Well I like both of them. But, as written, Piper/Annie. She is always globe trotting and ass kicking everywhere and seemingly able to infiltrate anything or capture anyone without ever changing her appearance (except for darkening her hair).
Keri/Elizabeth is pretty much confined to low-key ops in the Washington DC area and at least wears disguises.
In my opinion Piper is less believable. Keri's role as Elizabeth Jennings is driven and purposed by her belief in her country and mission. She lives and breathes the "cause" and will die for it. Piper's role as Annie Walker is driven by "job" and "this is my assignment" mentality. Elizabeth grew up on the farm, trained, lives and will die for the "cause" before walking away from it. Annie is the case of the week.
sharethanks for this, now watching the Americans.
shareAnd "The Americans" has the bonus of the greatness of his own self, the magnificent Welshman, Matthew Rhys.
Worth tuning in every week just to see him work. He's a stratospheric actor, not the run of the mill Hollywood "they get a lot of jobs."
Just watch him in the episodes where he has to vacillate between killer agent, totally committed, using all of his training and wiles and hard choices when it comes to damaging targets.
Then the next scene he's the charming dad everybody wanted--goofing around, watching hockey on telly, the works.
He plays SO many people do deeply and organically, it's just a mind boggling performance.
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Valerie Plame
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
Who is less believable as a super agent?
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