Allegiance (American TV series)
A family of spies is reactivated for a Russian plot.
Allegiance is an American spy drama television series adapted from the Israeli series The Gordin Cell. It premiered on NBC on February 5, 2015, and was canceled after five low-rated episodes. The series moved online, with its final episode released on April 30, 2015.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Spy drama
- Based on
- The Gordin Cell
- Developer
- George Nolfi
- Starring
- Hope Davis
- Scott Cohen
- Gavin Stenhouse
- Margarita Levieva
- Morgan Spector
- Alexandra Peters
- Kenneth Choi
- Composer
- Jay Kuo
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Seasons
- 1
Facts from the source article.
Cast
Hope Davis portrays Katya O'Connor, a retired Russian intelligence operative whose father, a KGB general, forcibly recruited her at age 17. Scott Cohen plays Mark O'Connor, an American-born businessman recruited by Katya to spy for Russia. Gavin Stenhouse appears as Alex O'Connor, a gifted CIA analyst assigned to a joint FBI-CIA investigation into an SVR plot to destroy U.S. critical infrastructure; until episode 4, he was unaware of his family's spying, and episode 5 notes he earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Princeton in three years. Margarita Levieva plays Natalie O'Connor, the eldest daughter and an SVR spy recruited at age 20, who dates Victor Dobrynin, her family's handler. Morgan Spector portrays Victor Dobrynin, an SVR operative assigned as Katya and Mark's handler and Natalie's boyfriend. Alexandra Peters plays youngest daughter Sarah O'Connor. Kenneth Choi is Sam Luttrell, CIA Station Chief of New York. Robert John Burke plays Special Agent Brock, FBI agent-in-charge of the joint investigation. Floriana Lima portrays Special Agent Michelle Prado, partnered with Alex. Fred Dalton Thompson appears as the FBI Director. Diane Farr plays Elizabeth Simpson of the Department of Transportation. Giancarlo Esposito portrays Oscar Christoph / Marcus Bolivar / John Phillips. Paul Ben-Victor plays Special Agent Faber.
Production
On January 10, 2014, NBC ordered the series to pilot under the title Coercion. Gavin Stenhouse was cast as a lead on February 14, 2014; Hope Davis and Margarita Levieva were cast as female leads on February 24, 2014. The pilot was ordered to a 13-episode series under the final title Allegiance on May 6, 2014. NBC announced a February 5, 2015 premiere date on December 12, 2014. Filming on the series finale ended on March 15, 2015.
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