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 also loved the show. So it’s my fault it got cancelled. All the shows I really love get cancelled. Sorry.
Loved the show NBC should stand for No Body Cares. They continue to drop great shows after two shows they throw in the towel. Come on guys grow pair and take a chance. This one was a sleeper in the making. Maybe some other network will step in and give the show and great cat of actors a second chance. Your loss NBC. Wish all the best to those hard working actors, such a great combo that meshed well.
I loved the show. Sometimes the producers don’t give the show a chance and that is a bad thing to do to those actors who put out so much for our viewing pleasure. I will miss the show and wont give my Allegiance to that network in future as they don’t seem to have our back. So NBC in my opinion stands for No Body Cares about the fans. Well NBC, hope you lost a fortune on the show and wont support you in e near future s well. If enough people let them know how we feel about it… Read more »
Great show! Shouldn’t have been cancelled
I love this show. Why are they cancelling this show… good story, great actors/actressess
This was a great show – should not hAve been cancelled.
THE BEST SHOW, I HOPE IT CONTINUES NEXT SEASON
This was/is a great show. What a mistake!! Canceling it was a poor decision. But what I’ve come to expect from networks anymore. I think I’ll just start reading more books and stop watching tv.
This was a great show, so sorry it was cancelled.
SOOOOO UPSET!!!! this was a great show!
Amazing!! Why do great shows get cancelled? I honestly loved it. Very disappointed at the decision to be cancelled.
Great show shot well all and all would watch season 2. Exciting story it seems to happen to often today shows being cancled prematurely….. I work in the business and see what goes on great project!!!! Hats up to season 2 just watched finale on huluplus thankyou!!!!
Canceling this show is unbelievable. Hopefully another network will humiliate the decision makers at NBC and pick it up.
We really loved the show allegiance. Perhaps it is our age. Growing up we all had a common enemy and a common fear and that was Russia. When our Adult children were in their teens I wanted them to watch an old movie “The Russians are Coming, The Russians are coming!” They had no clue why anyone would be scared of Russians. We just thought the acting was great. Most especially the talented young star of the show. He was fabulous and I know that we were looking forward to finding out what was next for him and his family.… Read more »
please do not cancel allegiance. I like it very much.
please do cancel the show I like it very mush.
What is wrong with you people you are constantly cancelling good sows like this one.