Homeland (TV series) / Season 2

Season 2 of Homeland
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Episodes	12
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	Sep 30 2012 - Dec 16, 2012 on Showtime
German-language first broadcast	29 Sep 2013 - Nov. 3, 2013 on Sat.1
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The second season of the American television series Homeland was first broadcast on television in 2012 on the US broadcaster Showtime . The German broadcaster Sat.1 took over the German-language first broadcast in 2013.

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The first broadcast of the second season was from September 30 to December 16, 2012 on the US cable channel Showtime . The German free TV broadcaster Sat.1 broadcast the German-language first broadcast in double episodes from September 29, 2013 to November 3, 2013.

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script
13	1	Always smile	The smile	Sep 30 2012	29 Sep 2013	Michael Cuesta	Alex Gansa , Howard Gordon
The action begins a few months after the end of the first season. Israel launched an air strike against Iran and the situation in the Middle East is very tense. Brody is now a member of the US House of Representatives when Vice President Walden meets with him. Walden strives for the presidency himself and suggests Brody as possible vice-president, which he gladly accepts. Shortly afterwards, however, Brody is caught up with his past when he is contacted by a supporter of Abu Nazir who asks him to obtain secret data. Brody initially refuses because he is not a terrorist himself, but is asked to take a position. Brody's wife Jessica found out by chance that her husband is now a Muslim, which shocked her. Carrie, who has left the service, now works as a teacher, but is now asked by the CIA to establish contact with a former informant in Lebanon. This should have valuable information and only wants to share it with Carrie. Reluctantly, Carrie finally agrees and travels to Lebanon, where Saul Berenson is already working.
14th	2	Beirut	Beirut Is Back	Oct 7, 2012	29 Sep 2013	Michael Cuesta	Chip Johannessen
In Beirut, Carrie and Saul organize the defection of Fatima Ali, the wife of a Hezbollah officer . At the same time, both Saul and Estes still have doubts about Carrie's health. Carrie gets into a dangerous situation but is able to secure valuable records. Saul finds a memory card on which Brody's recorded message before his planned suicide attack (season 1, episode 12) is saved. Meanwhile, the Brodys get to know the family of Vice President Walden better in the States. While visiting a situation center, Brody witnessed the planned arrest of Abu Nazir, which he prevented at the last moment by sending a text message to the terrorist.
15th	3	The video	State of Independence	Oct 14, 2012	Oct 6, 2013	Lodge Kerrigan	Alexander Cary
Abu Nazir's contact, Roya, informs Brody that the “tailor” who made the explosives vest (Season 1, Episode 11) must be taken to a safe place. The very nervous tailor doesn't trust him and tries to escape during a stop at a gas station, seriously injuring himself. When Brody tries to stop the bleeding, his wife calls him. In order not to betray himself by the groan of the injured man, Brody breaks his neck and buries the corpse. As a result, he no longer makes it to a fundraiser banquet in time, where Jessica is giving a speech instead. She is being brought home by her former lover and Brody's friend Mike Faber. She confides in him that she is not really happy with her marriage and that Brody was having an affair. Carrie returns to the States, but Estes refuses to accept her again with the CIA. Carrie relapses and takes pills and alcohol again. Saul shows up and shows her Brody's video.
16	4th	Room 416	New Car Smell	Oct 21, 2012	Oct 6, 2013	David Semel	Meredith Stiehm
Saul shows Estes the video of Brody and they both decide to start a covert operation that also includes Carrie, who finally has proof of her suspicions about Brody. The management of the operation will be entrusted to the analyst Quinn, previously unknown to Saul and Carrie. Meanwhile, Jessica blames Brody for not telling her the truth and gives him a choice. Carrie shocks Brody, who is currently staying in a hotel. Brody then contacts Roya, who tries to calm him down. Carrie finally visits Brody in his hotel room and openly accuses him of treason, whereupon Saul, who had not ordered the action, orders immediate access. Meanwhile, Dana Brody and Finn Walden, the vice president's son, grow closer.
17th	5	At the end of the lies	Q&A	Oct 28, 2012	Oct 13, 2013	Lesli Linka Glatter	Henry Bromell
Brody is being held in a secret location and interrogated, while Jessica is unaware of his whereabouts. Brody is shown his video, but he holds up at first. Progress is only made when Carrie takes over the interrogation and gradually reconstructs how he was captured, tortured, and turned over. Carrie makes it clear to Brody that Abu Nazir doesn't shy away from dead civilians either and that he, Brody, is not a bad person. Brody finally collapses and confesses that an attack on America is planned. He is offered to help the CIA thwart Nazir's plans, whereupon he agrees and goes back to Jessica. Meanwhile, Finn hit a pedestrian on a boisterous jaunt with Dana in the passenger seat and refuses to stand.
18th	6th	A bloody wreck	A Gettysburg Address	Nov 4, 2012	Oct 13, 2013	Guy Ferland	Chip Johannessen
Roya Hammad, now under CIA surveillance, meets with an unknown man. Despite CIA surveillance, however, it is not possible to obtain usable recordings of the conversation. Brody works with the CIA, but the analyst Quinn in particular distrusts him. Brody can't identify Roya’s contact, but reveals the Gettysburg tailor is dead. It is believed that it is the tailor's successor. To find out more, Brody meets with Roya on behalf of and under the supervision of the CIA, which implies that something is important in the tailor's business. Quinn and his team meanwhile investigate the business and initially find nothing out of the ordinary when several men in SWAT uniforms suddenly appear and open fire on everyone present without warning. All agents except Quinn and Galvez, who are both seriously injured, are killed and the attackers take away a box hidden in the store. However, Brody assures Carrie that he did not know about it. Mike Faber has since done his own research into Walker's death and has come to the conclusion that Brody shot him. However, he is ordered by the CIA under Saul to cease his investigation. Nevertheless, he tells Jessica about his thesis.
19th	7th	A day at the window	The clearing	Nov 11, 2012	Oct 20, 2013	John Dahl	Meredith Stiehm
Fearing an impending terrorist attack, Saul visits Aileen at the state prison to question her. Meanwhile, Carrie urges Brody to find out the future attack plans through Roya Hammad. Brody and his family spend a weekend at the mansion of a Vietnam veteran who is giving a fundraising event for Walden. Dana urges Finn to go to the police about the accident, but Finn refuses. So Dana confesses the act of her mother and Finn's mother, who decides to take care of the incident. Carrie seeks out Mike Faber to stop his research. Aileen is mentally ill and uncooperative. For this reason, Saul agrees to get her a cell with a window in return. When he leaves the visitor room, Aileen uses the moment and Saul's glasses to take his own life. Dana drives to the police station with Brody to pose. However, they are stopped by Carrie.
20th	8th	departure	I'll fly away	Nov 18, 2012	Oct 20, 2013	Michael Cuesta	Synopsis: Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen Acting: Chip Johannessen
Dana runs away from home and seeks refuge with Mike Faber. Brody and Jessica quarrel. At a subsequent meeting with Roya Hammad, Brody loses his composure and says that he wants to get out. The CIA team around analyst Quinn is horrified and Carrie immediately sets off to stop Brody and get him to work with Roya Hammad again. Carrie and Brody go into hiding in a motel without the knowledge of the CIA team. There they sleep together and Carrie convinces Brody to go back to work for the CIA. Brody apologizes to Roya Hammad and asks for a second chance. Mike Faber learns of the accident that Dana was involved in. Dana wants to apologize to the daughter of the killed woman and lets Faber drive her to her. The daughter reacts angrily and tells Dana that she has received money from the Walden, but is not allowed to go to the police in return. Roya Hammad gives Brody a second chance: pursued by the CIA, both drive to a remote meadow. There Brody is forced to board a helicopter. He is taken to a factory building where Abu Nazir is already waiting for him.
21st	9	The best friend	Two hats	Nov 25, 2012	Oct 27, 2013	Dan Attias	Alexander Cary
Saul, who still distrusts Quinn, investigates and finds out that Quinn is actually not an analyst, but has been assigned by David Estes to liquidate Brody as soon as Abu Nazir is found. With Brody's help, Roya Hamad can be caught in preparation for an attack, but Abu Nazir cannot.
22nd	10	Kind of love	Broken Hearts	Dec 2, 2012	Oct 27, 2013	Guy Ferland	Henry Bromell
Abu Nazir takes Carrie and demands Brody give him the serial number of the Vice President's pacemaker . Brody managed to gain entry to Walden's office without being noticed, looked for the serial number and passed it on to Abu Nazir. In return, Carrie is released. Shortly afterwards, Walden enters the office. With the help of the serial number, a follower of Nazir can manipulate the pacemaker from a remote computer, which happens immediately, while Brody reveals in the Walden office that he actually does not agree with almost anything Walden says or does. While Walden is fighting for his life, he tries to reach the phone for help. However, Brody prevents him from doing so, telling him that he will kill him. Walden eventually dies from the manipulated function of the pacemaker. Brody and Abu Nazir took revenge on the death of Nazir's son Issa. He was killed in a drone attack authorized by Walden.
23	11	A big day	In memoriam	Dec 9, 2012	Nov 3, 2013	Jeremy Podeswa	Chip Johannessen
Released in exchange for Brody's help in the Walden murder, Carrie is now leading the FBI to the factory where she was trapped and where Abu Nazir is staying. When no one is initially found there, Danny Galvez is suspected of helping Nazir escape, but that turns out to be wrong. When Carrie drives again, she realizes that Nazir is most likely hiding in the basement of the building and convinces the last FBI team still present to search the building again with her. In fact, she and a member of the team find the hiding place, but Nazir kills her companion and tries to escape. Carrie does not manage to stop him, but he is grabbed by the rest of the team. Obviously, on purpose, Nazir allowed himself to be shot by the team with a "wrong move".
24	12	Back in the woods	The Choice	Dec 16, 2012	Nov 3, 2013	Michael Cuesta	Alex Gansa, Meredith Stiehm
Quinn has again received the order to kill Brody, who is now back with Carrie in the cabin in the woods. When the opportunity arises, however, Quinn reconsiders and later surprises Estes at his house, where he makes it clear that he will not murder Brody - among others for Carrie. Abu Nazir's body is buried at sea, while the funeral ceremony for Walden takes place in Langley, during which Carrie and Brody sneak into Estes' office. However, an explosive device explodes in Brody's car during the ceremony, killing all but 26 survivors, including Estes. Brody realizes he will be held responsible for the attack, should it become known that he survived. Carrie helps him flee across the border into Canada. While they are about to have passports issued, Brody's family and a handful of federal agents also watch the confession video on television, which Brody recorded before his planned bomb attack on the Vice President, along with the video of a terrorist cell. After Carrie has let Brody go, she returns to the place of the attack and meets Saul there, who had previously assumed her death, since Carrie was missing.

Web links

• Season 2 in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homeland: Season 2 . 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: German premiere of the 2nd season on Sat.1 in September . In: Serienjunkies.de . August 20, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.