	1.26
Carrie has a distressing realization. Saul negotiates. Keane and Wellington disagree.
Like Bad at Things	76	4	7WAH04	March 4, 2018	0.93
Carrie follows a lead. Saul's situation goes from bad to worse.
Active Measures	77	5	7WAH05	March 11, 2018	1.32
Carrie puts a plan in motion. Saul visits a source. Keane makes a desperate plea.
Species Jump	78	6	7WAH06	March 18, 2018	1.25
Saul calls an old friend. Wellington has a problem. Carrie enjoys a win.
Andante	79	7	7WAH07	March 25, 2018	1.28
Carrie makes a move. Wellington has a reckoning. Saul expands an operation.
Lies, Amplifiers, Fking Twitter	80	8	7WAH08	April 1, 2018	1.22
Carrie and Saul interrogate a suspect. Wellington makes a play.
Useful Idiot	81	9	7WAH09	April 8, 2018	1.24
Carrie has problems at home. Saul and Wellington work on Paley.
Clarity	82	10	7WAH10	April 15, 2018	1.28
Carrie needs to choose a side. Keane needs an ally. Saul has an idea.
All In	83	11	7WAH11	April 22, 2018	1.39
Saul's mission is a go. The clock ticks on the Keane administration.
Paean to the People	84	12	7WAH12	April 29, 2018	1.30
Carrie and Saul's mission doesn't go as planned. Elizabeth Keane fights for her presidency.

Production Notes[]

Showtime renewed the series for a seventh season of 12 episodes on August 11, 2016.
Production began on September 11, 2017 and ended in Budapest, Hungary in late March 2018.
The writers initially planned for the series' seventh and eighth seasons to comprise one two-season arc, but current events surrounding the U.S. government convinced them to instead continue the arc from Season 6 into this season.