Line #25 Characters/AgentX


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3	[[folder:Section 5]]
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5	!!Vice President Natalie Maccabee
6	-> '''Played by:''' Creator/SharonStone
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8	The current vice president, who made history as the first female vice president in American political history. She's covertly in charge of Section 5, a black ops unit under her office to conduct operations from underneath the public eye.
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10	* ActionPolitician: During the hostage crisis in Paris, she secures a cockscrew in the theater lounge and uses it to stab a terrorist in the chest.
11	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She's based on the possibility that someday a woman could be in the White House as a vice president given the upcoming American presidential elections.
12	* NoPartyGiven: The show doesn't indicate if she's a Democrat or a Republican. [[InspiredBy Given that she was created based on Hillary Clinton,]] it's possible that she's a Democrat.
13	* WrongGenreSavvy: Vice-President Maccabee believes her husband, not long before his death, was cheating on her again. [[spoiler:In fact, he was meeting with a woman who may be part of the "Shadow Government" cabal.]]
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15	!!Agent John Case aka "Agent X"
16	-> '''Played by:''' Creator/JeffHephner
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18	An ex-Green beret and black ops operator who had been held captive in Iran, he was recruited into the program after he was rescued by Raymond and Malcolm from a VEVAK prison. [[spoiler:His actual name is Steven.]]
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20	* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Once he finds out that Raymond Marks is actually Nicholas Volker.]]
21	* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Used to be with the Green Berets prior to his recruitment to the program.
22	* GenerationXerox: With some irony in it. [[spoiler:His supposedly deceased father used to be one back in the Cold War, but has decided to stay hidden in order to protect his family.]]
23	* {{Omniglot}}: Can speak English, Farsi, French, Russian and Spanish. Justified since as a special forces/black ops operator, one must be able to communicate in a variety of languages.
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25	!!Chief Steward Malcolm Millar
26	-> '''Played by:''' Creator/GeraldMcRaney
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28	The steward in charge of the Number One Observatory Circle, he's also the acting head of Section 5 whenever the Vice President is not around.
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30	* GoodIsNotNice: He has interfered in John Case's life directly and indirectly, in the name of keeping his "Agent X" focusing on his Section 5 duties.
31	* RetiredBadass: Used to be an Agent X operator in his younger days.
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34	[[folder:American Government]]
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36	!!President Thomas Eckhart
37	-> '''Played by:''' Creator/JohnShea
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39	The current president of the United States and the previous vice president before Maccabbee was elected.
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41	* GoodIsNotNice: Eckhart tolerated the death of the Russian president near the end of the 1st season. [[spoiler:Season 2 plans would have him go forward to a faction of Agent Xs to ensure control over the US.]]
42	* HeKnowsTooMuch: The conspiracy and Nikolas Volker suborned a Secret Service Agent to attempt to kill him in "Long Walk Home", in part because he and his Vice-President are aware of moves to subvert the Constitution.
43	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Allows Maccabbee to act on her findings with S5 once she was able to bring in convincing proof of conspirators in the government against him.
44	* NoPartyGiven: The show doesn't indicate if he's a Democrat or a Republican. [[InspiredBy Given that Maccabbee was created based on Hillary Clinton,]] it's possible that he's a Democrat.
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46	!!Chief Justice Caleb Thorne
47	-> '''Played by:''' Creator/JamesEarlJones
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49	The current Chief Justice, he's responsible for ensuring the legality of S5's actions under the US constitution.
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51	* {{Older and Wiser}}: Helps Maccabbee to ensure her of her position as S5 head when he tells her that the organization is technically legal under the US constitution.
52	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Maccabbee consults him from time to time when she was in doubt over S5's actions.
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55	[[folder:Federal Bureau of Investigation]]
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57	!!Director Stanton
58	-> '''Played by:''' Creator/JameySheridan
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60	The current director of the FBI.
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62	* ProperlyParanoid: He's savvy enough to realize that some agency is acting outside the FBI's, or CIA's, purview, and is concerned that this could mean an undermining of the FBI's jurisdiction, as an organization or agency acting without effective oversight could endanger the government. [[WrongGenreSavvy He's not wrong, but he's not looking where he should.]]
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65	[[folder:Antagonists]]
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67	!!Nicholas Volker [[spoiler:aka Raymond Marks]]
68	-> '''Played by:''' Creator/AndrewHoward
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70	A world-class criminal on various law enforcement wanted lists. [[TheGhost No one knows how he looks like.]] [[spoiler:He was formerly an Agent X operator by the name of Raymond Marks.]]
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72	* BigBad: The one responsible for orchestrating most of the show's events. [[spoiler:He turns out to be John's predecessor as Agent X, Raymond Marks.]]
73	* DeathFakedForYou: [[spoiler: He arranges for his own death by having someone leave a bomb on a yacht commandered on an Agent X op.]]
74	* EvenEvilHasStandards: During the hostage crisis in Paris, Volker taunts the Russian Prime Minister by reminding him of his hatred of Russian intervention in Eastern Ukraine.
75	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:According to Eckhart, he "went rogue" and survived an assassination attempt to become a major figure in the realm of international organized crime.]]
76	* MeaningfulName: Volker is Teutonic, which means "People's Defender". He himself explains the significance of his surname to Case.
77	* RogueAgent: [[spoiler: Went rogue after he was "forced" to place a suspect under WITSEC custody. He didn't take it too well.]]
78	* TheGhost: Law enforcement and intelligence agencies were not able to properly ID him. [[spoiler:That is, until he revealed himself to Case in Mexico.]]
79	* WalkingSpoiler: Hard to talk about him once you find out his true name.
80	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Volker doesn't consider himself a criminal or terrorist but rather a folk hero. Thus his alias "Volker" meaning "Of the people". [[spoiler:As a former Agent X, he describes himself as now acting as "Agent X for the world."]]
81	** [[spoiler:He also wants to help Case avoid making the same mistakes he made.]]
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83	!!Olga Petrovka
84	-> '''Played by:''' Creator/OlgaFonda
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86	Once a rising ballerina in the USSR, she went underground and became one of Volker's mistresses before going into hiding.
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88	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Olga shows up in Paris just in time to help Case fight off Volker's men.]]
89	* DarkActionGirl: Shows her skills when she fights Case in "Pilot".
90	* HeelFaceTurn: She joins John Case's side after Volker decides she has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness become a liability]].
91	* MurderousThighs: One of her favorite moves [[WithMyHandsTied when she can't use her arms]]. In the first episode, she does a triangle choke on an investigator while she has her hands tied in an interrogation room and in the second, she chokes a guard to death with her thigh while she is strapped to a chain.
92	* {{Omniglot}}: Olga can speak English, French and Russia.

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