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" Homeland&amp;#039;s Damian Lewis has defended the sex scenes in the Showtime and Channel 4 hit, insisting that nearly all the sexual content either furthered plot or character. Lewis admitted that there was one &amp;quot;gratuitous sex scene&amp;quot; early on in season one, but joked that it was part and parcel of working with a network like Showtime. Watch Damian Lewis talking about Homeland below (Warning: contains spoilers):      &amp;quot;Sex scenes must have a narrative. Otherwise they shouldn&amp;#039;t be in the story,&amp;quot; Lewis told Digital Spy.  &amp;quot;They need to further either plot or character. And if they do that successfully in a sex scene, like any other scene should, they should be in the piece. &amp;quot;I think there was a gratuitous sex scene. I&amp;#039;m not going to say what it was, because I wasn&amp;#039;t in it. But there was definitely an extremely gratuitous sex scene in episode three. But hey, it&amp;#039;s Showtime, they like sex.&amp;quot; &amp;amp;gt; &amp;#039;Homeland&amp;#039; &amp;#039;The Vest&amp;#039; review: &amp;#039;It&amp;#039;s going to be an explosive finale&amp;#039; Speaking at the Carphone Warehouse Appys, Lewis added: &amp;quot;Intensity for actors spells enjoyment. There&amp;#039;s real grist to get your teeth stuck into [with Homeland].  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s been made more enjoyable by the reaction to it. It&amp;#039;s fun when someone falls in love with something you&amp;#039;ve just done.&amp;quot; The Homeland season one finale airs in the UK on Sunday (May 6) on Channel 4. Season 2 returns in the US on September 30 on Showtime. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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