Homeland season 4 kicks off on Sunday night with back-to-back episodes and fans are wondering whether Brody’s family will be involved at all following his death.
Brody died in the season 3 finale and will probably not appear at all in the show, although the option of flashbacks has been left open.
Brody could appear in a flashback, though it’s “highly doubtful,” showrunner Alex Gansa told Entertainment Weekly.
And he’s really dead, Gansa emphasized to TVLine.
“All the evidence points to his death, undoubtedly,” Gansa said. “I encourage [doubters] to watch the episode again. The issue has been settled. He is not unkillable.”
The bigger question for most fans is whether they will see Brody’s family--who have drawn ire from many fans--again in any capacity.
The actresses playing his wife Jessica (Morena Baccarin) and daughter Dana (Morgan Saylor) will not return as regulars following Brody’s death, reported TVLine. However, Gansa said that “it’s a definite possibility” the pair will return as guest stars.
Gansa noted that one way they could pop up again is if Carrie connected with one of them to explain how and why Brody died.
As for the tone of season 4 without Brody and his family, critics are lauding it.
“The fourth season of the Showtime network’s crown jewel, which bows on Oct. 5 with a special two-hour premiere, is a total reboot. Gone are the Brody brood—Jessica (stunning Emmy nominee Morena Baccarin) and the polarizing, über-emo Dana, who proved to be even more grating than that other whiny spy-baby named Dana from True Lies—as well as the ubiquitous, talented late character actor James Rebhorn, who played Carrie’s father. The deviating family melodrama has, thankfully, been replaced by shrewd spycraft,” said the Daily Beast.
“All the silly family drama has finally taken a back seat to the CIA wheeling-and-dealing that made the show so damn scintillating in the first place. I’m as surprised as anyone, ladies and gents, but Homeland is back.”
