Joel Harley
Published November 24, 2025 5:00am
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Claire Danes stars as CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Picture: Shutterstock)
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- Netflix UK has re-added all eight seasons of the critically acclaimed thriller Homeland to its streaming service
- The show stars Claire Danes as a CIA agent with bipolar disorder and is praised for its gripping plot and perfect ending
- Homeland fans and critics laud the series for its tension, character depth, and satisfying conclusion
Netflix UK has added a critically acclaimed television series to their ranks – one which viewers have hailed as having a ‘perfect’ ending.
Starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, the gritty conspiracy thriller Homeland ran for eight seasons, from 2011 to 2020.
It starred Danes as CIA agent Carrie Mathison, who grows convinced that a highly decorated Marine Corps sniper (Lewis) has been ‘turned’ by al-Qaeda, and is secretly working against the United States.
While the first few series follow Mathison’s attempts to prove her theory correct, it also deals with her own mental health journey, as she navigates her life and career with bipolar disorder.
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Homeland left Netflix UK in 2024, after first being added ten years earlier, in 2014.
All eight seasons have now returned in a massive homecoming to the streaming service.
Danes found critical acclaim as the morally grey Carrie (Picture: Shutterstock)
Danes stars opposite Damian Lewis, who plays decorated veteran Nicholas Brody (Picture: Shutterstock)
Fans and critics alike are perfectly unified on Homecoming, which shares an 85% fresh score between critics and viewers on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
The Independent described Danes’ Carrie Mathison as ‘one of television’s all-time greats,’ while the Daily Telegraph hailed her as a truly ‘complex’ character.
Meanwhile, TV Guide described its ending as ‘a satisfying payoff,’ as Entertainment Voice called it a ‘worthy final chapter.’
Metro called the show ‘a masterclass in high-wire tension,’ and a ‘standard box set belter.’
Mandy Patinkin and Rupert Friend appear as Saul Berenson and Peter Quinn (Picture: Showtime)
Home viewers have also praised Danes’ performance, with IMDb user stoplisteningtothestatic describing it as ‘one of the best performances in entertainment history.’
‘It will take you on a ride through a whole range of emotions from elation to despair, sorrow and frustration,’ added ar-nerd.
Dubbing it the ‘best ending ever,’ RealRosoy said: ‘all I can say is just thank you to the whole Cast for one of the best TV Shows I’ve ever watched. I’m so sad it’s over now but it’s a good feeling sadness because the ending of that was just PERFECT!’
Carrie is convinced that Brody has become compromised (Picture: Channel 4)
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In the wake of the show’s final series, star Claire Danes opened up about her character, telling The Guardian: ‘I loved her.
‘It was just so nice to play the smartest person in the room, somebody who was so daring and unapologetically ambitious and such a badass. She’s not really going away.’
On bidding farewell to the series (and Carrie), emotions came to a head during her final scene with mentor Saul, played by Mandy Patinkin.
Danes said: ‘I think for me that was my cathartic moment when I realised it was over, because to say goodbye to it in its entirety is just too abstract and too huge.
‘There were some tears – many of them – and we just hugged each other for a really long time.’
Danes now stars in Netflix thriller The Beast In Me (Picture: Netflix)
Danes can currently be seen in the gritty Netflix series The Beast In Me, alongside actor Matthew Rhys.
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The show dropped earlier this month to positive word of mouth from its hooked audience, with viewers overjoyed to see Danes owning the screen once more.
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