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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 5105285, member: 44"] Oh, I saw that coming 1,000,000 miles away. Think about it. She is trained in FBI counter espionage, trained by Dan Chase, who is fairly infamous, lived her whole life as a double agent, then she finds out that she is the daughter of an Afghani warlord? And then her aunt tells her that the family is looking for her to make decisions. They telegraphed the living crap out of that. I think whether the series holds up or not will be based upon how well they can make the Amy/Emily/Parwanna thing work. Alia Shawkat has been OK as a highly trained, but confused bystander. I think she'll be better as a highly trained and fanatical leader. To me, the big surprise in the series was [SPOILER] killing off Joe Gray. I mean, he is "the old man". That actually surprised me.[/SPOILER]. I've never been a big Amy Brennerman fan. Her character is solid and the arc is interesting. It always bothers me in television or cinema where they establish that all the main characters are able to do these fantastic things because they are highly trained in unique individuals. Then, they take the ordinary person who initially is intended to be the relatable character and give her the same abilities. That always bugs me a little bit because it's less plausible here, at least, they're laying some kind of groundwork that she was always that way, and being involved with Chase has only brought it out. [/QUOTE]