Homeland

1. Characters: describe them.

Carrie Mathison is a CIA officer who, while on assignment in Iraq, learned from a CIA asset that an American prisoner of war had been turned by al-Qaeda. After a U.S. Marine platoon sergeant named Nicholas Brody is rescued from captivity, Mathison believes that he is the POW described to her. Carrie's investigation of Brody is complicated by her bipolar disorder and results in an obsession with her suspect.

Nicholas Brody was a USMC Sergeant who was held as a prisoner of war by al-Qaeda terrorists for eight years. Following his rescue and return home, Brody was hailed as a war hero. However, a CIA officer, Carrie Mathison, suspects that Brody was turned by al-Qaeda, and tries to stop him from potentially committing a terrorist act.

Jessica Brody is Brody's wife, who struggles to adjust with his return to her life. Assuming her husband is dead, she begins a relationship with Mike.

David Estes is the ambitious Director of the Counterterrorism Center of the CIA.

Major Mike Faber is a U.S. Marine and a friend of Nick Brody. During Nick's eight-year absence, Mike started a relationship with Nick's wife, Jessica, which ended when Nick was rescued.

Chris Brody is the son of Nicholas Brody.

Dana Brody is the daughter of Nicholas Brody.

Saul Michael Berenson is Carrie Mathison's mentor and to some extent, protector at the CIA.

2. Actors & actresses: look for their names, biography, professional carreers, other works, private life...

Claire Danes (Carrie Mathison) is an American actress born in Manhattan in 1979. She is best known as Angela Chase in My So-Called Life, as Temple Grandin in the HBO television film Temple Grandin, and as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime series Homeland. Apart from TV, she played roles in Theater and Films, but without much relevance.

Damian Lewis (Nicholas Brody) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series Homeland, Soames Forsyte in the ITV remake of The Forsyte Saga, Detective Charlie Crews in the NBC drama Life, and Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.

Mandy Patinkin is an American actor, tenor singer, voice artist, and comedian. Patinkin is well known for his portrayal of Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride in 1987. His other film credits include Alien Nation (1988), Yentl (1983), Dick Tracy (1990), and Wish I Was Here (2014). He has appeared in major roles in television series such as Chicago Hope, Dead Like Me, and Criminal Minds, and plays Saul Berenson in the Showtime series Homeland. Patinkin is also known for his portrayal of Huxley in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999).

Morena Baccarin is a Brazilian American actress. She is best known for portraying Inara Serra in the series Firefly and the follow-up film Serenity, Adria in the series Stargate SG-1 and the follow-up film Stargate: The Ark of Truth, Anna in the 2009 version of the series V, and Jessica Brody in the Showtime series Homeland.

David Harewood (born 8 December 1965), is an English actor. He is known for playing David Estes, the Deputy Director of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, in the Showtime series Homeland.

Diego Klattenhoff (born November 30, 1979) is a Canadian actor best known for playing Mike Faber in the Showtime series Homeland. He also played Derek in Whistler and Ivan in Men in Trees. He currently stars as FBI Agent Donald Ressler in The Blacklist.

3. Who writes the script? Do a summary of it.

The writers of Homeland are Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa.

The series follows Carrie Mathison, an official of the CIA operations that, after conducting an unauthorized operation in Iraq, is put on probation and reassigned to a counterterrorism center at CIA Langley (Virginia). While she was conducting the operation in Iraq, she was warned by an asset that an American prisoner of war had joined the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. Carrie's job is complicated when her boss, Director of the Counterterrorism Center David Estes, calls Carrie and her colleagues at an emergency meeting. It is then that Carrie learns that Nicholas Brody, a sergeant of Marines EE. UU. which had been considered missing in action since 2003, has been rescued from a post belonging to members of the terrorist group Abu Nazir. Carrie comes to believe that Brody is the American prisoner of war that her asset in Iraq was talking about. However, the federal government and her superiors at the CIA consider Nicholas Brody as a war hero. Realizing that it would be almost impossible to convince her boss, David Estes, to place Brody under surveillance, Carrie approaches the only person she can trust, Saul Berenson. The two must work together to investigate Brody and prevent another terrorist attack on American soil.

4. Who’s the director of the series? Write down his biography.

Gideon Raff is an Israeli film and television director, screenwriter and writer. He is best known for the award-winning 2010 Israeli television drama series Prisoners of War (which he created, wrote and directed) and its acclaimed US adaptation, Homeland (for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012).