Homeland: Season 2

2012 · 12 episodes · ★ 7.5

What Season 2 of Homeland

Six months after the end of season one, Brody is a U.S. congressman and is moving steadily up the political ladder. Carrie, meanwhile, seems more focused and calm after undergoing electroconvulsive therapy for her bipolar disorder. The relationship between the two remains the main storyline. Carrie gets involved in an operation to take down Abu Nazir, despite her family's advice, and David Estes, director of the Counterterrorism Center, pulls her back in. Brody, for his part, must maintain increasingly tangled alliances, with lies piling up and threatening to spiral out of control. Both characters navigate work, family and the consequences of their decisions.

12episodes

Sep 30, 2012premiered

Dec 16, 2012final episode

10.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 The Smile
Sep 30, 2012 · 56 min · ★ 7.5
Brody has been elected to Congress. A woman named Roya comes to see him, and asks him to steal a list of homeland targets from Estes's office safe. Carrie is working with the CIA again because Fatima, an informant married to a man working for Abu Nazir, tells Saul that she'll only speak to Carrie. Estes goes to pick up Carrie at her sister's house, and then she's sent to Cyprus, where she's prepped for a brief mission in Lebanon.
Directing: Michael Cuesta · Writing: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa · Starring: James Rebhorn, Timothée Chalamet, Hrach Titizian, Amy Hargreaves
2x02 Beirut is Back
Oct 7, 2012 · 49 min · ★ 7.7
Fatima tells Carrie about a meeting her husband - a Hezbollah commander - will be having in Beirut with Abu Nazir, and Carrie and Saul call Estes to tell him and to request a special forces team to capture Nazir.
Directing: Michael Cuesta · Writing: Chip Johannessen · Starring: Navid Negahban, Timothée Chalamet, Marc Menchaca, Hrach Titizian
2x03 State of Independence
Oct 14, 2012 · 54 min · ★ 7.4
Colonel Lubaid, who briefly detains Saul at the Rafic Hariri airport in Beirut as Saul is leaving Lebanon
Directing: Lodge Kerrigan · Writing: Alexander Cary · Starring: James Rebhorn, Marc Menchaca, Taylor Kowalski, Nasser Faris
2x04 New Car Smell
Oct 21, 2012 · 49 min · ★ 7.4
Brody takes his car to be professionally cleaned and to have a strong smoke smell removed. Max and Virgil follow Brody and take photos of him. Brody then takes a cab to CIA Headquarters, where Carrie waits inside for his arrival. As he walks towards the building from the parking lot, she exits and walks past him. He is very surprised to see her and calls her name. She turns and greets him casually.
Directing: David Semel · Writing: Meredith Stiehm · Starring: Rupert Friend, Maury Sterling, Timothée Chalamet, Marc Menchaca
2x05 Q&A
Oct 28, 2012 · 56 min · ★ 8.1
Brody finds himself prisoner again, but this time it's on American soil. Meanwhile, Carrie is forced to play second fiddle after her rash judgment call at the hotel as Estes is busy keeping Jessica off their trail. Dana's relationship with Finn goes to the next level when their date night turns deadly serious.
Directing: Lesli Linka Glatter · Writing: Henry Bromell · Starring: Rupert Friend, Timothée Chalamet, Hrach Titizian, David Marciano
2x06 A Gettysburg Address
Nov 4, 2012 · 49 min · ★ 7.5
Dana is shocked by her visit to the hospital. Faber's Tom Walker questions get him tangled up with the CIA. Brody agrees to help stop an attack on America, but his loyalty is questioned when Gettysburg once again becomes a battleground.
Directing: Guy Ferland · Writing: Chip Johannessen · Starring: Rupert Friend, Maury Sterling, Timothée Chalamet, Marc Menchaca
2x07 The Clearing
Nov 11, 2012 · 53 min · ★ 6.9
Reeling from the recent ambush, Carrie and the team struggle to regain control of their operation while Brody and his family attend a fundraiser at a Virginia horse farm. Saul visits Aileen in solitary confinement, hoping she'll provide key intelligence on the attack. An anguished Dana pressures Finn to come clean about their hidden crime, but her quest to tell the truth collides with her father's secret mission in ways neither could have foreseen.
Directing: John Dahl · Writing: Meredith Stiehm · Starring: Rupert Friend, Maury Sterling, Timothée Chalamet, Marin Ireland
2x08 I'll Fly Away
Nov 18, 2012 · 52 min · ★ 7.1
He lies for Carrie. He lies for Roya. And he's still lying to Jessica. Brody heads towards a serious meltdown as he struggles to keep his complicated alliances clear. Against Quinn's orders, Carrie stages a risky intervention to keep Brody in line, forcing both of them to confront their mixed emotions. Meanwhile, Dana turns to an unlikely source for comfort.
Directing: Michael Cuesta · Writing: Chip Johannessen · Starring: Rupert Friend, Maury Sterling, Navid Negahban, Zuleikha Robinson
2x09 Two Hats
Nov 25, 2012 · 48 min · ★ 7.1
Brody makes a necessary phone call. Saul teams up with Virgil and Max to dig up some information on one of their own. Carrie finds herself preparing for the most important meeting of her career.
Directing: Dan Attias · Writing: Alexander Cary · Starring: Rupert Friend, Maury Sterling, Navid Negahban, F. Murray Abraham
2x10 Broken Hearts
Dec 2, 2012 · 48 min · ★ 7.9
Saul catches up with an old friend and discovers evidence of covert activities by Estes. Brody and Vice President Walden find themselves at odds over the future of their political relationship, while Dana and Finn come to terms with their own differences.
Directing: Guy Ferland · Writing: Henry Bromell · Starring: Rupert Friend, Navid Negahban, F. Murray Abraham, Zach Appelman
2x11 In Memoriam
Dec 9, 2012 · 52 min · ★ 7.8
Dangerously close to exhaustion, Carrie continues her hunt for Nazir and begins to suspect there is a mole in the CIA. Roya reveals her true colours under interrogation and Saul finds himself fighting to save his career under unexpected circumstances. Meanwhile, the Brodys struggle to maintain anything close to a state of sanity.
Directing: Jeremy Podeswa · Writing: Chip Johannessen · Starring: Rupert Friend, Navid Negahban, James Urbaniak, Hrach Titizian
2x12 The Choice Season Finale
Dec 16, 2012 · 65 min · ★ 8.1
Carrie is faced with a pivotal decision, while Brody meets with Faber to contemplate the future of the family. Meanwhile, Saul undertakes a secret assignment; and Quinn has a decision to make that may prove to be a game-changer.
Directing: Michael Cuesta · Writing: Meredith Stiehm, Alex Gansa · Starring: Rupert Friend, Navid Negahban, Timothée Chalamet, Talia Balsam