“Like so many TRIIIBE tableaux, Homeland is an image rife with suggestive ambiguity. It was created post 9/11, when the term “homeland,” was used widely in contexts of protection and security, and the repeal of the country’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policies were at the forefront of every political debate. In this image straight from the heartland, TRIIIBE introduces a 1950s-era American couple posed in their living room. A military portrait on the wall signals an absent family member, presumably a son. The couple’s expressions seem simultaneously detached, stoic, and unsure, signaling that whether their soldier son is deployed or deceased, he is greatly missed. Given these clues, Homeland becomes a powerful multi-layered portrait of American ideals, nostalgia, and loss. It is a statement about the cost of war for all families (both those in favor of military action and those opposed) and — by extension — an indictment of the events that lead to that end game.”