: The asset is revealed to be Anna Pomerantseva , a high-level GRU interpreter who has been working with Saul since the 1980s. Rather than be captured, Anna takes her own life, leaving Saul devastated and his relationship with Carrie fractured.

: Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter and written by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, the finale emphasizes that the "road to power is littered with corpses" and questions the human cost of the intelligence business. Production Facts Series Premiere October 2, 2011 Series Finale April 26, 2020 Total Episodes Lead Star Claire Danes (as Carrie Mathison) Key Filming Locations South Africa, Morocco, Germany, and New York "Homeland" Prisoners of War (TV Episode 2020) - IMDb

: Faced with a potential nuclear war between the U.S. and Pakistan, Carrie is forced into an impossible choice. To obtain the black box audio from the President's crashed helicopter, she must identify Saul Berenson’s long-term Russian asset for Yevgeny Gromov.

The series finale of , titled " Prisoners of War " (S08E12), concluded the eight-season journey of Carrie Mathison on April 26, 2020. The episode's title pays homage to the Israeli series Hatufim (Prisoners of War), which served as the original inspiration for the show. Feature: The Cost of Peace and the New Asset