Homeland season premiere recap: 'Tin Man Is Down'

The Showtime drama's third-season premiere follows the many victims of last season's Langley bombing — and introduces some new ones

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Homeland ended its second season with a literal bang that still resonates through the entirety of tonight’s third-season kickoff. The car bomb that was detonated at Vice President Walden’s memorial in last year’s finale killed 219 Americans, with many top intelligence officials among them. Several months later, the Langley terrorist attack is known as 12/12 — a second 9/11 that has scarred the country and raised congressional scrutiny to a peak. "How can the CIA be expected to protect this country if it can’t protect itself?" a senator asks CIA agent Carrie Mathison in the opening minutes.

Fair question.

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John Hendel writes about technology and media policy on Capitol Hill for Communications Daily. He has published articles for The Atlantic, The Millions, Splitsider, and elsewhere.