'Homeland' Season 5 Trailer Released

The fifth season premiere of Homeland airs Sunday, October 4th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime. The network has released the full-length trailer for its Emmy and Golden Globe-winning hit drama series.

Recently nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Drama series, Homeland stars Emmy, Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Award winner Claire Danes, Emmy nominee Rupert Friend, Oscar winner and Emmy nominee F. Murray Abraham, Sebastian Koch, Screen Actors Guild winner Miranda Otto, Alexander Fehling, Sarah Sokolovic, and Emmy and Tony winner Mandy Patinkin.

Homeland season five will pick up two years after Carrie Mathison's (Danes) ill-fated tenure as Islamabad station chief. Struggling to reconcile her guilt and disillusionment with years of working on the front lines in the "war on terror," Carrie finds herself in a self-imposed exile in Berlin, estranged from the CIA and working as the head of security for a German philanthropist.

Watch the Season 5 trailer below:

'Homeland' Season 4 Premieres Tonight With Back-to-Back New Episodes

Homeland premieres October 5 on Showtime.

Homeland kicks off its fourth season with back-to-back episodes ("The Drone Queen" and "Trylon and Perisphere") on Sunday, October 5, starting at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime.

As last season drew to a close, Carrie Mathison (Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe winner Claire Danes), pregnant with the late Brody's (Damian Lewis) baby, got promoted to a new post overseas, while Saul Berenson (Emmy and Tony Award winner Mandy Patinkin) contemplated his future outside of the CIA.

Filmed entirely on location in South Africa, Season 4 begins with Carrie, the CIA Chief of Station in Kabul, making a critical decision when her counterpart in Islamabad delivers urgent intelligence on a high-value target. Back in the U.S., Saul struggles to adjust to the private sector.

An official inquiry brings Carrie back to the U.S., where she struggles with her ambivalence towards motherhood. Meanwhile, Quinn spirals out of control; and a disgraced former case officer reveals disturbing new information.

Watch the Season 4 trailer and a sneak peek at at the premiere below:

Showtime Releases First 'Homeland' Season 4 First Look Trailer (Video)

Showtime has unveiled the Season 4 poster for its No. 1 series Homeland, premiering on Sunday, October 5th at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

The highly-anticipated drama stars Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe winner Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a bi-polar CIA officer who plays by her own rules.

As last season drew to a close Carrie, pregnant with the late Brody's (Damian Lewis) baby, got promoted to a new post overseas, while Saul Berenson (Emmy and Tony Award winner Mandy Patinkin) contemplated his future outside of the CIA. Season four will find Carrie assigned to one of the most volatile and dangerous CIA stations in the Middle East where she is back on the front lines in the war on terror.

Along with Danes and Patinkin, Emmy nominee Rupert Friend will return for Season 4, along with Nazanin Boniadi and Laila Robins who will both be series regulars.

Watch an early look at Season 4 below: