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* NonActionGuy: He doesn't participate in assassinations, seductions, and physical combat like Philip and Elizabeth do.
* ProperlyParanoid: He is extremely cautious about everything. Of course, given the nature of his work, this is understandable.

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* NonActionGuy: He's a part of the illegals program, but his role is just to work a legitimate job at a government lab and report back to the KGB. He doesn't participate in assassinations, seductions, and physical combat like Philip and Elizabeth do.
* ProperlyParanoid: He is extremely cautious about everything. Of course, given the very dangerous nature of his work, this is understandable.
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->'''Played By:''' Jeremy Davidson

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->'''Played By:''' Jeremy DavidsonCreator/JeremyDavidson



->'''Played By:''' Natalie Gold

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->'''Played By:''' Natalie GoldCreator/NatalieGold



->'''Played By:''' Ivan Mok

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->'''Played By:''' Ivan Mok
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->'''Played By:''' Jonathan Kells Phillips

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->'''Played By:''' Jonathan Kells Phillips
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* DaddyIssues: He really despises his father, for reasons not expanded upon.
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->'''Played By:''' Olek Krupa

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->'''Played By:''' Olek Krupa
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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.
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* NotSoDifferent: From Elizabeth, particularly in regards to her past.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gabriel is a kindly and grandfatherly old man, but he's a veteran spy and just as dedicated to doing what must be done for the motherland as anyone else in the KGB.
* BrokenPedestal: Phillip once loved the man, but no longer trusts him because he [[spoiler:wants to involve Paige in the Illegals program]].
* HeelRealization: In his final exchange with Philip, he tells him that he was right to not want Paige involved in the KGB; previously, Gabriel had been one of the staunchest advocates of involving her.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gabriel is a kindly and grandfatherly old man, but he's also a veteran spy and just as dedicated to doing what must be done for the motherland as anyone else in the KGB.
* BrokenPedestal: Phillip once loved the man, but no longer trusts him because when he [[spoiler:wants to involve Paige in the Illegals program]].
* HeelRealization: In his final exchange with Philip, he tells him that he Phillip was right to not want keep Paige from being involved in the KGB; previously, Gabriel had been one of the staunchest advocates of involving her.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's introduced in one episode and killed off in the next, but the unsuccessful operation to exfiltrate him [[spoiler: is one of the things leading Stan to investigate the Jennings'.]]

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's introduced in one episode and killed off in the next, but the unsuccessful operation to exfiltrate him [[spoiler: is one of the things leading Stan to investigate the Jennings'.Philip and Elizabeth.]]

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* FaceDeathWithDignity: After being shot and critically wounded in a gunfight with FBI agents, he reveals the location of the Altheon sensors, says how much he loves his mother, and curses his father before taking his cyanide pill and dying.

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* FaceDeathWithDignity: After being shot and critically wounded in a gunfight with FBI agents, he reveals the location of the Altheon sensors, says how much he loves his mother, and curses his father father, and expresses his lack of regrets before taking his cyanide pill and dying.


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* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's introduced in one episode and killed off in the next, but the unsuccessful operation to exfiltrate him [[spoiler: is one of the things leading Stan to investigate the Jennings'.]]
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->'''Played By:''' Jonathan Kells Phillips

A KGB illegal living and working in Chicago.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: His identity is revealed to the FBI by a male Altheon engineer he was having an affair with, and unlike Philip and Elizabeth he does not operate with a partner.
* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: He runs an accounting business.
* DrivenToSuicide: He receives a critical wound in a shootout with the FBI, and opts to take his cyanide pill since he knows about Dead Hand and can't be arrested.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: After being shot and critically wounded in a gunfight with FBI agents, he reveals the location of the Altheon sensors, says how much he loves his mother, and curses his father before taking his cyanide pill and dying.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Shoots and kills two armed FBI agents from a moving car.
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->'''Played By:''' Wrenn Schmidt

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->'''Played By:''' Wrenn Schmidt
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* BosssUnfavoriteEmployee: The KGB complains about him having little to show for his long tenure as a spy.

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* BosssUnfavoriteEmployee: The KGB complains about him having little to show for his long tenure in America as a spy.
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: Gets one after [[spoiler: stabbing himself in the palm with tbe vial containing the Lassa virus sample.]]

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* CrucifiedHeroShot: Gets one after [[spoiler: stabbing himself in the palm with tbe the vial containing the Lassa virus sample.]]
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* NonActionGuy: He doesn't participate in assassinations, seductions, and physical combat like Philip and Elizabeth do.
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: Gets one after [[spoiler: stabbing himself in the palm with tbe vial containing the Lassa virus sample.]]



* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:He infected himself with the Lassa Virus to try and prevent it from getting passed on to Russia, but after his death, the Centre simply arranged for a sample to be taken of his skin and used that to extract the virus, which they then weaponized. And as a final kick, they named the sample "Variant Vitaly", after his original Russian name.]]

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* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:He infected himself with the Lassa Virus virus to try and prevent it from getting passed on to Russia, but after his death, the Centre simply arranged for a sample to be taken of his skin and used that to extract the virus, which they then weaponized. And as a final kick, they named the sample "Variant Vitaly", after his original Russian name.]]


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* Retirony: Right before Gabriel plans to finally send him home to Russia, he [[spoiler: infects himself with the Lassa virus to prevent both his capture and the virus falling into the wrong hands. He dies a few days later in a hospital's biocontainment unit.]]
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* BosssUnfavoriteEmployee: The KGB complains about him having little to show for his long tenure as a spy.
* DeadpanSnarker: ''Always'' mouthing off and making sarcastic comments.


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* FakeAmerican: He's one in-universe like Philip and Elizabeth. The KGB set him up with the stolen identity of a dead child from Kentucky.

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