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Homeland: Season 1
  • Network: Showtime
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2011
  • Season #: 0 , 1 , 2
Homeland Image
Metascore
91 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 28 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 360 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
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  • Summary: CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Clare Danes) is not convinced the rescued soldier Nick Brody (Damian Lewis) is not a double agent of al-Qaida.
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    Sep 30, 2011
    100
    Once you watch the first episode, it's going to be hard standing the wait for the next.
  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Oct 3, 2011
    100
    [Homeland] sounds as though it could have been pitched as "The Manchurian Candidate: The Series." But set that aside, if you can, and look at what's on-screen, because it'll reward your attention.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    Oct 3, 2011
    100
    It's no lie to say you don't get this sort of stylish and challenging stuff very frequently on TV, adult subject matter treated maturely in a series that makes you squirm and think.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 99
  3. Negative: 12 out of 99
  1. ReviewCritic
    9
    Great, suspenseful, and realistic show.
    • 5 of 5 users said yes
  2. TVMovieFan
    4
    All I can say is, I watched 3 or 4 episodes of this and I was hoping it would pick up a little more but no it didn't so I stopped watching it it's to obvious that everyone is acting it's just bad acting and boring stuff the only entertainment in this is the Anna form V lol who plays the wife of the turncoat anyway that's it .… Expand
    • 4 of 13 users said yes
  3. spacemonkey83
    1
    I don't want to write a review, but this show is so bad it should be on CBS. One only has to watch for fifteen minutes before complete frustration sets in. A viewer who has (a) served in the military or CIA (b) knows someone who has (c) has read at least a single book on the subject, or (d) is not a **** moron in general, will realize how idiotic this show treats such sensitive but extremely serious and formal subject matter. I'd love to say more, but I don't feel like devoting my time to nonsense. I'm sorry that critics like this. Very disappointing. It just goes to show that even the experts can be wrong now and again.… Expand
    • 6 of 22 users said yes

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