History Series / Homeland

** [[spoiler: Abu Nazir's]] BurialAtSea reenacts [[DueToTheDead the same ceremony]] that was reportedly given to OsamaBinLaden.

* CaliforniaDoubling:
** Charlotte, North Carolina, doubles as DC and Northern Virginia. That is why so many cars lack front-mounted plates; NC does not require it.
** Tel Aviv doubles as Beirut in the first two eps of Season 2, as one of the show's exec producers is Israeli and barred from Lebanon as a result. The Lebanese government were not happy about the latter's portrayal.
** Cape Town, South Africa doubles as Islamabad and rural Pakistan in Season 4.

** In the 2nd and 3rd episodes of Season 1, Prince Farid bin Abbud is being investigated by Carrie over a video of him meeting Abu Nazi. It's later revealed that the Prince himself is innocent and his advisor is the one working with Nazir to fund his attacks. Despite the CIA knowing full well he's involved he is forgotten about every time they mention Nazir's associates[[note]]It is explained that they didn't grab him then and there because doing so would tip off whoever he funded, but after that point he is never mentioned again even when creating a list of all of his known or suspected associates.[[/note]]

* AnyoneCanDie: Main Characters -- [[spoiler: David Estes, Abu Nazir, Vice President Walden, Nicholas Brody.]] Recurring Characters -- [[spoiler:Cynthia Walden, Finn Walden, Tom Walker, Aileen Morgan, Raqim Faisel, Elizabeth Gaines, Lynn Reed, Fara Sherazi.]] And a host of lesser characters that get killed off in droves.

The show premiered in October 2011 and has won Golden Globes and Emmys for best series and best main actors (both Danes and Lewis) in the drama category. Its second season aired from September to December 2012. The third season completed its run in December 2013.

* DecoyProtagonist: Brody slowly loses his prominence as his arc peters out. Then he dies at the conclusion of Season 3.

In "The Choice", Saul recites the Kaddish incorrectly, without a proper prayer quorum and [[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels including a nonsensical line in Aramaic]].

In "The Choice", Saul recites the Kaddish incorrectly, without a proper prayer quorum and including a nonsensical line in Aramaic.

'''''Homeland''''' is a [[PsychologicalThriller psychological]] SpyDrama loosely based off the Israeli series ''[[Series/PrisonersOfWar Hatufim]]'' (literally "Abductees", English title ''Prisoners of War'') sharing an executive producer, co-developed by Gideon Raff, Alex Gansa and Alex Bererson, produced by Creator/{{Showtime}} and set during TheWarOnTerror.

* LivingProp: Lampshaded with the surveillance guy in Quinn and Carrie's operation, who Quinn refers to as "[[TheSilentBob the mute]]".

A raid on a terrorist safehouse in the Middle East leads to the rescue of USMC Sergeant Nicholas Brody (Creator/DamianLewis), who has been missing in action for eight years. Brody receives a hero's welcome from his wife Jessica (Morena Baccarin), {{CIA}} Deputy Director David Estes (David Harewood), the Vice President and the entire country -- but not from Carrie Mathison (Creator/ClaireDanes), a former CIA Operations Officer. Based on intelligence from her last (and completely unauthorised) mission, Carrie believes that Brody is a sleeper agent waiting to be activated. With the help of her mentor, CIA Middle East section chief Saul Berenson (Creator/MandyPatinkin), Carrie sets out to prove that Brody, seen by the world as an American hero, is really a traitor.

* WorthyOpponent: Saul compliments Ivan Krupin with admiration for the major penteration inside the American intelligence masterminded by his Russian counterpart.

** [[spoiler: Brody's standing amongst his family, friends and the whole nation gets smashed when his immolation recording is revealed to the public.]]
** Ambassador Martha Boyd in Season 4. She is undermined in front of the Pakistani's by both Lockhart and the President, her embassy [[spoiler: is attacked by terrorists who leave over 30 people dead]] and her husband [[spoiler: commits treason]], which threatens to ruin her reputation in the State Department by association.

* CorruptBureaucrat: Most of the high ranking members of the Pakistani ISI in season 4, with the exception of Col. Khan, are sympathetic towards the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. This leads to them being less than helpful toward their supposed American "allies", especially when [[spoiler: Saul and Carries convoy is bombed and the US Embassy is attacked]].

* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Brody's standing amongst his family, friends and the whole nation gets smashed when his immolation recording is revealed to the public.]]

* TheMole: It's yet to be revealed. ''24'' shows this trope is AuthorAppeal for the writers but ''Homeland'' is averting or only implying it, as the existence of leaks is consistently mentioned.

* SpottingTheThread: Brody realizes there is something fishy with Carrie when she shows undue knowledge of his favorite tea.

** Abu Nazir means, roughly, "father of foreboding" in Arabic. It also doubles as a NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: The whole show is full of it. On one side is the CIA and the American government, who are repeatedly shown bending and breaking their own rules. This is often shown to put lives at risk. On the other side is a war hero who suffered years of torture by Al-Qaeda. [[spoiler:and has been turned into a WellIntentionedExtremist after witnessing the murder and cover-up of 83 children in a US drone strike]]. When Abu Nazir is directly involved it becomes BlackAndGreyMorality as he has a prior history of [[ItsPersonal non-personal]] killings in several spots around the globe and the American operatives, despite their flaws, try to make a difference between warfare and terrorism and don't condone the actions of their Vice-President.

* HeroicSacrifice: In "A False Glimmer" Qasim tries to stop Bibi from triggering the gas, gets shot for his trouble, but still manages to pull him away from it long enough to stop Bibi from triggering the gas and letting Carrie shoot him, saving thousands of lives. He dies in Carrie's arms as she recites an Islamic prayer for him.

* HeroicSacrifice: In "A False Glimmer" Qasim tries to stop Bibi from triggering the gas, gets shot for his trouble, but still manages to pull him away from it long enough. This stops Bibi from releasing the gas, along with letting Carrie shoot him, saving thousands of lives.

*** As with Brody, she's a (villain) {{Deuteragonist}} or {{Tritagonist}} with Carrie the main protagonist and Saul another secondary protagonist. While anything like this may be proven wrong with the season not yet over, she may prove to be a great example of EvenEvilHasStandards as she, as of this addition, seems poised despite being a DoubleAgent, to help prevent a Paris-style terrorist attack in Berlin.

* VillainProtagonist: Brody is an Islamic terrorist, kills people, cheats on his wife, etc., etc.

** [[spoiler: In Season 5, Saul orders that Carrie be bumped off because he believes she has become a liability to the CIA.]]