How Much Longer Will Brody Last On 'Homeland'?

How Much Longer Does He Have?
This undated image released by Showtime shows actor Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in a scene from "Homeland." Gandolfini's portrayal of Tony Soprano represented more than just a memorable TV character. He changed the medium, making fellow antiheroes like Walter White, Don Draper and "Homeland's" Nicholas Brody possible, and shifted the balance in quality drama away from broadcast television. (AP Photo/Showtime, Kent Smith)
This undated image released by Showtime shows actor Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in a scene from "Homeland." Gandolfini's portrayal of Tony Soprano represented more than just a memorable TV character. He changed the medium, making fellow antiheroes like Walter White, Don Draper and "Homeland's" Nicholas Brody possible, and shifted the balance in quality drama away from broadcast television. (AP Photo/Showtime, Kent Smith)

Homeland returns next week, and despite the show's high body count, one character has been kept alive: Nicholas Brody. At least, he's alive for now. Star Damian Lewis tells Men's Journal, "I think simply for creative and artistic reasons, the writers want to kill me." But they don't, partially because Brody is so popular. "The more compromised storytelling is to keep him alive and to keep him bubbling along somehow.

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