Ask Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon About ‘Homeland’

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Mandy Patinkin and Claire Danes in an early episode from Season 2 of "Homeland."Credit Ronen Akerman/Showtime

Dec. 14 | Updated Answers are published here.

“Homeland” began last fall with a desperate charge through an Iraqi prison and has barely slowed down since, stacking up an impressive array of twisted plots, dead bodies and tortured love triangles as it has become television’s top drama and arguably the biggest hit ever for Showtime. The second season has found its damaged main characters, played by Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, dodging assorted mortal threats and strengthening their bond as geopolitical intrigue swirls all around them.

As anticipation builds for Sunday’s season finale, Alex Gansa, the show runner and co-creator of “Homeland,” and Howard Gordon, the other co-creator, are taking questions from Times readers. As former members of the “24” braintrust, the producers knew a thing or two about crafting intense counterterrorism narratives and previously pledged that the second season of “Homeland” would be just as gripping as the first. “That’s the contract with the audience,” Mr. Gordon said.

Has that contract been fulfilled? What else do you want to know about “Homeland” — aside from, presumably, any spoilers about the finale? Please post your questions about the show in the comments below. We’ll pose some of them to Mr. Gansa and Mr. Gordon and post their answers here later this week.