If there is one thing the television show "Homeland" is good at, then that would be to kill off a major character then continuing with a bang.
It did so in the third season finale when Damian Lewis' character Nicholas Brody was killed off while Claire Danes' Carrie Mathison hopelessly looked on.
Many assumed that without Brody, "Homeland" would limp along the next season, but season 4 was exciting and action-packed and received tons of praise from loyal viewers.
Now that the show has entered its fifth season, it seems like it would be Mathison who would meet her end, according to Radio Times.
Mathison actually gave up her career in the CIA and moved to Berlin with her daughter Frannie, where she is working for a private security firm. Even her would-be relationship with fellow agent Peter Quinn amounted to nothing since she is seen with a German boyfriend.
Of course, the CIA is not willing to give up Mathison just yet, and after just a few episodes, there's already a target on her head.
Ironically, her assassination has been ordered on Quinn, no less, and he decodes the identity of his next secret victim: "M-A-T-H-I-S-O-N..."
It is unsure whether or not Quinn can really kill Mathison, but one thing is for sure: Things are going to get heated up and even more complicated for everybody involved.
"She's trying to run away from her past, and it's right there over her shoulder. Episode two is the time when it really catches up to her," says showrunner Alex Gansa.
Finding out she's a target is "her worst nightmare," he told Variety, adding: "Carrie is smart enough not to believe anything that anybody tells her. She hears it. She takes it in. She believes it or doesn't believe it. We'll learn more about that."
Quinn, on the other hand, is "not shocked" at all that his target is Mathison.
"Quinn has been living on the tip of the spear all his life, all his professional life - certainly the last two years in Syria. This guy has seen it all," said Gansa. "To get Carrie's name in the kill box is an interesting development in his life. He's not shocked. He's learned to expect the unexpected. And obviously this is something that is going to cause some conflict in him going forward and carrying out the mission."
