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♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW."
WE'RE HERE WITH GUESTS CLAIRE DANES AND MANDY PATINKIN, STARS
OF "HOMELAND" WHICH HAS ITS SERIES FINALE SUNDAY AT
9:00 P.M. ON SHOWTIME.
THIS IS THE LAST TIME I GET TO INTERVIEW YOU ABOUT "HOMELAND."
SO A LIGHTNING ROUND.
FIRST QUESTION, THE SEGMENT WE'RE CALLING THERE'S NO PLACE
LIKE "HOMELAND."
CLAIRE, YOUR ONLY BRING ONE BACK.
DO YOU BRING BACK PETER QUINN OR MAX?
>> WHAT?!
IS THAT THAT'S IT, YOU CAN ONLY BRING ONE BACK.
>> THAT'S -- THAT'S -- >> Stephen: HEY...
IT'S A TOUGH JOB.
>> WHAT'S THE CHOICE.
NO, NO, NO.
>> Stephen: CORRECT ANTSER IS PETER QUINN.
( LAUGHTER ) MANDY, IS THERE ANY CHANCE SAUL
IS ACTUALLY THE BAD GUY?
>> OH, MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU THOUGHT OF THAT, STEPHEN.
YOU ARE JUST -- YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN CARRIE MATHIESON IF IT WAS
A MAN.
OH, MY GOD.
>> Stephen: GOOD.
HOW OVERWHELMING.
I THINK I STRUCK A NERVE.
'LL SAY NO MORE.
>> Stephen: GOOD.
CLAIR.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHICH ONE OF THE TWO OF YOU, YOU OR MANDY, WOULD
MAKE A BETTER SPY IN REAL LIFE?
>> OH, FOR SURE NOT ME.
FOR SURE NOT ME.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT A SPY WOULD SAY.
THAT'S EXACTLY HOW A SPY WOULD ANSWER.
>> NO, I PUT ON WHATEVER VERSION OF BRAVERY I POSSIBLY CAN WITHIN
THE VERY STRICT, NARROW PARAMETERS OF THE LAND OF MAKE
BELIEVE.
OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'M A MESS.
I DID LASER TAG A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND, WITHIN SECONDS, WAS,
LIKE, SHIVERING IN A CORNER.
A WARRIOR, I'M NOT.
I DON'T HANDLE STRESS THAT WELL, TURNS OUT.
>> Stephen: MANDY, DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD MIKE A GOOD SPY?
>> I CRY ALL THE TIME, SO MAYBE YES, BECAUSE THEY'D FIGURE HOW
CAN A GUY BE A SPY WHO'S CRYING ALL THE TIME?
SO -- >> Stephen: I WATCHED THE
EPISODE THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND THEY HAVE BASICALLY A FLASHBACK
A MEMORY YOU'RE HAVING OF YOUR YOUNGER SELF.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE ANY INPUT INTO THE CASTING OF YOUR
YOUNGER SELF?
I KNOW WHAT YOU LOOKED LIKE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER AND IT'S NOT
THAT GUY.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
I MET WITH THEM WHO PLAYED ME, AND I ACTUALLY GAVE HIM A LITTLE
COACHING ON MY WALK BECAUSE MY CHILDREN MAKE FUN OF MY WALK AND
THINK IT'S MOST UNUSUAL.
SO I SAID, LISTEN, MY KIDS THINK THIS IS THE MOST UNIQUE THING
ABOUT THEIR FATHER, YOU MIGHT WANT TO WATCH IT.
AND THEN WHEN MY SON WAS WATCHING WITH ME, MY SON HAS A
RUNNING COMMENTARY WHILE THE SHOW IS ON.
IT'S LIKE WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHAT
IT'S LIKE.
AND HE WENT, THERE'S THE WALK!
THAT GUY'S BRILLIANT!
UNBELIEVABLE!
THERE'S THE WALK, DAD!
THERE'S THE WALK!
>> Stephen: THIS THE WALK YOU ALWAYS DO, OR IS THIS SAUL'S
WALK?
SAUL HAS A VERY PURPOSEFUL TIN SOLDIER WALK.
>> I DON'T GET IT.
I DID NOT INVENT THE SAUL WALK.
THIS IS HOW I WALK WHEN I HAVE TO GET SOMEWHERE.
MY FAMILY HAS A FIELD DAY WITH IT.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT.
I DON'T US.
IT'S HOW I WALK.
>> Stephen: VERY DISTINCTIVE.
ALL RIGHT.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE SERIES FINALE IN ONE WORD?
THIS IS A JUMP BALL.
>> CONCLUSIVE-ISH.
>> Stephen: C CONCLUSIVEISH.
MANDY, ANYTHING?
>> A NONCOMMITTAL ANSWER, YEAH.
I WOULD SAY BEGINNING-ISH.
WELL, I THINK, TOGETHER, WE HAVE A SUITABLE ANSWER.
>> Stephen: BEGINNING-ISH.
OKAY.
WELL, CLAIRE, MANDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TO JOIN
ME DURING THE LOCKDOWN, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS EXTRAORDINARY
SHOW AND, OBVIOUSLY, TO THE CREATORS AND THE WRITERS AND
PRODUCERS AND CAMERAMEN AND THE CREW AND EVERYONE WHO MADE IT
POSSIBLE, IT'S BEEN JUST A GREAT COMPANION OVER THESE LAST NINE
CRAZY YEARS THAT AMERICA AND THE WORLD HAS GONE THROUGH AND IT'S
SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE TO CELEBRATE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE
ENDING OF IT THIS SUNDAY.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, STEPHEN AND AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE
AND THANK GOD FOR CLAIRE DANES WHO LED US THROUGH THIS WHOLE
JOURNEY, WHAT A JOY.
>> THANK GOD FOR THIS FINE MAN RIGHT HERE.
I LOVE YOU BOTH!
>> Stephen: FEELING IS MUTUAL.
SERIES FINALE OF "HOMELAND" AIRS SUNDAY 9:00 P.M. ON SHOWTIME.
CLAIRE DANES AND MANDY PATINKIN, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
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