Network: NBC
Episodes: 13 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: February 5, 2015 — March 5, 2015
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Hope Davis, Scott Cohen, Gavin Stenhouse, Margarita Levieva, Morgan Spector, Kenneth Choi, and Alex Peters.
TV show description:
This thriller TV series revolves around the O’Connor family and their son, Alex (Gavin Stenhouse). He’s a young idealistic CIA analyst who specializes in Russian affairs. Unbeknownst to him however, both of his parents and his sister are part of a dormant Russian sleeper cell that has just been reactivated.
Years ago, Russian-born Katya (Hope Davis) was tasked by the KGB to recruit American businessman Mark O’Connor (Scott Cohen) as a spy, and the two fell in love. A deal was struck: as long as Katya remained an asset for Russia, she would be allowed to marry Mark and move to America.
After years in America building a happy life and without word from Moscow, they thought they had escaped. Now it seems the new Mother Russia has one more mission — to turn Alex into a spy.
The SVR (Russian Intelligence) has re-enlisted the entire family into service as they plan a terrorist operation inside United States borders, one that will bring America to its knees. What should these anguished parents do? Betray their country or risk the lives of their family?
Other characters include eldest daughter Natalie O’Connor (Margarita Levieva), youngest daughter Sarah O’Connor (Alex Peters), CIA Station Chief of New York Sam Luttrell (Kenneth Choi), and Victor Dobrynin (Morgan Spector), the SVR operative assigned to the reactivated O’Connor parents.
Episode #13 — Family Crisis
In Williamstown, Pennsylvania, Doug Peters opens his hotel room door to find himself facing the barrel of Oscar Christoph’s gun. Christoph steps over the lifeless body of the federal inspector and removes his ID badge from his shirt.
Meanwhile, Mark, Katya and Alex race to the Standard Gas Williamstown Processing Plant, hoping to beat Christoph to the Black Dagger location. En route, Alex figures out Christoph’s master plan to make the plant explosion look like an accident, creating what appears to be a natural disaster so massive, the American public would turn against natural gas as an energy source. The American energy boom would collapse overnight, restoring Russia as the premiere energy provider.
The O’Connors arrive at the facility and smash their truck through its gates while Christoph, posing as federal inspector Doug Peters, nonchalantly shoots his way through the plant to the control room. The family gets separated, but Alex follows the trail of dead bodies to the control room, where he and Christoph get into a shootout. Alex hits Christoph in the shoulder, but he manages to escape. Now Alex has to figure out how to undo Christoph’s handiwork. To make matters worse, Katya and Mark get stuck behind a blast door and can’t reach Alex, so Mark tries to walk him through it over the phone. But it turns out the only way to stop the bomb is for Mark and Katya to blow up the compressor, the blast from which would kill them, but stop the bomb. Right outside the door to the compressor, Mark tricks Katya and locks himself in the room, sacrificing himself and saving her life. He then blows up the compressor.
With the door now open, Katya races in, crying out for Mark. He’s buried under a pile of rubble, but he’s alive. And they did it! They stopped Black Dagger! Mark and Katya head to the rendezvous point, but Alex has one last stop. He drives to a veterinary office in the nearby town of Easton, where he finds two veterinarians tending to Christoph’s gunshot wound. He knew Christoph wouldn’t risk going to a hospital, and this is the closest place with medical supplies outside the blast radius. Alex tells Christoph he’s turning him in, but Christoph has other plans. He holds the detonator to a bomb sitting in his car that could blow up a five-block radius. Either Christoph walks out alone, or nobody does. So Alex is forced to let him walk out the door.
Meanwhile, the Rezident calls Victor and informs him the FBI agents guarding the O’Connor house have been killed, and Sarah and Natalie will die when he gives the order. That is, unless Victor turns himself in. Victor immediately calls Natalie and gives her an update. He’s going to give himself up for her, but Natalie begs him not to and offers an alternate plan: the Rezident will expect Victor to save Natalie, but he won’t expect him to hit him at the Rezidentura. In the meantime, Natalie and Sarah scour the house for the SVR’s bugs and quickly find one in the kitchen.
They pretend to make their mom’s famous cinnamon bread while actually creating a makeshift bomb. Natalie then receives a fake phone call from Victor telling them about the SVR men after them and promising he’s on his way with the FBI. They loudly announce they’re going to hide in Katya’s closet, prompting the Rezident to instruct his agents to take the girls out. The operatives enter the house and head straight for the closet, blowing themselves up in the process.
At the Rezidentura, Victor shoots his way into the compound, and deftly fires a bullet into the Rezident’s skull. He then finds himself in a Mexican standoff with the Rezident’s two remaining guards and has to convince them to serve him instead of killing him. “I am the new Rezident,” he announces.
When the dust settles, the family meets at the rally point: the Brooklyn waterfront. Katya and Mark discuss turning themselves in, but Alex tells them to take Sarah and run, which is shocking, considering a month earlier he wanted to turn his parents in. Sam, who apparently survived the deadly workshop explosion, called Alex and said he’d vouch for him, as he never did anything to intentionally help the Russians.
But Katya and Mark did. If they turn themselves in, however, they won’t be safe in jail – Moscow will get to them. While his family goes off the grid, Alex will go back to work at the CIA. In fact, he already has his first assignment: recruiting a high-level SVR officer… Victor. (Courtesy NBC.)
First aired: April 30, 2015 (released online).
What do you think? Do you like the Allegiance TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
I am also upset with NBC for cancelling Allegiance ! I think it is one of the best shows on TV currently. I am so tired of getting interested in a show and then it being cancelled after a couple of months ! ! This is why you lose your viewers ! Bring back Allegiance !
Should not have been canceled and left hanging at least finished out storyline
At least give a whole season!!! Not enough time to properly evaluate it’s likeability! Those that like “The Blacklist” like “Allegance”.
Allegiance is one of the best shows to come along in a long time besides the Blacklist! It has interesting and captivating plots and writing, great acting and entertaining. In its place you put in The Slap… are you serious? Please consider another season or two, or more. Enough of these stupid and mindless sitcoms and reality shows, I want to be entertained and Allegiance does just that…exciting and entertaining.
Bring it back!
I am really annoyed that you cancelled this show. I really like it as do many of my other friends. Thankfully I can get the remaining epi. on VOD..This show has me on the edge of my seat..
Why in the world was this cancelled – one of the better shows on TV. Left me hanging and cannot even fine episode 11 to watch . Really upsets me
Great show!! It rivals FX’ Americans. NBC just can’t figure it out!!! What is wrong with NBC??? Blacklist season ends and Allegiance began. Good idea. But of course NBC screws it up. NBC kept those crappy sitcoms, not funny AT ALL!!! , but cancels Allegiance. RENEW, RENEW, RENEW. At least finish it, like a mini-series!!!
Best new show on TV, hands DOWN!!! Pleeeeease bring it back for Seasons 2-10!
A great show with depth and real characters. OK, NBC made a mistake replacing it with
The Slap which is now cancelled. Learn from your mistakes, bring it back in the Fall!
Mistakes happen in busines, fix it.
How can we collectively “pledge allegiance” to this show and work wit hth producers to
get it back? As good is The Americans is, this show is surpassing it with GREAT WRITING. Let’s put our heads together on this one + try and get some traction.
I just watched episode 11. You goota love Natalia!!!
I love this show, its different. Fx has kept the Americans on which also deals with Russian spies but is completely different. I don’t know why NBC can’t do the same for the people who have watched it. Word of mouth is the best advertising for your show even when you don;t advertise on your own channel.
This show was my favorite. Great acting, subject and script, all the elements of a good series. With all the useless reality crap on TV why remove one of the best programs on NBC!????? I find it difficult to believe you cancelled it. Unlike any other show on Tv. Bring it back!
This show was my favorite. Great acting, subject and script, all the elements of a good series. With all the usless reality crap on TV why remove one of the best programs on NBC!????? I find it difficult to believe you cancelled it. Unlike any other show on Tv. Bring it back!
I am greatly pissed off with NBC for cancelling Allegiance.
This is one of their better shows and like some other great shows they had,they go and cancel it.
What gives with NBC.
I and many others love this show and for them to decide that it’s not worth keeping on air is BS.
I will be looking to others like ABC FOX etc for my programs from now on.
Some advice fore all channels,get rid of the lame assed reality shows. They really suck!!!!!
Any show which involves thinking will always be canceled.