Homeland season 3

Homeland
Season 3
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Starring	Claire Danes Damian Lewis Rupert Friend Morena Baccarin Jackson Pace Morgan Saylor Sarita Choudhury Tracy Letts F. Murray Abraham Mandy Patinkin
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	Showtime
Original release	September 29 (2013-09-29) – December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15)
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The third season of the American television drama series Homeland premiered on September 29, 2013 on Showtime, and concluded on December 15, 2013, consisting of 12 episodes. The series is loosely based on the Israeli television series Hatufim (English: Prisoners of War) created by Gideon Raff and is developed for American television by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa.^[1]

Set in the aftermath of the CIA bombing at the end of season 2, Nicholas Brody is now on the run, suspected of having delivered and activated the bomb despite both his and Carrie's protestations of his innocence. Saul Berenson is instituted as Acting Director of the CIA and establishes a grandiose plot to turn Major General Majid Javadi in order to have him influence policy for the United States in Iran.