The poster for Homeland's second series has arrived (it's due late September in the US and on Channel 4 in the autumn). With season one leaving Carrie in hospital and bomb-bottling Brody in place to infiltrate the system, what does it all mean?
1 Backwards E
The E is correct in Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, so this dirty lettering is not the work of a rogue typographer who has misplaced the Mr Muscle, but a metaphor for the government's back-to-front morals. Yeah?
2 Brody's tan
He's partial to outdoor pursuits, such as soccer and shooting Bambi, but that tan hasn't come from a weekend in the garden. Where's he been? Somewhere desert-y, somewhere Taliban-y, both, or Magaluf?
3 Stars-and-stripes pin
Fluttering patriotically towards his heart, not away from it. Way to spoil the "is-he, isn't-he" tension of the new series, poster people.
4 Makeup
The mascara and lipstick are in stark contrast to Carrie's season-one finale look (flyaway hair, "nude" cheeks, manic eyes). This face means business.
5 Batsuit
The CIA may have kicked her out, but the superhero recruitment agencies know a solid all-rounder when they see one.
6 Illuminated Capitol building
Either someone's let off another suitcase bomb, or they're waiting for Gail Porter's arse to appear.
• This article was amended on 9 August 2012 because it wrongly identified the building in the poster as the White House. The building is the US Capitol.
