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" Homeland exec Howard Gordon has confirmed that Brody (Damian Lewis) could die in the show&amp;#039;s second season. The former 24 producer told Entertainment Weekly that &amp;quot;characters who [viewers are] invested in could go&amp;quot;.   &amp;quot;What I learned from 24 is to exit a character when their story has been told,&amp;quot; Gordon said. &amp;quot;Everybody was fair game and that gave it a sense of stakes.&amp;quot; The showrunner added that season two &amp;quot;could&amp;quot; end with Brody&amp;#039;s demise, with the show undergoing a &amp;quot;paradigm shift&amp;quot; for a potential third run. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re thinking in parallel to the end of season two and the beginning of season three and really trying to understand how much fruit there&amp;#039;s left on the vine,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;And if the show does have to have a paradigm shift - which all shows do, at some point - we want to do it as gracefully as possible.&amp;quot;  Fellow Homeland exec Alex Gansa recently revealed that marine-turned-terrorist Brody was originally slated to die in the season one finale, with &amp;quot;Damian&amp;#039;s performance and... the chemistry between Damian and Claire [Danes]&amp;quot; ultimately guaranteeing the character&amp;#039;s survival. Homeland returned to Showtime in the US last night (September 30), with season two scheduled to premiere in the UK on October 7 at 9pm on Channel 4. &amp;amp;gt; Claire Danes on Homeland season two: &amp;#039;Things get intense&amp;#039;&amp;amp;gt; Homeland Claire Danes: &amp;#039;I needed a break from crazy Carrie&amp;#039; Watch a trailer for the second season of Homeland below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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