Homeland season 3 now has an official synopsis from its network Showtime, and it hints at what we can expect later this year.

Homeland season 3 looks set to be the most turbulent season yet, with Carrie and Saul trying to recover their professional and personal lives, whilst Brody remains at large.

Showtime have released this official press release detailing the Homeland season 3 plot.

Homeland Season 3 opens during the aftermath of the horrific terror attack that decimated the U.S. intelligence apparatus, and prompted a global manhunt for the world’s most wanted terrorist – Nick Brody (Damian Lewis). As Carrie (Claire Danes) and Saul (Mandy Patinkin) begin to pick up the pieces of their shattered professional and personal lives, they are swept up in the political and media firestorm surrounding the terror attack and the subsequent search for Brody’s whereabouts.”

We reported last week that David Nevins had leaked news about the plot, and today’s synopsis confirms Nevins was right.

It appears as though Saul and Carrie’s roles within the CIA will be under increasing pressure after the explosion seen at Vice President Walden’s funeral, which eliminated David Estes. We’re sure the CIA will be demanding questions that Saul and Carrie will find hard to answer.

However, we must also turn our attention to some of the other cast members, such as Morena Baccarin and Rupert Friend. The latter will be promoted to a much larger role for Homeland season 3 as Peter Quinn, and we are certainly interested to see what will happen to Baccarin, who stars as Brody’s wife Jessica. With Diego Klattenhoff pushed aside for the upcoming season, Jessica will have plenty of room to manoeuvre her story-arc. But where do you see her storyline heading?

With Carrie, Saul, Brody, Mike and Jessica’s lives falling away, we can slowly understand Howard Gordon’s claims that Homeland season 3 will be “reset.” Life for these characters is certainly not what they expected.

What are your hopes for the upcoming season of Homeland? What do you expect to happen to Brody? How will Saul and Carrie pick themselves and their career up? And, what role do you expect Quinn to assume?

Homeland season 3 premieres on September 29, 2013 over on Showtime.