'Homeland' Season 2 - Watch the first 20 minutes now!

"Homeland" doesn't return for another exciting, tension-filled season until Sunday, Sept. 30 at 10 p.m., but Showtime has made the first 20 minutes of the Season 2 premiere available online ahead of the premiere.

This is simultaneously the best and the worst news ever. Best, because OMG waiting for a new episode since December has been one of the hardest things we've endured all year. (Yes, we live charmed lives.) Worst, because we can't watch the rest of the episode until Sept. 30.

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Watch the first 25 minutes of the episode below to find out how Carrie has been coping after her hospitalization, how Brody's political career is going and more. How cruel is it that we still have to wait to watch the rest?!