# List of Homeland episodes

Homeland is an American espionage thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War created by Gideon Raff, who serves as an executive producer on Homeland. The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a CIA operations officer. The first three seasons focus on Mathison's belief that an American prisoner of war, Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) was turned by the enemy, and now poses a significant risk to national security. The subsequent seasons follow Mathison's continued covert work. The series premiered on October 2, 2011, on Showtime, and concluded on April 26, 2020, after eight seasons and 96 episodes.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| 1 | 12 | 12 | October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02) | December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18) |
| 2 | 12 | 12 | September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30) | December 16, 2012 (2012-12-16) |
| 3 | 12 | 12 | September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29) | December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15) |
| 4 | 12 | 12 | October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05) | December 21, 2014 (2014-12-21) |
| 5 | 12 | 12 | October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) | December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20) |
| 6 | 12 | 12 | January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15) | April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09) |
| 7 | 12 | 12 | February 11, 2018 (2018-02-11) | April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29) |
| 8 | 12 | 12 | February 9, 2020 (2020-02-09) | April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2011)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Michael Cuesta | Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa & Gideon Raff | October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02) | 1WAH79 | 1.08 |
| 2 | 2 | "Grace" | Michael Cuesta | Story by : Alex Gansa Teleplay by : Alexander Cary | October 9, 2011 (2011-10-09) | 1WAH01 | 0.94 |
| 3 | 3 | "Clean Skin" | Dan Attias | Chip Johannessen | October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16) | 1WAH02 | 1.08 |
| 4 | 4 | "Semper I" | Jeffrey Nachmanoff | Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa | October 23, 2011 (2011-10-23) | 1WAH03 | 1.10 |
| 5 | 5 | "Blind Spot" | Clark Johnson | Alexander Cary | October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30) | 1WAH04 | 1.28 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Good Soldier" | Brad Turner | Henry Bromell | November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06) | 1WAH05 | 1.33 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Weekend" | Michael Cuesta | Meredith Stiehm | November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13) | 1WAH06 | 1.42 |
| 8 | 8 | "Achilles Heel" | Tucker Gates | Chip Johannessen | November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20) | 1WAH07 | 1.20 |
| 9 | 9 | "Crossfire" | Jeffrey Nachmanoff | Alexander Cary | November 27, 2011 (2011-11-27) | 1WAH08 | 1.35 |
| 10 | 10 | "Representative Brody" | Guy Ferland | Henry Bromell | December 4, 2011 (2011-12-04) | 1WAH09 | 1.22 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Vest" | Clark Johnson | Meredith Stiehm & Chip Johannessen | December 11, 2011 (2011-12-11) | 1WAH10 | 1.32 |
| 12 | 12 | "Marine One" | Michael Cuesta | Story by : Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon Teleplay by : Alex Gansa & Chip Johannessen | December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18) | 1WAH11 | 1.71 |

### Season 2 (2012)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 13 | 1 | "The Smile" | Michael Cuesta | Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon | September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30) | 2WAH01 | 1.73 |
| 14 | 2 | "Beirut Is Back" | Michael Cuesta | Chip Johannessen | October 7, 2012 (2012-10-07) | 2WAH02 | 1.66 |
| 15 | 3 | "State of Independence" | Lodge Kerrigan | Alexander Cary | October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14) | 2WAH03 | 1.48 |
| 16 | 4 | "New Car Smell" | David Semel | Meredith Stiehm | October 21, 2012 (2012-10-21) | 2WAH04 | 1.75 |
| 17 | 5 | "Q&A" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Henry Bromell | October 28, 2012 (2012-10-28) | 2WAH05 | 2.07 |
| 18 | 6 | "A Gettysburg Address" | Guy Ferland | Chip Johannessen | November 4, 2012 (2012-11-04) | 2WAH06 | 1.74 |
| 19 | 7 | "The Clearing" | John Dahl | Meredith Stiehm | November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11) | 2WAH07 | 1.91 |
| 20 | 8 | "I'll Fly Away" | Michael Cuesta | Story by : Howard Gordon & Chip Johannessen Teleplay by : Chip Johannessen | November 18, 2012 (2012-11-18) | 2WAH08 | 1.87 |
| 21 | 9 | "Two Hats" | Dan Attias | Alexander Cary | November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25) | 2WAH09 | 2.02 |
| 22 | 10 | "Broken Hearts" | Guy Ferland | Henry Bromell | December 2, 2012 (2012-12-02) | 2WAH10 | 2.20 |
| 23 | 11 | "In Memoriam" | Jeremy Podeswa | Chip Johannessen | December 9, 2012 (2012-12-09) | 2WAH11 | 2.36 |
| 24 | 12 | "The Choice" | Michael Cuesta | Alex Gansa & Meredith Stiehm | December 16, 2012 (2012-12-16) | 2WAH12 | 2.29 |

### Season 3 (2013)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 25 | 1 | "Tin Man Is Down" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Alex Gansa & Barbara Hall | September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29) | 3WAH01 | 1.88 |
| 26 | 2 | "Uh... Oh... Ah..." | Lesli Linka Glatter | Chip Johannessen | October 6, 2013 (2013-10-06) | 3WAH02 | 1.83 |
| 27 | 3 | "Tower of David" | Clark Johnson | Henry Bromell & William Bromell | October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13) | 3WAH03 | 1.81 |
| 28 | 4 | "Game On" | David Nutter | James Yoshimura & Alex Gansa | October 20, 2013 (2013-10-20) | 3WAH04 | 1.77 |
| 29 | 5 | "The Yoga Play" | Clark Johnson | Patrick Harbinson | October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27) | 3WAH05 | 2.00 |
| 30 | 6 | "Still Positive" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Alexander Cary | November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03) | 3WAH06 | 2.00 |
| 31 | 7 | "Gerontion" | Carl Franklin | Chip Johannessen | November 10, 2013 (2013-11-10) | 3WAH07 | 1.85 |
| 32 | 8 | "A Red Wheelbarrow" | Seith Mann | Alex Gansa & James Yoshimura | November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17) | 3WAH08 | 1.78 |
| 33 | 9 | "One Last Thing" | Jeffrey Reiner | Barbara Hall | November 24, 2013 (2013-11-24) | 3WAH09 | 1.94 |
| 34 | 10 | "Good Night" | Keith Gordon | Alexander Cary & Charlotte Stoudt | December 1, 2013 (2013-12-01) | 3WAH10 | 2.06 |
| 35 | 11 | "Big Man in Tehran" | Daniel Minahan | Chip Johannessen & Patrick Harbinson | December 8, 2013 (2013-12-08) | 3WAH11 | 2.09 |
| 36 | 12 | "The Star" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Alex Gansa & Meredith Stiehm | December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15) | 3WAH12 | 2.38 |

### Season 4 (2014)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 37 | 1 | "The Drone Queen" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Alex Gansa | October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05) | 4WAH01 | 1.61 |
| 38 | 2 | "Trylon and Perisphere" | Keith Gordon | Chip Johannessen | October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05) | 4WAH02 | 1.61 |
| 39 | 3 | "Shalwar Kameez" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Alexander Cary | October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12) | 4WAH03 | 1.22 |
| 40 | 4 | "Iron in the Fire" | Michael Offer | Patrick Harbinson | October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19) | 4WAH04 | 1.35 |
| 41 | 5 | "About a Boy" | Charlotte Sieling | Meredith Stiehm | October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26) | 4WAH05 | 1.52 |
| 42 | 6 | "From A to B and Back Again" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Chip Johannessen | November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02) | 4WAH06 | 1.54 |
| 43 | 7 | "Redux" | Carl Franklin | Alexander Cary | November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09) | 4WAH07 | 1.55 |
| 44 | 8 | "Halfway to a Donut" | Alex Graves | Chip Johannessen | November 16, 2014 (2014-11-16) | 4WAH08 | 1.66 |
| 45 | 9 | "There's Something Else Going On" | Seith Mann | Patrick Harbinson | November 23, 2014 (2014-11-23) | 4WAH09 | 1.77 |
| 46 | 10 | "13 Hours in Islamabad" | Dan Attias | Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon | December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07) | 4WAH10 | 1.95 |
| 47 | 11 | "Krieg Nicht Lieb" | Clark Johnson | Alexander Cary & Chip Johannessen | December 14, 2014 (2014-12-14) | 4WAH11 | 2.11 |
| 48 | 12 | "Long Time Coming" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Meredith Stiehm | December 21, 2014 (2014-12-21) | 4WAH12 | 1.92 |

### Season 5 (2015)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 49 | 1 | "Separation Anxiety" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Chip Johannessen & Ted Mann | October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) | 5WAH01 | 1.66 |
| 50 | 2 | "The Tradition of Hospitality" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Patrick Harbinson | October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11) | 5WAH02 | 1.40 |
| 51 | 3 | "Super Powers" | Keith Gordon | Alex Gansa & Meredith Stiehm | October 18, 2015 (2015-10-18) | 5WAH03 | 1.11 |
| 52 | 4 | "Why Is This Night Different?" | John Coles | Ron Nyswaner | October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25) | 5WAH04 | 1.63 |
| 53 | 5 | "Better Call Saul" | Michael Offer | Benjamin Cavell & Alex Gansa | November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01) | 5WAH05 | 1.30 |
| 54 | 6 | "Parabiosis" | Alex Graves | Chip Johannessen & Ted Mann | November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08) | 5WAH06 | 1.35 |
| 55 | 7 | "Oriole" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Alex Gansa & Patrick Harbinson | November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15) | 5WAH07 | 1.35 |
| 56 | 8 | "All About Allison" | Dan Attias | Ron Nyswaner | November 22, 2015 (2015-11-22) | 5WAH08 | 1.47 |
| 57 | 9 | "The Litvinov Ruse" | Tucker Gates | Story by : Howard Gordon & Patrick Harbinson Teleplay by : Alex Gansa | November 29, 2015 (2015-11-29) | 5WAH09 | 1.42 |
| 58 | 10 | "New Normal" | Dan Attias | Meredith Stiehm & Charlotte Stoudt | December 6, 2015 (2015-12-06) | 5WAH10 | 1.74 |
| 59 | 11 | "Our Man in Damascus" | Seith Mann | David Fury | December 13, 2015 (2015-12-13) | 5WAH11 | 1.84 |
| 60 | 12 | "A False Glimmer" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Liz Flahive & Alex Gansa & Ron Nyswaner | December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20) | 5WAH12 | 2.07 |

### Season 6 (2017)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 61 | 1 | "Fair Game" | Keith Gordon | Alex Gansa & Ted Mann | January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15) | 6WAH01 | 1.08 |
| 62 | 2 | "The Man in the Basement" | Keith Gordon | Chip Johannessen | January 22, 2017 (2017-01-22) | 6WAH02 | 1.45 |
| 63 | 3 | "The Covenant" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Ron Nyswaner | January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29) | 6WAH03 | 1.13 |
| 64 | 4 | "A Flash of Light" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Patrick Harbinson | February 12, 2017 (2017-02-12) | 6WAH04 | 1.05 |
| 65 | 5 | "Casus Belli" | Alex Graves | Chip Johannessen | February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19) | 6WAH05 | 1.07 |
| 66 | 6 | "The Return" | Alex Graves | Charlotte Stoudt | February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26) | 6WAH06 | 0.90 |
| 67 | 7 | "Imminent Risk" | Tucker Gates | Ron Nyswaner | March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05) | 6WAH07 | 1.44 |
| 68 | 8 | "alt.truth" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Patrick Harbinson | March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12) | 6WAH08 | 1.27 |
| 69 | 9 | "Sock Puppets" | Dan Attias | Chip Johannessen & Evan Wright | March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19) | 6WAH09 | 1.26 |
| 70 | 10 | "The Flag House" | Michael Klick | Alex Gansa | March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26) | 6WAH10 | 1.43 |
| 71 | 11 | "R Is for Romeo" | Seith Mann | Chip Johannessen & Patrick Harbinson | April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02) | 6WAH11 | 1.34 |
| 72 | 12 | "America First" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Alex Gansa & Ron Nyswaner | April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09) | 6WAH12 | 1.90 |
* ↑ "Fair Game" was released online and on demand by Showtime on December 30, 2016 (2016-12-30), ahead of its broadcast on television.

### Season 7 (2018)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 73 | 1 | "Enemy of the State" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Debora Cahn & Alex Gansa | February 11, 2018 (2018-02-11) | 7WAH01 | 1.22 |
| 74 | 2 | "Rebel Rebel" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen | February 18, 2018 (2018-02-18) | 7WAH02 | 1.12 |
| 75 | 3 | "Standoff" | Michael Klick | Anya Leta & Ron Nyswaner | February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25) | 7WAH03 | 1.26 |
| 76 | 4 | "Like Bad at Things" | Alex Graves | Chip Johannessen & Patrick Harbinson | March 4, 2018 (2018-03-04) | 7WAH04 | 0.93 |
| 77 | 5 | "Active Measures" | Charlotte Sieling | Debora Cahn | March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11) | 7WAH05 | 1.32 |
| 78 | 6 | "Species Jump" | Michael Offer | Anya Leta & Ron Nyswaner | March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18) | 7WAH06 | 1.25 |
| 79 | 7 | "Andante" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen | March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25) | 7WAH07 | 1.28 |
| 80 | 8 | "Lies, Amplifiers, Fucking Twitter" | Tucker Gates | Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen | April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01) | 7WAH08 | 1.22 |
| 81 | 9 | "Useful Idiot" | Nelson McCormick | Debora Cahn | April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08) | 7WAH09 | 1.24 |
| 82 | 10 | "Clarity" | Dan Attias | Howard Gordon & Ron Nyswaner | April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15) | 7WAH10 | 1.28 |
| 83 | 11 | "All In" | Alex Graves | Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen | April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22) | 7WAH11 | 1.39 |
| 84 | 12 | "Paean to the People" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Alex Gansa | April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29) | 7WAH12 | 1.30 |

### Season 8 (2020)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 85 | 1 | "Deception Indicated" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Debora Cahn & Alex Gansa | February 9, 2020 (2020-02-09) | 8WAH01 | 0.60 |
| 86 | 2 | "Catch and Release" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen | February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16) | 8WAH02 | 0.68 |
| 87 | 3 | "False Friends" | Keith Gordon | Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon | February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23) | 8WAH03 | 0.71 |
| 88 | 4 | "Chalk One Up" | Seith Mann | Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen | March 1, 2020 (2020-03-01) | 8WAH04 | 0.73 |
| 89 | 5 | "Chalk Two Down" | Alex Graves | Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen | March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08) | 8WAH05 | 0.82 |
| 90 | 6 | "Two Minutes" | Tucker Gates | Debora Cahn | March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15) | 8WAH06 | 0.71 |
| 91 | 7 | "Fucker Shot Me" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen | March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22) | 8WAH07 | 1.09 |
| 92 | 8 | "Threnody(s)" | Michael Klick | Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen | March 29, 2020 (2020-03-29) | 8WAH08 | 0.75 |
| 93 | 9 | "In Full Flight" | Dan Attias | Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon | April 5, 2020 (2020-04-05) | 8WAH09 | 0.81 |
| 94 | 10 | "Designated Driver" | Michael Offer | Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen | April 12, 2020 (2020-04-12) | 8WAH10 | 0.89 |
| 95 | 11 | "The English Teacher" | Michael Cuesta | Patrick Harbinson & Chip Johannessen | April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19) | 8WAH11 | 0.96 |
| 96 | 12 | "Prisoners of War" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon | April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26) | 8WAH12 | 1.26 |

## Home video releases

| Season | Episodes | DVD and Blu-ray release dates | DVD and Blu-ray release dates | DVD and Blu-ray release dates |
| Season | Episodes | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 |
| 1 | 12 | August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28) | September 10, 2012 (2012-09-10) | September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19) |
| 2 | 12 | September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10) | September 23, 2013 (2013-09-23) | September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12) |
| 3 | 12 | September 9, 2014 (2014-09-09) | September 8, 2014 (2014-09-08) | September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24) |
| 4 | 12 | September 8, 2015 (2015-09-08) | June 15, 2015 (2015-06-15) | April 29, 2015 (2015-04-29) |
| 5 | 12 | January 10, 2017 (2017-01-10) | April 25, 2016 (2016-04-25) | April 27, 2016 (2016-04-27) |
| 6 | 12 | February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06) | July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03) | July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19) |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Average |
| | 1 | 1.08 | 0.94 | 1.08 | 1.10 | 1.28 | 1.33 | 1.42 | 1.20 | 1.35 | 1.22 | 1.32 | 1.71 | 1.25 |
| | 2 | 1.73 | 1.66 | 1.48 | 1.75 | 2.07 | 1.74 | 1.91 | 1.87 | 2.02 | 2.20 | 2.36 | 2.29 | 1.92 |
| | 3 | 1.88 | 1.83 | 1.81 | 1.77 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.85 | 1.78 | 1.94 | 2.06 | 2.09 | 2.38 | 1.95 |
| | 4 | 1.61 | 1.61 | 1.22 | 1.35 | 1.52 | 1.54 | 1.55 | 1.66 | 1.77 | 1.95 | 2.11 | 1.92 | 1.65 |
| | 5 | 1.66 | 1.40 | 1.11 | 1.63 | 1.30 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.47 | 1.42 | 1.74 | 1.84 | 2.07 | 1.53 |
| | 6 | 1.08 | 1.45 | 1.13 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 0.90 | 1.44 | 1.27 | 1.26 | 1.43 | 1.34 | 1.90 | 1.28 |
| | 7 | 1.22 | 1.12 | 1.26 | 0.93 | 1.32 | 1.25 | 1.28 | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.28 | 1.39 | 1.30 | 1.23 |
| | 8 | 0.60 | 0.68 | 0.71 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 0.71 | 1.09 | 0.75 | 0.81 | 0.89 | 0.96 | 1.26 | 0.83 |