Trailer: HOMELAND, season 2

Showtime have released Homeland's official second season trailer (embedded above), which is 95-seconds of bliss. I love trailers that don't assault you with imagery; spoiling things for the eagle-eyed with a pause button. This is a much classier preview of season 2, set to the enchanting "Every Breath You Take" (The Police classic, here covered by Scala and the Kolacny Brothers).

It doesn't give much away, but it teases some notable changes—not least war hero Nick Brody (Damian Lewis) stepping foot on the political ladder, and Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) working in the Middle East. After watching this play out, you're reminded of why you enjoyed the show on an emotional level, and yet remain mostly in the dark about where the story is headed. Homeland will certainly have its work cut-out trying to keep things moving forward plausibly (as it still feels like it would have worked better as a miniseries), but I hope I'm proven wrong when it returns on 30 September. Highly anticipated.