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''Allegiance'' is a a Creator/{{NBC}} spy drama, airing starting February 2015, which follows in the footsteps of ''Series/TheAmericans'', as well as ''Film/LittleNikita'', in which the CIA analyst Alex O'Connor finds himself in the middle of a secret conspiracy perpetrated by the SVR against the United States. Oh, and his parents and older sister just happen to be spies for the SVR...

On March 6, 2015, NBC canceled the series after five low-rated episodes. On March 12, 2015, NBC confirmed that the series would move online, and a new episode premiered in the U.S. via Hulu and NBC.com. The final episode of the series was released on April 30, 2015.

The show is based on the Israeli TV show ''The Gordin Cell''.

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!!This show provides examples of:

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Given Alex's mental prowess, it's pretty much a given that he spots things and makes deductions that nobody else would (at least not as fast).
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The human eye cannot see well past wavelengths of 700 nanometers, so for eyeglasses to be exceptional for wavelengths 850+ nanometers long would be useless except at focusing invisible infrared light on the eyeball, which is decidedly not the purpose of corrective lenses.
* BatmanGambit:
** The O'Connors manage to bluff [[spoiler:Scott Tolliver]], a money bagman, into revealing where the crucial information about the SVR's money laundering is stored.
** In "Family Crisis", Natalie and Sarah [[spoiler:successfully dispatch the SVR agents sent to kill them.]]
* BookEnds: Viktor begins the series wanting to recruit Alex as an asset; [[spoiler: by the end of the series, Alex's first assignment after being reinstated to the CIA is recruiting Viktor as an asset.]]
* EverythingIsOnline:
** The O'Connors can hack into just about any database or CCTV network as the plot demands.
** Occasionally inverted; for example in "Liars and Thieves", [[spoiler:Tolliver reveals that his boss writes down money transactions by hand into a ledger.]]
-->'''Natalie''': ''[scoffs]'' What is this, 1975?
* HeroicBSOD: Alex in "Those Who Help Themselves", [[spoiler:after he discovers that among others, Sam Luttrell may be dead due to a large explosion.]]
* HyperAwareness:
** The CIA boss, Sam Luttrell, seems to be almost inhumanly aware of everything going on around him. He also has an excellent understanding of voice pitch and how it relates to the expression of human emotion.
** Faber, the FBI lie detector expert, is capable of visually recognizing signs of truth, noticing things most people would process only subconsciously, such as pupil dilation and the rate of a person's pulse under their jaw.
* IndyPloy: Katya, Alex's mom, makes up a story about having had an affair in order to deflect his questioning about her whereabouts in the past. [[spoiler:It turns out she was actually telling the truth and using it to deflect Alex.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:It's Faber, the FBI lie detector guy.]]
* MsFanservice: Natalie, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH36UCWxK-s particularly the scene where she seduces someone]] while wearing a SexyBacklessOutfit in the episode "Tipping Point".
* QueerEstablishingMoment: A casual reference is made to a female agent "liking women", when discussing her partnering up with Alex.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Sam, to [[spoiler:Faber]]:
-->'''Sam Luttrell:''' Who says they're from the Bureau?
* ProperlyParanoid: The sometimes verging on AxCrazy Arkady Isakof, the SVR Rezidentura head.
* TeenGenius: Alex in his younger years. Overlaps with ChildProdigy.
* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Faber]] isn't totally wrong in his scathing commentary on the way politicians ignore fundamental injustices and curry favor with the wealthy.
* WhamEpisode:
** "Chasing Ghosts". [[spoiler:Alex realizes his parents were the SVR agents the FBI+CIA were chasing in Philadelphia.]]
** "A Convenient Place to Die". [[spoiler:Faber is revealed as the SVR mole inside the FBI.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: Alex's parents are doing this to try and keep out of jail and ahead of the SVR too.

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''Allegiance'' is a a Creator/{{NBC}} spy drama, airing starting February 2015, which follows in the footsteps of ''Series/TheAmericans'', as well as ''Film/LittleNikita'', in which the CIA analyst Alex O'Connor finds himself in the middle of a secret conspiracy perpetrated by the SVR against the United States. Oh, and his parents and older sister just happen
''Allegiance '' may refer to:

* ''Series/Allegiance2015'', 2015 American TV drama.
* ''Series/Allegiance2024, 2024 Canadian TV drama.

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to be spies for the SVR...

On March 6, 2015, NBC canceled the series after five low-rated episodes. On March 12, 2015, NBC confirmed that the series would move online, and a new episode premiered in the U.S. via Hulu and NBC.com. The final episode of the series was released on April 30, 2015.

The show is based on the Israeli TV show ''The Gordin Cell''.

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!!This show provides examples of:

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Given Alex's mental prowess, it's pretty much a given that he spots things and makes deductions that nobody else would (at least not as fast).
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The human eye cannot see well past wavelengths of 700 nanometers, so for eyeglasses to be exceptional for wavelengths 850+ nanometers long would be useless except at focusing invisible infrared light on the eyeball, which is decidedly not the purpose of corrective lenses.
* BatmanGambit:
** The O'Connors manage to bluff [[spoiler:Scott Tolliver]], a money bagman, into revealing where the crucial information about the SVR's money laundering is stored.
** In "Family Crisis", Natalie and Sarah [[spoiler:successfully dispatch the SVR agents sent to kill them.]]
* BookEnds: Viktor begins the series wanting to recruit Alex as an asset; [[spoiler: by the end of the series, Alex's first assignment after being reinstated
point to the CIA is recruiting Viktor as an asset.]]
* EverythingIsOnline:
** The O'Connors can hack into just about any database or CCTV network as the plot demands.
** Occasionally inverted; for example in "Liars and Thieves", [[spoiler:Tolliver reveals that his boss writes down money transactions by hand into a ledger.]]
-->'''Natalie''': ''[scoffs]'' What is this, 1975?
* HeroicBSOD: Alex in "Those Who Help Themselves", [[spoiler:after he discovers that among others, Sam Luttrell may be dead due to a large explosion.]]
* HyperAwareness:
** The CIA boss, Sam Luttrell, seems to be almost inhumanly aware of everything going on around him. He also has an excellent understanding of voice pitch and how it relates to the expression of human emotion.
** Faber, the FBI lie detector expert, is capable of visually recognizing signs of truth, noticing things most people would process only subconsciously, such as pupil dilation and the rate of a person's pulse under their jaw.
* IndyPloy: Katya, Alex's mom, makes up a story about having had an affair in order to deflect his questioning about her whereabouts in the past. [[spoiler:It turns out she was actually telling the truth and using it to deflect Alex.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:It's Faber, the FBI lie detector guy.]]
* MsFanservice: Natalie, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH36UCWxK-s particularly the scene where she seduces someone]] while wearing a SexyBacklessOutfit in the episode "Tipping Point".
* QueerEstablishingMoment: A casual reference is made to a female agent "liking women", when discussing her partnering up with Alex.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Sam, to [[spoiler:Faber]]:
-->'''Sam Luttrell:''' Who says they're from the Bureau?
* ProperlyParanoid: The sometimes verging on AxCrazy Arkady Isakof, the SVR Rezidentura head.
* TeenGenius: Alex in his younger years. Overlaps with ChildProdigy.
* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Faber]] isn't totally wrong in his scathing commentary on the way politicians ignore fundamental injustices and curry favor with the wealthy.
* WhamEpisode:
** "Chasing Ghosts". [[spoiler:Alex realizes his parents were the SVR agents the FBI+CIA were chasing in Philadelphia.]]
** "A Convenient Place to Die". [[spoiler:Faber is revealed as the SVR mole inside the FBI.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: Alex's parents are doing this to try and keep out of jail and ahead of the SVR too.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Alex functions on a wavelength that is certainly atypical. In particular he is socially awkward, seems to display an autistic savant-type knowledge, has an eidetic memory and, we are informed, selective mutism in his youth.



* HideYourGays: {{Inverted}}. A casual reference is made to a female agent "liking women", when discussing her partnering up with Alex.


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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The human eye cannot see well past wavelengths of 700 nanometers, so for eyeglasses to be exceptional for wavelengths 850+ nanometers long would be useless except at focussing invisible infrared light on the eyeball, which is decidedly not the purpose of corrective lenses.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The human eye cannot see well past wavelengths of 700 nanometers, so for eyeglasses to be exceptional for wavelengths 850+ nanometers long would be useless except at focussing focusing invisible infrared light on the eyeball, which is decidedly not the purpose of corrective lenses.
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler:Agent Prado.]]
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Allegiance is a a Creator/{{NBC}} spy drama, airing starting February 2015, which follows in the footsteps of ''Series/TheAmericans'', as well as ''Film/LittleNikita'', in which the CIA analyst Alex O'Connor finds himself in the middle of a secret conspiracy perpetrated by the SVR against the United States. Oh, and his parents and older sister just happen to be spies for the SVR...

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Allegiance ''Allegiance'' is a a Creator/{{NBC}} spy drama, airing starting February 2015, which follows in the footsteps of ''Series/TheAmericans'', as well as ''Film/LittleNikita'', in which the CIA analyst Alex O'Connor finds himself in the middle of a secret conspiracy perpetrated by the SVR against the United States. Oh, and his parents and older sister just happen to be spies for the SVR...
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The show was pulled from live TV airing and went web-only as of Episode 5, and thirteen episodes have aired. The show has, as of March 6 2015, not been renewed for a second season.

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The show was pulled from live TV airing and went web-only as of Episode 5, and thirteen episodes have aired. The show has, as of On March 6 6, 2015, not been renewed for NBC canceled the series after five low-rated episodes. On March 12, 2015, NBC confirmed that the series would move online, and a second season.new episode premiered in the U.S. via Hulu and NBC.com. The final episode of the series was released on April 30, 2015.
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Allegiance is a a Creator/{{NBC}} spy drama, airing starting February 2015, which follows in the footsteps of TheAmericans, as well as [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095532/ Little Nikita]], in which the CIA analyst Alex O'Connor finds himself in the middle of a secret conspiracy perpetrated by the SVR against the United States. Oh, and his parents and older sister just happen to be spies for the SVR...

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Allegiance is a a Creator/{{NBC}} spy drama, airing starting February 2015, which follows in the footsteps of TheAmericans, ''Series/TheAmericans'', as well as [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095532/ Little Nikita]], ''Film/LittleNikita'', in which the CIA analyst Alex O'Connor finds himself in the middle of a secret conspiracy perpetrated by the SVR against the United States. Oh, and his parents and older sister just happen to be spies for the SVR...


* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: The SVR. They have proven eerily good at anticipating the escape plans hatched by Katya and Mark.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Alex functions on a wavelength that is certainly atypical. In particular he is socially awkward, seems to display an autistic savant-type knowledge, an eidetic memory, and we are informed selective mutism in his youth.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Alex functions on a wavelength that is certainly atypical. In particular he is socially awkward, seems to display an autistic savant-type knowledge, has an eidetic memory, and memory and, we are informed informed, selective mutism in his youth.



* HideYourGays: Inverted. A casual reference is made to a female agent "liking women", when discussing her partnering up with Alex.

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* HideYourGays: Inverted.{{Inverted}}. A casual reference is made to a female agent "liking women", when discussing her partnering up with Alex.
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* BookEnds: Viktor begins the series wanting to recruit Alex as an asset; [[spoiler: by the end of the series, Alex's first assignment after being reinstated to the CIA is recruiting Viktor as an asset.[[/spoiler]]

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* BookEnds: Viktor begins the series wanting to recruit Alex as an asset; [[spoiler: by the end of the series, Alex's first assignment after being reinstated to the CIA is recruiting Viktor as an asset.[[/spoiler]]]]

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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: The SVR. They have proven eerily good at anticipating the escape plans hatched by Katya and Mark.

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* BookEnds: Viktor begins the series wanting to recruit Alex as an asset; [[spoiler: by the end of the series, Alex's first assignment after being reinstated to the CIA is recruiting Viktor as an asset.[[/spoiler]]
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: The SVR. They have proven eerily good at anticipating the escape plans hatched by Katya and Mark.
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The show was pulled from live TV airing and has gone web-only as of Episode 5, and thirteen episodes have aired. The show has, as of March 6 2015, not been renewed for a second season.

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** Occasionally inverted, for example in "Liars and Thieves", [[spoiler:Tolliver reveals that his boss writes down money transactions by hand into a ledger.]]

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** Occasionally inverted, inverted; for example in "Liars and Thieves", [[spoiler:Tolliver reveals that his boss writes down money transactions by hand into a ledger.]]
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** Occasionally averted. [[spoiler:In "Liars and Thieves", Tolliver reveals that his boss writes down money transactions by hand into a ledger.]]

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** Occasionally averted. [[spoiler:In inverted, for example in "Liars and Thieves", Tolliver [[spoiler:Tolliver reveals that his boss writes down money transactions by hand into a ledger.]]



* HideYourGays: Averted. A casual reference is made to a female agent "liking women", when discussing her partnering up with Alex.

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* HideYourGays: Averted.Inverted. A casual reference is made to a female agent "liking women", when discussing her partnering up with Alex.

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Eleven episodes have aired; the show was pulled from live TV airing and has gone web-only as of Episode 5.

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Eleven episodes have aired; the The show was pulled from live TV airing and has gone web-only as of Episode 5.5, and thirteen episodes have aired. The show has, as of March 6 2015, not been renewed for a second season.



* BatmanGambit: The O'Connors manage to bluff [[spoiler:Scott Tolliver]], a money bagman, into revealing where the crucial information about the SVR's money laundering is stored.

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* BatmanGambit: BatmanGambit:
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The O'Connors manage to bluff [[spoiler:Scott Tolliver]], a money bagman, into revealing where the crucial information about the SVR's money laundering is stored.stored.
** In "Family Crisis", Natalie and Sarah [[spoiler:successfully dispatch the SVR agents sent to kill them.]]



* XanatosSpeedChess: Alex's parents are doing this to try and keep out of jail and ahead of the SVR too.

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* XanatosSpeedChess: Alex's parents are doing this to try and keep out of jail and ahead of the SVR too.too.
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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Alex in "Those Who Help Themselves".]]

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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Alex Alex in "Those Who Help Themselves".Themselves", [[spoiler:after he discovers that among others, Sam Luttrell may be dead due to a large explosion.]]
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* ProperlyParanoid: The sometimes verging on AxCrazy Arkady Isakof, the SVR Rezidentura head.

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Ten episodes have aired; the show was pulled from live TV airing and has gone web-only as of Episode 5.

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* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Sam, to [[spoiler:Faber]]:
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