Mandy Patinkin and Claire Danes will talk about the end of Homeland in livestreamed discussion June 25 (photo by Sifeddine Elamine/Showtime)
Who: Alex Gansa, Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Seija Rankin
What: Livestream discussion presented by 92Y and Entertainment Weekly
Where: 92Y Vimeo livestream
When: Thursday, June 25, free (donations accepted), 5:00
Why: After eight beguiling, thrilling, torturous, exciting, infuriating, and memorable seasons, the Showtime drama Homeland came to a close on April 26 with a jam-packed finale. Based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War, the show centered on the unique relationship between on-again, off-again CIA agent Carrie Mathison, portrayed by Claire Danes, who has won two Emmys for the role, and CIA division chief and National Security Advisor Saul Berenson, played to grumpy perfection by Mandy Patinkin, who earned four Emmy nominations with no win, which makes sense for Saul, who ends up losing a lot in his endless national and international negotiations. They fostered a special friendship over the years, so no matter what other crazy stuff was going on, you always knew something would bring them back together. On June 25, Danes, Patinkin, and creator, executive producer, and showrunner Alex Gansa will discuss Homeland with Entertainment Weekly’s Seija Rankin as part of the 92nd St. Y’s continuing digital programming, focusing on Carrie and Saul, what it was like filming the last season, and, hopefully, how the plots relate to what is happening in the real world. (Oh, and by the way, if you have not been following the adventures of Patinkin and his wife, Kathryn Grody, on Twitter, you don’t know what you’re missing.)