“Amir comes from a history of service to the CIA, and basically is a lone wolf, deep penetration agent in ISIS,” Georgaris says. For example, Amir has a surprising - and rather dangerous - work history that will be revealed when he’s thrust back into a prior role. “A lot of our drama will come from what it’s like to be on either end of that connection.”ĪLL IN A DAY’S WORK | Rather than denote specific episodes to flesh out characters’ backstories, Georgaris says, the writers have decided to let the team’s missions do the work of filling us in on who these people are. “In general, it’s this interesting intimacy, almost like news producer and news anchor, like the people who are in your ear and the people who are out in the field,” the EP notes. “But they said… ‘We want missions on five continents,’ and I said, ‘Sounds good to me!'”ĬLOSER THAN YOU THINK | Though Dalton’s team and Campbell’s people won’t often physically cross paths, it will happen at least a few times in the first season. That’s easiest on everyone,'” the executive producer adds. “NBC could have said, ‘OK, stay in these four locales, and that’s safest for budget. So the show will take Dalton’s gang all over the world in Season 1. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION | Though the series premiere takes place in a Middle Eastern country, Georgaris stresses that evil doesn’t respect national borders - aka, it’s everywhere. Dalton’s team is backed by the Defense Intelligence Agency’s deputy director Patricia Campbell (Heche) and her employees, which include Noah Morgenthau (Tate Ellington, Quantico), a cultural specialist and Hannah Archer (Sofia Pernas, Jane the Virgin), mission coordinator. Joseph “McG” McGuide (Noah Mills, 2 Broke Girls), a combat medic and Amir Al-Raisani (Hadi Tabbal, The Blacklist), an intelligence officer. Jasmine “Jaz” Khan (played by Natacha Karam), a sniper CPO Ezekiel “Preach” Carter (Demetrius Grosse, Banshee) Sgt.
Adam Dalton, leader of a squad of what the show’s official site refers to as “highly trained undercover specialists.” These include Sgt.
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