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* ManipulativeBastard: They're quite good at getting people to do what they want without them realizing it and continuing to help the Jenningses even if they find out.
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* InTheBlood: She has inherited a lot of passion for "greater causes". Elizabeth also discovers that Paige is quite talented at forging her mother's handwriting.
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* InTheBlood: She has inherited a lot of passion for "greater causes". Elizabeth also discovers that Paige is quite talented at forging her mother's handwriting. She's also extremely observant and is developing some ManipulativeBastard skills.
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Combined with HazyFeelTurn. As expected [[spoiler: with a teenager who finds out her entire identity is a lie, she takes on a more antagonistic role to them. On the other hand, she still cares about her parents, and her loyalty to her family leads her to waffle and dither between supporting them and rebelling against them.]]
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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:She becomes this in season 3's "Stingers." She's never comfortable with it and tells Pastor Tim about her parents in the season 3 finale.]]
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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:She [[spoiler: She becomes this in season 3's "Stingers." She's never comfortable with it and tells Pastor Tim about her parents in the season 3 finale.]]
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* MamaBear: In "Dinner For Seven" two men accost Elizabeth and Paige at a parking lot at night. One of them tries to make a move on Paige and Elizabeth beats up one and kills another by taking his knife and slitting his throat.
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* MamaBear: In "Dinner For Seven" two men accost Elizabeth and Paige at a parking lot at night. One of them tries to make a move on Paige and Elizabeth beats up knocks down one with a single punch and kills another by taking his knife and slitting his stabbing him in the throat.
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* OnlyKnownbyTheirNickname: In scenes that show his early life, he is always referred to as "Misha". The Soviets would never allow a diminutive as someone's legal name. His real name is almost definitely Mikhail.
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* OnlyKnownbyTheirNickname: In scenes that show his early life, he is always referred to as "Misha". The Soviets would never allow a diminutive as someone's legal name. His In Season 4, his real name is almost definitely confirmed to be Mikhail.
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* VillainProtagonist: Both of them are 'bad guys' but they're still our 'heroes'.
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* VillainProtagonist: Both of them are 'bad guys' but they're still our 'heroes'.protagonists.
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* MoralMyopia: Elizabeth does not hold her own superiors and country to the same standards as she does for the Americans.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: Unlike Philip, Elizabeth believes that the capitalist society has made Americans weak and wants to encourage her children to become likes the socialists she so admires.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: Unlike Philip, Elizabeth believes that the capitalist society has made Americans weak and wants to encourage her children to become likes the socialists she so admires.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On [[spoiler:Claudia.]]
* PowerOfTrust: With Gregory. Why she tries to convince the KGB to work with him concerning [[spoiler: his exfiltration]].
* PowerOfTrust: With Gregory. Why she tries to convince the KGB to work with him concerning [[spoiler: his exfiltration]].
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On [[spoiler:Claudia.]]
After Claudia has her and Philip tortured to test their commitment, an outraged Elizabeth goes primal and beats her almost to death.
* NotSoDifferent: She tries to pull this with Pastor Tim, who isn't having any of it.
* PowerOfTrust: With Gregory. Why she tries to convince the KGB to work with him concerning[[spoiler: his exfiltration]].exfiltration.
* PrinciplesZealot: Elizabeth's slavish dedication to the cause is alienating to her colleagues. In Season 3, we learn that her overcompensating patriotism is likely the result of her father being a deserter.
* NotSoDifferent: She tries to pull this with Pastor Tim, who isn't having any of it.
* PowerOfTrust: With Gregory. Why she tries to convince the KGB to work with him concerning
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* VillainProtagonist: ClaudiaTheToothHurts: Her tooth is willing badly damaged during a fight with FBI agents; since the FBI are looking for anyone with her description, she can't go to murder innocent people a real dentist. Philip has to pull it for her...without anesthesia.
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: In Season 2.
* TheUnfairSex: She has an ongoing affair with Gregory for fifteen years, andperform other immoral acts Philip forgives her. However, when Philip has a one-night stand with an old lover in order to serve the Motherland.
* WigDressAccent: She wears a varietyaftermath of disguises that range a betrayal by Elizabeth, she's outraged and separates from subtle to outlandish.him.
* VillainProtagonist: Claudia
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: In Season 2.
* TheUnfairSex: She has an ongoing affair with Gregory for fifteen years, and
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!!Elizabeth & Philip
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeriRussell & Matthew Rhys
* ArrangedMarriage: Their entire marriage is an arrangement, due to them being deep cover operatives.
* DeepCoverAgent: They're Russian citizens, but have been undercover for decades; they don't speak Russian, don't use their real names, don't lapse into their native accent, they even have children.
* HoneyTrap: Both of them are skilled at luring the opposite sex into...'difficult' situations.
* MasterOfDisguise: Both of them are excellent at disguising themselves and using a variety of identities.
* PunchClockVillain: They're on the wrong side of history and commit plenty of unsavory acts, including the murder of innocent people, but they don't relish their job and are merely dutiful to their country.
* SympatheticPOV: It's very easy to forget that they're hardened killers, considering their long list of sympathetic traits.
* UndercoverAsLovers: With each other, and occasionally with others.
* VillainProtagonist: Both of them are 'bad guys' but they're still our 'heroes'.
* WigDressAccent: They have a variety of wigs, clothing, make-up and other costumes to help them.
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!!Elizabeth & Philip
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeriRussell & Matthew Rhys
* ArrangedMarriage: Their entire marriage is an arrangement, due to them being deep cover operatives.
* DeepCoverAgent: They're Russian citizens, but have been undercover for decades; they don't speak Russian, don't use their real names, don't lapse into their native accent, they even have children.
* HoneyTrap: Both of them are skilled at luring the opposite sex into...'difficult' situations.
* MasterOfDisguise: Both of them are excellent at disguising themselves and using a variety of identities.
* PunchClockVillain: They're on the wrong side of history and commit plenty of unsavory acts, including the murder of innocent people, but they don't relish their job and are merely dutiful to their country.
* SympatheticPOV: It's very easy to forget that they're hardened killers, considering their long list of sympathetic traits.
* UndercoverAsLovers: With each other, and occasionally with others.
* VillainProtagonist: Both of them are 'bad guys' but they're still our 'heroes'.
* WigDressAccent: They have a variety of wigs, clothing, make-up and other costumes to help them.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Played with. Paige's rebellion includes joining an activist church and protesting nuclear weapons. She is smart, inquisitive and dedicated to a cause greater than herself. In virtually any other series this would make Paige come across as the mature, trustworthy and reliable child compared to the more impulsive, impish Henry. Given that her parents are Soviet spies, these traits are treated not as positives, as an American family might view them, but as a dangerous subversion of all they hold dear. Further, [[spoiler: once she finds out the truth about her parents' work, her faith, her inquisitiveness and her unshakeable belief in doing what she believes is right makes her a significant threat to their operation, especially when she tells Pastor Tim the truth in the season 3 finale.]]
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Played with. Paige's rebellion includes joining an activist church and protesting nuclear weapons. She is smart, inquisitive and dedicated to a cause greater than herself. In virtually any other series this would make Paige come across as the mature, trustworthy and reliable child compared to the more impulsive, impish Henry. Given that her parents are Soviet spies, these traits are treated not as positives, as an American family might view them, but as a dangerous subversion of all they hold dear.
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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: She becomes this in season 3's "Stingers." She's never comfortable with it and tells Pastor Tim about her parents in the season 3 finale.]]
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* BringMyBrownPants: He has an 'accident' after [[spoiler:the incident with a random creep.]] For a kid his age and the kind of situation he was in, it's hard to blame him.
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* OutOfFocus: for much of season 2. He gets screen time again in the third season.
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* OutOfFocus: for For much of season Season 2. He gets screen time again in the third season.
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* TookALevelInBadass: He suddenly turns awesome when a possible weirdo picks up him and Paige. He [[spoiler:decks the guy with a case of beer so they can escape.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: He suddenly turns awesome when a possible weirdo picks up him and Paige. He [[spoiler:decks decks the guy with a case of beer so they can escape.]]
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A Soviet KGB officer posing undercover in America as one half of a married couple. He's more conflicted than his wife, having grown to like his American life and family.
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The husband of Elizabeth Jennings as well the father of Paige and Henry Jennings. He, along with his wife, is an undercover KGB Directorate S agent operating near Washington, D.C., in
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You know what I wish as I fall asleep every night? That I’ll wake up and not be worried."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Keri Russell
A Soviet KGB officer posing undercover in America as one half of a married couple. She is coldly pragmatic and utterly dedicated to the cause.
[[caption-width-right:350:''"You know what I wish as I fall asleep every night? That I’ll wake up and not be worried."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You knowwhat how I wish as I fall asleep every night? That I’ll wake up and grew up. It's nicer here, yes. It's easier. It's not be worried.better."'']]
->'''Played By:'''Keri Russell
A Soviet KGB officer posingCreator/KeriRussell
->'''Aliases:''' Kelly Mainstill, Frances, Jennifer Westerfeld, Jackie Mackelhan, Ann Chadwick, Laura Gering, Michelle, Ms. Lefler
The wife of Philip Jennings as well as the mother of Paige and Henry Jennings. She, along with her husband, is an undercover KGB Directorate S agent operating near Washington, D.C., inAmerica as one half of a married couple. the early 1980s. She is coldly pragmatic and utterly dedicated to the cause.
also a businesswoman who runs a travel agency with her husband.
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->'''Played By:'''
A Soviet KGB officer posing
->'''Aliases:''' Kelly Mainstill, Frances, Jennifer Westerfeld, Jackie Mackelhan, Ann Chadwick, Laura Gering, Michelle, Ms. Lefler
The wife of Philip Jennings as well as the mother of Paige and Henry Jennings. She, along with her husband, is an undercover KGB Directorate S agent operating near Washington, D.C., in
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* {{Badass}}
* BreakTheHaughty: In "Covert War", [[spoiler:Elizabeth kidnaps a high-ranking CIA official and plans on killing him to get revenge for the assassination of her mentor, General Zhukov (in addition to two other high-ranking KGB officials). When she accuses her captive of murdering innocent people, her captive points out that they were ''not'' innocent. The captive then asks Elizabeth if she loves or cares about anyone, causing her to break down emotionally and leave the room. Elizabeth then decides to let him go in order to stop the covert war between America and the USSR from escalating any further.]]
* {{Badass}}
* BreakTheHaughty: In "Covert War", [[spoiler:Elizabeth kidnaps a high-ranking CIA official and plans on killing him to get revenge for the assassination of her mentor, General Zhukov (in addition to two other high-ranking KGB officials). When she accuses her captive of murdering innocent people, her captive points out that they were ''not'' innocent. The captive then asks Elizabeth if she loves or cares about anyone, causing her to break down emotionally and leave the room. Elizabeth then decides to let him go in order to stop the covert war between America and the USSR from escalating any further.]]
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* ArrangedMarriage
ArrangedMarriage: With Philip, for the purposes of their cover.
*{{Badass}}
{{Badass}}: Elizabeth is a highly trained operative and has the combat skills to prove it; she's a fierce and merciless fighter who you do ''not'' want to get on the bad side of.
* BreakTheHaughty: In "Covert War",[[spoiler:Elizabeth Elizabeth kidnaps a high-ranking CIA official and plans on killing him to get revenge for the assassination of her mentor, General Zhukov (in addition to two other high-ranking KGB officials). When she accuses her captive of murdering innocent people, her captive points out that they were ''not'' innocent. The captive then asks Elizabeth if she loves or cares about anyone, causing her to break down emotionally and leave the room. Elizabeth then decides to let him go in order to stop the covert war between America and the USSR from escalating any further.]]
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* BreakTheHaughty: In "Covert War",
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* PrinciplesZealot: Elizabeth's slavish dedication to the cause is alienating to her colleagues. In Season 3, we learn that her overcompensating patriotism is likely the result of [[spoiler:her father being a deserter]].
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recruits.
* PrinciplesZealot: Elizabeth's slavish dedication to the cause is alienating to her colleagues. In Season 3, we learn that her overcompensating patriotism is likely the result of[[spoiler:her her father being a deserter]].deserter.
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:For years, Elizabeth carried on an affair with Gregory, even while she was pregnant with Paige. She finally ends the affair when she starts feeling love for Philip for the first time in their nearly 20-year marriage.]]
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WigDressAccent: She wears a variety of disguises that range from subtle to outlandish.
* YourCheatingHeart:[[spoiler:For years, Elizabeth Her role as a DeepCoverAgent and FemmeFatale requires her to sleep with people other than her husband. It's just part of the job, but she's also carried on an affair with Gregory, even while she was pregnant with Paige.one of her assets, for years. She finally ends the affair when she starts feeling love for Philip for the first time in their nearly 20-year marriage.]]
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Played with. Paige's rebellion includes joining an activist church and protesting nuclear weapons. She is smart, selfless and dedicated to the greater good. In virtually any other series this would make Paige come across as the mature, trustworthy and reliable child compared to the more impulsive, impish Henry. Given that her parents are Soviet spies, these traits are treated not as positives, as an American family might view them, but as a dangerous subversion of all they hold dear. Further, [[spoiler: once she finds out the truth about her parents' work, her faith, her inquisitiveness and her unshakeable belief in doing what she believes is right makes her a significant threat to their operation, especially when she tells Pastor Tim the truth in the season 3 finale.]]
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Played with. Paige's rebellion includes joining an activist church and protesting nuclear weapons. She is smart, selfless inquisitive and dedicated to the a cause greater good.than herself. In virtually any other series this would make Paige come across as the mature, trustworthy and reliable child compared to the more impulsive, impish Henry. Given that her parents are Soviet spies, these traits are treated not as positives, as an American family might view them, but as a dangerous subversion of all they hold dear. Further, [[spoiler: once she finds out the truth about her parents' work, her faith, her inquisitiveness and her unshakeable belief in doing what she believes is right makes her a significant threat to their operation, especially when she tells Pastor Tim the truth in the season 3 finale.]]
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Played with. Paige's rebellion includes joining an activist church and protesting nuclear weapons. She is smart, selfless and dedicated to the greater good. In virtually any other series this would make Paige come across as the mature, trustworthy and reliable child compared to the more impulsive, impish Henry. Given that her parents are Soviet spies, these traits are treated not as positives, as an American family might view them, but as a dangerous subversion of all they hold dear. Further, [[spoiler: once she finds out the truth about her parents' work, her faith, her inquisitiveness and her unshakeable belief in doing what she believes is right makes her a significant threat to their operation, especially when she tells Father Pastor Tim the truth in the season 3 finale.]]
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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: She becomes this in season 3's "Stingers." She's never comfortable with it and tells father Pastor Tim about her parents in the season 3 finale.]]
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Played with. Paige's rebellion includes joining an activist church and protesting nuclear weapons. She is smart, selfless and dedicated to the greater good. In virtually any other series this would make Paige come across as the mature, trustworthy and reliable child compared to the more impulsive, impish Henry. Given that her parents are Soviet spies, these traits are treated not as positives, as an American family might view them, but as a dangerous subversion of all they hold dear. Further, [[spoiler: once she finds out the truth about her parents' work, her faith, her inquisitiveness and her unshakeable belief in doing what she believes is right makes her a significant threat to their operation, especially when she tells Father Tim the truth in the season 3 finale.]]
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She\'s mature and good-hearted. The teenage daughter part is true, the \"Bratty\" part is demonstrably false.
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* PrinciplesZealot: Elizabeth's slavish dedication to the cause is alienating to her colleagues. In Season 3, we learn that her overcompensating patriotism is likely the result of [[spoiler:her father being a deserter]].
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!The Jennings Family
[[folder:Elizabeth]]
!!Elizabeth Jennings / Nadezhda
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jennings_elizabeth_9872.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"You know what I wish as I fall asleep every night? That I’ll wake up and not be worried."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Keri Russell
A Soviet KGB officer posing undercover in America as one half of a married couple. She is coldly pragmatic and utterly dedicated to the cause.
* ActionGirl / DarkActionGirl
* ActionMom
* ArmorPiercingSlap
* ArrangedMarriage
* {{Badass}}
* BreakTheHaughty: In "Covert War", [[spoiler:Elizabeth kidnaps a high-ranking CIA official and plans on killing him to get revenge for the assassination of her mentor, General Zhukov (in addition to two other high-ranking KGB officials). When she accuses her captive of murdering innocent people, her captive points out that they were ''not'' innocent. The captive then asks Elizabeth if she loves or cares about anyone, causing her to break down emotionally and leave the room. Elizabeth then decides to let him go in order to stop the covert war between America and the USSR from escalating any further.]]
* DeepCoverAgent
* DoNotCallMePaul
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Her children may be the only things she values more than the Motherland.
* EvilCanNotComprehendGood: When President Reagan is shot, Elizabeth immediately assumes that it's the work of a rogue faction of the US Government trying to seize control, because that's how things work in the USSR. Philip explains to Elizabeth that she still doesn't understand Americans despite living among them for years. Philip is then proven right when it's learned that the man who attempted to assassinate Reagan was a lone nutjob acting on his own.
* FemmeFatale
* HiddenDepths
* HollywoodAtheist: When Elizabeth finds out that Paige has been participating on a church youth group, she freaks out, as she believes religion to be "the opiate of the masses."
* HoneyTrap: At several points in the show, Elizabeth seduces men in order to obtain information from them.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Elizabeth refuses to allow Paige to attend a church summer camp because she believes that religions "indoctrinate" people while they're young. Elizabeth herself was recruited into the KGB at a young age (and also, Nina attended a Soviet "Young Pioneer" camp as a child where she was taught how to be a good Communist).
* IceQueen
** DefrostingIceQueen
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:When General Zhukov (Elizabeth's friend and mentor) is killed by an assassin, Elizabeth goes against direct orders and embarks on a mission to kidnap and kill the CIA official who ordered the hit.]]
* {{Jerkass}}
* MsFanservice: Elizabeth frequently dresses sexy when she's attempting to seduce a mark. She's also featured in a lot of sex scenes.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On [[spoiler:Claudia.]]
* PowerOfTrust: With Gregory. Why she tries to convince the KGB to work with him concerning [[spoiler: his exfiltration]].
* [[spoiler:RapeAsBackstory: Elizabeth was raped by a superior officer when she was being trained as a KGB agent. The man in question later reveals that one of the perks of the job was that high-ranking officers were allowed to rape young female recruits.]]
* SympatheticPOV
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Claudia.
* UndercoverAsLovers
* VillainProtagonist: Claudia is willing to murder innocent people and perform other immoral acts in order to serve the Motherland.
* WigDressAccent
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:For years, Elizabeth carried on an affair with Gregory, even while she was pregnant with Paige. She finally ends the affair when she starts feeling love for Philip for the first time in their nearly 20-year marriage.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Philip]]
!!Philip Jennings / Misha
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jennings_philip_4983.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Matthew Rhys
A Soviet KGB officer posing undercover in America as one half of a married couple. He's more conflicted than his wife, having grown to like his American life and family.
* ArrangedMarriage
* {{Badass}}
* BecomingTheMask: Philip has come to enjoy living in the United States, and is more sympathetic towards the American people than Elizabeth is. In the pilot episode, he even considers defecting when he learns that another KGB agent who defected was paid $3 million by the US Government.
* BullyHunter
* DeadpanSnarker
* DeepCoverAgent
* GoingNative
* HoneyTrap: A rare male version
* MasterOfDisguise: Uses a lot of them.
* MrFanservice
* PapaWolf: In the pilot episode, a pedophile hits on Paige, who is only 13 years old. Philip later tracks the man down and beats him severely. Later on he warns Claudia to stay away from his children.
* PunchClockVillain
* OnlyKnownbyTheirNickname: In scenes that show his early life, he is always referred to as "Misha". The Soviets would never allow a diminutive as someone's legal name. His real name is almost definitely Mikhail.
* OutDamnedSpot: As season 2, Philip becomes more and more consumed by guilt after killing innocent people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
* SympatheticPOV
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Claudia.
* UndercoverAsLovers
* VillainProtagonist: Though he tends at times to be less cold-blooded than his wife/partner, displaying discomfort at what he has to do or when he sees Elizabeth committing murder for the sake of the mission.
* WigDressAccent
* [[spoiler:YourCheatingHeart]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Paige]]
!!Paige Jennings
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jennings_paige_1069.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Holly Taylor
The willful teenage daughter of the Jennings. She forms a friendship with Matthew Beeman.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter
* CharacterDevelopment: While her change from being a relatively typical teen with a mild rebellious streak to a more clever young woman deeply suspicious of her parents happens toward the end of season 1, she gets a fair amount more in the second season. She goes from being the type of person that her own mother suspects would have trouble making it in the real world, to a willful, dedicated individual- seeking purpose in life through religion and anti-militaristic sentiments. Though she has misgivings about the particulars of Paige's budding transformation, even Elizabeth grows to respect her daughter's greater goals and convictions.
* DeadpanSnarker
* InTheBlood: She has inherited a lot of passion for "greater causes". Elizabeth also discovers that Paige is quite talented at forging her mother's handwriting.
* ParentalSexualitySquick: In "Comrades", Paige walks in on her parents while they're giving mutual oral sex to one another. The next morning at breakfast it's obvious that she was quite disturbed by what she saw.
* TykeBomb: [[spoiler: What the KGB wants her to become.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Henry]]
!!Henry Jennings
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jennings_henry_2331.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Keidrich Sellati
The young son of the Jennings.
* BringMyBrownPants: He has an 'accident' after [[spoiler:the incident with a random creep.]] For a kid his age and the kind of situation he was in, it's hard to blame him.
* CheerfulChild: He gets along pretty easily with his parents, in slight contrast to Paige who's hitting the rebellious stage.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: Does this to the aforementioned weirdo.
* InTheBlood: Henry possesses a knack for breaking and entering, as seen when he infiltrates a neighbor's home so he can play their Intellivision video game system.
* OutOfFocus: starting in season 2.
* TookALevelInBadass: He suddenly turns awesome when a possible weirdo picks up him and Paige. He [[spoiler:decks the guy with a case of beer so they can escape.]]
[[/folder]]
!The Jennings Family
[[folder:Elizabeth]]
!!Elizabeth Jennings / Nadezhda
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jennings_elizabeth_9872.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"You know what I wish as I fall asleep every night? That I’ll wake up and not be worried."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Keri Russell
A Soviet KGB officer posing undercover in America as one half of a married couple. She is coldly pragmatic and utterly dedicated to the cause.
* ActionGirl / DarkActionGirl
* ActionMom
* ArmorPiercingSlap
* ArrangedMarriage
* {{Badass}}
* BreakTheHaughty: In "Covert War", [[spoiler:Elizabeth kidnaps a high-ranking CIA official and plans on killing him to get revenge for the assassination of her mentor, General Zhukov (in addition to two other high-ranking KGB officials). When she accuses her captive of murdering innocent people, her captive points out that they were ''not'' innocent. The captive then asks Elizabeth if she loves or cares about anyone, causing her to break down emotionally and leave the room. Elizabeth then decides to let him go in order to stop the covert war between America and the USSR from escalating any further.]]
* DeepCoverAgent
* DoNotCallMePaul
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Her children may be the only things she values more than the Motherland.
* EvilCanNotComprehendGood: When President Reagan is shot, Elizabeth immediately assumes that it's the work of a rogue faction of the US Government trying to seize control, because that's how things work in the USSR. Philip explains to Elizabeth that she still doesn't understand Americans despite living among them for years. Philip is then proven right when it's learned that the man who attempted to assassinate Reagan was a lone nutjob acting on his own.
* FemmeFatale
* HiddenDepths
* HollywoodAtheist: When Elizabeth finds out that Paige has been participating on a church youth group, she freaks out, as she believes religion to be "the opiate of the masses."
* HoneyTrap: At several points in the show, Elizabeth seduces men in order to obtain information from them.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Elizabeth refuses to allow Paige to attend a church summer camp because she believes that religions "indoctrinate" people while they're young. Elizabeth herself was recruited into the KGB at a young age (and also, Nina attended a Soviet "Young Pioneer" camp as a child where she was taught how to be a good Communist).
* IceQueen
** DefrostingIceQueen
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:When General Zhukov (Elizabeth's friend and mentor) is killed by an assassin, Elizabeth goes against direct orders and embarks on a mission to kidnap and kill the CIA official who ordered the hit.]]
* {{Jerkass}}
* MsFanservice: Elizabeth frequently dresses sexy when she's attempting to seduce a mark. She's also featured in a lot of sex scenes.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On [[spoiler:Claudia.]]
* PowerOfTrust: With Gregory. Why she tries to convince the KGB to work with him concerning [[spoiler: his exfiltration]].
* [[spoiler:RapeAsBackstory: Elizabeth was raped by a superior officer when she was being trained as a KGB agent. The man in question later reveals that one of the perks of the job was that high-ranking officers were allowed to rape young female recruits.]]
* SympatheticPOV
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Claudia.
* UndercoverAsLovers
* VillainProtagonist: Claudia is willing to murder innocent people and perform other immoral acts in order to serve the Motherland.
* WigDressAccent
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:For years, Elizabeth carried on an affair with Gregory, even while she was pregnant with Paige. She finally ends the affair when she starts feeling love for Philip for the first time in their nearly 20-year marriage.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Philip]]
!!Philip Jennings / Misha
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jennings_philip_4983.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Matthew Rhys
A Soviet KGB officer posing undercover in America as one half of a married couple. He's more conflicted than his wife, having grown to like his American life and family.
* ArrangedMarriage
* {{Badass}}
* BecomingTheMask: Philip has come to enjoy living in the United States, and is more sympathetic towards the American people than Elizabeth is. In the pilot episode, he even considers defecting when he learns that another KGB agent who defected was paid $3 million by the US Government.
* BullyHunter
* DeadpanSnarker
* DeepCoverAgent
* GoingNative
* HoneyTrap: A rare male version
* MasterOfDisguise: Uses a lot of them.
* MrFanservice
* PapaWolf: In the pilot episode, a pedophile hits on Paige, who is only 13 years old. Philip later tracks the man down and beats him severely. Later on he warns Claudia to stay away from his children.
* PunchClockVillain
* OnlyKnownbyTheirNickname: In scenes that show his early life, he is always referred to as "Misha". The Soviets would never allow a diminutive as someone's legal name. His real name is almost definitely Mikhail.
* OutDamnedSpot: As season 2, Philip becomes more and more consumed by guilt after killing innocent people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
* SympatheticPOV
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Claudia.
* UndercoverAsLovers
* VillainProtagonist: Though he tends at times to be less cold-blooded than his wife/partner, displaying discomfort at what he has to do or when he sees Elizabeth committing murder for the sake of the mission.
* WigDressAccent
* [[spoiler:YourCheatingHeart]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Paige]]
!!Paige Jennings
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jennings_paige_1069.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Holly Taylor
The willful teenage daughter of the Jennings. She forms a friendship with Matthew Beeman.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter
* CharacterDevelopment: While her change from being a relatively typical teen with a mild rebellious streak to a more clever young woman deeply suspicious of her parents happens toward the end of season 1, she gets a fair amount more in the second season. She goes from being the type of person that her own mother suspects would have trouble making it in the real world, to a willful, dedicated individual- seeking purpose in life through religion and anti-militaristic sentiments. Though she has misgivings about the particulars of Paige's budding transformation, even Elizabeth grows to respect her daughter's greater goals and convictions.
* DeadpanSnarker
* InTheBlood: She has inherited a lot of passion for "greater causes". Elizabeth also discovers that Paige is quite talented at forging her mother's handwriting.
* ParentalSexualitySquick: In "Comrades", Paige walks in on her parents while they're giving mutual oral sex to one another. The next morning at breakfast it's obvious that she was quite disturbed by what she saw.
* TykeBomb: [[spoiler: What the KGB wants her to become.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Henry]]
!!Henry Jennings
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jennings_henry_2331.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Keidrich Sellati
The young son of the Jennings.
* BringMyBrownPants: He has an 'accident' after [[spoiler:the incident with a random creep.]] For a kid his age and the kind of situation he was in, it's hard to blame him.
* CheerfulChild: He gets along pretty easily with his parents, in slight contrast to Paige who's hitting the rebellious stage.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: Does this to the aforementioned weirdo.
* InTheBlood: Henry possesses a knack for breaking and entering, as seen when he infiltrates a neighbor's home so he can play their Intellivision video game system.
* OutOfFocus: starting in season 2.
* TookALevelInBadass: He suddenly turns awesome when a possible weirdo picks up him and Paige. He [[spoiler:decks the guy with a case of beer so they can escape.]]
[[/folder]]
