Homeland season 5
| Homeland | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
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| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Showtime |
| Original release | October 4 – December 20, 2015 |
| Season chronology | |
The fifth season of the American television drama series Homeland premiered on October 4, 2015, and concluded on December 20, 2015, on Showtime, consisting of 12 episodes. The series started as a loosely based variation of the two-season run of 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. The fifth season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 10, 2017.
Set two years after the previous season, Season 5 finds Carrie no longer working for the CIA, but for a philanthropic foundation in Berlin, the Düring Foundation, co-operating with her former colleagues to stop a terror attack on Berlin as well as locate a CIA mole. The season includes several real world subjects in its storylines, including ISIS, Vladimir Putin, Bashar al-Assad, the Charlie Hebdo shooting, Edward Snowden and the European migrant crisis.