‘Homeland’ will continue to thrill, creator promises

Homeland may have lost its sleeper terrorist anti-hero Nicholas Brody to an Iranian gallows, but the hit US television show will continue to thrill, its creator says.

Howard Gordon described surviving cast members, led by the gutsy yet emotionally troubled CIA analyst Carrie Mathison, as having plenty of dramatic mileage in the fourth season due to premiere in the autumn.

“Fortunately Carrie is still a very robust character, (as are fellow CIA spies) Saul and Quinn. And there are tertiary characters who are now stepping more to the fore,” he said during a visit to Israel, where he was overseeing his new production, Tyrant, an Arab Spring drama.