What gives Homeland its unsettling edge is the sense that it's pitching you into the dark corners of an endless secret war liable to erupt into bloody chaos at any moment, on a battlefield which is beyond anybody's control.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 24, 2018

[Carrie Mathison's] comeuppance provided one of the high points of the fifth season's last episode.

Full Review | Feb 8, 2018

It's shaping up to be a terrific series.

Full Review | Aug 15, 2017

Claire Danes is spectacular. She has won two Primetime Emmys and two Golden Globes for her role in the series and it is more than well-deserved.

Full Review | May 24, 2017

The writers continue to steer clear of making this a dumbed down battle between good versus evil.

Full Review | Apr 26, 2017

That's what Homeland does. It's a show about a bipolar woman that is bipolar in quality. And every time you think you're out, it pulls you back in.

Full Review | Nov 20, 2015

We're starting afresh, a little slower, which may prove to be wiser.

Full Review | Oct 14, 2015

This was Homeland back at its absolute best. Peppered with topical references - including Isis and Edward Snowden - and boasting, as always, a string of excellent actors.

Full Review | Oct 12, 2015

After some credibility problems in past seasons, Homeland hits the reset button Sunday on Showtime - and it works.

Full Review | Oct 9, 2015

The new season gets off to a fast start and doesn't slow down.

Full Review | Oct 5, 2015

Season 5, which picks up more than two years after last season's boom-clap climax and measured denouement, offers neither the candy-hued crazy of Season 3 nor the tightly plotted thrills of Season 4, but rather something more ruminative and sedate.

Full Review | Oct 5, 2015

This season's thrilling early episodes cement the notion that the whip-smart, timely drama is back on top.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 5, 2015

I'm being incredibly inartistic, but I think that she - Carrie Mathison - is such a compelling character, and I think her journey is part and parcel with what Homeland is about, juxtaposed to the world and what is happening in the world currently.

Full Review | Oct 2, 2015

As you watch Carrie battling her demons once again while Peter quietly and efficiently goes about his business, you can see a graceful and profitable way for the show to avoid overstaying its welcome.

Full Review | Oct 2, 2015

Season five​ suggests a politically wise and deeply skeptical update of John le Carr's very best spy-centric work.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 2, 2015

Between that and the news focus, not to mention the glittering Berlin street scenes, welcome to the new Homeland.

Full Review | Oct 2, 2015

But for now, at least, Homeland is back with a surprising show of force.

Full Review | Oct 2, 2015

Berlin's an enticing setting for Carrie, and Homeland, having gotten back its mojo after a too-long dalliance with Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis), seems once again headed in an interesting direction.

Full Review | Oct 2, 2015

If you're craving something more, Season 5 may feel like a retread job on tires that are showing their wear.

Full Review | Oct 1, 2015

Carrie gets pulled back into the twisted espionage world of Homeland in the darkly tense opening hours of season five, and if you ever gave up on the show in the past, you'd be doing yourself a favor in joining her.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Oct 1, 2015