Homeland
Pilot
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 2011-10-02
Synopsis
In the opener of this "Manchurian Candidate"-like political thriller, a marine rescued after eight years as a POW in Afghanistan returns home a war hero. But a CIA operative suspects he may actually be an enemy agent with a connection to Al Qaeda and part of a plan to commit a terrorist act on U.S. soil.
In the series
This episode is part of Homeland (2011–2020) on Showtime.
War-on-terror paranoia prestige — Carrie Mathison as brilliant, unstable center.
Key cast
- Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison
- Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody
- Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson
- Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn
- Morena Baccarin as Jessica Brody