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Claire Danes in 'Homeland': What's coming up in season 2

Claire Danes will star in the second season of Showtime's 'Homeland.' What's happening with her character?

It鈥檚 been an eventful year for Showtime鈥檚 new hit series听.听With two听听under their belt, as well as praise from听, all eyes are on the cable drama as it heads into its second season this fall.

奥颈迟丑听Homeland听being based on the hit Israeli series听贬补迟耻蹿颈尘听(Kidnapped), you would think that many hints of what鈥檚 to come may lie in the source material. Unfortunately, that鈥檚 not the case.

Homeland听may have been based off of听Hatufim, but the only element that remains from the original series is the fact that a solider (soldiers in the original) returned home after being held captive for many years, and must deal with adjusting to a world that has continued without him. While there are several mysteries surrounding what actually occurred during their captivity,贬补迟耻蹿颈尘听is not the narrative thriller that听Homeland听颈蝉.

And with听Homeland听season 2 set to begin production this summer, it鈥檚 time to find out exactly what those upcoming twists and turns may be. Speaking with听E! Online听recently, executive producer Alex Gansa (The X-Files,听24)听revealed some details about what鈥檚 to come in one of cable television鈥檚 most talked about series.

The Time Jump

For those fans looking to find out what happened after Carrie (Claire Danes) attempted to cure her bi-polar disorder with electroconvulsive therapy, you may be disappointed with the intended plans for next season. It appears that instead of picking up where the听听left off, the producers are going to make use of television鈥檚 dreaded time jump. While we鈥檒l ultimately see the result of Carrie鈥檚 treatments, it won鈥檛 be the seamless continuation that many expected.

We have the ability now to jump time between seasons鈥攕o don鈥檛 be surprised if we don鈥檛 pick up the very next day.

By jumping some time, we鈥檙e going to be able to put our characters in different places than they have been this season. There will be a reset, probably after a jump in time, and both [Carrie and Brody] will be in very different places than they are now.

Even though television鈥檚 often-abused time jumps do tend to give viewers the appearance that the producers are attempting to work with a clean slate, after what may be听, there have been many examples where a time jump, when handled correctly, can further explore aspects of a series and its characters that otherwise wouldn鈥檛 be available听.

The People

Thanks to a perfectly-timed phone call to Sargent Brody (Damian Lewis) in the finale, the Al-Qaeda sleeper-assassin secured his placement in听Homeland听season 2, and perhaps a position in the White House. But according to Gansa, the second season will continue progressing the highly volatile relationship between Carrie and Brody.

The center of season two will be the same as the center of season one and that is the Carrie-Brody relationship. The reason why we decided not to kill Brody off in the finale is because that relationship hasn鈥檛 run its course yet. That鈥檚 what we always come back to鈥攚henever we can intersect those two characters, that鈥檚 when we feel most alive as writers, that鈥檚 when the series really soars.

That being said, the producers are still focused on further evolving the series. And with the only reasoning for keeping Brody around being that his relationship with Carrie听鈥渉asn鈥檛 run its course yet,鈥�听Homeland听is going to have to bring in some new talent. Perhaps an Oscar winner who already has an affinity for the series?

I think we will bring some new characters in, especially to the CIA. But that鈥檚 really just in the gestating鈥�we just don鈥檛 know what we鈥檙e going to do yet.

I鈥檒l tell you this:听Robin Williams听loves the show. So who knows? Can you imagine Robin Williams and听Mandy Patinkin in a scene together? That鈥檚 what I want to see.鈥�

Agreed!

The Plot

奥颈迟丑听贬辞尘别濒补苍诲鈥檚听intended time jump previously revealed, Gansa explains that the storyline inHomeland听season 2 is going mirror the 2013 Presidential election, which will be occurring at the same time that the second season airs.

I think an election will be happening. And the great thing is, an election [for U.S. president] will really be happening when we air. So it鈥檚 going to be a really wonderful confluence of events.

And now that Brody has been able to been able to transition himself from a one-hit-bomber in the eyes of Abu Nazir, you can bet that Brody is going to take his 鈥滱merican hero鈥� persona further than anyone would have expected, and is going to be very involved in helping to shape the public鈥檚 opinion to better plan into Nazir鈥檚 plans.

As Nazir told Brody, 鈥�Why kill a man when you can kill an idea?鈥�

But since a time jump has occurred, perhaps Brody has had a change of heart?

I suppose we鈥檒l have to wait to find out

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