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So, just what does the ending of Homeland mean?

Well, the main takeaway is that Saul has a new double agent infiltrating Russia.

Carrie's secret note inside the book shows that she hasn't completely forgotten her allegiance.

That open-ended feeling is exactly what showrunner Alex Gansa was going for. "The idea is that the story goes on," Gansa told TVLine.

"That's how we chose to end the series. Carrie is [in Russia] doing her work and communicating with Saul. Maybe the story [of what comes next] lives best in the imagination of our fans."

It wasn't an easy outcome to agree on when it came to cast and crew weighing in, adds Gansa: "The conversations got intense about how far Carrie would go and how far she wouldn't go.

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Everyone — cast members, directors, writers — was in a froth. ... To say there was some free-floating anxiety would've been an understatement."

At one point, the script called for Carrie to actually kill Saul, which in the end didn't go over well with Gansa.

"That [climatic Carrie/Saul] scene went through a lot of ite

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