Hugh Dancy to Guest Star in “Homeland” Season 8

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Claire Danes will be joined by her husband Hugh Dancy for the eighth and final season of Homeland. 

The Emmy-nominated Hannibal star will join Danes on the small screen for the upcoming season of Showtime’s spy thriller based on the original Israeli series Prisoners of War. 

According to Deadline, Dancy is set for a multi-episode arc as John Zabel, a savvy Washington consultant who joins the White House as a new foreign-policy advisor to the President and a formidable opponent to Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin).

The final season of Homeland will see Carrie Mathison (Danes) recovering after months of confinement in a Russian gulag. Her body is healing, but her memory remains fractured. Meanwhile, Saul has been dispatched to engage the Taliban in peace negotiations, and against medical advice, he asks Carrie to walk with him into the lion’s den — one last time.

Production of the final season is currently underway and set is to premiere late in 2019.