From Afghanistan to Pakistan to Germany, the television series "Homeland" has certainly brought viewers to a lot of exciting places. But for its sixth season, it will settle back in the United States.
Showtime CEO David Nevins said during the TCA 2016 Winter Press Tour that the show will take place "in and around New York City," according to Collider.
After taking the show to several locations across the globe, Nevins, showrunner Alex Gansa, and the writers felt the need to do another American story.
"It's not necessarily going to stay there forever," Nevins continued. "But there was a strong interest in doing a domestic story."
One of the burning questions that Nevins had to answer was related to CIA agent Peter Quinn (played by Rupert Friend).
In the season 5 finale, Carrie Mathison (played by Claire Danes) appeared to put him out of his misery in the hospital after reading his heartbreaking letter to her. After all, Quinn is in a coma after miraculously surviving a Sarin gas attack, but in his letter, he told Carrie that he actually welcomed death. There was a flash of light that seemed to suggest that Quinn has finally passed on to the other side, but until fans see his body buried in the ground, they are still holding out hope for his recovery.
Nevins said that they are still uncertain about Quinn's survival. Should he live, however, he would actually be in a depressing state.
"'Homeland' is a show that killed a lead," he said, referring to the surprising death of Damian Lewis' Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody in season 3. "It attempts to live in the real world. It's less about playing games. There won't be a supernatural solution."
Nevins added that Quinn won't go back to being an assassin should he live. "It will not be in any way shape or form the way he has lived to date," he said.
When asked if they would consider doing a story about drug lord El Chapo, Nevins answered that it isn't out of the picture.
"I have no idea if Alex (Gansa) has ever thought of it, but I've thought of it. It seems a little out of the ordinary for the show, but the narco-terrorism is always a possibility," he admitted.
Any story related to Republican candidate Donald Trump, on the other hand, is more vague. "I don't know. They don't tend to do real people, but they tend to find themes that are real," he simply said.
