Line #150 Characters/TheAmericansRecurring


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	!The Soviets
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5	[[folder:Claudia]]
6	!!Claudia
7	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ta_102_121213_092_full_6177.jpg]]
8	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I know you better than you know yourself. And you don't know me at all."'']]
9	->'''Played By:''' Creator/MargoMartindale
10
11	->''"Have you been following the sad progress of this country’s Equal Rights Amendment? Honestly, it makes me chuckle. These women here need to learn what you and I have known forever -- you can’t wait for the laws to give you your rights. You have to take them, claim them every second of every day of every year."''
12
13	Claudia is the new KGB handler and contact for Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings, who generally get their orders through contact with Claudia. She replaced a man named Gabriel, who Phillip and Elizabeth trusted implicitly. They aren't so sure they trust Claudia the same way.
14
15	Claudia and Elizabeth develop a particularly divisive relationship, with Elizabeth not trusting Claudia at all and forming an intense dislike of her. Claudia seems particularly ruthless in her approach to pulling the strings around Phillip and Elizabeth's missions, and Elizabeth occasionally goes over Claudia's head, breaking the chain of command to make sure Moscow is giving the orders that Claudia is handing down.
16
17	Claudia does, however, have Phillip and Elizabeth's best interests at heart -- despite her very cold and intentionally distant methods. It is clear that Claudia has been doing this a long time and rarely saves time for emotion and feelings.
18
19	* [[spoiler:BestServedCold]]
20	* ColdBloodedTorture: Subjects [[spoiler:Elizabeth and Philip to this.]]
21	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
22	* TheHandler: To Phillip, Elizabeth, and likely others.
23	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As season 1 finale has revealed, she is deeply loyal to his agents, even asking her direct superior to cancel a mission--something a KGB officer is rarely inclined to do.
24	* KnightTemplar
25	* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedKarma: In a nice bit of instant justice, Elizabeth snaps and almost drowns Claudia in the basin she was going to dunk Elizabeth in.]]
26	* [[MouthOfSauron Mouth Of the Soviet Union]]
27	* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong
28	* NeverMessWithGranny
29	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:Receives one from Elizabeth.]]
30	* OldSoldier: She is a veteran of the Battle of Stalingrad.
31	* 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]]
32	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Elizabeth and Phillip. They have a tense relationship that's more pronounced on their side. Later, after she helps the Jennings escape an FBI trap in season 1 finale, they have a much better relationship.
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34	[[/folder]]
35
36	[[folder:Vasili]]
37	!!Vasili Nikolaevich
38	->'''Played By:''' Peter von Berg
39
40	Vasili Nikolaevich is an older, high-ranking official in the Soviet Embassy who is quite content to maintain his status within the government and enjoys the perks of being an important guy with a comfortable life. Vasili's duties often have him meeting with KGB resident Arkady Invanovich, and the two don't always see eye to eye.
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42	* DirtyOldMan: Carries on an affair with Nina, who's young enough to be his daughter.
43	* [[spoiler:{{Frameup}}: Stan frames him as TheMole at the Russian Embassy to protect Nina's identity... and possibly because he's also angry that Vasili is sleeping with her.]]
44	* MayDecemberRomance: With Nina, although only he is under the illusion of it being a "romance".
45	* PunchClockVillain: Like most of the other characters, he's only doing his job and his status as "villain" is only in the eyes of the FBI and Nina.
46	* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: As a result of the FrameUp, he's sent back to the USSR. As of Season 2, TheBusCameBack with him effectively exiled to Siberia.]]
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48	[[/folder]]
49
50	[[folder:Vlad]]
51	!!Vlad Kosygin
52	->'''Played By:''' Vitaly Benko
53
54	Vlad Kosygin is a co-worker of Nina's in the Soviet Embassy. He's a quiet and shy guy, but clearly has some feelings for Nina.
55
56	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Heavily implied, for Nina.
57	* KilledOffForReal: Shot by Beeman in a fit of rage.
58
59	[[/folder]]
60
61	[[folder:Zhukov]]
62	!!General Viktor Zhukov
63
64	Victor Zhukov is a General in the KGB's First Chief Directorate. He is a mentor and father figure to Elizabeth. He is also the man who arranged her marriage to Philip.
65
66	* CoolOldGuy: Zhukov seems to be a genuinely nice person.
67	* [[spoiler:MentorOccupationalHazard: He is assassinated by the CIA in retaliation for the deaths of four FBI agents and a scientist by a renegade faction of the KGB.]]
68	* OldFlame: [[spoiler:In "Covert War", Claudia reveals that she used to be romantically involved with Zhukov.]]
69	* ParentalSubstitute: He seems to genuinely care about Elizabeth and think of her as a daughter. In turn, Elizabeth looks at him like a father.
70	* PetTheDog: A literal example. One scene has Zhukov telling Elizabeth about how much he loves his pet dog.
71	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
72	* TheSpymaster: As a General in the KGB's First Directorate, his job is to give orders to KGB agents in the field and oversee operations.
73
74	[[/folder]]
75
76	[[folder:Kate]]
77	!!Kate
78
79	The Jennings' new handler in season 2.
80
81	* HiddenDepths: She is responsible for [[spoiler: seducing at least one of the Illegals' children into becoming a KGB agent]].
82	* SuckSessor: The Jennings don't respect her much, perceiving her to be less competent than Claudia.
83	[[/folder]]
84
85	[[folder:Fred]]
86	!!Fred
87	->'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnCarrollLynch
88	[[/folder]]
89
90	!Others
91
92	[[folder:Matthew]]
93	!!Matthew Beeman
94	->'''Played By:''' Daniel Flaherty
95
96	The teenage son of the Beemans. He forms a friendship with Paige.
97
98	* OutOfFocus
99	* WhenYouComingHomeDad
100
101	[[/folder]]
102
103	[[folder:Gregory]]
104	!!Gregory Thomas
105	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ta102_121112_014_full_6038.jpg]]
106	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Me and her against the world. We were willing to sacrifice our lives, our families. You know. Whatever it took."'']]
107	->'''Played By:''' Derek Luke
108
109	A former black militant who now works as an agent for the Jennings. Passionate and driven, he [[spoiler:is in love with Elizabeth and previously had an affair with her. The KGB frames him for the murder of Agent Chris Amador, and he is subsequently killed in a shoot-out with police.]]
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111	* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: He takes the fall for Amador's murder and chooses SuicideByCop. 'Heroic' is probably not the best term however.]]
112	* ScaryBlackMan: He's friendly enough, but he's also ruthless enough to work with the KGB.
113	* [[spoiler:SuicideByCop: He wanders toward cops with the full intention to getting gunned down, since he doesn't want jail or Moscow and Elizabeth won't run away with him.]]
114	* UndyingLoyalty: To Elizabeth and 'the cause'.
115	[[/folder]]
116
117	[[folder:Lucia]]
118	!!Lucia
119
120	A young woman who's an agent for the Sandinista (a Nicaraguan communist political party). Thanks to her affair with a congressional aide, she becomes valuable to the Centre.
121
122	* [[spoiler:KillTheOnesYouLove: She is forced to cover her tracks by killing the Congressional Aide (Carl) that she's been involved with. Considering that she has come to care about him, it's very difficult for her to do it.]]
123	* [[spoiler:TooDumbToLive: Despite being told that Larrick is off-limits, Lucia breaks into his house and tries to kill him, and fails so badly at said attempt that she ends up getting shot with her own dartgun. Elizabeth shows up and makes a deal to try and bail Lucia out... and Lucia makes ''another'' attempt to kill Larrick. This time, Elizabeth lets Larrick kill her.]]
124	* WideEyedIdealist: Lucia's still new to the spy game, and still sincerely believes that the Revolution will be glamorous.
125
126	[[/folder]]
127
128	[[folder:Carl]]
129	!!Carl
130
131	A congressional aide who is romantically involved with Lucia. He has no idea that his girlfriend is a Sandinista agent.
132
133	* [[spoiler:MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Lucia kills him by loading his syringe with a lethal dose of heroin and encouraging him to take it.]]
134	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Lucia entices him to have sex with her in the congressman's office, allowing Elizabeth to crack the safe in Carl's office while the act is going on.
135	* MommasBoy: He wants to introduce Lucia to his mother. A little later Lucia asks if there's anything he would die for, and he responds "my mother, maybe."
136	* TheStoner: He's a drug user. He is seen taking both cocaine and heroin.
137
138	[[/folder]]
139
140	[[folder:Larrick]]
141	!!Andrew Larrick
142	A high-ranking Navy SEAL working on the Martial Eagle project.
143
144	* ArmoredClosetGay: The KGB was able to blackmail him into betraying his country by threatening to reveal his homosexuality, which would end his career in the Navy.
145	* BigBad: Of season 2.
146	* TheCaptain: He has a rank of Captain in the Navy, the equivalent of a Colonel in the other branches of the military.
147	* {{Determinator}}: After returning from Nicaragua upon hearing that his friends at the Martial Eagle camp were killed. He begins hunting down the Jennings with a cold, machine-like efficiency reminiscent of Film/TheTerminator.
148	* TheDreaded: Claudia is very scared of him, and warns Philip and Elizabeth not to underestimate how dangerous he is.
149	* GeniusBruiser
150	* NeckSnap: This is how Larrick kills [[spoiler:Kate.]]
151	* RevengeBeforeReason: The Jennings agree to let him go after he gave them access to the Martial Eagle facility. After he finds out they killed his Navy brothers during their infiltration, however, he returns to the States and starts hunting them down.
152	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When the Jennings kill friends of Larrick during their raid on the Martial Eagle camp, Larrick returns to America and begins a hunt for the Jennings, leaving a trail of dead KGB agents in his wake.
153	* SmugSuper: He is one of the very few people who can show off to the Jennings couple and stand his ground.
154	* TheStoic: Rarely shows emotion. [[spoiler:When Kate spits in his face after he asks her to give up the Jennings, he doesn't react with anger. Instead he calmly reaches up, grabs her by the head with both hands, and snaps her neck.]]
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156	[[/folder]]
157
158	[[folder:Jared]]
159
160	Emmet and Leanne's son.
161
162	* BewareTheQuietOnes: [[spoiler:He kills his mother, father, and sister.]]
163	* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:For most of season 2, Jared is portrayed as a victim whose parents and sister were murdered. In the season finale, however, we learn that Kate seduced and began training him to be a KGB spy, and he was so fanatical in his devotion to the cause that he murdered his parents (and also his sister, simply because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time).]]
164	* GreaterScopeVillain: Virtually all the problems the Jennings have to deal in Season 2 can be traced to [[spoiler:his murder of his own family.]]
165	* TheWoobie: The lone survivor of a vicious attack that left his whole family dead, he's a mess for the rest of the season. [[spoiler: Horrifically subverted when you find out that he was the one who carried out said attack.]]

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