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* AngryBlackMan: Subverted. He comes off as a fairly nice, even-tempered guy. His anger is really the frustration that comes with the fact that the woman he loves is unable to be in a genuine relationship with him.
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* ReplacementScrappy: In-universe. The Jennings don't respect her much, perceiving her to be less competent than Claudia.

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* ReplacementScrappy: In-universe. SuckSessor: The Jennings don't respect her much, perceiving her to be less competent than Claudia.
Claudia.

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Dewicking per TRS.


* [[spoiler:NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Receives one from Elizabeth.]]
* NotSoDifferent: From Elizabeth, particularly in regards to her past.

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* [[spoiler:NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Receives NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:Receives one from Elizabeth.]]
* NotSoDifferent: From Elizabeth, particularly in regards to her past.
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* [[spoiler: ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Is shown to be this in the first season finale. It is revealed that she was forced to issue directives that she did not agree with upon the Jennings and defended them infront of Arkady]]

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* [[spoiler: ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler: Is shown to be this in the first season finale. It is revealed that she was forced to issue directives that she did not agree with upon the Jennings and defended them infront of Arkady]]
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No longer a trope.


* [[spoiler:YourCheatingHeart: He carried on an affair with the married Elizabeth.]]
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Per TRS, Jerkass Facade is deprecated, primarily in favor of Hidden Heart Of Gold. Jerk With A Heart Of Gold seems to be the trope here.


* JerkassFacade: For much of the season 1. However...

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* BiggerBad: Virtually all the problems the Jennings have to deal in Season 2 can be traced to [[spoiler:his murder of his own family.]]


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* GreaterScopeVillain: Virtually all the problems the Jennings have to deal in Season 2 can be traced to [[spoiler:his murder of his own family.]]
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Dangerously Genre Savvy is being merged with Genre Savvy. Misuse and zero context examples will be cut.


* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Figures out the Jennings aren't CIA. Later, when he shows up for a meeting, he also knows he's being sniped by Philip.
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* {{Badass}}: He's probably the biggest badass on the American side of the Cold War we've seen yet.



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Richard Thomas was (finally) promoted to series regular. Moving Gaad to main characters.


!FBI

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!!Supervisory Agent Frank Gaad
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"They kill us. We kill them. That's the world that we live in."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Richard Thomas

->''"This isn't a cold war. There's nothing cold about the covert violent exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union. They've killed not only our agents, but our citizens. And for that they'll pay."''

The FBI supervisor, an intense man eager to root out Soviet spies.

* BadassBoast: After [[spoiler:Amador is killed.]]
-->''"This will not stand."''
* CowboyCop: After [[spoiler:the bomb blast that kills three FBI agents and a scientist, Gaad suggests to his subordinates that they launch an off-the-books revenge killing against the KGB rezident. All of the FBI agents agree except for Stan. But Stan quickly changes his mind when Amador goes missing.]]
* DaChief: He's the head of the FBI's Counter-Intelligence Division.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: He doesn't head FBI's CI for nothing. In just one look over their belongings he's able to figure out that a murdered couple are in fact spies.
* {{Determinator}}
* FakeGuestStar: In the first two seasons he has appeared in nearly every episode despite never being a series regular.
* AFatherToHisMen
* {{FBI Agent}}: The supervisor, even.
* HeroAntagonist
* NotSoDifferent: From Claudia. Both are fervent believers who can be ruthless in their strive to succeed.
* RevengeBeforeReason: After [[spoiler:Amador is killed]], he seems to take it as a personal slight.
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