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It’s the finale of Homeland’s season 3 and tensions are high. The big question on a lot of people’s minds is “Will Carrie get Brody out of Tehran alive?” The finale episode is titled “The Star” and we’re covering it live right here.
UPDATE: Now that the finale has ended, check out the up-to-the-minute updates from the airing of the show with details, tweets, and photos from the episode below.
The big @SHO_Homeland season finale is about to begin. Fasten your seatbelts
— Tim Guinee (@TimGuinee) December 16, 2013
And we’re off! 9:00pm
Season Finale of #Homeland. I have this unsettling feeling Brody won't make it to Season 4.
— Maureen Wagner (@maureenwagner) December 16, 2013
Only if #Javadi knew what just happened he wouldn't run so fast.#Homeland
— Shaun Toub (@ShaunToub) December 16, 2013
Brody has to take time to tuck in his pants before trying to escape from Iran. Logic. #Homeland
— Shana 1LFS (@evilapprentice) December 16, 2013
Uh oh. That was a close one for Brody. 9:03pm
So far so good with Brody’s escape … Spoke too soon … Brody puts a gun to his driver’s head and hell breaks loose. 9:05pm
Carrie just told Saul that Brody completed the mission, but Saul isn’t convinced. 9:05pm
Saul has a perfectly good theory, except that he’s wrong. #Homeland
— Shana 1LFS (@evilapprentice) December 16, 2013
I still can't believe that Brody did it, he actually did it #homeland
— 'Ana Fonua-Terrazas (@CSMStyleDiary) December 16, 2013
Carrie just found Brody in a car, made him move to the passenger seat to hide, and she took the wheel! 9:09pm
Saul just learned the news that Carrie was right about Brody. 9:09pm
Saul making the right choice for Carrie. Throwback to Papa Bear Saul from season 1. #Homeland
— Jenn from BBV (@bbvintage) December 16, 2013
Brody reveals to Carrie that he was born in the desert. He looks so gaunt and his eyes are like glass as he looks out the window while Carrie drives. 9:12pm
Carrie and Brody arrive at their safe house. 9:14pm
Brody’s having trouble with the fact he killed a man, while Carrie is assuring him that it was the right thing to do. 9:17pm
Saul calls Carrie to congratulate Brody on his kill and let them know that they’ll be getting out soon … Something seems fishy though. 9:18pm
Waiting for Carrie to drop the "pregnant" bomb on Brody after all he's been through. #facepalm #homeland
— Aaron Lewis (@AA_Lew) December 16, 2013
And, Carrie drops the pregnancy news on Brody … 4 months pregnant. 9:20pm
Brody takes the baby news very well, is actually very calm and happy. 9:21pm
Uh oh. They’re caught. It looks like a set up as Brody is taken away as Lockhardt has ordered Brody be detained. 9:22pm
Carrie calls Saul in a panic and Saul is outraged. 9:23pm
Carrie is on the move as she clears everything out of her hotel and just as she’s leaving, she’s taken to meet with Javadi. 9:25pm
"It was always about him. That's what you care about, maybe the only thing." Javadi to Carrie. #Homeland
— Go Juggle Some Balls (@GoHugYourself) December 16, 2013
Brody is set to be hanged at 4 a.m. in a public execution. 9:26pm
Brody … You in danger, Girl. #Homeland
— Tina (@tjmarcel) December 16, 2013
Carrie calls Brody in prison and he tells her that he wants it to be over. He also asks Carrie not to be present at his hanging because he doesn’t want her to go through watching him die. Carrie says she will be there no matter what. 9:31pm
Saul tells Carrie that the situation is hopeless as she’s trying everything she can think of to save Brody. 9:33pm
Brody is being escorted by police to his execution. Carrie is at the execution site waiting. 9:35pm
I'm so immersed in #Homeland that I can't imagine the series without Brody. This is an incredibly powerful moment in TV history. Sad.
— Canes News (@CanesNews) December 16, 2013
When offered a blindfold, Brody refuses it. He is spat on as the noose is put around his neck. 9:37pm
Carrie watches crying as Brody is raised in the air, hanging by his neck. 9:38pm
Carrie cries out to Brody before being hit down by the baton of a policeman. 9:38pm
Brody's public execution on #Tehran, Saul is out, Carrie devastated, a poor end to #Homeland finale pic.twitter.com/9JXTMXaX1V
— Omid Memarian (@Omid_M) December 16, 2013
And that’s the end of Brody as he hangs lifeless. 9:39pm
The show flashes to four months later with Saul at the beach. 9:40pm
Saul talks about how he hasn’t heard from Carrie at all since Brody’s death. 9:42pm
Carrie thinks Brody deserves an award for his service, but is denied. 9:44pm
Watching Carrie smoke a cigarette at 8 months pregnant is pretty gross … 9:45pm
“My mom was…intense.” -daughter of Carrie (Homeland) to her therapist 30 years from now
— Reindeer Icecastle (@r_wolfcastle) December 16, 2013
Carrie is convinced she can’t be a mother between her lifestyle and her job. 9:46pm
Why would Saul offer Dar a job? #Homeland
— Mary Kandaras (@marykandaras) December 16, 2013
It’s a girl! 9:49pm
Carrie randomly announces to her sister and dad that she’s moving to Istanbul and will give the baby up for adoption. They are not having it … 9:50pm
Love this scene of Carrie with her dad and sister. #Homeland
— SleepyNeo (@NeoScandal) December 16, 2013
Carrie’s dad says that if she doesn’t want the baby, he’s going to take her. 9:51pm
Saul congratulates Carrie on Istanbul and she wishes him luck in New York. 9:54pm
When it's over it's over, pull down the shades and go home. #Homeland why do you do this to me. WOW
— Susan (@SusanJaget) December 16, 2013
Because Brody doesn’t receive a star on the wall, Carrie actually takes a sharpie and draws one for him on the wall of the CIA once every has left. 9:57pm
The End.
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Homeland Finale Season 3 Live Blog & Highlights