Marine One (Homeland)

"**Marine One**"
"Marine One"
Homeland episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 12
Directed by	Michael Cuesta
Story by	Alex Gansa; Howard Gordon
Teleplay by	Alex Gansa; Chip Johannessen
Production code	1WAH11
Original air date	December 18, 2011
Running time	85 minutes
Guest appearances
	Chris Chalk as Tom Walker; Navid Negahban as Abu Nazir; Jamey Sheridan as William Walden; David Marciano as Virgil; Amy Hargreaves as Maggie Mathison; Hrach Titizian as Danny Galvez; Linda Purl as Elizabeth Gaines; Larry Pine as Richard Halsted;
Episode chronology
← Previous; "The Vest"	Next →; "The Smile"
	Homeland season 1
	List of episodes

"Marine One" is the season finale of the first season of the TV series Homeland. It originally aired on Showtime on December 18, 2011. The extended 85-minute episode sees the culmination of Abu Nazir's terrorist plot at the Vice President's summit, while Carrie Mathison's downward spiral continues.

The season finale was highly acclaimed by critics^[1] and with 1.71 million viewers was the highest rated finale ever for a Showtime first-year series.^[2]

^ "Episode Review: Homeland Season 1 Finale". Metacritic. Retrieved December 23, 2011.
^ Rice, Lynette (December 19, 2011). "'Homeland' finale: Best-ever ratings for new Showtime series". Inside TV. Retrieved December 23, 2011.

[critical-1] "Episode Review: Homeland Season 1 Finale". Metacritic. Retrieved December 23, 2011.

[rating-2] Rice, Lynette (December 19, 2011). "'Homeland' finale: Best-ever ratings for new Showtime series". Inside TV. Retrieved December 23, 2011.

[1]

[2]