Aubrey Hackett
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
Sameer Callahan
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
Isbel
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
beckyfroks
I agree with a previous comment about the "Mom".... really don't like her AT ALL. It has real potential! So very many shows I like are being zapped, and for what??!?! Reality TV?? Singing, dancing, survivor type crap I can't believe any of my fellow Americans actually WATCH that stuff. Meanwhile, anything interesting, exciting, or "God forbid" challenging gets zapped. I really hope the below is true!! "I believe this show does it as well as most others but I love the twist with the parents being Russian spies. Yes I know it has been done, The Americans. Before everyone jumps on me I am not saying they are in the same caliber as The Americans, but I think there will be room for this one as well."Intelligence Agency TV shows are quickly replacing those gawd awful reality shows and really aren't we all glad for that." !! YES WE ARE!!
facesofine
Finally, a smart show that's well-acted without using violence, sex or gore to thrill the senses. There're too many TV shows that rely heavily on violence, sex and gore already. And don't even try to compare this to the Americans. Completely different shows with different plots. Only similarity between these shows is the Russian spy theme. I enjoy the Americans for what it is. And I also enjoy Allegiance tremendously for what it is: fun, entertaining, pure enjoyment--an escape to another family's troubles without me biting my nails off each episode. The naysayers will pour acid on this show. But just let go of your inner critic and simply enjoy a show for its pure fun and entertainment. It's rather up-lifting and refreshing, for a change these days, without a heavy theme or excess use of violence and sex. Love this show!
Dr_Sagan
This a very good series. It has the right elements to the correct quantities to be a popular series for 2015. Most of them you have seen already in other series and movies, but in the end is all about how you mix them, and in that sense "Allegiance" is a success.It's about a young analyst who started working for the CIA a few months ago but, as it revealed from the beginning, his mother (the daughter of KGB general) she was a spy for USSR until 6 years ago. Old demons are waking up and the young hero stands in the middle.The first cliché is that our young analyst is a "savant" of somekind. A genius who didn't speak until he was 8 y.o. but he can read ...400 pages of material and remember all the details in one reading. (Maybe he is a cousin of ...Mike from Suits). Anyway...The cast is very good and the acting sometimes superb! I have a particular sequence in mind where the great and underrated Scott Cohen (father of the analyst and husband of the mother/ex-spy) is chasing Hope Davis (the mother) who decided to turn herself in at the FBI headquarters. What a great and balanced acting...Gavin Stenhouse is also a good cast in the main role and Margarita Levieva (playing his sister) adds the "sexy" in the mix...And it's the Mix in the end on how good a show is perceived. We've seen all these elements before but so far "Allegiance" has the right amounts of each, to be fun and interesting...
nigelm100
I turned this show off after about 10-15 minutes, why: There was a conversation between 2 characters while the FBI where listening in, therefore they had to write down on paper what they really needed to say. Fair enough, however there was a knock at the door and the paper was put down the sink and they then started a conversation openly with the guy who arrived, with the FBI still listening to them all admitting to be spies and to turn their son into a double agent. Did I miss something? As this seemed to be at the same time Or is this a terrible error right at the start and the whole point of the plot ruined. Why are people rating this highly when the editing at the start was so bad to get this wrong.
