Homeland will be featuring Carrie (Claire Danes) dealing with parenthood for the first time in Season 4 as she also adjusts to her new post in the Middle East.

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Homeland executive producer Howard Gordon recently spoke with Reuters about the upcoming fourth season and how the show is going to adjust without troubled antihero Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis).

"Fortunately Carrie is still a very robust character, (as are fellow CIA spies) Saul and Quinn. And there are tertiary characters who are now stepping more to the fore," Gordon explained to Reuters.

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The fourth season is set to find Carrie "on assignment, doing what she does. She is a person who is trying to stop terrorists doing bad things," Gordon noted in simple terms, so as not to reveal too many plot details.

While Carrie and her associates are still battling against Islamic militants, Gordon said that Season 4 would be "more complicated than that. I would say that the bugaboos in Homeland this year have to do as much with the American bureaucracy as with the ostensible enemy."

As if this weren't enough for the bipolar Carrie to deal with, she is also going to be faced with maternity for the first time in her life as she takes care of her and Brody's baby.

"Carrie has Brody's baby and her illness informs her maternity."

Homeland is currently filming in Cape Town, South Africa, which will double for the Middle East in Season 4.

Homeland Season 4 is set to debut in the fall on Showtime, though the network has not yet scheduled a specific air date.

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