Is Homeland S08 set in 2018 or 2020?

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Is (the bulk of) S08 supposed to have been set in 2018 or 2020?

There seems to have been a mistake about this:

In S08E06, CNB (TV news channel) lists birth and death years of the deceased President as "1941–2020":

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I was a bit confused about this. At the time I found this quote by producer Alex Gansa to Entertainment Weekly in 2018 that I thought might explain it:

We're going to start fresh in season 8 and probably do a fairly big time jump between 7 and 8 and put any Trump parallels behind us

So I thought that maybe somehow S08 had jumped forward to 2020 (even though that would be inconsistent with S07).

However, in tonight's season and series finale (S08E12), the blurb of Carrie's book says:

In 2018, former CIA Case Officer and Station Chief Carrie A. Mathison made what ......

was in her mind the most patriotic move she could make: she outed an American spy to the Russian government. In exchange, the Russian government released audio from [...]

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One of the above seems to be a mistake. So which is it? Is (the bulk of) S08 supposed to have been set in 2018 or 2020?






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What year is Homeland Season 8?

Season 1 (2011) Nicholas Brody, a U.S. Marine Sergeant who had been reported as missing in action since 2003, is rescued from a compound belonging to terrorist Abu Nazir. Brody is heralded as a war hero, but Carrie comes to suspect that he is planning a terrorist attack against the United States.

What year is Homeland set in?

Where is Homeland season 8 filmed? Homeland has been filmed in different places during its time on the small screen. Season eight was shot in Morocco with the North African nation doubling up for Afghanistan. The setting marks a return to the nation since season four which was filmed in Cape Town, South Africa.

Where is Homeland Season 8 set?

The seventh season of the American television drama series Homeland premiered on February 11, 2018, and concluded on April 29, 2018, on Showtime, consisting of 12 episodes....Homeland (season 7)HomelandOriginal releaseFebruary 11 \u2013 April 29, 2018Season chronologyList of episodes8 more rows



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