• Network: Showtime
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2011
  • Season #: 1 , 2
Homeland Image
Metascore

Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critics What's this?

User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 390 Ratings

  • Summary: Six months after the end of last season, Carrie has returned from treatment to live with her family and Brody is given an opportunity to run for a higher office.
  • Genre(s): Drama
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Oct 1, 2012
    100
    Homeland is as riveting and addictive as when we last saw it, kicking off with no lull in the pulse-pounding action.
  2. Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Oct 4, 2012
    100
    The show hasn't lost its clever agility at building pressure-cooker suspense and then lobbing in a surprise. [8 Oct 2012, p.55]
  3. Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Sep 28, 2012
    100
    Given the extravagances of the plot and the characters, that it feels plausibly seated in the real world is a testament to everyone involved in its production. But it is especially due to the actors.
  4. Reviewed by: Scott Von Doviak
    Sep 26, 2012
    75
    Even when the spy-thriller plot gears are audibly grinding, the acting remains expertly calibrated.

See all 21 Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 57
  2. Negative: 9 out of 57
  1. One of the best TV series I've seen! The acting is exceptional, the script is well paced and has meaningful plots. The characters are some of the best rounded characters you can see in a series. Can't wait to see how it ends ! Expand
  2. 8
    A little bit slow at times we try to explore the depths of the characters faults and physcological issues but nonetheless just enough suspense to hook you all over again..Ok we know she is bipolar already! Expand
  3. Still a good show but its all getting a bit silly ...and Claire Danes character is waay to over - emotional and weepy...especially for a so-called CIA agent. The romance that is on and off again between the 2 main protagonists makes little sense also. Collapse
  4. Season One was great, but Season Two was just plain awful. Almost all good shows jump the shark at some point, but this one went bad in a hurry. So sorry to see this show get all sorts of "24" stupid (circa Seasons 5 thru 8) so quickly. Expand

See all 57 User Reviews

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