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->'''Played By:''' Maury Sterling
*AmbiguousDisorder: It's implied early on that he has some manner of spectrum disorder. Carrie rather cruelly describes him as Virgil's "weird little brother".
* AscendedExtra: Spends the first three seasons as second banana to his brother Virgil, before growing into a gradully more important role as the show wears on. By the final season, Maury Sterling was second billed in the main cast.
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim: Max is unceremoniously executed near the end of season 8 in a horrible aversion of the RuleOfDrama.]]
* PromotedToOpeningTitles: Finally for the seventh season, after recurring in all but one of the previous six.
* TheQuietOne: Very soft-spoken and timid, and dislikes unnecessary physical contact (see AmbiguousDisorder above).
* TheReliableOne: Becomes Carrie's most loyal ally by the end of the show.
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!!Saul Berenson
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* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm: He's mostly an office analyst, but he is shown as very competent when he does field work.
* BeingGoodSucks: His service to the country puts a strain on his marriage, and he's given a very hard time when he clashes with Estes over a broken deal.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Throws Carrie under the bus in the aftermath of the attack on Langley. He doesn't become a BrokenPedestal because it's revealed to be a part of a complex scheme to lure the Iranians]].
** And then there's his followup plan: [[spoiler:Turn a war criminal into a puppet for the CIA, and then use the US's most sought after fugitive to assassinate a high-ranking Iranian official so that he could be replaced with said puppet.]]
* BigGood: During his stint as head of the CIA. A very balanced leader, unlike other radical and self-serving officials who hold the post throughout the series.
* BrutalHonesty
* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: To Carrie.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being the head of the agency at a critical time undermines his principles due to a tremendous responsability full of political obstacles.
-->We're not assassins, Mira. We're spies. We don't kill our targets if we don't have to. We trawl for 'em, we develop 'em, and then we redirect them against more important targets.
* CoolOldGuy
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheFettered: A principled spy who [[IGaveMyWord stands by his word]], defends that deals must be honored and advocates for smart-not-blunt approaches. Fellow spymaster Dar Adul even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gx7hV2e-Us chides Saul]] for being too sensitive for the profession, but this righteousness has doubled as a motivation for years.
* {{Foil}}: To David Estes. Both are senior officials at the CIA, but Saul is a principled hero who tries to do the right thing, even if ([[BeingGoodSucks and when]]) his career suffers for it.
* KnightInSourArmour: The War on Terror is a weary endeavour, but he keeps carrying on.
* MarriedToTheJob: "It's my weakness. My AchillesHeel. Whenever they call me, I go."
* OnlyFriend: To Carrie's. It works both ways, he is her OnlyFriend as much she is '''his'''. Estes explicitly tells Saul in "I'll Fly Away" that, except Carrie alone, Saul himself really has no allies in the CIA.
** Subverted in season 3: Despite appearances to the contrary (and assurances to Lockhart), Dar Adul seems to be very much an ally of Saul's.
* TheLastDJ: A veteran who didn't have a higher rank at the CIA because he's not a political animal.
* TheMentor
** MentorArchetype
* OnlySaneMan: He is the mediator between Carrie's antics and CIA's bureaucracy.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The most balanced official among the powerful characters.
** Double subverted in Season 3. In the season's first four episodes, it seemed that he was being extremely cruel to Carrie (whether it was somewhat deserved, fans can disagree on). He also had a KickTheDog scene with an Islamic analyst that looked very bad. But at the end of Episode 4, [[spoiler: TheReveal showed that he and Carrie had actually been working together, and Saul had not lost his morality. He then was shown as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure throughout the rest of the season, although some thought that he had become too much like TheSpock, willing to sacrifice individuals' safety for TheNeedsOfTheMany.]]
* TheStoic: rarely raises his voice or loses his cool, although if he's displeased with you, you will know it.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the third season he is more personally unpleasant and goes in the direction of being TheUnFettered in terms of his willingness to use as sacrifice assets and seek out shady assets for the [[TheNeedsOfTheMany greater good]]. Before [[spoiler: the reveal at the end of "Game On" (Season 3, Episode 4) he seemed to have taken several levels in Jerkass, but after that it seems at worst he's become more like TheSpock, focusing on TheNeedsOfTheMany, with a plan to make anti-American terrorism much harder and less likely, although willing to reluctantly break a few eggs if required for that omelet.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Dar
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Javadi, they were close associates when Iran was an American ally under the Shah.
* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler: At the end of season two, the car bomb decapitates the CIA leadership and leaves him the ranking officer on the scene.]]
!!David Estes
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm making sure there are no loose cannons rolling around on my deck, because if there are, I need to tie them down."'']]
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* AmbitionIsEvil: A careerist who acts as a prolongation of Walden's agenda from time to time.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Not quite, but his hair is kept very short, bordering on this trope.
* DaChief
* TheDanza
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Albeit effectively.]]
* FakeAmerican
* InspectorJavert: Namechecked by Saul. Starts to fit the role by the end of Season 2.
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: During his PetTheDog moments.
** JerkassHasAPoint
* KickTheDog: After Saul learns that he and the vice president used drone strikes against terrorists while disregarding the possible civilian casualties of such an endeavor, he confronts Estes about it. Estes condescendingly points out to Saul that his threat to release this information is hollow as it will damage the nation at large by giving Middle-Eastern terrorist organizations "the best recruitment tool since Abu-Ghraib," essentially hiding behind Saul's patriotism to cover his own ass.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat
* PetTheDog[=/=]HonestAdvisor: He voices his concern to the Vice President about targeting civilians.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is a competent boss at his own right. It's just that, unlike Carrie, he is limited by CIA bureaucracy. Played with in that he shares Walden's agenda and this makes him an obstructive antagonist or worse when it fits him.
* YourCheatingHeart
* WorkingWithTheEx
!!Senator Andrew Lockhart
-> '''Played By:''' Tracy Letts
A subcommittee boss who grills the CIA for its failures and is appointed director of the CIA by the President in Season 3.
* JerkassHasAPoint
* MoleInCharge: Sort of, [[spoiler: Saul is able to catch him receiving intelligence from a Mossad agent, implying that he is an Israeli agent]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In his first scene, he's [[HauledBeforeASenateSubCommittee hauled prominent CIA officers before his Senate subcommittee]], apparently hindering their work. [[spoiler:Unwittingly, this is factored in by Saul in a scheme to lure the Iranians.]]
* StrawmanPolitical: He's spends much of Season 3 doing nothing but oppose Saul at every turn, and criticize the CIA without offering any tangible solution (other than using more drone strikes). [[spoiler: However, he does become more of a ReasonableAuthorityFigure after being blackmailed by Saul into allowing his operation to go through.]]
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Set up as this, he's set up before he takes over hardass and is determined to undo Saul's policies, shifting the importance of field assets in favor of drones. This is at least somewhat subverted, although he's not shown as very competent: He takes great risks to save Saul's life and is protective of Carrie and other operatives. He turns out to be a rather poor CIA chief, but more out of incompetence than tyranny or ruthlessness. Compared to Saul, he looks bad; but compared to Estes of Seasons 1 and 2, he turns out to be less competent but probably more caring.
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!!Peter Quinn
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->'''Played By:''' Rupert Friend
* {{Badass}}: The man can give Jack Bauer a run for his money. Give Quinn 10 minutes to StormTheCastle, and he'll storm it.
* CompassionateCritic
* CowboyCop
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's introduced as a simple analyst with the Directorate of Intelligence. [[spoiler:"Two Hats" reveals him to actually be a black ops assassin with the Special Activities Division, sent to eliminate Brody once Abu Nazir's organization is destroyed.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}: Rest? From a little gutshot? Do I look like a pussy?
* FakeAmerican: Rupert Friend, who plays him, is British.
* GenreSavvy: Invokes GoodCopBadCop, knows when to call for backup and [[spoiler:[[PlayingPossum play dead]]]] and consistently warns Carrie not to get emotionally involved again with Brody.
* GoodIsNotNice: Even characters in-universe notice it. This is probably the cause of most of his friction with people.
* GoodCopBadCop: The bad one.
* HairTriggerTemper
* HiddenDepths: His frat boy cockiness and short temper aside, he is Carrie's equal in insight, Saul's match in wisdom.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Somewhat deconstructed in that he often finds himself at odds between what his job requires, and what he believes is the right thing to do.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold => NiceGuy: Bit of a jerk at first, but he slowly becomes one of the show's most empathetic characters.
** JerkassHasAPoint
* MadeOfIron: He took an assault rifle bullet in his guts and got back to work in less than a week.
* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known by His Code Name:]] Peter Quinn isn't his legal name.
* OnlySaneMan: Certainly comes across as one, especially when put beside Carrie.
* PromotedToOpeningTitles: After guest starring in most of season 2's episodes, Friend is a promoted to regular for season 3.
* RabidCop: Subverted. He is brutal in interrogations, but does so on purpose to help a later good cop.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Although it has a tendency to backfire.
* SourSupporter: He states outright Carrie is good, but he's equally willing to snipe at her the rest of the time.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Subverted. Estes places him in charge of the Brody taskforce to keep Carrie and Saul in check and both are initially suspicious of him. It turns out that not only is he a competent manager, but is almost as much of a CowboyCop as Carrie in his own right. Played with a bit further as [[spoiler: he's not even an analyst but a black ops operative with his own agenda]].
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Subtle and mild examples here and there with Carrie, such as his no nudity taboo and several explicit and awkward remarks.
* WouldNotHurtAChild: In the season three premiere, [[spoiler: he takes a riskier and more personally dangerous approach to an assassination rather than blow up a child along with his mark. After he accidentally shoots the kid anyway, he tells Saul he plans to quit once their job is done.]]
!!Dar Adal
->Played By: F. Murray Abraham.
* AscendedExtra: Has a minor role in season 2 as Saul's fellow spymaster and cynical old friend. He's Saul's right hand in Season 3.
* TheChessMaster: He cooperates with [[spoiler: Haqqani in Season 4]] with the intention to destroy [[spoiler: Lockart's career]] and get Saul reinstated as the DCI.
* {{Foil}}: A pragmatic spy (Adal) vs a more principled one (Saul).
* GreenEyedMonster: Some scenes hinted that Adal was jealous of Saul's close friendship with Carrie, but seems to get over it by the end of Season 3.
* NumberTwo: Under Saul at the CIA in season 3.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Despite their disagreements, Dar and Saul maintain a friendly relationship.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He comes to an agreement with Haqqani, in Season 4 [[spoiler: halting efforts to reacquire the CIA's Network lists]] in order to destroy Lockhart's career and get a DCI he wants (Saul) to be appointed.
!!Virgil
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Virgil_6043.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' David Marciano
* BaldOfAwesome
* DeadpanSnarker
* AFriendInNeed: He is one of the terribly few characters who stick to Carrie in rain or shine.
* MetaGuy
* OnlySaneMan: Often seems like the sensible one when he's working with [[BunnyEarsLawyer Carrie]] and his brother [[NoSocialSkills Max]].
* PromotedToOpeningTitles: For season 2. He goes back to being a guest star in season 3.
* TheReliableOne: Carrie relies on him and his brother Max for surveillance work.
* ThoseTwoGuys: with his brother Max, who is TheQuietOne.
!!Max
* TheReliableOne
* ThoseTwoGuys: with his brother Virgil.
!!Danny Gálvez
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Brushed aside in the chaos of the season 2 finale's huge explosion to the point that the audience was uncertain of his fate until the producers confirmed his death.]]
* TheMole: WronglyAccused of being one for Al-Qaeda, due to racial {{profiling}}.
* TokenEnemyMinority: Muslim-American CIA analyst of Lebanese and Guatemalan descent.
!!Fara Sherazi
* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Gets stabbed in the back by Haqqani during his assault on the US Embassy in Islamabad.]]
* NewMeat: Brought in as green replacement after the CIA is crippled.
* PromotedToOpeningTitles: In Season 4. Third billing no less. [[spoiler: Then gets killed off 10 episodes later.]]
* TheSmartGirl: Very good at [[ForensicAccounting following the money]] related to terrorism.
* TokenEnemyMinority: Muslim-American CIA analyst of Iranian descent.
!!Saul Berenson
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Saul_4843.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"What the fuck are you doing?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MandyPatinkin
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm: He's mostly an office analyst, but he is shown as very competent when he does field work.
* BeingGoodSucks: His service to the country puts a strain on his marriage, and he's given a very hard time when he clashes with Estes over a broken deal.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Throws Carrie under the bus in the aftermath of the attack on Langley. He doesn't become a BrokenPedestal because it's revealed to be a part of a complex scheme to lure the Iranians]].
** And then there's his followup plan: [[spoiler:Turn a war criminal into a puppet for the CIA, and then use the US's most sought after fugitive to assassinate a high-ranking Iranian official so that he could be replaced with said puppet.]]
* BigGood: During his stint as head of the CIA. A very balanced leader, unlike other radical and self-serving officials who hold the post throughout the series.
* BrutalHonesty
* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: To Carrie.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being the head of the agency at a critical time undermines his principles due to a tremendous responsability full of political obstacles.
-->We're not assassins, Mira. We're spies. We don't kill our targets if we don't have to. We trawl for 'em, we develop 'em, and then we redirect them against more important targets.
* CoolOldGuy
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheFettered: A principled spy who [[IGaveMyWord stands by his word]], defends that deals must be honored and advocates for smart-not-blunt approaches. Fellow spymaster Dar Adul even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gx7hV2e-Us chides Saul]] for being too sensitive for the profession, but this righteousness has doubled as a motivation for years.
* {{Foil}}: To David Estes. Both are senior officials at the CIA, but Saul is a principled hero who tries to do the right thing, even if ([[BeingGoodSucks and when]]) his career suffers for it.
* KnightInSourArmour: The War on Terror is a weary endeavour, but he keeps carrying on.
* MarriedToTheJob: "It's my weakness. My AchillesHeel. Whenever they call me, I go."
* OnlyFriend: To Carrie's. It works both ways, he is her OnlyFriend as much she is '''his'''. Estes explicitly tells Saul in "I'll Fly Away" that, except Carrie alone, Saul himself really has no allies in the CIA.
** Subverted in season 3: Despite appearances to the contrary (and assurances to Lockhart), Dar Adul seems to be very much an ally of Saul's.
* TheLastDJ: A veteran who didn't have a higher rank at the CIA because he's not a political animal.
* TheMentor
** MentorArchetype
* OnlySaneMan: He is the mediator between Carrie's antics and CIA's bureaucracy.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The most balanced official among the powerful characters.
** Double subverted in Season 3. In the season's first four episodes, it seemed that he was being extremely cruel to Carrie (whether it was somewhat deserved, fans can disagree on). He also had a KickTheDog scene with an Islamic analyst that looked very bad. But at the end of Episode 4, [[spoiler: TheReveal showed that he and Carrie had actually been working together, and Saul had not lost his morality. He then was shown as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure throughout the rest of the season, although some thought that he had become too much like TheSpock, willing to sacrifice individuals' safety for TheNeedsOfTheMany.]]
* TheStoic: rarely raises his voice or loses his cool, although if he's displeased with you, you will know it.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the third season he is more personally unpleasant and goes in the direction of being TheUnFettered in terms of his willingness to use as sacrifice assets and seek out shady assets for the [[TheNeedsOfTheMany greater good]]. Before [[spoiler: the reveal at the end of "Game On" (Season 3, Episode 4) he seemed to have taken several levels in Jerkass, but after that it seems at worst he's become more like TheSpock, focusing on TheNeedsOfTheMany, with a plan to make anti-American terrorism much harder and less likely, although willing to reluctantly break a few eggs if required for that omelet.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Dar
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Javadi, they were close associates when Iran was an American ally under the Shah.
* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler: At the end of season two, the car bomb decapitates the CIA leadership and leaves him the ranking officer on the scene.]]
!!David Estes
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Estes_4475.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm making sure there are no loose cannons rolling around on my deck, because if there are, I need to tie them down."'']]
->'''Played By:''' David Harewood
* AmbitionIsEvil: A careerist who acts as a prolongation of Walden's agenda from time to time.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Not quite, but his hair is kept very short, bordering on this trope.
* DaChief
* TheDanza
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Albeit effectively.]]
* FakeAmerican
* InspectorJavert: Namechecked by Saul. Starts to fit the role by the end of Season 2.
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: During his PetTheDog moments.
** JerkassHasAPoint
* KickTheDog: After Saul learns that he and the vice president used drone strikes against terrorists while disregarding the possible civilian casualties of such an endeavor, he confronts Estes about it. Estes condescendingly points out to Saul that his threat to release this information is hollow as it will damage the nation at large by giving Middle-Eastern terrorist organizations "the best recruitment tool since Abu-Ghraib," essentially hiding behind Saul's patriotism to cover his own ass.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat
* PetTheDog[=/=]HonestAdvisor: He voices his concern to the Vice President about targeting civilians.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is a competent boss at his own right. It's just that, unlike Carrie, he is limited by CIA bureaucracy. Played with in that he shares Walden's agenda and this makes him an obstructive antagonist or worse when it fits him.
* YourCheatingHeart
* WorkingWithTheEx
!!Senator Andrew Lockhart
-> '''Played By:''' Tracy Letts
A subcommittee boss who grills the CIA for its failures and is appointed director of the CIA by the President in Season 3.
* JerkassHasAPoint
* MoleInCharge: Sort of, [[spoiler: Saul is able to catch him receiving intelligence from a Mossad agent, implying that he is an Israeli agent]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In his first scene, he's [[HauledBeforeASenateSubCommittee hauled prominent CIA officers before his Senate subcommittee]], apparently hindering their work. [[spoiler:Unwittingly, this is factored in by Saul in a scheme to lure the Iranians.]]
* StrawmanPolitical: He's spends much of Season 3 doing nothing but oppose Saul at every turn, and criticize the CIA without offering any tangible solution (other than using more drone strikes). [[spoiler: However, he does become more of a ReasonableAuthorityFigure after being blackmailed by Saul into allowing his operation to go through.]]
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Set up as this, he's set up before he takes over hardass and is determined to undo Saul's policies, shifting the importance of field assets in favor of drones. This is at least somewhat subverted, although he's not shown as very competent: He takes great risks to save Saul's life and is protective of Carrie and other operatives. He turns out to be a rather poor CIA chief, but more out of incompetence than tyranny or ruthlessness. Compared to Saul, he looks bad; but compared to Estes of Seasons 1 and 2, he turns out to be less competent but probably more caring.
!!Operators
!!Peter Quinn
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/PeterQuinnHL_3349.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Rupert Friend
* {{Badass}}: The man can give Jack Bauer a run for his money. Give Quinn 10 minutes to StormTheCastle, and he'll storm it.
* CompassionateCritic
* CowboyCop
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's introduced as a simple analyst with the Directorate of Intelligence. [[spoiler:"Two Hats" reveals him to actually be a black ops assassin with the Special Activities Division, sent to eliminate Brody once Abu Nazir's organization is destroyed.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}: Rest? From a little gutshot? Do I look like a pussy?
* FakeAmerican: Rupert Friend, who plays him, is British.
* GenreSavvy: Invokes GoodCopBadCop, knows when to call for backup and [[spoiler:[[PlayingPossum play dead]]]] and consistently warns Carrie not to get emotionally involved again with Brody.
* GoodIsNotNice: Even characters in-universe notice it. This is probably the cause of most of his friction with people.
* GoodCopBadCop: The bad one.
* HairTriggerTemper
* HiddenDepths: His frat boy cockiness and short temper aside, he is Carrie's equal in insight, Saul's match in wisdom.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Somewhat deconstructed in that he often finds himself at odds between what his job requires, and what he believes is the right thing to do.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold => NiceGuy: Bit of a jerk at first, but he slowly becomes one of the show's most empathetic characters.
** JerkassHasAPoint
* MadeOfIron: He took an assault rifle bullet in his guts and got back to work in less than a week.
* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known by His Code Name:]] Peter Quinn isn't his legal name.
* OnlySaneMan: Certainly comes across as one, especially when put beside Carrie.
* PromotedToOpeningTitles: After guest starring in most of season 2's episodes, Friend is a promoted to regular for season 3.
* RabidCop: Subverted. He is brutal in interrogations, but does so on purpose to help a later good cop.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Although it has a tendency to backfire.
* SourSupporter: He states outright Carrie is good, but he's equally willing to snipe at her the rest of the time.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Subverted. Estes places him in charge of the Brody taskforce to keep Carrie and Saul in check and both are initially suspicious of him. It turns out that not only is he a competent manager, but is almost as much of a CowboyCop as Carrie in his own right. Played with a bit further as [[spoiler: he's not even an analyst but a black ops operative with his own agenda]].
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Subtle and mild examples here and there with Carrie, such as his no nudity taboo and several explicit and awkward remarks.
* WouldNotHurtAChild: In the season three premiere, [[spoiler: he takes a riskier and more personally dangerous approach to an assassination rather than blow up a child along with his mark. After he accidentally shoots the kid anyway, he tells Saul he plans to quit once their job is done.]]
!!Dar Adal
->Played By: F. Murray Abraham.
* AscendedExtra: Has a minor role in season 2 as Saul's fellow spymaster and cynical old friend. He's Saul's right hand in Season 3.
* TheChessMaster: He cooperates with [[spoiler: Haqqani in Season 4]] with the intention to destroy [[spoiler: Lockart's career]] and get Saul reinstated as the DCI.
* {{Foil}}: A pragmatic spy (Adal) vs a more principled one (Saul).
* GreenEyedMonster: Some scenes hinted that Adal was jealous of Saul's close friendship with Carrie, but seems to get over it by the end of Season 3.
* NumberTwo: Under Saul at the CIA in season 3.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Despite their disagreements, Dar and Saul maintain a friendly relationship.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He comes to an agreement with Haqqani, in Season 4 [[spoiler: halting efforts to reacquire the CIA's Network lists]] in order to destroy Lockhart's career and get a DCI he wants (Saul) to be appointed.
!!Virgil
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Virgil_6043.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' David Marciano
* BaldOfAwesome
* DeadpanSnarker
* AFriendInNeed: He is one of the terribly few characters who stick to Carrie in rain or shine.
* MetaGuy
* OnlySaneMan: Often seems like the sensible one when he's working with [[BunnyEarsLawyer Carrie]] and his brother [[NoSocialSkills Max]].
* PromotedToOpeningTitles: For season 2. He goes back to being a guest star in season 3.
* TheReliableOne: Carrie relies on him and his brother Max for surveillance work.
* ThoseTwoGuys: with his brother Max, who is TheQuietOne.
!!Max
* TheReliableOne
* ThoseTwoGuys: with his brother Virgil.
!!Danny Gálvez
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Brushed aside in the chaos of the season 2 finale's huge explosion to the point that the audience was uncertain of his fate until the producers confirmed his death.]]
* TheMole: WronglyAccused of being one for Al-Qaeda, due to racial {{profiling}}.
* TokenEnemyMinority: Muslim-American CIA analyst of Lebanese and Guatemalan descent.
!!Fara Sherazi
* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Gets stabbed in the back by Haqqani during his assault on the US Embassy in Islamabad.]]
* NewMeat: Brought in as green replacement after the CIA is crippled.
* PromotedToOpeningTitles: In Season 4. Third billing no less. [[spoiler: Then gets killed off 10 episodes later.]]
* TheSmartGirl: Very good at [[ForensicAccounting following the money]] related to terrorism.
* TokenEnemyMinority: Muslim-American CIA analyst of Iranian descent.
