Homeland (TV series) / Season 1

Season 1 of Homeland
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Episodes	12
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	Oct 2, 2011 - Dec 18, 2011 on Showtime
German-language first broadcast	Feb 3, 2013 - Apr 21, 2013 on Sat.1
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The first season of the American television series Homeland was first broadcast on television in 2011 on the US broadcaster Showtime . The German broadcaster Sat.1 took over the German-language first broadcast in 2013.

main characters

• Carrie Mathison: CIA agent
• Saul Berenson: Retired CIA division chief, Middle East expert
• Nicholas Brody: Marine Sergeant
• Mike Faber: Former Marine, close friend of Nicholas Brody
• Jessica Brody: Nicholas Brody's wife
• David Estes: Director of the CIA's Counter Terrorist Center

action

The first broadcast of the first season was from October 2 to December 18, 2011 on the US cable channel Showtime to see. The German-language premiere broadcast of the German Free TV transmitters Sat.1 from February 3 to April 21, 2013.

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script
1	1	The suspicion	pilot	Oct 2, 2011	Feb 3, 2013	Michael Cuesta	Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa , Gideon Raff
Carrie Mathison receives information from a terrorist captured in Iraq, from which she concludes that a captured American soldier is cooperating with terrorists. Some time later, Nicholas Brody, a sergeant in the US Marines , who had been missing for eight years, was rescued by a Delta Force command. Mathison is suspicious and believes Brody is working with the terrorists. Brody himself is received enthusiastically. His wife Jessica, who had a relationship with Nicholas' best friend, is initially shocked at the news that her husband is still alive. But she tries to have a normal family life with her husband and her two children again. Mathison, who has bipolar disorder and therefore takes clozapine , cannot convince her superiors of her suspicions. She therefore illegally installs cameras in Brody's house and also has him monitored, but there is no evidence to support her suspicion, although flashbacks make it clear that Brody lied several times about the time of his imprisonment. At the end of the first episode, she notices that Brody appears to be giving signals with his right hand during camera appearances and suspects that this is how he was trying to make contact with his cell.
2	2	The garage	Grace	Oct 9, 2011	Feb 3, 2013	Michael Cuesta	Alex Gansa & Alexander Cary
Brody is only slowly getting used to his American life. Initially, he refused any interview to the reporters who were besieging his house. He also wants nothing more to do with the military, which wants to use him for propaganda purposes, and the war. Again and again he was overwhelmed by panic attacks and memories of his imprisonment, in which he was apparently tortured, but also beat his fellow prisoners himself. Mathison continues her surveillance, backed up by her old friend and mentor Saul Berenson, whom she initially lied to about the matter. She also learns from Lynne Reed, a CIA source, that terrorist leader Abu Nazir was seen in Cyprus a few days ago. At the end of the episode, Brody, who has apparently converted to Islam, is seen praying in secret before he faces the reporters.
3	3	The necklace	Clean skin	Oct 16, 2011	Feb 10, 2013	Dan Attias	Chip Johannessen
The CIA, through Mathison's contact with Lynne Reed, is monitoring an Arab prince who has ties to Abu Nazir. But shortly afterwards Lynne is murdered. Mathison finally discovered that an extremely valuable necklace that Lynne had received as a gift from the prince and that disappeared after she was murdered was probably used to finance a terrorist. Meanwhile, Brody builds a good relationship with his daughter Dana, who is estranged from Jessica and knows about her affair with Brody's boyfriend Mike Faber. In an interview, Brody reveals that the terrorists tried to convince him during the interrogation and torture that everyone had given up on him and that he was all alone. He still seems to be suffering from the consequences of this, and it is also not yet possible for him to maintain an impartial, intimate relationship with his wife.
4th	4th	Alone in the rain	Semper I.	Oct 23, 2011	Feb. 17, 2013	Jeffrey Nachmanoff	Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon
Mathison is forced to dismantle the surveillance system in Brody's house. She finds the trace of one of Abu Nazir's men, but soon loses it again. Meanwhile, Brody, who plays skillfully with the media, threatens to break down mentally. At Jessica's insistence, he visits a support group of veterans, where he meets Mathison directly.
5	5	The blade	Blind spot	Oct 30, 2011	Feb. 24, 2013	Clark Johnson	Alexander Cary
One of the terrorists who held Brody is caught by the Americans and interrogated by the CIA. Brody is asked for help, which he also provides. The information leads Mathison to the man Abu Nazir who was shadowed by the CIA in the previous episode; but this can finally escape. When Brody expresses a desire to speak to the terrorist directly, Mathison refuses. Brody persuades David Estes to talk to the man, and a fight ensues between him and Brody. The terrorist is later found dead. Mathison suspects that Brody is implicated in both this and the escape of the Sleeper from Abu Nazir.
6th	6th	lying	The Good Soldier	Nov 6, 2011	3rd Mar 2013	Brad Turner	Henry Bromell
Brody attends the service in memory of his friend Thomas Walker, who was captured with him. Flashbacks show how Brody hit Walker several times during the imprisonment under pressure from the terrorists; now he is plagued by the memories of it. During a party that follows, Brody and Mike Faber quarrel. Mathison enforces that several people, including Brody, must undergo a polygraph test. The night before they both meet in a bar and then spend the night together. The next day, Brody passed the test, and when asked if he had ever cheated on his wife, he calmly replied "No". Meanwhile, Berenson follows the trail of the subsequently escaped man (Faisal), who escapes with his wife Aileen. Faisal is shot dead by strangers, but Aileen is able to flee.
7th	7th	The hut by the lake	The Weekend	Nov 13, 2011	10 Mar 2013	Michael Cuesta	Meredith Stiehm
Brody and Mathison spend a weekend together in a forest cabin and get closer. In the end, Mathison confronts Brody with her suspicion that an American prisoner was turned over. Almost simultaneously, Aileen, who wanted to leave for Mexico, is taken into custody by Berenson and identifies the sleeper. However, this is not Brody, but his comrade from Iraq Tom Walker, whom everyone thought was dead. Brody leaves Mathison, who at the same time learns from Berenson that her suspicions seem to be wrong. Brody's family threatens to break up.
8th	8th	Comrades	Achilles heel	Nov 20, 2011	17th Mar 2013	Tucker Gates	Chip Johannessen
After the CIA knows that Tom Walker is alive and working for the terrorists, they hunt him down. With the help of his wife, Walker is set up, but he escapes at the last moment. Mathison blames herself for apparently wrongly accusing Brody and tries to apologize to him, but Brody does not accept this and tries to clarify his relationship with Jessica. Politicians also want to build Brody as a candidate for the House of Representatives ( reference is made here to the Anthony Weiner affair ). After learning from Carrie that Tom Walker is alive, he visits the home of a Saudi diplomat who was also in contact with Walker and who appears to be in contact with Abu Nazir.
9	9	Issa	Crossfire	Nov 27, 2011	24 Mar 2013	Jeffrey Nachmanoff	Alexander Cary
Walker is still on the run. The failed attempt to arrest him leads to a firefight in a mosque; Serious allegations are then made in public against the investigating authorities. Brody, who wanted to sever ties with Abu Nazir, is ambushed by terrorists and beaten up. He is injected with a drug so that he can relive his time in captivity. In these scenes it now becomes clear how he was recruited, with the terrorists using his feelings among other things, but he took the last step out of conviction. He seems reluctant to decide to go back to work for the terrorists and returns to Jessica.
10	10	The candidate	Representative Brody	Dec 4, 2011	Apr 7, 2013	Guy Ferland	Henry Bromell
Mathison and Berenson identify Tom Walker's contact, who, however, enjoys diplomatic immunity. In order to force the man to cooperate, Mathison finally uses his daughter as leverage. At a meeting in Washington, however, it is not Walker who appears, but another man who is blown up there by Walker, and Mathison is also injured. Brody, meanwhile, is asked by the Vice President to run for the House of Representatives and take the place of the resigned Richard Johnson. Brody agrees, as Abu Nazir had hoped, although Jessica is not enthusiastic about the additional pressure on the family.
11	11	The vest	The Vest	Dec 11, 2011	Apr 14, 2013	Clark Johnson	Chip Johannessen, Meredith Stiehm
Mathison recovers from her injuries, although she clearly shows psychological stress, which Berenson also recognizes. This nevertheless helps her to check her theory of the structure of the terror network. Brody is spending a weekend in Gettysburg with his family; the family seems to be reasonably intact for the first time in a long time. After seeing the site of the Battle of Gettysburg together, the family goes to dinner . An Arabic-speaking man gives Brody an explosive vest and an explanation of how to use it. In the diner he is recognized by the guests present and a man promises Brody to vote for him in the upcoming election. Meanwhile, Berenson manages to sort confidential documents about Abu Nazir that are piled up chaotically in Mathison's apartment, whereupon Mathison develops a theory the next day. Under the influence of medication and in the euphoria of further progress, she calls Brody, whom she believes to be her ally. With his presence of mind, Brody realizes the situation and informs Director Estes about the illegal surveillance operation and the affair. Thereupon Estes releases Mathison from duty.
12	12	Marine One	Marine One	Dec 18, 2011	Apr 21, 2013	Michael Cuesta	Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen
Tom Walker secretly gains access to an apartment that is within range of the State Department at night, where a meeting is to take place the next day, which Brody and the Vice President will also attend. With three shots, one of which fatally wounded Elizabeth Gaines, Walker ensures that panic breaks out and Brody, despite the explosive vest on his body, gets through the security clearance and, together with the Vice President and other high-ranking people, according to the protocol, into a safe place Space is brought. Meanwhile, Carrie Mathison, who witnesses the shooting and realizes the connections between the shooting, drives to Brody's house and tries to convince Dana to stop her father from setting the vest off. Instead, they alert the police and Mathison is taken into custody. Meanwhile, Brody tries a first ignition, but it fails, after which he has to retreat to the toilet to reset the igniter. On his return he is about to set the fire again when Dana calls him and begs him to come home, which he promises her. In the meantime, Saul Berenson comes up with details behind the drone operation in which Abu Nazir's son Issa lost his life. He can prove that u. a. Estes was directly involved in the kill order and threatens to publish this sensitive information. In the evening there is a first meeting between Brody and Walker since their capture. Brody explains that the explosives vest has failed and that he plans to infiltrate the White House from within; through Walden he has direct access to the center of power. Abu Nazir, who overheard the phone, agrees and has Walker shot by Brody. After Mathison is released from police custody, she meets Brody, who unequivocally orders her to stay away from him and his family in the future, for which he will refrain from filing a complaint about Mathison's uninvited home visit. He had already denounced Mathison to Estes. Then Mathison undergoes drastic electroconvulsive therapy at her own request , which she hopes will cure or alleviate her psychotic disorder. Just before Mathison loses consciousness from the anesthetic, she realizes the connection between Brody and Abu Nazir's son Issa. However, their treatment entails the loss of short-term memory.

Web links

• Season 1 in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homeland: Season 1 . In: Zap2it.com . Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 27, 2015. 
2. ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Homeland: In February first on Sat.1, then in Switzerland . In: Serienjunkies.de . December 11, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.